Break-ins Being Probed by Winchester Police
Local authorities investigate multiple weekend break ins and larcenies. Items missing include a AM FM radio and police scanner from Martin Gaiis's home on South Braddock Street. Witnesses are being questioned over a plant theft attempt at McDonalds Farm Market. A U Haul tow bar valued at 200 dollars is sought from Doug's Texaco Service Station. A break in at the American Legion Post Home is probed with beer and soft drinks reported missing. A juvenile crash near Berryville Ave injures a car wheel incident.
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Ralph Hite
Winchester
South Braddock St
Martin Gaiis
Hite
McDonald’s
Valley Ave
Frederick County
Sheriff’s Department
Doug
Texaco
Rt. 522
Fox Drive
Sheriff's Department
American Legion Post
Berryville Pike
Local Trucker Escapes Injury in Capon Bridge Shooting
Edward Holtzman of Winchester reported he was shot at around 2 a.m. Saturday while driving a tractor-trailer for Allegheny Freight Lines near Shafmaker Mountain west of Winchester. A 30 caliber bullet shattered the windshield but he was not hurt and drove to the North Mountain Truck Stop.
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Allegheny Freight Lines, Inc
Capon Bridge
Agin
Frederick County
Shafmaker Mountain
Rocky Top Inn
Rt. 50
Winchester
Holtzman
North Mountain
Charleston
Allegheny
Forrest E
Woody”’ Sirbaugh Jr
Sirbaugh
Freight Lines
Front Royal Council Tonight Sets Flea Market Fees and Bypass Talk
Front Royal Town Council meets at 7:30 PM to hear a flea market ordinance with vendor fees licenses and Saturday holiday rules. Also on agenda curb gutter sidewalk rates sewer ordinance third reading and a Western bypass proposal. A town energy conservation plan and annexation area electric service takeover are discussed amid police and highway safety notes.
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Front Royal
David Crump
Arnold Williams
Warren County Highway Safety Committee
Walter Duncan
Potomac Edison
Front Royal Town Hall
Haig Sees Minor Injuries After Incident Near Obourg
Haig was driven to his nearby office when a security incident occurred near Obourg. The U.S. guard sustained minor glass-related injuries while the Belgian guard suffered a hand injury. Both wounds were described as not serious.
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A.m
Obourg
Haig
Casteau
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe
Brussels
Paris
U.S
One Killed in Motorcycle Wreck Near Rt 522
Robert Wilson Smith 28 of Nokesville Virginia was pronounced dead on arrival at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a motorcycle crash on Rt 522 near Rt 681 Saturday at 11 30 p m. Roy Thomas Bowman 23 of Stephens City remained in critical condition at the same hospital, after Bowman skidded left to avoid Smith who attempted to change lanes.
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Robert Wilson Smith
Nokesville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Roy Thomas Bowman
Stephens City
Smith
Bowman Bowman
Boyce
Gail W. Timberlake
Timberlake
Haig to retire after 31 years in military service
General Haig, 55, announced his retirement after 31 years of service and will transfer his supreme allied command to Bernard W. Rogers, 57, at a ceremony in Casteau. Belgian and NATO officials said investigations continue as Haig faces a possible political future.
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NATO
Haig
U.S
Europe
Supreme Allied
Bernard W. Rogers
Casteau
Winchester Evening Star Advertisement Notice
Mail and motor rates listed for the Winchester Evening Star publication based in Winchester Virginia with a subscriber base of over 76,000. Rates shown include $23 annually $15 six months and $8 for a three month period.
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Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
Weather and rainfall summary for Northern Valley Virginia
Sunny today and Tuesday with highs in the 70s and near 80. Clear and cool nights with lows in the 40s to 60s along the shore. Extended Virginia forecast calls for partly cloudy midweek and a chance of Friday showers with highs around 80s and lows in the 60s. Rainfall data shows June 0.09 inches in the past 24 hours, year-to-date totals and historic averages and extremes.
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Northern Valley
Virginia
National Weather Service
Upper Rockies
Upper Midwest
Great Lakes Area
South
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Win
Chester
Front Royal Council
Agnes V. Jenkins
J. Frederick Massie
Richard
Buck
Gordon Green
M. Jones
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Harry Lee Allanson
Hebron Baptist Church
Gore, Va
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Funeral Home
Ecree Mont Ams
Searmark Rock of Ages
Nme
Bernard F. Groves
S. Braddock St
Bowman
Chadbourne C. Cox
Lovettsville
Virginia Employment Commission
West Piccadilly St
Fox
Paul Lee Wine, Jr
Ruth Patterson
Redland United Metodist Church
Whitacre
Woodlaw Cemetery
Winenesser
Capel
Noaa. US
Commerca
Ssociated Press
Arthur Louis
Optometry
S. Loudoun St
Winchester, Va
Stuyvesant Street
R.L. Henry
Warrenton
W. C. Walther
Prore
Braddock and
Wolf Streets
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