High voltage route to be appealed to Virginia Supreme Court
The Fauquier County route for a 500000 volt transmission line approved by the State Corporation Commission will be appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court. The plan is by Virginia Electric & Power Co to run from North Anna to a Morrisville substation in Fauquier County.
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Supreme Appeal
Warrenton
State Corporation Commission
Fauquier County
Virginia Supreme Court
SCC
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Vepco
North Anna
Morrisville
Wurmbrand To Speak At Rosedale Church
The Romanian Christian leader Reverend Richard Wurmbrand will speak at Rosedale Baptist Church on Rt. 50 west of Winchester at 7 30 p m. He endured fourteen years in prison and led underground ministry after 1945 before his 1965 emigration from Romania.
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Richard Wurmbrand
Rosedale Baptist Church
Winchester
Wurmbrand
Bucharest
Romania
Davis Seeks 72.1 Million for Long Range Prison Plan
Richmond AP Davis, director of the Virginia State Department of Corrections, will ask the 1976 General Assembly for 72.1 million dollars to fund a long range prison construction program. The plan allocates 11.8 million for a maximum security prison at Boydton, 42 million for two medium security prisons and a youth offender center, and 2.5 million for two intensive treatment centers for hardened juveniles. The effort follows a Board of Corrections push for 2 million in emergency funds to ease overcrowding, with 994 felons and 788 misdemeanants in local jails awaiting space. Presley pants incident and Pope Paul VI appeal span the city and Vatican briefs in this Virginia and international news roundup.
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Richmond
Jack Davis
State Department of Corrections
General Assembly
Davis
Boydton
Mecklenburg County
State Board of Corrections
Mills Godwin
Virginia
Weather summary and historical rainfall data for Winchester
Partly cloudy today with highs in the mid 80s and fair tonight. Saturday will be sunny with highs in the mid 80s to around 90. Virginia region mostly sunny and warm with similar temperatures. Extended outlook shows a chance of thunderstorms Sunday to Tuesday with 80s highs and 60s lows. Noon high today 80 and low 58. Rainfall figures provided for past days and decades, including 3.21 inches current rainfall through 8:30 a.m. and 20.80 inches year to date. Historical averages and extremes for the last 62 years listed, with 53.02 inches in 1972 as highest and 17.15 inches in 1930 as lowest.
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Virginia
Guest to Speak at Flag Day Observance
Del Raymond R. Guest Jr. will address the Flag Day observance at noon tomorrow at Ward Plaza near Montgomery Ward's. The event is hosted by Winchester Lodge 867 BPOE and Front Royal Lodge 2382 BPOE with Montgomery Ward's, featuring the VFW Post 2123 Color Guard. Public attendance is invited as part of Bicentennial preparations under the theme Honor Our Flag Always. A separate report notes a burglary at a Stephens City residence with $60 stolen from an unattended home. no forced entry evident.
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Del
Raymond R
Andy) Guest Jr
Ward Plaza
Montgomery Ward
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Front Royal Lodge
Montgomery Ward's
VFW
Winchester
Lee Ebert
Knowledge Quiz Questions on Geography and History
A set of ten trivia prompts covering geography like the Gaspe Peninsula and Alaska's capital, bi- ts about camels and boxing history, Greek myth details, hockey team size, Canterbury Tales author, The Yellow Kid pioneer, and a general question about Houston's area code.
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Gaspe Peninsula
James J. Corbett
James J. Jeffries
Aphrodite
Yellow Kid
Alaska
Houston
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Lynchburg
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the Elks
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Rt. 1
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Stoopy
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Athur, Inc
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Winchester, Virginia
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