Winchester Police Half-Year Report Details 1837 Tickets and 1926 Arrests
The Winchester Police Department reports 1837 traffic tickets in six months with 1057 for improper parking and 280 for other offenses. Total arrests reached 1926, averaging 10.5 daily across 182 days, including 1057 parking offenses and 589 general offenses. The document notes numerous violations from speeding to fake licenses and vehicle equipment faults.
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Winchester Police Department
Enness
Nile Seq
DMV
Accomack Farmer Faces Murder Charge
Accomack County farmer Harry T. Wessels, 56, is charged with murder after the fatal shooting of his former son in law Will Upshur Justice about 50 of Onley. A Friday hearing at the county courthouse was announced. Sheriff George Hope said Wessels apparently acted in self defense.
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Accomack
Harry T. Wessels
Upshur Justice
Onley
Wessell
George Hope
Wessells
Gainesboro WSCS Yard Party and Local Visits
Gainesboro WSCS will stage a church lawn yard party Saturday at 5 p.m. Local visitors include Mr. and Mrs. George Patton of Winchester and others from Moorfield and Westminster. Names repeat across families. several residents travel to Washington and Romney for visits and Relatives.
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Virgil de Haven
Gainesboro
WSCS
Robert MclIlwee
George Patton
Winchester
Sarah Kerns
Moorfield
W.va
Lucy Mauck
John Thompson
Washington
L. H. Ruble
Nathaniel DeHaven
Bonnie Gale
Delia Johnson
Plowing chairman resigns over Stevenson and Eisenhower talks
Leslie Trapp, president of the National Soil Conservation Day and Plowing Matches Inc., resigns after the board invites Gov. Adlai Stevenson and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to speak on the same day Sept. 6. Stevenson declines the day before Eisenhower speaks at noon. Stevenson plans to speak at 4 p.m.
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Rochester, Minn
National Soil Conservation Day and Plowing Matches, Inc
Adlai Stevenson
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leslie Trapp
Rochester
Gov. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Falls Church Man Ends Life In 11 Story Plunge
Louis Q. Mauro, 32, of Falls Church Virginia, a junior accountant for the Securities and Exchange Commission, died yesterday after leaping from the 11th floor of the Home building in Washington.
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Washington (Ap
Louis Q. Mauro
Falls Church
Securities and Exchange Commission
Scotty Stoneman Wins Fiddlers Contest at Watermelon Park
Scotty Stoneman of Bristol captured $500 first prize in the Fiddlers Contest at Watermelon Park near Berryville on Sunday. Buck Ryan of Washington, D C won $300 and Curley Smith of Silver Spring Md got $200 as judges noted close applause scores of 15 14 and 13. About 40 to 50 fiddlers attended the event.
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Scotty Stoneman
Bristol
Watermelon Park
Berryville
Buck Ryan
Washington, D. C
Curley Smith
Silver Spring
William Becker Heads SEC Office In Poor Health
William Becker, head of the SEC office, has been in poor health prompting concerns over leadership and ongoing operations within the agency.
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William Becker
SEC
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