Thunderstorm Ravages Winchester Area Causing Power Outages
Severe storms swept through Winchester and surrounding counties with high winds and heavy rain. A distribution circuit failed cutting power for hundreds along Rt. 522. Signs, tree limbs, and a Kresge Store roof section were damaged amid scattered outages and downed lines.
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Winchester
Abrams Delight
Valley Ave
Liz Kern
Kernstown
C. Irvine Cather
Potomac Edison Co
C & P Telephone Co
Nancy Lee
Gene Dailey
Kresge
Ward Plaza
Shawnee Salvage
Syrian troops occupy U S oil refinery in Sidon
Syrian forces and tanks seized the Sidon harbor and the nearby American oil refinery 25 miles south of Beirut as part of safeguarding fuel supplies amid Lebanon’s 14 month civil war. Israel warned of action if defenses are threatened and Arab leaders urged resistance to the incursion.
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Beirut, Lebanon
Sidon
Beirut
Syria
Jerusalem
Lebanon
Israel
Yigal Allon
Kamal Jumblatt
Anwar Sadat
Cairo
Pound falls to new low on swift British currency declines
The pound slid nearly 4 cents to a new low of $1.7160 in London trading before recovering to about $1.72. The move followed a government report showing official reserves at $5.4 billion for May, boosted by $1.041 billion borrowed abroad, a factor analysts say masked a net decline.
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London
Brown claims victory in Rhode Island primary race
Primary results leave Brown claiming a clearest challenge to Carter while Udall and Church split Rhode Island uncommitted votes. Ford and Reagan tout delegate wins in Rhode Island and other states as Carter, Udall, and Church divergent in outcome ahead of California and Ohio contests.
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Rhode Island
Jerry Brown
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Georgia
Idaho
Frank Church
Brown
California
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Montana
South Dakota
Arizona
Morris K. Udall
Church
New Jersey
Ohio
Reagan
Udall
Stop Carter
Winchester Adopts Record 11.3 Million City Budget
Winchester approves a near 11.3 million dollar budget for the coming fiscal year after a public hearing where only one resident spoke. The plan takes effect July 1 and includes a debate over employee pay increases and real estate taxes.
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Winchester
Diane Kimbel
Lewis Ebert
Ebert
Durham's Petition for Third Trial Denied
Judge Duncan C. Gibb denied Luther Durham Jr a writ of habeas corpus seeking a third trial for the 1963 Double Tollgate murder of Annie Snow. The case recounts two prior trials resulting in first degree murder convictions and life terms, with claims of ineffective counsel and witness handling raised by Durham and his lawyer D. P. Rabin.
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Susan Burke
Star
Duncan C. Gibb
Luther Durham Jr
Annie Snow
Double Tollgate
Durham
U. S. District Court
Harrisonburg
D. P. Rabin
David Simpson
Billy J. Tisinger
Rabin
Rabun
Simpson
Byrd Declares Re election Candidacy With 26000 Signatures
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. officially certified as a candidate for re election after filing with Virginia's State Board of Elections. About 26 000 petition signatures, nearly triple the requirement, supported his bid while he faces challenger Elmo Zumwalt Jr. from the Democratic slate. Byrd has a history of independent runs and inherited his seat in 1965 following his father's death.
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Harry F. Byrd Jr
India
State Board of Elections
John Clements
Richmond
Byrd
Harry F. Byrd Sr
George W Rawlings
Fredericksburg
del. L Ray Garland
Roanoke County
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Naval Operations
Zumwalt
Virginia Democratic Party
Agencies to Aid Va. Fruit Growers Amid Losses
Roanoke Valley fruit growers, facing a late spring freeze, hear from Rep. M Caldwell Butler that SBA guaranteed loans may aid related industries while FHA programs are best suited to help. Virginia State Horticultural Society officials warn the state forecast 2 million bushels, about 20 percent of last year, marking the third shortest harvest on record.
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Roanoke
Roanoke Valley
Virginia
M. Caldwell Butler
Roanoke-Botetourt Fruit Growers Association
Small Business Administration
SBA
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Butler
Purcell McCue
Virginia State Horticultural Society
State Apple Commission
McCue
Boards of Supervisors
Mills Godwin
Warren County taxes to rise 20 percent next year
Report from the Board of Supervisors meeting notes a 20 percent tax increase for Warren County residents in the coming year. Also mentions the Area News Page coverage and the Wayside Theatre summer opening with the show Luv at Middletown. Frederick County School Board item appears on Reading Skills Page 17.
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Warren County
Board of Supervisors
Area
Wayside
Wayside Theatre
Middletown
The
Frederick County School Board
Eee
Area News
Abby
Spectator
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J. Miles Cary
U.S
Rogers C.B. Morton
Rhode Iland
Handley School
George Garber
Garber
James Fleming
S. Pannill Jones
C. L. Riley
Wendell Seldon
Alice Ann Fritts
Roy's
North Loudoun
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