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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1976
Page
2
The State Corporation Commission granted about $102 000 of a $157 427 rate increase for Roanoke & Botetourt Telephone Co. and ordered cost cuts. The utility serves about 3 700 subscribers, two thirds in Troutville.
Six Handley High Distributive Education students travel to Chicago for a Career Development Conference competing for national DE awards. More than 5,000 DE members from across the country attend six days of events with over 100 Virginians present. Handley reps include Angie Gray Dianne Underwood Sharon Bock Linda Clark Wanda Jackson and John Wolverton as they contest speeches, marketing projects and by law revisions.
In DIX Nebraska a cafe served six ham burgers after a woman asked for late orders then revealed she wanted the governor to pick them up. Gov James Exon arrived in person to collect the order for a late night snack.
Clyde Beatty Cole Bros Circus rolls into Frederick County Fairgrounds tonight and performs tomorrow at 4 30 and 8 pm with doors an hour before show. A free calliope concert starts the old time circus side show and volunteers help with setup for a fundraiser sponsored by Shawnee Volunteer Fire Co.
Star staff writer H. Van Dyke has filed revised plans for a trailer park near Stephens City. The 123 acre proposal includes central water and sewer via an on site well and limits trailer spaces to 490, amid prior disputes and opposition from residents and the Frederick County Environmental Council.
Robert Daniel Patty, 43, of Knoxville, faces first degree murder charges after firing a high powered rifle into a downtown crowd, killing three and wounding two. Victims identified include Bessie Rose and Bruce Brown of Knoxville and Francesca Holmes of Louisville. Patty has a history of mental illness, with his mother citing shell shock from Korea.
Northern Valley forecast calls for clear tonight with mid 40s to around 50 lows and mostly sunny Thursday with highs in the low to mid 70s. Extended outlook shows a chance of showers early Friday then clearing with seasonable highs near 80. Past 24 hours rainfall 0.32 inches. year to date 9.74 inches. five year rainfall totals listed. average monthly rainfall provided. no compelling event beyond routine climate data. Oscar Conil, longtime boxing and wrestling promoter and matchmaker, dies at 58 from a heart attack Sunday night.
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