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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1979
Page
19
Editor notes the 1975 Equal Credit Opportunity Act aims to end sex based credit denial and require consideration of income sources, with age not a factor. Faye Wallace of Farmers & Merchants Bank cites rising women buying homes and cars, but questions if the law changed lending much or reflected existing smart banking.
Women increasingly know their rights under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, while banks must notify on loan decisions within 30 days and provide written reasons on denial. The rules extend to consumer and business loans, though business lending faces exceptions and broader economic factors.
The Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce has offered to purchase the historic Elks Club building at Piccadilly and Braddock. Elks officials acknowledge the offer while noting another interested party, with the building appraised at 102650 and totaling 4872 square feet on a 70 by 90 foot lot.
A Warren County jury found C B Johnson of Sperryville guilty of interfering with an officer and fined him 250 dollars for the February 24 incident at the Hideaway Lounge. The trial featured testimony about a Front Royal Police “wrecking crew” and included defense claims of police misconduct during the confrontation.
Frederick County Republicans hear Dr. Al Cramer warn that GOP Rep. J Kenneth Robinson Del Raymond Guest Jr and Sen. William Truban could lose political careers if Virginia House remains Democratic aligned and districts are redrawn Gerrymandering is cited as the threat while Kenneth Stiles is urged to win a seat to blunt the shift The plan sketches potential county additions to shield the 27th and Seventh districts and hints at a move to single member House districts.
The plan divides Warren County among Page Shenandoah and others while bringing in Clarke Frederick Fauquier and Winchester to the 17th District. Loudoun might supply additional parts to balance Warren loss. REDISTRICTING WILL follow the 1980 Census as the population tally. Cramer said the GOP must gain 16 House seats to become veto proof.
The Warren County Board of Supervisors approved a conditional use permit for an explosives storage site on the Robert Jett farm north of Cedarville on a 3-2 vote. Hercules and Winchester Building Supply representatives assured compliance with strict government specs and a 2030 foot buffer from inhabited areas.
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