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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1979
Page
2
A high powered rifle killed a man 42 and a woman 31 in a deliberate ambush in a crowded Oklahoma City parking lot. Witnesses saw a blond man in a vest fleeing in a dark sedan after firing about four to five shots from cedar trees near the State Fairgrounds.
Winchester police promote Walter Hillyard to sergeant to fill the vacancy created by Sgt. Warren Fogle retirement. Hillyard, 38, a 12 year veteran and Clarke County native, will assume duties after training and resides in Frederick County with his wife and two children.
Harold Mann, 31, armed with a rifle, seized 27 worshippers in a St Albans church for about two hours. He surrendered after broadcasting a statement on WCHS radio. No injuries were reported. Mann was arraigned on kidnapping charges and held without bond. He faces psychiatric evaluation.
AP reports in Carson City on a late night execution witness account. Dr. Richard Grundy warns of dangerous procedure as cyanide pellets are introduced. Bishop is strapped to a death chair, shows no visible nerves, reporters observe, one fainting.
Winchester police report two weekend arrests. Joseph Allen Myers 28 Gore resident charged with possession of a controlled substance after a 5 to 6 a.m. arrest at Winchester Garden Apartments. Am phetamine suspected. analysis pending. Also charged was William Dodson 55 Orlando with felonious assault at the migrant labor camp on Fairmont Ave. A break-in and $160 cash theft were also reported.
The Winchester Department of Parks and Recreation announced a new schedule for the War Memorial Recreation Complex through May 30 1980. Indoor pool hours include morning sessions noon to 2 pm and 5 30 pm to 7 30 pm weekdays. weekend hours. senior times. 30 cent admission with free entry for children under six and seniors. shorts rule applies. facility rules require a guardian for younger children. Fitness room hours list morning and evening slots across weekdays and weekends.
The forecast shows showers in the Northern Valley with cloudiness and warmth tonight, cooler Tuesday with more showers. Virginia mountains expect showers tonight, then cloudy elsewhere with warm temperatures and variable showers or thunderstorms Tuesday.
Joe Donato a self described former Mafia figure will address the Full Gospel Business Man's Fellowship at the Lee Jackson Restaurant banquet room tonight. A 7 pm banquet precedes the 8 pm talk. Donato now travels nationwide as an evangelist and has broadcast his ministry on radio and television. Lee Jackson Restaurant sits off exit 80 on Interstate 81.
James Howard Blowe, 32, was sentenced to 12 months in jail after pleading guilty to an attempted break in at One Builders on Loudoun Street. He withdrew an earlier innocent plea. evidence showed police found him with brick near a rear door as a window was broken. He had an earlier conviction, but received credit for time served. William Gilbert Spence Jr. pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana and a pre sentence report was ordered.
Front Royal Town Council will meet at 7:30 PM in the town hall to act on monthly reports and old business. Daniel Pond of the recreation group will present the recreation budget. The agenda includes paying Gilbert Atkins Jr. for a 0.65 acre land parcel to realign Fox Drive, a standby generator purchase for the water plant, and a Crooked Run sewer project note from R Royer and Associates.
State police report a Saturday crash on I 66 near Front Royal injured Bonnie White 28, her daughter Joanna 8, and Sandra Hammond 28. The Volkswagen rolled into the median, ejecting all occupants. All were taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital. Bonnie and Joanna released with bruises, Hammond admitted with a broken shoulder. the car was totaled.
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