Special Grand Jury Meets For 11th Time
A Frederick County special grand jury met for the eleventh time to probe the county board of supervisors and others involved in official business. Chairman Raymond C. Sandy testified briefly, Sheriff Lacy Anderson appeared, and Richard F. Madigan submitted personal bank accounts. The panel met in Reuss City Hall, with sessions planned for early next week but no witnesses summoned yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Ackley
Frederick County
Grand Jury
County Board of Supervisors
Raymond C. Sandy
Lacy Anderson
Richard F. Madigan
Sandy
Reuss City Hall
Missing man Kone remains missing after boat capsizes on Lake Holiday
Search continues for John Kone of Stephens City who was last seen boating Oct 5 on Lake Holiday at the Summit. State Police divers and Winchester Rescue Squad aided by a helicopter have not found him, as Kane's family held a memorial service at Kernstown United Methodist Church and requested contributions to the University of Illinois Alumni Fund.
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Lake Holiday
John Kone
Kone
Stephens City
Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke County Building Permits Hit 3.4 Million in Nine Months
Clarke County zoning data show $3.4 million in building permits for the first nine months, led by 65 new single family homes and 51 townhouse units. The total tops last year by nearly $900,000 and exceeds 1973’s peak. Official David Donovan notes the surge signals a recovering housing market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County
David Donovan
Battletown
H.N. Ritter Co
Donovan
Winchester School Board Considers Family Causes in School Issues
Winchester officials weigh family breakdown as root of school problems after an executive session on student releases. The board discussed Howard Vocational School enrollment, Handley High Band trips, field trips, housing growth in Battletown, and Clarke County housing trends with new lots and fewer trailers amid zoning changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowell J. Howard Vocational School
Howard
Joint Committee On Control
Handley
U.S. District Court
James Turk
Jacob Johnson
Johnson
Handley High
Jamaica
Donald Byrne
John Kerr
Donovan
Frederick County
Two Republicans Clash Over ERA At LFCC Symposium
Middletown Republican stalwarts William Truban and Raymond Guest debated the Equal Rights Amendment at Lord Fairfax Community College. Truban opposed ERA and favored limited government while Guest supported ERA if the floor would hear it. They also discussed taxes, judiciary reform, gambling, and public employee rights with focus on budgets and state services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Robinson
Middletown
General Assembly
Lord Fairfax Community College
William A. Truban
Thelma Clore
del. Raymond R
Andy) Guest Jr
House of Delegates
State Senate
Truban
Final Clarke Candidates File Disclosures
Clarke County candidates file required real estate disclosures. Garrison Ellis reports a home and six acres at Rt. 678 Spout Run Greenway district and seven unimproved acres west of Rt. 255 near Old Chapel in Chapel district. Raymond Ratcliffe lists a family dwelling at Rt routes 612 and 603 in Battletown district, one of three Battletown candidates for two seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Garrison Ellis
Greenway District
Rt. 678
Spout
Greenway
Rt. 255
Old Chapel
Chapel
Raymond Ratcliffe
Rts
Battletown
Ratcliffe
General Assembly
Board of Supervisors
Warren seeks tax compensation from federal land in Warren County
Warren County Board to consider a resolution by Board Chairman John K. Marlow asking Congress to compensate local governments for tax losses when the federal government owns land within their borders. The measure cites DC Home Rule and Impacted Areas School Funds as precedents and calls for at least half the local tax revenue that would be produced if the land were private. Major federally owned parcels include Shenandoah National Park land and the Smithsonian center on Route 522.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Burke
Star
Front Royal — Board
John K. Marlow
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Warren County
Harry F. Byrd Jr
William Scott
J. Kenneth Robinson
Marlow
Congress
D.C
District of Columbia
Virginia
Shenandoah National Park
Smithsonian Institute
Preliminary psychiatric exam ordered for murder suspect Dick Wilson Sr
Dick Wilson Sr. charged with murder in the Aug 18 shotgun slaying of his wife is ordered to a preliminary psychiatric examination. Judge Robert K. Woltz set a court report return date of Oct 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Wilson, Sr
Robert K. Woltz
Frederick Circuit Court
B.J. Tisinger
Wilson
Leonard S. Hines Jr
Woltz
Jesse Fletcher
Terry Wolford
James McKinnon
McKinnon
Gary Nicholson
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John McManus
Gene Rhodes
Rhodes
Winchester School Board
Whittle
Diane Kimbel
Edward Whittle
James Wood
Kerr
Byrne
Health Department
Clarke
LFCC
Guest
State Corporation Commission
Senate
SCC
Assembly
Missouri
Full House
Miles Cory
Bers
Apple Pie Ridge
James Wood High School
Warren
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