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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1974
Page
11
Potomac Edison assures adequate summer power to meet customer demand. Allegheny Power System notes 70 day coal supply and 30 percent reserve above forecast with no major unit outages planned. The firm urges conservation to offset higher fuel costs and states only one 291 MW unit may briefly stop under air quality rules.
John K. Marlow chair of the Lord Fairfax Planning Commission and executive director R. Edward Duncan outline the 1974 75 budget totaling 175 674 with projected income 190 470 and review accomplishments. They cite elderly nutrition, regional plans, and upcoming studies in Page and Warren Counties, plus priorities in water sewer solid waste health and development.
The 24th annual SWARC Hamfest will be in Winchester on Saturday and Sunday August 3 4. Club president Carl Horner K4BRK announced L Neill Woods W4LOG has been named chairman. Banquet opens August 3 at Carper's Valley Golf Club. Armory hosts Sunday all day program with meetings, swapping, exhibits and prize drawing. Tickets needed for banquet. no Armory admission.
Firefighters responded at 4 10 am to an apartment above the Warren Quality Shop at 113 East Main Street. John Pendleton, in his 70s, was overcome by smoke and taken to Warren Memorial Hospital in critical condition. One fireman sprained an ankle and another burned his arm. the apartment and shop suffered smoke and water damage. The blaze began in a mattress and was blamed on a cigarette.
Clarke County Commonwealth's Attorney Harold Hawkins says Raymond Ratcliffe is not eligible to run for the Berryville Longmarsh School Board seat. The Josephine Street Improvement Committee seeks legislature permission for an at large appointment if Ratcliffe is barred. Electoral board postpones ruling pending written legal opinion. Ivan Armacost enters the Berryville candidacy as another hopeful.
HEW demands higher black enrollment and faculty at Virginia state institutions. It calls for University of Maryland to raise black student share from 4 percent to 13 16 percent and urges Virginia Military Institute, University of Virginia, and College of William and Mary to admit more black students and hires. It also targets Virginia State College and Norfolk State College to increase white attendance and teaching.
Frederick County Planner H Ronald Berg spoke to about 35 Winchester Citizens Assn members. He urged city residents to attend county meetings and discussed a proposed Winchester Mall with plans for three major department stores and shared the Thoroughfare Plan map to 1990. Six new members joined the club during a pre talk business session and questions followed.
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