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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1979
Page
7
In Portsmouth, Robert Sullivan Jr testifies in a circuit court trial that he killed his 29 year old paranoid schizophrenic son after the son threatened neighborhood children with knives. A psychiatrist calls the act inconsistent with his usual calm restraint.
About 100 Belgian paratroopers returned to Brussels from Kitona in western Zaire after a month there for joint drills with Zairian troops. Officials said most of the 250 sent have now come home amid hunger riots and troop unrest reports.
Community listings show a Greek Church bake sale with pastries and bread, the 9th annual Scout Troop 1 flea market at Winchester Armory on March 31, a turkey dinner Sunday from 11 to 3 at the Vol Fire Dept with prices, and a steamship roundoff dinner March 31 from 3 p.m. at United Methodist Church.
Roanoke AP reports NEA president John RyER warns delegates that competency tests shift blame to teachers and colleges while Dallas tests mismeasure aptitude for teaching. WEA President Suzanne Kelly questions if VEA remains professional group or labor union amid debate on collective bargaining and member education.
Virginia Electric & Power Co filed new rate schedules to take effect April 10 reflecting the March 19 SCC approval of a 148.1 million rate hike. Residential bills would rise about 9.9 percent in winter and 8.7 percent in summer for 1 000 kwh usage, with total changes including a 82 million surcharge from North Anna Unit 1.
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