Grand jury to probe Edgemeade School officials in rape case
A Franklin County grand jury is empaneled to investigate Edgemeade School officials over the alleged rape of a 15-year-old student last month. The panel will review whether officials knew of the assault three days before reporting it and whether the initial police probe was hindered.
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Budget Discrepancy Prompts City Review and Audit
The Star confirms general fund figures totaling 9 195 581, missing 36 000 versus the budget proposal 9 231 581. City Auditor Porrero claims a typographical error caused the mismatch and says no error remained after correction. London report notes Kenneth MacMillan resigns as Royal Ballet director to focus on choreography, Norman Morrice named successor.
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B.M. Porrero
London
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Covent Garden
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Ballet Rambert
Winchester Officials Voice Concern Over Student Drug Use
Handley High School faces a hard drug issue with claims of heroin and marijuana access through non students and outside contacts. Superintendent Jacob Johnson cites increased soft drug use and alcohol problems while school programs push education alongside parental and community roles.
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Winchester School
Jacob Johnson
Johnson
Craig
Appeal Backfires in Frederick County Traffic Case
Joseph Allen Snapp of Middletown failed to overturn a traffic charge conviction in Frederick County Circuit Court. A jury fined him 500 dollars and sentenced six months in jail on appeal after a March 15 chase along Rt. 11 from Stephens City to Middletown where Officer Harrison Foreman gathered evidence.
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U.S
Frederick County
Joseph Allen Snapp
Middletown
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House Votes No Benefits For Upgraded Discharges
The House adopted a 70.2 billion dollar appropriations bill cutting agency funding and voted 273 136 to deny benefits to Vietnam era servicemen upgraded discharges. An additional HUD housing regulation review was approved amid concerns it could aid homosexual couples in receiving federal housing aid.
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Carter
House
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Edward Boland
D-Mass
HUD
Three girls put on supervised probation for vandalism
In Front Royal Virginia the Warren County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court placed three girls on supervised probation after they vandalized the Leslie Fox Keyser elementary school construction site on May 8. Damages are estimated at 3000 dollars, not 10000. The girls 9 and 13-year-olds entered through an unlocked door and damaged floors and walls with paint markers and crayons. The probation plan may require Saturday cleanup to help compensate the school.
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Front Royal
Warren County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Leslie Fox Keyser
Carle Germelman
Germelman
Weather outlook for Northern Valley and extended period
Fair with patchy fog tonight and warm humid Friday with a chance of afternoon or evening thundershowers. Highs in the mid 80s. Extended, partly sunny with possible afternoon showers mainly in the mountains and highs in the upper 80s. Overnight lows in the 60s. Rainfall for June none and long term averages listed.
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Northern Valley Fair
Virginia
Park Visits Hit Record High in May
Shenandoah National Park saw a May record of 367 300 visits. Park official Robert R. Jacobsen reported 243 800 visits in May 1976, a 50 percent rise. Year to date visits total 978 200, up 24 percent from the prior year.
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Robert R. Jacobsen
Shenandoah National Park
Jacobsen
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