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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1979
Page
2
Grafton School in Berryville received a 100000 grant from the Kresge Foundation to fund part of a 2 million dollar building program. The school has also secured 684000 in grants and donations and a 1400000 Farmers Home Administration loan to cover the project costs.
Frederick County authorities plan to return from Orlando with three fugitive codefendants in a $10,000 burglary case. Charlotte McDonald Sheridan McKenzie and Gary Dawson were captured after information from Robert Edmundson aided by Warren County Sheriff Lynn Armentrout. McDonald pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years with execution delayed. McKenzie faces July sentencing after a work release lapse. Dawson pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing.
The Front Royal Police Department promoted Larry W. Daniel to sergeant in the uniform division and hired Richard D. Honfe as patrolman. Daniel joined the force February 28, 1979 after serving as a Page County Sheriff’s captain and has six years in law enforcement. Honfe, a Falls Church veteran with over 20 years as an officer, now serves with his family in Front Royal. The hires bring the force to 22 officers with one vacancy remains.
The forecast notes rain chances tomorrow in the Northern Valley and Virginia areas with highs in the 60s and 70s and overnight lows in the 50s. Extended Virginia outlook calls for rain end Saturday, then partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with 70s highs and mid 40s to mid 50s lows. Rainfall totals show year to date and historic averages, with a long-range forecast of showers and clearing periods through mid month.
President Carter has two fall trips listed Chicago October 15 for a Democratic fundraiser and Cambridge October 20 for the John F Kennedy Library dedication where he will share the stage with Kennedy. No Florida trip is planned before the mid November non binding vote among Democratic convention participants. Kennedy says his 1980 decision will depend on Carter easing the economy and could press for stronger action.
The senator argued wage price controls and a potential tax cut within a year while urging tougher energy conservation over a large synthetic fuels program. He also advocated stronger windfall profits taxes to target industry income tied to the Carter energy plan.
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