Clarke Makes Up Days With Sick Leave and Calendar Change
Clarke County School Board tentatively approves unused sick leave compensation for long service employees at 10 dollars a day. A seven percent across the board salary raise is approved. Four make up days set for April 9 10 11 and May 28 Memorial Day shrinking spring vacation. A tentative 1979 80 calendar and Boyce Elementary improvements receive approval. Next meeting is April 6 at 1 p.m.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Wade Johnson
Johnson
Irons
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Boyce
Clarke County School Board
G. Kenneth Levi
Charles Grubbs
John Milleson
Joseph Cain
Martha Myer
Potts to Head Chamber of Commerce Manufacturers Committee
Sam Jones announces Earl F. Potts as chair of the Winchester Frederick County Chamber Manufacturers Committee. Potts, born in Kansas City, is Plant Manager of the Winchester Abex plant and member of the Winchester Kiwanis Club. The committee links chamber and manufacturers, publicizes local products, conducts an annual wage survey, and organizes industrial exhibits.
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Sam Jones
Winchester- Frederick County
Winchester
Frederick County
Rain and Snow Cloud Outlook With Cold Weekend
The National Weather Service forecasts a mix of rain and snow with umbrellas and overcoats needed. Expect highs near 50 today, a low 30s tonight with possible snow flurries, and a chilly weekend with lows around 30 and highs near 40. Precipitation wanes by Monday with mostly partly cloudy skies through Wednesday.
First US house arrest sentence issued in Alameda County
Rebecca Brown, 46, a vocational nurse, was guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a kitchen scuffle that left her husband dead. She received one year probation under a new home confinement program requiring twice daily reports to a probation officer, aimed at cutting jail costs after Proposition 13.
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Oakland
Calif
Rebecca Brown
Crippled Maria Costa Awaits Barge for Contaminated Water Dump
A crippled freighter Maria Costa sits 11 miles off Virginia awaiting a New York barge to pump 1,500 tons of pesticide contaminated water to a federal dumping area 106 miles southeast of New York. EPA permit signed by Barbara Blum clears disposal. repairs and patches underway with marine biologists noting no measurable surface water contamination yet.
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Portsmouth
New Jersey
U. S
Environmental Protection Agency
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic Ocean
New York
Fred Maldonado
Coast Guard
EPA
Peter Acly
Barbara Blum
Costa Lines
John Dalton
Harry Hughes
Maryland
Spain
Maria Costa
Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency
Weather notes with colder night and weekend warming
The Valley forecasts a colder night with a chance of evening rain turning to snow flurries, lows in the low 30s, and clearing and cooler Sunday with highs near 40. The extended Virginia forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a moderating trend Monday to Wednesday with highs in the upper 40s to upper 50s and lows in the upper 20s to upper 30s.
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Tricounty
Cleo
Jenny Smart
Loudoun
Virginia
National Weather Service
Vietnam reports heavy Chinese toll as Lang Son falls
Vietnam said its forces killed or wounded more than 500 Chinese troops along the northern frontier and claimed Lang Son fell to Hanoi. It cited a rift in Beijing leadership and a secret Chinese radio airing anti-Peking content. No independent confirmation.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam
China
Lang Son
Peking
Hanoi
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
Ing
Cao Bang
Ha Tuyen
Dong van
Mail and Motor Delivery Rates Set for Periods
Rates listed include 28.00 for yearly, 15.00 for six months, and 8.00 for three months. Describes pricing for mail and motor delivery services with payment intervals.
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Scott Meson
Clarke
Kathleen Devereux
Star
Tehran
Harley E. Swisher
M. Jones
Timber Ridge Christian Church
Christian Church
Freda R. Johnson
Jones
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Funeral Home
Corsages Smalts Florists, Inc
Phon
Norfolk
Hampton Man
Ghare Hen Boon
Kenneth E. Waybright
Culpeper National Cemetery
Culpeper, Va
Lome Winchester
Bernard F. Groves
S. Braddock
V.F.W
Flurrees
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Florida
NOAA
Dept of Commerce
Viet
Winchester Evening Star
Overaaeeremesane
Aere
Xanadu Oriental Rug CO
South King Street
Jules Rest Interiors
Leesburg
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