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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1976
Page
2
A backhoe unearthed 5 to 6 million year old whale bones on South Henry Street Williamsburg during C&P Telephone Co project work. William and Mary students will dig at the site as investigations continue.
Cook Industries Inc and Mississippi River Grain Elevator Inc face 430000 in fines after pleading no contest to stealing grain from foreign customers. The penalties cap at 10000 per count, with 37 counts for Cook and six for Mississippi River, tied to a broader grain scandal centered in New Orleans.
Congress nears passage of a 1977 budget offering $413.3 billion in total outlays with $100.8 billion for defense. The plan extends last year’s tax cuts, rejects raising the Social Security payroll tax, and forecasts a $50.8 billion deficit. It projects unemployment down to 6 percent by year end and a 6 percent GDP rise after inflation.
The Special Grand Jury concluded possible conflict of interest and bribery charges against Madigan were misdeeds barred by statute of limitations. The report notes insurance policy purchases by Lake Holiday Estates officials and associates, and Moratorium era deals with Heritage Hills developers involving Madigan’s insurance sales.
A Senate subcommittee issues 14 subpoenas in its probe of a 250 million dollar year Pentagon meat program. Army meat inspectors allegedly took cash gifts and favors for approving substandard beef. Three days of hearings follow a nine month investigation with immunity granted to a former firm official.
Firefighters reported only minor damage from two fires in Winchester yesterday. An electrical fire at 144 Locust Ave started in a basement wall due to a faulty electric fan, while a trash fire at Winchester Gardens Apartments was started by a dropped lit match.
A suit seeks to declare Koontz's sanitation authority post vacant from January 1 1976 to April 30 the date of his resignation. At an April 20 hearing Judge Waltz denied the injunction and set the vacancy matter for another hearing. Attorneys agreed the position is vacant but the case awaits a formal resignation letter and authority acknowledgment before dismissal.
The forecast calls for cool, partly cloudy conditions tonight with lows mid 40s to around 50. Saturday will be cool and partly cloudy with highs upper 60s to around 70. Extended outlook through Tuesday shows fair, cool Sunday and Monday with 60s highs, 40s lows, and a warmer Tuesday in the 70s. Rainfall in the past 24 hours none. May 0.30 inches. 1976 year-to-date 9.42 inches.
The Solar House in the Blue Ridge 21 subdivision near Berryville opens tomorrow and Sunday for public inspection. Built by Euda Corp on Rt 608, it has drawn over 900 visitors in four open days. This will be the last public weekend with free admission, according to Euda Corp president Tom Dodson.
Front Royal and Warren County issued 51 building permits in April with about 1.482 million dollars in town work and 502 thousand in the county. The Stonewall Heights Elementary School and South Warren Volunteer Fire Department drive most of the total.
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