Arson Suspected In Large Frederick County Grass Fire
Winter conditions, including heavy snow and ice, are blamed for frequent grass fires in Frederick County as Stephens City Fire Chief James Ebersole notes something suspicious about a major grass fire burning 12 acres of Ralph Wakeman property. Fire crews from Stephens City Greenwood and Gainesboro worked about two hours. A juvenile was linked to a separate small fire near Blair property and no charges were filed. A third blaze near Rt 679 started from a lit cigarette. Additional fires include a suspicious store closet blaze at Poly-Clean Laundromat and a woodpile fire on Greenwood Road. Stephens City fire department logged five calls in two days, a notably high volume.
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Frederick County
Stephens City
James Ebersole
Ebersole
Ralph Wakeman
Rt. 642
Greenwood
Gainesboro
Blair
Rt. 522
Winchester
John Pyles
Pyles
Rt. 679
Round Hill
Main
Middletown
Greenwood Road
Winchester Sees 32.6 Percent Rise in City Property Value
City assessor figures show taxable property values up 32.6 percent to 355.1 million dollars with land leading gains at 68 percent and buildings up 23.92 percent. Officials hedge on the 1979 tax rate, suggesting near 98 cents per 100 as a target to equalize bills.
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Ingram
Taxable Values and Revenue Figures for This Year
This year's total taxable values show generated revenue taxed at the old rate of 1.30 and at 97.99 cents per $100 to equalize with last year's tax bill. The figures include 267,735,500 in revenue, 3,480,561 and 355,105,412 in taxes, with 4,616,370 and 3,479,677 as additional totals.
Clarke County approves part time Commonwealth Attorney aide
Clarke County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopts a resolution creating a part time assistant for Commonwealth Attorney Geofrey Cole. Budget work session also reviews salaries and costs for new courthouse move and constitutional officers, with plans to present proposals to the State Compensation Board in Richmond.
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Clarke County
Bob Lee
Lee
Albert Nicodemus
Virginia General Assembly
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Attorney's Office
Cole
Circuit Court
Clarke
State Compensation Board
Richmond
Grand Fifteen Indictments Returned by Winchester Grand Jury
A Winchester Circuit Court grand jury returned fifteen indictments against eleven defendants. Charges include writing forging and cashing bad checks. Robert Wheeler 31 indicted for attempted bank robbery at Farmers and Merchants National Bank on Cameron Street Dec 29 with trial set for June 4. Joyce A Brooks 20 pleaded innocent to two forging checks against Fireside Restaurant with trial for April. Thomas D Dunlap 21 pleaded innocent to writing a check with insufficient funds on June 6 for $561 to Goodyear Tire Company. trial May 7. Rozy B Jenkins Jr will face April 19 on intent to defraud. Ronald Lee Anderson 23 indicted for juana on Dec 1 with trial April 16. Five jurors were not present. Patricia A Burke charged with grand larceny from Duff's on four indictments.
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Winchester
Robert Wheeler
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Cameron Street
Keeler
Joyce A. Brooks
Vahantees
Thomas D. Dunlap
Goodyear Tire Company
Ro6y B. Jenkins Jr
Will Best
Ronald Lee Anderson
Juana
Jury Indicts 11 in Mixed Theft and Forgery Cases
A grand jury returned indictments against 11 defendants including Barry D. Martin for auto theft on Jan 9 from Sue Ann Wine and Darlene E. Thayer for grand larceny from KaBen's on Oct 13. William J. McIntire faces a bad check case dated Apr 15 for 768 to Patton's Furniture. Eleanora E. Graham is indicted for forging and uttering a $216 check dated Jan 3 on Lucy Nordheim's account.
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Barry D. Martin
Sue Ann Wine
Darlene E. Thayer
KaBen’s
William J. McIntire
Patton
Eleanora E. Graham
Lucy Nordheim
Front Royal arrestee tied to 1976 Seven-Eleven shooting
Arthur Billings 21 of Neptune New Jersey was arraigned in Warren County General District Court on felonious assault for the November 13 1976 shooting of Ramsey outside a Front Royal Seven-Eleven. Billings was held on a 20000 bond with trial set March 20. Ramsey was shot four times during a suspected robbery. none of the merchandise appeared missing.
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Front Royal
Stonewal Drive
Arthur Billings
Neptune
N.J
Warren County General District Court
Ramsey
Billings
Warren County
Pat Farrell
Luray
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Susan Hodges
Star Staff
Winchester Evening Star
Larry Sullivan
Scott Maser
By Joe Bageant
Star
Commissioner of Revenue
Bill Ingram
Finance Committee
Charles Zuckerman
the Star
Zuckerman
James Wood High School
Apple Pie Ridge
le Pie Ridge
Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc
Hubert T. Stratton
AIA
Kathleen Devereux
MGR
MECH
Civic Teers
Walter LE. Phillips
By Sue Steward
Patricia A. Burke
Duff's
Louisiana
Commonwealth's
Casey Struckman
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