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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1973
Page
7
Front Royal town council voted to lift the sewer installation delay and set action for March 15. The council approved a 250 unit apartment project by Community House and Research Corp to cover utilities costs, with future projects likely to follow.
A Middlesex County grand jury indicted Boston resident Anthony J. Jackson on murder rape kidnapping and robbery in the death of Ruth A. Hamilton 22 a Winthrop school teacher and on similar charges in the death of Damaris Synge Gillispie 22 of Cambridge. Authorities linked eight strangulation cases in the Boston area since last summer.
A campaign worker, Judith Hoback, swore she was summoned by Nixon's re election committee 48 hours after private FBI questioning in the Watergate probe. The affidavit, released to Sen. Birch Bayh, ties Hoback to two other Nixon staffers who sought private FBI talks after campaign lawyers attended initial sessions.
Charlotte J. Eller is named chairman of the Conservation of Resources Committee of the Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce. A Roanoke native, she holds a Seton Hill College degree and has taught at James Wood High School and served as Winchester Bureau News Chief for the Northern Virginia Daily.
The Arabian Saddle Club of Clarke County gives 100 dollars to start the Frederick County 4 H Horse and Pony Club. The March meeting featured equipment talks and a bake sale planned for April 14 in front of McCrory's organized by Mrs. Irvin Clevenger.
Five Warren County Humane Society members will be elected to the board at 7 pm tonight at the Virginia Gentleman Restaurant. The annual meeting will hear activity reports and progress, including a new office and completed isolation pens to improve shelter service.
The Warren County Welcome Wagon Club will meet at 12 15 p m tomorrow at Chris Gerlick s home. Members are encouraged to bring arts and crafts or just join for a social afternoon with dessert and coffee and to help newcomers get acquainted in the community. Mrs Gerlick s home is a yellow colonial on Rt 340 south near KOA Campgrounds about 2 1 2 miles from town.
London AP reports some hospital workers returned to work and gas workers prepared to vote on a new wage offer while rail unions discussed settlement proposals. Victor Feather of the Trades Union Congress met with union chiefs, but specifics remained unclear. Rail workers seek to preserve pay differentials and larger raises than the anti inflation guideline limits.
The C. Vernon Eddy Chapter of DeMolay marks DeMolay Week with Government Day activities. Winchester officials join the youths in city and county government events, tours, and a Board of Supervisors meeting. The week includes church services and plans for spring projects. Officers include Richard Ramey and Terry Oates with advisers Galladay and Copenhawer.
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival official George A. Froom calls an Honored Hundred meeting at 7 30 a m at Lee Jackson Restaurant. Members will receive follow up assignments within 10 days and solicit local subscriptions for 1973 festival planning and promotion. Team Captains listed include Ambrose Armel Blankenship Charmouris Eddy Stickley and McDonald.
Barbara Crites of Gainesboro selected Miss Gainesboro Raritan 1973 and will represent Zone I Ruritans in the Miss Raritan beauty contest. She is a James Wood High School junior active in 4-H and church, with plans for studying accounting. The Zone I contest is marching toward March 25 at 7 30 p m in Senseny Road Elementary auditorium with free admission.
The Stephens City Mennonite Church hosts a Christian Life Conference Thursday and Friday with Paul Unruh as speaker. Unruh is administrator and counselor at New Life Treatment Center in Chambersburg Pa and has extensive experience in chemical dependency treatment and community outreach in Omaha. The program begins each evening at 7 30 and highlights Unruh’s work on radio and TV programs and his roles with local health and education committees.
Norvell Gillespie 59 a Berkeley based horticulturist died Saturday He designed the Army camouflage jungle garb worn by U S troops in the Pacific during World War II and was a garden editor for the San Francisco Chronicle Better Homes and Gardens and Sunset Magazine
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