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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1975
Page
6
Charlottesville labeled a rape city by a Citizens Task Force subcommittee citing high rape rates and low prosecution. The 51 page report urges 20 more officers including four women, better ER handling, bail denial for rapists, improved lighting, and stronger apartment security ordinances.
School activities across Frederick, Clarke, and surrounding counties include testing programs in Handley High and Clarke County High, grade level meetings, play rehearsals, and a Halloween event series. Notable items feature SRA testing for 6th graders, CEEB exams, football homecoming events, and various campus performances and parent meetings.
A prisoner convicted of hashish possession escaped Imrah Island on October 2 by swimming to a boat and rowing approximately 17 miles to the Turkish coast.
Billy Hayes, 28, an American prisoner jailed five years for hashish possession, reportedly escaped from Imrali Island in Turkey. State Department officials described a stormy-night motorboat ride to Bandirma, near the Greek frontier, and Hayes's return to the United States via Salonika. His family confirmed the escape and said he would be home soon.
Evangelist Billy Graham will hold a June 24 25 crusade at William and Mary Hall in Williamsburg to reaffirm religious roots as the nation’s cornerstone. Sterling Huston said the event has national significance and will augment Bicentennial focus. Local chairman C E Thurston noted seeds were planted last November during the Tidewater crusade and 275000 attended.
A local man and his two sons received two consecutive life terms for the 1972 Arlington Trust Co. holdup murder of Officer Israel Gonzales and bank teller Harry Candee. The trio fled to Houston and Cuba, facing possible Texas death sentences. authorities seek four others, including Bryce and Jonathan Tuller, in related crimes. In a separate note, composer Johnny Mercer underwent brain surgery and is in precarious condition at Huntington Memorial Hospital.
Sara Jane Moore charged with firing at President Ford on September 22 faces a federal indictment for attempting to assassinate the president. Judge Samuel Conti unsealed the indictment after it was sealed at the request of the prosecutor. Arraignment is set for Tuesday amid a pending psychiatric evaluation.
Navy divers will arrive late next week to aid the search for John Kone who reportedly drowned in Lake Holiday in Frederick County 13 days ago. The team of two divers will use a self propelled sled with a back up on shore as they comb the 240 acre lake with nine miles of shoreline and depths up to 90 feet.
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