Point-to-Point Races Draw Massive Crowd at Woodley Farm
About 2,600 spectators watched Bel Esprit II win the Blue Ridge Hunt Open Timber race on a breezy Woodley Farm day. Brice Thompson suffered a spill in the Novice Timber race and was hospitalized in stable condition. Winning horses included Known Royal Pirayu Conserje Blue Nearco Champerty Eddie s Big Gate and Make Me among others.
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Star
Berryville
Blue Ridge Hunt
Woodley Farm
Bel Esprit II
Thomas Moffit
Mother Nature
Brice Thompson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Thompson
Richmond
Patricia Gilbert
Royal
John Coles
Whit Kuncewicz
Pirayu
Thomas Nichol
Sandy Baldwin
Conserje
Randy Waterman
Eddie's Big Gate
Charles Fleishman
Whit Kuncewitz
Ross Pearce
Keeler Seeks Surplus Money At Board Meeting
FRONT ROYAL The Warren County Board of Supervisors will discuss a request from School Superintendent Richard Keeler to surplus funds for the school system at the regular meeting tomorrow at 1 p.m. Also on the agenda are water service requests for Green Hill Subdivision in Happy Creek and an I-66 impact study by the Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission. Additional items include road abandonments at Thunder Bird, a recommendation to the State Compensation Board on 1978-79 budget requests, CETA funds, the District Criminal Justice Plan, the Landfill Committee report, and payment of former Investigator Cecil Williams Medical expenses.
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Front Royal
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Richard Keeler
J. W. Kilby
Jack Gravely
Green Hill
Happy Creek
Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
Thunderbird
State Compensation Board
District Criminal Justice Plan
Cecil Williams
Man Arrested After Stabbing in Front Royal
Front Royal police charged 62 year old James Edward Walden of Markham with felonious assault after a Saturday stabbing on South Street. Hollis Cameron of Front Royal was treated at Warren Memorial Hospital and released. Walden awaits in Warren County Jail without bond. investigation led by Officers Edward Blackburn and Roger Fox.
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Front Royal
James Edward Walden
Markham
South St
Hollis Cameron
Warren Memorial Hospital
Walden
Warren County
Edward Blackburn
Roger Fox
Ratepayers Meet Over PE Price Hikes in Virginia
Potomac Edison customers gather tonight to air complaints about rate increases. The public meeting at 8 p.m. is at the Lord Fairfax Community College library. The newly formed Ratepayers Association spans seven northern Virginia counties and seeks a hearing by the State Corporation Commission and PE to question officials about the coal strike surcharge.
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Potomac Edison
Potomac Edison Ratepayers Association
Lord Fairfax Community College
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Propane blast damages five Fairfax homes
A propane explosion at 1 a.m. damaged five houses in Fairfax County's Hideaway Park. One man had minor smoke inhalation. no serious injuries. Fumes from a 500 gallon tank hose at 2710 Elsmore St leaked into a basement, igniting the flames and burning a dryer's contents and yard fires. Damages were mostly to shrubbery with paint burned and a fence scorched. dollar loss not yet estimated.
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Fairfax, Va
Hideaway Park
Elsmore St
Birds Delay Tax Audit in Florida Shed Nest
Paul Waliga found a nest of bluejay chicks in a bag of financial records in his tool shed. The IRS delayed his 1976 tax audit to late May after the birds distracted staff, with an ornithologist noting the hatchlings’ roughly two week feeding period before fledging.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Paul Waliga
Waliga
IRS
Eric Roberts
Florida State University
Frances James
James
Mother Nature
Social Security Cost-of-Living Increase Announced
The Social Security Administration announced a 6.5 percent increase in benefits effective late June to early July due to inflation. Maximum monthly workers benefit rises to 489.70 from 459.80, and SSI payments for individuals grow to 189.40 from 177.80 while couples rise to 284.10 from 266.70.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Social Security Trust Fund
Sun Day Observance Planned at Lord Fairfax College
Middletown Sun Day on May 3 will showcase solar energy with a sunrise celebration at 5 45 a m at Lord Fairfax Community College. An educational program follows at noon as volunteers picnic on campus and similar events unfold nationwide.
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Middletown
Lord Fairfax Community College
National Weather Service
Three Overcome by Fumes at Allied Oximes Plant
At Allied Chemical Corp's oximes plant in Hopewell three workers were overcome by chemical fumes during startup. Alan Elliott, 20, of Petersburg, was affected while sampling and hospitalized. John Chandler, 34, and Jim Bryant, 28, both Hopewell residents, were also overcome while assisting Elliott and were treated at local hospitals. The plant employs 20 to 30 workers. An investigation into the incident is underway.
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Hopewell
Allied Chemical Corp
Allied
Nicholas A. Durgam
Alan Elliott
Petersburg
Durgom
John Chandler
Jim Bryant
Elliott
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Bryant
Chandler
John Randolph Memorial Hospital
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