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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1964
Page
2
Obituary notices report the death of George William Snyder 87 of Bunker Hill and others including Bonnie Elaine Whitacre Boyer and Benjamin Franklin Fox. Details cover birthplaces families and church affiliations with funeral arrangements listed for Mountain View Church and Rosemont Kogelschatz. The notes include military service WWI, railroad work, and multiple survivors across several towns.
In Clearwater Florida the sheriff's youth center sentenced ten boys to three days on baby food and loss of TV privileges after beating up a fellow youth. The incident highlights disciplinary measures used in local juvenile facilities.
Henry Nathan Lewis 73 of Apple Pie Ridge died yesterday in Newton D Baker VA Hospital Martinsburg WV. He was born September 25 1890 in Frederick County son of the late James Taylor and Rosa Virginia Glaize Lewis. A salesman and bookkeeper, he was a Lutheran Church member at Albin a VFW and American Legion. Survived by his widow Elizabeth Minish Lewis married November 24 1923 one son Henry E. Lewis of Route 5 and one grandson Henry E. Lewis II. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church by Rev Harold F. Fuller with burial at Mount Hebron. Body to church one hour before service. Flowers omitted. Friends may call Omps Funeral Home tomorrow evening 7 to 9 p.m.
President Johnson says morals have improved since his day and notes he would have tried to live up to his daughters standards at a younger age. He cites teen unemployment near 13 to 14 percent as a contributor to youth troubles. The Apollo rocket stands 362 feet tall, about two thirds the Washington Monument’s height.
Anchorage shows cautious optimism ten days after the quake with restored electricity water and phones but continued damage. Residents guard affected areas as stores reopen and relief efforts continue while fears of future disruption linger. No mass exodus has occurred as communities rebuild.
Virginia's Republican Central Committee backed chairman Horace E. Henderson firing 4th District chairman Harry Vaughan and 17 of 19 county chairs. They also elected David W. Raynolds to succeed Vaughan amid a bid to energize a Democratic 4th District and possibly oppose Senator Harry Byrd.
President Johnson warned that U S surveillance flights over Cuba will continue even if Soviet missiles are turned over to Cuban crews. Bundy called interference a grave risk to hemispheric peace as Cuban control of missiles nears.
Newport News police said Chester Lewis shot Mary Webster Taylor 37 with a .22 revolver, killing her en route to hospital. He wounded their son J. H. Taylor, who cried for help, and died six hours later in hospital. The two were not married but lived together.
Virginia Delaner Sowers of Rawlings Maryland is noted as a long time mechanic with D E Russell Trucking Co. He is survived by wife Frieda Clem Sowers two sons and three daughters all at home two brothers one half brother and four sisters. Funeral service at Danville Church of the Brethren Rawlings with burial in Thrush Cemetery near Burlington. Friends may call at Rogers Funeral Home Keyser.
Occasional rain tonight with temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. Tomorrow a mix of sun and clouds with a high near 60 to 65. The five day outlook shows variation around normal, warming midweek then cooling late week, with chances of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday and again Saturday. Sunset and sunrise times are listed for Monday and Tuesday with a new moon coming April 12.
Rainfall in the last 48 hours ends at 8 30 a m today April 7 1964 shows 55 1964 rainfall to date 11 21 Average yearly rainfall over 51 years is 36 85 inches Monthly averages list January 2 38 February 2 13 March 3 08 April 3 13 May 3 77 June 3 88 July 3 88 August 3 81 September 2 67 October 3 13 November 2 60 December 2 39.
The Everglades National Park spans 2 188 square miles and covers only part of a vast watery prairie dotted with hummocks or islands, with mahogany and gumbo limbo trees among its features.
An engineer was killed and eight others injured when a passenger train from Chicago to Los Angeles derailed near Williams Arizona. The five passenger cars remained upright while ten baggage cars were damaged and ripped open in the wreck.
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