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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1970
Page
3
Frederick County plans a public hearing August 10 at 3 p.m. on a proposed ordinance to issue motor vehicle license tags starting May 1 1971 with fees listed for passenger cars trailers and other vehicles. Tags go on sale March 15 1971 with a May 1 1971 purchase deadline. Proceeds fund general county purposes.
Police hunt self styled Candlelight Killer blamed for three slayings and a kidnapping and robbery spree across California. The suspect Robert Liberty 23 was declared insane in 1966 after strangling his girlfriend and released in 1969. He is accused of murder in Orange County and San Diego.
Forty Madison College students received penalties from the faculty committee for campus demonstrations on April 23 and 26. Penalties ranged from indefinite suspension to reprimands. originally 47 were charged. Six seniors were barred from commencement exercises. diplomas mailed after graduation. 26 students and two faculty members were convicted of trespassing in Rockingham County Court. seven appealed to the circuit court. Federal judges allowed challenges to hearings on constitutional grounds.
In Italy, Premier Mariano Rumor's center-left coalition won 12 of 15 regional legislatures and 58.2 percent of the 32.7 million votes, up 2.8 points from 1968. The Communists and allies took 31.1 percent, capturing Emilia Romagna but falling short in Tuscany and Umbria.
Kernstown United Methodist Church announces its annual Vacation Church School each evening from 7 to 8 30 starting Monday June 15 through Friday June 26. Programs include nursery through Senior High and are open to all interested persons.
Dr. Ralph Braunschweig, president of the Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co., accepts a check from young donors who raised 111 dollars by parking cars at the O'Sullivan Open golf tourney. Roy A. Cather Jr. provided land for parking, with Page Cather and Andrew Nicholson pictured beside the event sign.
The commonwealth's attorney opens the Roanoke murder case against 17-year-old Paul Edward Patterson before an out-of-town jury. Prosecutor Sam Garrison says Patterson killed Thelma Lipscomb Lam with 21 stab wounds at a Roanoke pet shop on Sept. 19, 1969, planning the crime with Billy Short. Defense says the case is circumstantial and others had a chance to commit the crime. Patterson may testify he did not kill Lam. Two witnesses describe discovering Lam's body and a separate witness places Patterson at the scene. Garrison seeks the death penalty.
Washington AP Congress intends to quiz the Post Office on links between mailmen and the Mafia at a June 18 hearing led by Rep Dante Fascell. The focus will be on training gaps for postal inspectors facing organized crime as thefts from the mails grow and arrests rise.
The Frederick County Sanitation Authority will hold a public meeting tonight at 7 30 at the Frederick County Junior High School. Authority members will outline the initial phase plan of the county water and sewer system for residents along the proposed route who missed last week’s meetings.
A public hearing on the application of Oliver L. Payne and William A. Morrison to establish a 30 acre trailer camp four and a half miles north of Winchester was scheduled by the Board of Supervisors for July 13 at 3 p.m. The site would be on the west side of Rt. 11 behind existing residences and extend to the Pennsylvania Railroad. Two residents protested citing devaluation of nearby property.
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