Train Crash Injures 68 Near Washington disrupts Northeast Corridor
A Conrail commuter train rear ended Amtrak Montrealer eight miles north of Washington injuring 68 and delaying traffic. Sixty five treated and released at local hospitals while three were kept overnight. NTSB investigators said the Montrealer had nearly stopped when struck.
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Seabrook, Md
Amtrak
Washington
National Transporation Safety Board
Conrail
Montreal
Sue Stevens
Bob Buckhorn
Richard Scott
Prince Georges County
Baltimore
Hugh V. Hoffmaster
Hoffmaster
Oscar
Elanor Hartman
Potomac
Andy Miller leads 1000 in Virginia Democratic rally
More than 800 supporters gathered at William & Mary for a Miller rally before marching to William & Mary Hall where the crowd swelled to about 1,000. Miller projected a first ballot total near 1,200 as he aims for the 1,399 needed to clinch the nomination for U S Senate.
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Andrew Miller
William & Mary
Convention Hall
William & Mary Hall
U. S. Senate
Miller
Cary Stadium
Dick Obenshain
Bill Scott
Obenshain
U.S
William L. Scott
R-Va
Doris
Lynchburg
Tim Finchem
State Democratic Party
Doris Miller
Norfolk City
Conoly Phillips
Rufus Phillips
Fairfax
Jan Silman Wins Award Amid Classmate Nominations
Jan Silman thanks her mother and school sponsor Mrs. Pratt after being named award recipient with three fellow students also nominated. She plans to use future scholarship funds for James Madison University business administration studies while recalling the Montrealer crash and the chaotic aftermath with shaken passengers and injuries.
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Jan
Mrs. Pratt
James Madison University
Winchester Star Leadership Award Honors Local Senior
The Star Leadership Award recognizes a senior from four area high schools for leadership and citizenship. Doug earned multiple certificates for academics and service, including tutor work at Herndon Intermediate, awards in Spanish, and drum major honors. Warren County committee members and adjudicators are listed.
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Winchester Evening Star
Doug
Herndon
Warren County
National Honor Society
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
The
Star
Robert Barbour
Tom Christoffel
John Ewell
Nan Hathaway
Tax Cut Plan Stalls as Congress Delays Action
Washington AP reports that federal income tax cuts remain blocked in Congress as of early October. House Speaker Tip O Neal notes a bill for about 20 billion dollars, but Ways and Means discussions show no agreement. Divisions over capital gains relief and Social Security tax rollbacks persist amid adjournment pressures and potential lame duck session.
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Washington
California
Congress
Thomas P
Tip’ O'Neill
D-Mass
House
Ways and Means Committee
Carter
Ways and Means
Clarke County School Board Appoints Four to Staff
Clarke County School Board approved four appointments to fill personnel vacancies after an abbreviated meeting. The board updated on new state requirements for handicapped special education with July 1 implementation and reviewed office hours set at 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through next fall. Wade Johnson noted final bills and a June 27 meeting at 4 p.m.
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Berryville
Clarke County School Board
Clarke County
Andy Overstreet
William Overby
Wade Johnson
Senior honors awarded to top ten graduates
During 1977 78 she lettered in track and danced in modern dance and was elected SCA vice president for 78 79. The Class of 78 presented awards with a $100 check from Anna Marie Cooper to Tracy Ann Snodgrass, the senior who won as a seventh grader. Top ten graduates named: Diana Kay Sullivan Paul Frederick Frenzel Wanda Sue Bull Mark B Whitney Ellen MacGregor Ewell Danny Milton Smedley Tracy Ann Snodgrass Douglas Christopher Forbes Lindsey Dianne Clark Bettina Joyce Adler.
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SCA
Anna Marie Cooper
John Pond
Diana Kay Sullivan
Paul Frederick Frenzel
Wanda Sue Bull
Mark B. Whitney
Ellen MacGregor Ewell
Danny Milton Smedley
Tracy Ann Snodgrass
Douglas Christopher Forbes
Lindsey Dianne Clark
Bettina Joyce Adler
Armed Robbery Suspect Sought After Berryville Fast Food Hold Up
Winchester police seek a white male robber who threatened a waitress with a knife at Hobby's Fast Food on Berryville Ave at 10:55 p.m. The suspect demanded cash, got 300 dollars, fled on foot to Dodge Ave, then into a green Ford Falcon. Described as 24 to 25, 5'11", 165 pounds with light brown hair. no injuries reported.
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Winchester
Hobby
Berryville Ave
Fred Hildebrand
Hildebrand
Dodge Ave
Avco
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Williamsburg
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Hartman
Gloria Phillips
Severn, Md
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Odenton, Md
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Wreerear Arenas
Osi
James C. Shanholtz
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Funeral Home
al Ullman
D-Ore
Bernard F. Groves
S. Braddock St
Call the Stars
Front Royal
Seghent City
Middletown
School Board
Kathleen Devereux
Ation
Peratures
National Weather Service
NOAA
US Dept of Commerce
Florida
Upper Michigan
Mississippi Valley
Valley
Virginia
Marvin Ford
First Assembly of God Church
Ford
Ralph Wilkerson
Melodyland Christian Center
Jesus Christ
First Assembly OF God
Pleasant Valley Road
Wigfield
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