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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1976
Page
2
Fairfax County police officers voted 249 to 154 to retain the Teamsters local as their bargaining agent. Shop steward Peter Bonavita hailed the outcome while Officer Russell Aloi, although disappointed, noted more than 80 percent of union officers cast ballots on the issue.
Robert W. and S. Alice Maher owners of 4-3-2-1 Realty in Fairfax filed suit in Richmond Circuit Court against the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Registration and the Virginia Real Estate Commission challenging a rule prohibiting realtor rebates. They advertised a 2 percent cash rebate at settlement on many MLS listed resale homes.
John Still Can't Read argues that most reading heavy classes fail to memorize sight words and that writing suffers without strong reading. Educators Bunzel and Orwell are cited on the link between reading, thinking, and spelling. Home lessons should merge reading, writing, and spelling daily for lasting skill.
U S and North Korea plan another meeting Friday after failing to reach an agreement on mutual violence prevention in Panmunjom. Korean Military Armistice Commission secretaries met daily to discuss NK demands to separate forces along the demarcation line. Officials noted past clashes over a tree in the DMZ and emphasized concerns of potential incidents in Korea.
Riot police used tear gas and charged over 3,000 colored demonstrators in downtown Cape Town in the first major racial violence in a white area. Protesters smashed a police truck, halted traffic, and groups moved toward Parliament and Greenmarket Square. In Johannesburg the Christian council urged protests against detentions, while Durban bus drivers demanded higher pay in a wage strike. Prime Minister Vorster rejected external moral lessons on South Africa’s policies.
The Winchester Host Lions Club held its annual Installation and Awards Banquet at the Winchester Golf Club with awards for Donald E. Ratcliff Wilbur R. Johnston Thomas J. Boyd and Robert G. Smallwood. Officers for 1976 77 and new directors were announced with a club picnic replacing a regular meeting.
The Southern Governors Conference endorses regional presidential primaries. A cross party voting ban was removed from the proposal, and a constitutional amendment to curb federal spending was approved. Seventeen states and the Virgin Islands belong. Alabama Gov. Wallace did not attend.
Sharon Stone Kilpatrick, 37, a Rappahannock County housewife and farm coowner, joined Eugene McCarthy's presidential bid as an independent running mate at a National Press Club luncheon. McCarthy also listed about 40 vice presidential candidates including Donald Taylor of Maryland to secure ballot access in all 50 states.
Northern Valley shows clearing in the north with lingering showers in the south tonight. Tomorrow brings mostly sunny skies with highs in the 70s and cooler Friday with variable clouds and scattered showers. Extended outlook calls for a pleasant weekend with low 80s highs and 50s to 60s lows. Rainfall totals for past years and month-by-month averages are listed. no definitive storm is forecast.
Middletown restricts parking on Main St from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow due to line painting operations, as announced by Chief H. Clifford Brown.
An accident at the Warren Avenue and Fifth Street intersection damaged two pickups and caused about 1000 in losses. Gene Wines 36 of Front Royal and Jean Hawkins Alther 40 of Washington were involved with no injuries reported.
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