Front Royal considers compromise with Potomac Edison on rate hike
Front Royal Town Council weighs a compromise settlement with Potomac Edison after the utility sought a 256000 annual rate increase. The plan calls for 90000 lifts next June and another 90000 in June 1978, about a 10 percent annual rise, with co-ops to decide.
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Susan Burke
Front Royal
Potomac Edison
Federal Power Commission
Barc Electric Co-op
Millboro
Shenandoah Valley Electric Co-op
Dayton
Spiegel and
McDiarmid
FPC
Walter M. Duncan
Bernard Stokes
Duncan
Southside Electric Cooperative
Randolph
Three Are Promoted by Fire Dept
Winchester Fire Chief Gene Dailey announces promotions from within the paid staff. Lynn Miller becomes Captain, Eddie Lillis is promoted to Lieutenant, and Frank Wright is named Sergeant after a department wide written test and interviews conducted with officials from Chambersburg and Washington.
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Winchester Fire Department
Winchester
Gene Dailey
Lynn Miller
Eddie Lillis
Frank Wright
Dailey
W.E. Sheppard
Chambersburg
M.B. Clowe, Jr
Sheppard
Paul Bowling
Washington, D.C
Sor T. Lynn Miller
Central Alarm Control Dispute to be Resolved in Clarke
Clarke County officials and four fire companies plus two rescue squads meet tomorrow at 4 30 p m in the courthouse to decide who controls the Central Alarm system. Sheriff Nicodemus has proposed adding a dispatcher, while the five departments urge the Board of Supervisors to take over dispatcher salaries estimated at 11770.
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Berryville
Clarke
Board of Supervisors
Albert Nicodemus
Sheriff's Department
Farm Conference Set This Monday
Washington Rep J Kenneth Robinson invites farmers and others to the Fifth Annual Farm Conference in Buena Vista on Monday. Keynote by Under Secretary John A Knebel with panels from Virginia agencies and state offices to discuss agricultural issues and problems.
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Washington
J. Kenneth Robinson
Buenta Vista
Robinson
John A. Knebel
20 Marijuana Plots Under Investigation
Frederick County investigators say about 20 sites grow marijuana under Sheriff's surveillance. They report leaves stripped before maturity to curb street supply, with gardeners seen through tips or sheriff patrols. Possession and distribution charges are class five felonies with 1 to 10 year Virginia terms.
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Tom McCabe
Frederick County
Sheriff's Department
Buchanan
Virginia
Front Royal Town Council hears police staffing concerns
Police Sergeant William Farrell warns several experienced officers are leaving the Front Royal department and more may depart unless action is taken. He urges on the job training SOPs code of conduct better benefits and salaries to deter exits. Council to have Town Manager Duncan study the issue and report back.
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Crewe
Duncan
Manassas
Harrisonburg
Culpeper
Bedford
Front Royal
C. S. Hooper Jr
Southside
Hydro
Kermit Nichols
William G. O'Brien
William P. Farrell
Council
Farrell
Jerry Wall
Walter Duncan
Commissioner of Police
Winchester Plans Big Wastewater Upgrade Under EPA Probe
An eight page letter to the state Water Control Board outlines Winchester's plan to meet wastewater standards after EPA citations for overdischarge during last fall’s fruit season. The city seeks $600,000 in upgrades and relocations split between plant work and sewer refurbishments, with individual plants Heinz National Fruit Shenandoah Apple Zeropack and others proposing actions from pretreatment to possible plant shutdowns. Final approval hinges on state consent and continued industry cooperation.
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Star
Winchester
State Water Control Board
Bridgewater
Richmond
J. W. Givens
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Heinz
National Fruit
Shenane
Apple Cooperative
Zeropack
Shenandoah Apple
the Star
Herbert Kalbach
Shenandoah
Layton Stockdale
City-Indus
Stockdale
The
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Front Royal Planning Commission
Lord Fairfax
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LFPDC
Evening Star
Fire Dept
Stor
David Grimwood
Soil Conservation Service
Richard Goodling
Farmers Home Administration
Mason S. Carbaugh
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Edward M. Boggs
Virginia Department of Labor and Industry
Mahlon K. Rudy
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Neal C. Ewing, Jr
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Coyt T. Wilson
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Frank Elmore
Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Douglas Hume
Clarke County
Hume
Robert K. Woltz
J Miles Cory
Edward Buchanan
Stanley Seabright
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Ralph Buracker
Wayne Clark
Robert Kline
Charles V. Rutherford
John Goodrow
Diane Kimbel
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