Winchester City Council Approves Annexed Area Tuition
City budget totals 221000 in revenue and expenditures with 151200 for annexed area student tuition and 70000 for capital outlay. Projects include 30000 architectural fees for a new elementary school and 25000 for a Middle School on the O'Connell tract on E Cork St. Council also moves agreements for water surveys and sewer improvements.
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O'Connell
E. Cork St
Council
Seldon
Pitometer Associates, Engineers of
New York
Alexander Potter Associates
Rt. 652
Council salutes Star Staff Writer Pat Robinson
City Council expresses appreciation for Pat Robinson for writing twelve Housing Ordinance articles in the Star beginning February 11. Council also awards certificates of appreciation to three Parks and Recreation Board members Sam D. Preston M E Royston and Donald E Smallwood for service periods from 1958 to 1964 and 1965 to 1971.
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Pat Robinson
Star
Wayne A. Whitman
Public Improvement Committee
James H. Fleming
Parks and Recreation Committee
Parks and Recreation Board
Sam D. Preston
M.E. Royston
Donald E. Smallwood
Zoning Plan for Winchester Annex Area Moves Forward
A proposed interim ordinance to establish zoning district boundaries for Winchester's 5.9 square mile annexation area cleared second reading by title. Planning commission approved the zoning ordinance March 3 with public hearing set for March 31. The council earlier sought a comprehensive plan from the State Division of Planning. Clarence Irvin began work March 1 as city real estate assessor. A $750 fund transfer was approved to purchase office equipment, marking a shift from using external reassessment help to a city assessor.
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Winchester
City Planning Commission
Council
State Division of Planning and Community Affairs
Planning Commission
James McHenry
M. Febe Seana Erence
Clarence Irvin
Alert Exercise Scheduled Tonight at Handley High
City leaders remind public about the dry run of the Emergency Operations Simulation at Handley High School Civil Defense HQ tonight at 7. The actual Alert Exercise is set for tomorrow at 7. Councilman Thomas C. Glass urged attendance at both events.
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Handley High
Civil Defense Headquarters
Handley High School
Thomas C. Glass
Fire and Civil Defense Committee
Pigeon Help Sought to Cut Phone Delay in Dublin
A Dublin carpet factory manager, frustrated by a six month telephone wait, advertised for carrier pigeons familiar with the city to carry on his business. The Posts and Telegraphs Dept apologized and promised a phone within a month.
City adopts speed limits in newly annexed area
Winchester imposes 40 mph limits on Paper Mill Road Shawnee Drive and Rt 816 segments in the pre annexation area and 45 mph on Amherst St Millwood Ave and Valley Ave within the expanded city boundaries to curb violations.
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Winchester
Paper Mill Road
Shawnee Drive
Rt. 816
Amherst St
Millwood Ave
Valley Ave
Middle Road
Laser Beam Cuts Fabrics Speeds Garment Making
Frederickburg AP reports Hughes Aircraft Co systems at G&H Manufacturing cut fabric with a laser called Laser matic. The computer directed setup speeds production, reduces stockpiling, and could halve delivery time for suits, with Genesco backing and no patent held.
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Fredericksburg
G&h Manufacturing Co
Hughes Aircraft Co
Genesco
L.greis & Bros
G&h
Franklin M. Jarman
Rockefeller Considers Welfare Reform Package
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller weighs a reform package in Albany that would turn away welfare seekers at entry with token aid and a ticket home. The plan may also require able bodied recipients to work, potentially creating jobs to meet welfare needs.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
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City Council
A.B.C
Roy Bayliss
Ben B. Dutton, Jr
Winchester Volunteer Squad
James J. Williams
N. Euclid Ave
Bayliss
Star's
Robinson
H.W. Butler, Jr
Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
Butler
Commission
Front Royal
Jarman
Geneseo
Rockefeller
Pain In
Rouss Finance Company
Jim Dix
N. Loudoun Street
Winchester, Virginia
Ventura
Fisher
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