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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1979
Page
2
The 17th Hopper's Auto Club Festival of Rods and Customs runs April 28 29 at Winchester National Guard Armory. Vehicles include custom cars vans bikes race and sports cars with trophies cash and merchandise for class winners. Proceeds fund highway safety week driving safety and the club building fund.
The vernal equinox marks spring as Hinckley buzzards return from the Great Smoky Mountains and Capistrano swallows’ return date is debated. Illinois rivers flood low areas while Colorado weather brings avalanche warnings. New York enjoys sun and mild air as Florida hosts 140000 college students in Fort Lauderdale for spring break through Easter.
Bids are in for a $3.6 million project to build a four lane divided highway on Rt. 340 from the Rt. 7 bypass to the West Virginia border. A decision on contract award will come in two weeks. The work includes a new bridge over railroad tracks near Gaylord and spans about 3.6 miles. The Virginia Department of Highways began the project over a year ago and is finalizing right of way acquisition.
The Winchester Planning Commission will hold public hearings at 3 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and a later time for three rezoning requests at Rouss City Hall. G. M. Kerns seeks 17 acres at 1031 Orchard Ave from RS-3 to RM-2. Shenandoah Pools Inc. seeks 3.68 acres behind 1844 Valley Ave from M-1 to B-2. Winchester Electric Service Inc. seeks 15 acres at 421 Millwood Ave from RS-3 to B-2.
The six jurors deliberated 19 hours over two days before a mistrial. Nurse Mary Rose Robaczynski, 24, faced murder charges for unplugging the respirator of Harry Gessner, a coma patient, and other deaths.
A 98 year rate note lists 15.88 for six months and 74 for street mail and motor delivery.
The forecast shows warm sunny conditions in the Northern Valley with highs near 70 and lows in the 40s. Virginia expects clear nights, mostly sunny days, and a chance of rain Friday through Saturday before clearing Sunday. Rainfall totals and historical figures are listed, with statewide trends and lunar phases noted.
Front Royal Warren County firefighters race to Frye's Downtown Car Wash on Jackson Street as a tanker spills gasoline while filling storage tanks at 8 30 am. They wash away the fuel to prevent fire danger. Police charged Jacob Christian with DUI and bribery linked to arrest paperwork.
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