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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1976
Page
2
In Petersburg a large police operation netted 38 arrests at 27 locations as troopers investigators and local officers confiscated between 11000 and 15000 in alleged Virginia lottery law violations. The raid was led by Police Chief Marion A. Lewis Jr. and followed a 1:30 p.m. sweep.
Del. Alson H. Smith has been appointed to the extra seat on the Revenue Resources and Economics Commission created in the last General Assembly. Speaker John Warren Cooke named Smith, whose duties include studying the tax system and state revenue, and who also holds three other special commission posts.
Scattered Arab protests flare in the occupied West Bank amid three days of violence that left Palestinians dead. A bus driver fired a warning shot near Jerusalem while curfews continue in Ramallah El Kirah and Balata. Sixteen Arabs have died since protests began in February.
Winchester Republican Committee members gather at 8 tonight at Susan Mote’s home 100 N. Ave. Delegates to the district convention this Saturday will discuss issues and committee officers will be elected. All committee members, especially delegates, are urged to attend.
Charlottesville Virginia May 1964 Democrats in the 7th District faced the prospect of not nominating a candidate for Congress as the convention loomed with no takers. Some possible names withdrew citing personal or professional reasons, while the Virginia American Party announced it would field Dr. James B. Hutt Jr. of Warrenton. If no nomination occurs the party may have to reconvene after the June 18 deadline or hand the task to a committee.
Robert J. Spence resigns as director of the Title VII Nutrition Program for the Aged effective June 15 1976. He will undergo spinal surgery and cites recent program moves to Camp Wamara in Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging as headquartering the program. Spence credits Warren County supporters for the program's success.
Olga batters the Philippines with 16 inches of rain, causing seven deaths and displacing over 10,000 in Quezon City. Thousands of commuters stranded in Manila. emergency centers opened in churches and schools.
Fair tonight with lows in the 50s. Friday warms to the 80s to 90s with partly cloudy skies. Extended outlook from Saturday to Monday shows mid 70s to low 80s highs and mid 50s to low 60s lows. Rainfall totals and long term averages for 62 years are summarized.
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