Saratoga overhaul awarded to Newport News Shipyard vote
Armed Services Committee approved an amendment to shift a $500 million Saratoga modernization contract from Philadelphia to Newport News Va citing lower costs and better facilities. Senators Byrd and Warner argued the move saves about $100 million per ship and protects crew morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Newport News
Washington
Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Newport News Shipbail and Drydock Co
General Accounting Office
Pennsylvania
Newport News Company
Philadelphia
Virginia
Harry Byrd
John Warner
Warner
the Navy
Navy
GAO
Winchester offers spring pool classes for swim and diving
The Winchester Department of Parks and Recreation announces a springboard diving class for beginners and experienced divers starting April 2. Dr. Thomas Gibson will teach eight weekly Monday sessions from 7:30 to 9:15 pm with a 5 dollar fee and 20-person limits. A competitive swimming clinic begins April 3 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 4:45 pm or 5 to 5:45 pm for four weeks, also limited to 20 participants. registration is Wednesday at 8 pm in the War Memorial Building Arts and Crafts room. Call 667-2699 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Department of Parks and Recreation
Thomas Gibson
Mt. Lebanon Aqua Club
Bucknell University
Temple University
Gibson
Bucknell
War Memorial
War Memorial Building
Diehl Okays SWCB Order To Halt Abrams Creek Discharges
The Frederick County Sanitation Authority voted to let Chairman James Diehl sign a State Water Control Board special order. The order requires ceasing discharges from the Abrams Creek plant when a regional plant opens in 1983. The action follows negotiations with counsel as the NPDES permits approach renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Winchester
William Johnston
State Water Control Board
Diehl
Stephens Run
Abrams Creek
Sanitation Authority
James Diehl
Allen Jobe
Wellington Jones
M.M. Adams
G.W. Bordon
Donald Hodgson
Bank Official Dies in Wrong Person Slaying
In Brussels a Belgian bank official Andre Michaux was shot dead as he parked outside his home. investigators believe the killers mistook him for another target. Dutch police pursued two gunmen linked to a broader IRA-linked violence pattern after the earlier assassination of British Ambassador Sir Richard Sykes in The Hague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
Holland
Amsterdam
de Telegraaf
Irish Republican Army
Richard Sykes
Hague
France
Germany
Andre Michaux
Michaux
NATO
Sir John Killick
Britain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Sykes
IRA
Northern Ireland
Karel Straub
The
Trible Sues to Block Saratoga Work Overhaul Review
Rep Paul Trible files suit in U S District Court to stop Navy from starting Saratoga overhaul work or spending funds until May 15 to allow Congress to decide if shipyards should be expanded or work moved to private yards for lower costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Paul Trible
R-Va
Navy
Saratoga
1St District
Virginia Republican
U.S. District Court
Congress
Trible
Washington, D.C
Virginia Weather Cast Predicts Rain and Cooler Weekend
Periods of rain and a possible thunderstorm tonight and Saturday with rain tapering off by Saturday afternoon. Lows in the 50s. highs 60s to 70s, turning cooler in the west. Extended forecast shows cold highs in the 40s to 50s and lows in the 20s to 30s Sunday through Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesrd
Virginia
National Weather Service
Atlantic Coast States
Midwest
Great Lakes
Central Plains
Ceremony to Commemorate Battle of Kernstown
A Kernstown ceremony will begin at 9 o'clock Saturday at the Cedar Creek Grade and Merriman's Lane intersection. Cutshaw's Battery Jackson's Artillery, Inc. conducts the event featuring assembly bugle, a City-County proclamation, three cannon salutes, a Confederate brigades roll call, a prayer, and Taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Creek Grade
Merriman’s Lane
Battle of
Kernstown
Cutshaw
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winchester Evening Star
Defense
Charles Duncan
Byrd
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Rec Department
Mrs. Collie E. Cullers
Funeral Home
Eva C. McCarty
Omps Funeral Home Church Cemetery
By Susan Hodges
Star
Winchester Utilities
James Givens
Givens
Scotland
Lonon
Dublin
Christopher Ewart- Biggs
Bernard F. Groves
St. Braddock
Ser
Larry Sullivan
Clarke Chamber
George Burton
Clarke County Historical Association
Clarke County Chamber of Commerce
Burton
Farm
Waterloo
Funacad
Amherst St
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Complete Insurance Service
For &Ohnson, Inc
Amherst Street
P.O
Buddy Brady
Holiday Inn East
I-81
Huff-Cook M.B.A., Inc
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!