Demos and GOP Ready For June Conventions
In Winchester and Frederick County mass meetings last night both parties elected delegates for June conventions to nominate candidates for the Virginia house and senate. Democrats urged aggressive opposition to Truban and Guest with potential challenger Tom Thorpe facing fundraising hurdles. Republican lines formed around Smith and Stiles with talk of Robert son and Mauck as sheriff candidates and June 9 11 conventions shaping the race field.
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George M. Stoddart
Winchester
Virginia House
Senate
Democratic Party
William Truban
Raymond R. Guest, Jr
Republican Party
Alson Smith
Kenneth Stiles
Smith
Bolling Robertson
Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
City Democrats
Truban
Fauquier County
Tom Thorpe
DeArment
Stiles
America
U.S
al Smith
John Warner
Kenneth
Front Royal
Mauck
Back Creek
Thomas Rosenberger
Commonwealth
Raymond Fish
Roger Koontz
Three Indicted in Front Royal Shooting Case
Three Page County men Arthur Billings Steve Allen and Jerry Frye were indicted on five charges linked to the November 1976 shooting of 7-Eleven clerk Larry Ramsey in Front Royal. Billings and Allen face malicious wounding and sodomy counts. Frye also faces sodomy charges. Billings and Allen plead innocent and await trials in September and August. Frye’s arraignment was rescheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Burke
Front Royal
Arthur Martin Billings
Steve Owen Allen
Larry Lee Ramsey
Stonewall Drive
Billings
Allen
Jerry Lee Frye
Ramsey
Page County
Frye
Warren County Grand Jury
Jacob Lewis Christian
Ray Santmyers
Front Royal Police Department
Christian
Duncan Gibb
Santmyers
Linda J. Flaherty
William A.D.E. Simpson
Capias
Clifford Ralph Hanson
James Michael Cooper
Gibb
Cooper
Florida
Melvin Thomas Frazier
Donnie L. Jenkins
Lewis Emory Cameron
Peoples Bank of Front
Chamber luncheon promotes city county cooperation in Winchester
SUSAN HODGES reports on a Winchester chamber luncheon where city council members, Frederick County supervisors, and chamber leaders urged joint efforts to boost commerce. keynote Forrest Jones urged cooperation, praised progress, and urged a positive, harmonious stance with broader society while offering chamber support to the local government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Hodges
Winchester City
Frederick County
Jones
Chamber
Winchester
Stew
Council
Board of Supervisors
Winchester-Frederick
Moth Spraying Halted by Wind on Mountain Lands
The second Dimilin spraying of about 5600 acres in Virginia and West Virginia mountain areas was halted due to windy conditions. Roughly 1000 acres were covered before officials paused operations. A new date for completion is being discussed as weather and a Loudoun County injunction posed earlier delays.
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Star
Pine Grove
Virginia
West Virginia
W. H. Matheny
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Richmond
Matheny
Loudoun County
Truban Announces Bid for Third Term in Virginia Senate
Virginia State Senator William Truban, Woodstock Republican and minority leader, declares plans to seek a third term. He represents the 27th district including Shenandoah and Warren counties and Winchester, with committee work in Finance Agriculture Privileges and Elections and Rules. Nomination in Warrenton June 9 is expected without opposition, though a Democratic challenger is unlikely.
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William Truban
Virginia General Assembly
Woodstock
Virginia Senate
Commonwealth
Valley
Truban
Senate
Shenandoah
Frederick
Warren
Clarke
Fauquier
Winchester
Republican Party
Warrenton
Winchester City School Board Approves Amended Budget
The Winchester City School Board approved an amended budget of 7,382,596 with 28,630 in net reductions after a second council hold. Reductions include 15,000 in instructional costs and 13,630 in capital outlay, trimming 115,000 from the original proposal. The board debated further cuts, with Finance Chair Jack Wiltshire opposing more reductions that would affect teacher salaries.
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Star
Winchester City
Jack Wiltshire
Wiltshire
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Sen. Truban
Michael Foreman
Bill Ingram
Foreman
Ingram
Susie Mote
Mote
Warren DeArment
Guest
General Assembly
Robinson
Harry Byrd
Robertson
Republican
Carroll Mauck
Charles Stansfield
Commonwealth Attorney’s Office
Roscoe Bruce
Stephens City
Stansfield
Lewis Riley
Stewart Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Ty Council
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Forrest (Frosty) Jones
United States
Deborah Libert
Winchester Evening Star
Rtrea News
City School Board
By Joe Bageant
John Dalton
James Fleming
John Capehart
Capehart
Daniel Morgan Middle
Handley
Anita Jenkins
Frederick Douglass
Johnson
Massie Dorsey
Handley French
Dorsey
Edward Whittle
James Figg
Tan
William Buckter
Jack
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