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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1970
Page
1
A three judge annexation court will hear Winchester's bid to annex 5.8 square miles of Frederick County starting Monday at 10 a.m. in the county courthouse. Frederick County seeks to block the move citing potential tax loss while Winchester argues there is no unoccupied space within the corporate limits for development.
The Festival of Faith runs tomorrow through Friday at Christ Episcopal Church Parish House and Braddock Street United Methodist Church. Speakers are Dr Myron S Augsburger and Dr Elmer Hominghausen with noon and 7 30 p m sessions presided by Rev Fred M Bowman and either Rev Virgil A Moyer Jr or Dr E T Clark. Music by Winchester Community Chorus directed by Paul S Thompson and organist Mrs Gilbert E Tillotson. Local church women under Church Women United cater noon meals. nurseries available.
Three Iranian hijackers took an Iran Air plane from Tehran to Baghdad. They wounded the copilot and demanded release of 21 political prisoners. After talks with Iraqi authorities, the plane landed back in Abadan with some passengers freed and negotiations continuing for others.
Town Crier reports Shenandoah Valley National Bank Lot on Piccadilly and Loudoun Streets hosts a fire safety demo by Winchester firefighters. The display runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to encourage public viewing and awareness.
In Suva Fiji Prince Charles formally transfers independence documents to Fiji as 40 000 Fijians cheer under a new flag raised in Center Park. Soldiers in red tunics white skirts and sandals parade while Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara kneels and claps, greeting the Prince in a traditional ritual.
Reassessment of about 5 270 parcels is complete with new city assessment set at 48 586 100. Notices will be mailed by the Real Estate Board of Equalization, and hearings will run weekdays Dec 7 through Dec 14 in the City Council Chamber to hear grievances. The prior assessment was 46 080 387, and tax rate remains 2 20 per 100 of assessed valuation.
Bishop James Walsh arrives in Cumberland Md after twelve years in Chinese prisons. Governor Mandel proclaims Bishop Walsh Day praising the missionary’s resilience. Chinese authorities freed him June 11 after serving twelve years of a twenty year term on spying charges.
A Virginia Vietnam veteran Larry Allen Jones 22 of Gore died after his eastbound car crossed the double line on Rt. 50 near Gore and hit a westbound vehicle driven by Richard Lawson 27 of Bethesda Maryland. Lawson was serious at Winchester Memorial Hospital with shoulder leg and chest injuries. Bruce I Bowen 22 of Hyattsville Md injured. Jones was a sergeant in the U.S. Army recently returned from Vietnam.
The region sees a cold front from Michigan into Alabama bringing mostly cloudy skies in Virginia. Showers are expected in western sections while Penneys and middle road farm market advertises apples and pumpkins with red and golden varieties and other autumn produce.
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