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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1977
Page
11
A Winchester Circuit Court jury convicted Pearl W. Nickens after about an hour of deliberation. He received a total 17 year sentence, with imposition delayed pending a motion to set aside the verdict.
Former Virginia House Speaker E. Blackburn Moore endorses Republican John Dalton for governor. In a rare public statement Moore cites concerns with the Democratic candidate and urges votes for Dalton in the November election.
Acting Chief Richard N. Rollason announced a new merit and experience based pay system named PETE at the Front Royal Police Department. The plan introduces two evaluation categories and a one step pay increase for those scoring above average, while also reorganizing shifts into rotating teams to reduce overtime.
More than 60 civic groups from Clarke and Frederick counties and Winchester attend a 6 p.m. meeting at Apple Pie Ridge Elementary to elect officers and a general chairman for the 4th of July Observance. A president and officers will be chosen, then a local president nominee will be caucused. The nominating committee includes Rhoda Maddox Roger Koontz Stewart Bell and Wade Ferguson. The event is open to the public.
Ed Lane Democratic candidate for attorney general will address the Rotary luncheon Thursday at Duff's Rebel. The 1 p.m. talk follows a 12:30 p.m. lunch. Lane served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 1953 and has chaired multiple committees.
A federal jury found no rights violations by Winchester-Frederick County Jail staff Chief Jailer Michael DeBari and assistant Steve Himmelwright in the case brought by inmate Robert C. Underwood. The trial covered allegations of denial of court access and punishment, linked to Underwood's arson and weapons charges in 1976, his subsequent convictions, appeals, and current confinement at Powhatan Correctional Center.
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