Virginia Flood Forecast Prompts Tidewater Evacuations
Severe weather drenched northern Virginia with up to seven inches of rain and over 9 inches on Poor Mountain. Potomac tide over four feet and Alexandria officials prepared evacuations for low lying areas as streams overflowed in Amherst Nelson counties and Colonial Heights. About 125 people were evacuated in Amherst County.
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Colonial Heights
Amherst County
Sheriff’s Department
Flooding Strands Virginia Residents Amid Camille Aftermath
Nelson County and surrounding areas faced renewed high water with Beech Grove evacuated and 75 to 100 people moved from homes. Dooms in Augusta County and Colonial Heights apartments also saw evacuations as roads closed and flood warnings spread across western to northern Virginia.
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Charlottesville
Schools face broad walkouts as 32k teachers strike across states
Teachers in 16 states walk out amid court orders to return to work. More than 700,000 students miss classes while substitutes teach, with closures and pickets reported in Alaska California New Jersey Vermont Oklahoma and others.
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Anchorage
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Franklin sentenced for escape from White Post unit
Robert Franklin of Front Royal received a one year prison term after changing his plea from not guilty to guilty in Clarke County Circuit Court before Judge Robert Woltz. The escape from White Post Correctional Field Unit occurred May 19 1979 and was part of a plea agreement with Commonwealth's Attorney Geoffrey Cole who recommended the sentence. Franklin is already serving seven years for grand larceny.
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Front Royal
White Post
Franklin
Clarke County
Robert Woltz
Commonwealth
Geoffrey Cole
Assault Trial Continued in Front Royal
The case of Arthur Billings charged with felonious assault and sodomy was continued generally after a closed hearing. The proceeding for the Larry Ramsey incident at the 7 Eleven on Stonewall Drive in November 1976 remains unresolved with two other defendants charged. Judge Elliott Marshall granted the in camera request, citing press rights, and the next action is expected around September 24 or 25.
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Arthur Billings
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Larry Ramsey
Stonewall Drive
Stephen Owen Allen
Jerry Lee Fry
Hennessey
Nicholson Names Norman Sites as Campaign Coordinator
Republican candidate Glenwood P. Nicholson for the Frederick County Board of Supervisors Gainesboro District announces Norman Sites will serve as his coordinator. Sites is a graduate of Shepherd College and Mt. Saint Mary’s College, holds a master’s in education administration, and is a certified public accountant in Winchester.
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Glenwood P. Nicholson
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Gainesboro
Norman Sites
Hester
Shepherd Col ¢R
Mt. Sanitary’s College
Winchester
Balance of thirty six shillings due at thirty days
A terse fragment indicates a monetary balance of fifteen dollars and three quarters with reference to weeks and weeks notation. The readable facts suggest a debt or accounting entry but lack clear context, participants, or dates for a fuller summary.
Weather Forecast and Rainfall Summary
The forecast shows sunny and less humid conditions with highs in the 80s across Northern Valley and Virginia. Extended notes mention fair weekend weather with upper 70s to mid 80s, and rainfall data include 2.36 inches in 24 hours and September totals. Moon phases provided with dates and weather notes for late September.
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Virginia
National Weather Service
Retired Officers Warn Treaty May Hinder U S Military Parity
Retired officers testified that the treaty would hinder U S efforts to maintain military equality with the Soviet Union. In announcing the resumption of hearings, Church signaled use of the treaty to press for removal of Soviet troops in Cuba. He said resumption of the hearings.
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Soviet Union
Church
Cuba
Cuba Defends Treaty Talks Amid Cold War Tensions
From Havana the official news agency rejected U S statements about Soviet combat troops, calling them a maneuver to discredit Cuba. The article notes the committee is not committed to any action or timetable on the treaty.
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Cuba
U.S
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