Grafton School marks threefold celebration this Friday
Grafton School in Berryville hosts a threefold event this Friday including student demonstrations in karate photography and art at 10am commencement at 11am and a noon ground breaking for a 1.4 million campus expansion. Walter Johnson J Kenneth Robinson Jack Hardesty and founder Mrs Samuel Birch attend along with architect Richard Snibbe.
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Berryville
Grafton
Grafton School
Martin Mayfield
Walter Johnson
J. Kenneth Robinson
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Jack Hardesty
Samuel Birch
Shetler Apple Blossom Head Elected Shenandoah Festival President
David Shetler was elected president of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival at the annual meeting. James R. Wilkins Jr. will remain as chairman of the board with a list of new officers and directors including Harry F. Byrd Jr. and Tom Baldridge. The board reported the festival is financially healthy with cash on hand and discussed potential expansion needs and future quarters.
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David Shetler
James R. Wilkins Jr
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Ken Eisner
Richard Bush
Sandra Armstrong
Bill Collins
Allen Fox
Dale Bailey
Gene Babb
Ben Butler
Janet Rhodes
Tom Baldridge
Wayne Koehler
W. E
Bridgeforth Jr
al Toxopeus
Wilkins
Teenager Granted Temporary Custody of Baby in Richmond
In Richmond, 17yearold Marigrace Clonts was awarded temporary custody of her 13weekold son Kevin Jeremy after meeting with her attorney. The infant had been missing since June 23 when taken from the Children's Home Society of Virginia. A court hearing is set for September 25 with the father Earl Andrew Collins also pursuing custody.
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Richmond
Max O. Laster
Marigrace Clonts
Children's Home Society of Virginia
Miss Clonts
Kevin Jeremy
Cincinnati
Ohio
Earl Andrew Collins
Collins
Medical breakthrough ends infertility search and births controversy
The era changing work by Steptoe and Edwards on fertilizing human eggs outside the body drew headlines as the so called birth of the century. In Cross Junction Keith Allen Hines 18 was held for a grand jury on a January 5 break in with other suspects facing separate charges.
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London
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Cross Junction
David G. Simpson
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Bruce Downing
Simpson
Frederick County
Baldridge Elected Chairman Of Jaycee War Memorial Fund
Baldridge of Winchester Virginia was named chairman of the board of trustees for the Jaycee War Memorial Fund. The group owns the two block Jaycee War Memorial complex in Tulsa valued over two million dollars and plans a Million Dollar Endowment to create an Archives Section documenting the Jaycee movement since its 1920 founding. New trustees include Robert Lindholm Barry Kennedy Frank Ziebell Robert Rushton Don Varnadore Bob Plier Reed Cowan and Charles Ford. Ford is a holdover.
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Okla
Tom Wood Baldridge
Winchester
Jaycee War Memorial Fund
Jaycee War Memorial
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Baldridge
Memorial
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Virginia Jaycees
Omaha
Nebraska
Robert Lindholm
Falls Church Insurance
Barry L. Kennedy
Pawnee City
Neb
Frank Ziebell
Plano
Texas
Robert Rushton
Marietta, Ga
Don Varnadore
Fort Smith
Ark
Bob Plier
Morton, Ill
Reed Cowan
Oakland
Calif
Charles Ford
Arrest Made in Death of ABC Undercover Agent
Vernon Eugene Young of Bridgeport Conn arrested on murder charges in the death of ABC undercover agent Anthony Maurice Pinkard 22. Police say revenge motive tied to Pinkard work leading to arrests of at least 30 people in Henry County and Roanoke. Indictment returned July 17 but kept secret until arrest.
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Connman
Anthony Maurice Pinkard
ABC
Pinkard
Henry County
Roanoke
Vernon Eugene Young
Roanoke Times & World News
Young
Morgan Armstrong
Commonwealth’s
Double-Digit Inflation Ending
Washington advisers told the Senate Budget Committee relief from double digit inflation is expected in the second half of the year with prices rising but not as rapidly as the current 10 percent pace. Officials noted inflation may average about seven percent for the year.
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Carter
Congress
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Alice Rivlin
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President's Council of Economic Advisers
Woman Injured In Clarke Wreck
A Berryville woman suffered minor injuries when three cars collided on Route 723 near the Frederick County line at 2:45 p.m. Susan S. Morrison was treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital and released. Bobby Joe Call of Boyce rear ended Katherine Minutes of Berryville, then Morrison’s car struck Call. Damages were estimated at 200, 400, and 1,000 dollars for Minutes, Call, and Morrison vehicles respectively.
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Rt. 723
Frederick County
Susan S. Morrison
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Bobby Joe Call
Boyce
Katherine Minutes
Minutes
Miss Morrison
Morrison
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