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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1979
Page
2
Charles P. Lord headmaster of St. Timothy's School in Stevenson Maryland addressed Powhatan's eighth grade at closing exercises. He urged graduates to keep their minds an interesting and joyful place to live and noted fewer than 25 percent of U S students are exposed to the arts.
The Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad fund drive nears the $100000 mark with two local groups boosting the effort. The Winchester-Frederick County Junior Historical Society gave $100 while Shawnee Raritan Club added $210 from a concession stand, aiding a drive aimed at a $350000 headquarters project. Construction progresses toward a December completion at Millwood Ave and Pleasant Valley Rd as the drive extends.
Frederick County sheriff’s deputies investigate a reported assault on a 17 year old in Middletown near Rt. 634 about 9 30 p m. The youth sustained minor stab wounds to the left knee.
The correction notes Wendy Swann Lillian Sempeles and Lisa Zickefoose were omitted in the caption under the Handley graduating class photo and the Star apologizes for the error.
A 30 year old California woman weighed 380 pounds before surgeons at UC Medical School San Francisco removed a benign giant ovarian tumor that had filled her abdomen with about 200 pounds of tissue and fluid. The tumor, grown over at least 15 years, was removed in four and a half hours and left her with a 180 pound post operative weight loss. Doctors say the patient should conceive if she wishes and the tumor is unlikely to return. The procedure included plans to remove excess skin after recovery.
The Clarke County Democratic Party schedules a mass meeting for tomorrow at 11 AM to nominate candidates for local constitutional offices and board of supervisor posts. A slate of six delegates and alternates to district senatorial and legislative conventions will be chosen tomorrow afternoon in Front Royal.
The court explains that a jury can convict Major Johnson of capital murder even if it cannot determine who fired the trigger. Virginia amended its statutes in 1977 to require the direct shooter be the principal in the first degree for capital murder. Judge Ballou rejected defense requests for alternate jury instructions, leading to the reversal of the conviction.
The National Weather Service predicts showers across the Midwest into western New York and Pennsylvania Friday into early Saturday. Southern Florida also expected to see rain with general warm humid conditions in the Northern Valley and Virginia regions.
The Shenandoah Valley hosts the annual Antique Car rally by the Antique Automobile Club and Skyline Caverns on Rt 340 south of Front Royal. First 100 arrivals receive plaques, AACA judges rate cars at noon, trophies awarded at the Saturday buffet dinner.
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