Front Royal mayor backs police shakeup to end mixup
Mayor William A. Lillard promoted Lt. Charles Rutherford to captain and acts as police superintendent amid a department rebellion. Council debated expanding inquiry to all members and hiring a retired state captain to assist, with votes split on oversight and costs for a larger waste disposal plan and landfill contract changes.
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Jim Copen
Front Royal
William A. Lillard
Charles Rutherford
Capt. Rutherford
Maj
Dennis Thompson
Paul R. Hockman
Lillard
Hockman
Council
W.W. Blythe
Culpeper
Bernard A. Stokes
Kermit W. Nichols
Nichels
Gibson
Blythe
Stokes
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Old Virginia Parking Co
Walter N. Duncan
Old Virginia
Clarke County sentences noted in multiple cases
Clarke County Circuit Court sentenced Steven Willingham to 12 months in jail and 1000 fine for LSD possession with 15 days served and three years probation. Philip Johnson and Lowell Holmes received two and three year terms for breaking and entering Arabia Grocery. Holmes faces full penitentiary time. Johnson’s sentence was suspended with probation. Presgraves pleaded guilty to petty larceny after his breaking and entering charge was reduced, receiving 12 months with six suspended and costs. Bryce Fuzzymore indicted for escape from Camp 7. pleaded guilty and case set for November opening.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Steven Willingham
Robert K. Woltz
Willingham
Philip D. Johnson
Lowell T. Holmes
Arabia
Holmes
Woltz
Johnson
Virgil Lorenzo Presgraves
Commonwealth
Harold Hawkins
Presgraves
Lloyd Clarence Earler
White Post
Arles
Parkway St
Fuzzymore
One Small Change in Hanoi Peace Proposal
US officials review Hanoi's latest peace plan and find a minor shift. The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese would not insist on selecting Saigon's representatives in a postwar government, but privately mention possible veto rights through consultations. Public comment is withheld while the proposal is studied.
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Hanoi
Washington
State Department
Saigon
South Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Viet Cong
U.S
United States
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Rutherford
Maj. Thompson
Fred Hale
Hale
Duncan C. Gibb
Tom Gibson
State Police
Miller Williams
County Board of Supervisors
Gibb
Petersburg
County Extension Service
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Frederick County
VPI
Swinger
David Hale
Moreland Park
Owensboro
Clarke
Winchester
Bryce Fuzzymore
Nguyen van Thieu
Capitol
Wakefield
George Washington
Winchester Evening Star
North Kent St
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