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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1976
Page
9
Front Royal Town Council adopts a 4 million dollar budget for 1976 77 with no tax increase and service cost rises. Wages rise at least 25 cents an hour and a committee weighs revising the town wage scale amid debates over percentage versus flat increases.
Rick Miller, current director of the Alcohol Safety Action Project, will head the new Division of Court Services. The division includes six full time and 20 part time staff with a budget over 125000 dollars. Other programs include Youth Options, driver improvement school, jail probation, and work releases. A study on alcohol abuse in General District Court cases is planned with a 75 to 80 percent suspected correlation.
FMC will transfer its fiber division research and development and technical departments to Front Royal as Avtex Fibers negotiates to buy the unit. Avtex will include facilities in Front Royal Radford Meadville Nitro and add leadership by John Gregg. The sale aims to make Avtex the largest domestic rayon fiber producer with about half of U.S. capacity.
Winchester attorney Lewis M Costello will draft proposed by law changes for distribution to nine member fire companies. Ed Lawrence of Clearbrook Fire Company said no immediate action will occur after last night's meeting. The change under review would replace unanimous consent with a two thirds vote. The effort has been debated since 1973 and revived after Gainesboro Fire Company's opposition to a central dispatch plan.
Winchester Circuit Court grand jury indicted 15 individuals yesterday on various charges, none a personal-violence case. Separate actions include Peter Bernard’s mental-competency motion denial and multiple indictments for theft, breaking and entering, fraud, and drug offenses. Trial dates and pleas set in counties including Stephens City and Scott.
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