Return to swinging bridge days eyed for Opequon site
Frederick County supervisor Dennis Cole proposes restoring the old swinging bridge over Opequon Creek near the Opequon Ford to create a recreation area with a 25 car parking shoulder. Clarke County officials show initial support while county highway officials question use of limited funds for a bridge recreation project.
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Jim Ackley
Frederick County
Clarke County
Rt. 7
Opequon Creek
Opequon
State Highway Department
Dennis Cole
Stonewall
Cole
Highway Department
Opequon Ford
Rt. 660
Fraternal Order of Police
Ford
Jack Hardesty
Clarke Board of Supervisors
F.0.p
State
King
Alleghany
Firemen consider next move in Charlottesville labor dispute
Unionized firefighters of Local 2363 weigh a compromise benefits proposal from City Manager Cole Hendrix after a picket at city hall. The union seeks higher pay, more vacation and holidays, union recognition, and dues checkoff, with shifts causing family-time concerns and a Jan first start date.
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Charlottesville
International Fire Fighters Association
Cole Hendrix
Wilson D. Collier
Hendrix
Collier
Lightning Causes Only Slight Damage in Rivermont
Assistant Fire Chief Durston McIntosh reported that a bolt struck a Rivermont utility pole and traveled to a nearby house wiring causing smoke from a wall outlet but no fire. The outage also disrupted the fire department communications to the outside, with repairs anticipated soon.
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Front Royal
Rivermont
Durston McIntosh
McIntosh
Memorial Day road deaths expected to top four hundred
The National Safety Council estimates 400 to 500 traffic deaths and 18 000 to 24 000 disabling injuries during the 78 hour Memorial Day weekend in the United States. Local time period starts 6 p m today and ends midnight with about 12 8 billion miles driven.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ron Kuykendall
NSC
Kuykendall
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Charles Town
W.va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Rt. 601
Eddie Seal
Rt. 2
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Aeneas
Dixie Cutter Sau
C.I. Brumback & Sons Inc
N. Cameron St
Winchester
Valley Mortgage
Company Plaza
Montgomery Ward
Firestone
Valley Ave
Conner
Aucron
Suaphonsity
Lincoln
William B. Conner
Percy Malone
Eameere Ve
Cerpers Valley Golf Course
Strasburg
Fairway Farmall
Frances Malone Ballenger
Charles R. DuVall
Winchester-Frederick CO. Conservation Club
Elgin Boat
Anderson
Fanahstock
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Hagerstown
Maryland
Spring Mills
John Deere
Massey-Ferguson
Massey- Ferguson
Massey Ferguson
Kramer
New Holland
International Harvester
DeLavel
China
Edward Ned" Morrow
Elwood Frye
A. Ross Lemaster
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