Small Town Banker Target of Search
Kenneth Rudolph Snyder, a Cassopolis banker and church volunteer, is the focus of a nationwide FBI search after vanishing March 14. He’s charged with embezzling 425000 from Levola Tillman of Smith Hoist Co, with two false savings passbooks and cash missing from a safe deposit box. Snyder denies the charges and his minister calls them exaggerated. The story also notes Front Royal Jaycees planning the Virginia Championship Canoe Races for April 29–30, led by Norman Kenny and Dennis Henry with John Smedley as business manager, drawing participants from about a dozen states to the Shenandoah River event.
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Ralph VanderWerf
Bible Baptist Church
Sumnerville
Ken Snyder
VanderWerf
Snyder
Cassopolis
Michigan National Bank
Levola Tillman
Smith Hoist Co
Front Royal
Front Royal Jaycees
Jaycees
Norman Lee Kenny
Dennis Henry
John H. Smedley
Smedley
Shenandoah River
Winchester Star clarifies quote on awards criteria
The Star leadership committee member Langdon Gordon is quoted about selecting an outstanding person for a scholarship, correcting his phrase to emphasize merit rather than wealth. The awards, begun in 1954 by Senator Harry Byrd Jr., honor a deserving area high school senior demonstrating character leadership and duty.
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Star Leadership Awards
Langdon Gordon
The
Star
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Winchester Evening Star
Conditional Use Withdrawn for Linden Contract Proposal
Financial Mortgage and Realty Corp has withdrawn its conditional use permit for a 720 acre Linden site to operate a recreational facility and dormitory. The plan faced opposition and would have been limited to 200 residents with the remaining land a hiking buffer, while AYH may lease the property for non profit hostel use. The county will review its position on AYH use as the hearing date nears.
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Front Royal
Financial Mortgage and Realty Corp
Linden
Warren County Planning Commission
Warren County Board of Supervisors
George Olmsted Jr
Washington, D.C
Olmsted
Planning Commission
Hubert Marlow
James Campbell
Financial Mortgage and Realty
Marlow
AYH
Mark Smith
Tom Newman
Weather Conjecture and Crises Timeline Notes
Last Quarter times show crises and entries with coded references. The weather conjecture lists 31 entries predicting conditions from windy and cold to cloudy and snow or rain.
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A.m. Iwi
Enticaeecee
AINE
Gunman Surrenders After Seven Hour Bank Standoff
A 24 year old unemployed truck driver Robert C Foster surrendered in Santa Clara California ending a seven hour bank siege. He faces kidnapping and false imprisonment charges. Two employees Janie foster 24 and Phyllis Matthews 37 were unharmed after escaping. Valerie Kaufman - found hidden unharmed in an upstairs room.
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Santa Clara
Calif
Robert C. Foster
Foster
Janie
Phyllis Matthews
Wells Fargo Bank
Bernard Doleshel
Valerie Kaufman
Winchester Schools Stay Course On Competency Tests
Winchester city schools will keep developing their own minimum competency tests for high school graduates unless the state Board of Education requires change. Assistant Superintendent John Capehart notes the state may move to a statewide test, but the district will proceed under current mandates within a tight time frame. A local steering committee will review competencies in communication math social studies and job entry, then determine testing methods. A six year plan for special education was approved. 301 students in need. Coal stockpiles at 200 tons may sustain through winter amid the strike.
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Sue Steward
Winchester
State Board of Education
John Capehart
State Board
Capehart
Lord Fairfax Community College
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Bernard F. Groves Monumi
S. Bradd
Buneral
Luther M. Peacemaker
Fairview Cemetery
Mr. Herbert F. Cain
Omps Funeral Home
Shenandoah Memorial Park
May M. McCarty
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Myrtle E. Peters
Jones Funeral Home
Donald K. Jones
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J. Miles Cary
Northern Valley
Virginia
Ward
Jack Duvall
Duvall
William Pifer
Massie Dorsey
Ted Whittle
John Wiltshire
Anita Jenkins
Don Byrne
Bill
Buckner, William Minor and
James Fleming
FTD
Smalts Florists, Inc
National Ave
Frederick County Board OF Supervisors
Frederick Mall
Mark Garber
Lord Fairfax Interchurch Council
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Warren County Front Royal
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