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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1968

Page

3

Springer catalog offers needles crafts and quilts

The ad promotes Spring decor ideas with tulips and daisies, embroidery and quilting pattern 7231 priced 50 cents plus 15 cents mailing. It lists many craft books and patterns, then shifts to political news about Humphrey backers organizing United Democrats for Humphrey with Truman as honorary chair. Rockefeller remains available, Reagan active, and Deomcratic race chatter continues with Morton backing Rockefeller and McCarthy calling for a guaranteed income and health program.

Associated Press Hubert H. Humphrey United Democrats Humphrey Harry S. Truman House William L. Guy North Dakota Buford Ellington Tennessee Baton Rouge Johnson Johnson.Humphrey Louisiana Afl.cio Truman United Democrats For Sens Fred R. Harris Oklahoma Walter F. Mondale Minnesota Ivan Allen Jr Atlanta A. J. Cervantes St. Louis George Meany Afl.cio James A. Farley Hale Boggs Louisiana

May 11 Final Day to Register for City Elections

The Registrar announces May 11 as the final day to register before the June 11 city elections. Registration hours are April 23–24 and May 7–8, with May 11 split into morning and afternoon sessions in the City Hall council chamber.

Robert Crim City All Citien Virginia Bothrior Egister Jim

Former State Legislator’s Son Killed in Car Crash Near Farmville

Kossen Gregory Jr. 20 of Roanoke, son of a former state legislator and Hampden-Sydney student, died after his car ran off U S 15 near Farmville and struck a utility pole. His father served in the House of Delegates, and his grandfather was a Virginia Supreme Court justice. The notice also reports a Roanoke woman killed in a separate crash and a health department office closure in Frederick-Winchester.

Associated’ Press Farmville Kossen Gregory Jr Roanoke Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Gregory U. S. 15 Prince Edward County Young Gregory Hampden,Sydney College Kossen Gregory House of Delegates Herbert B. Gregory State Supreme Court Division of Motion Picture Censorship Margaret Rice Porterfield

Stephens City Fire Crews Contain Chimney Fire at Hopewell Home

Stephens City firemen reported no major damage after extinguishing a chimney fire at the Hopewell home shortly after 8 o clock. Fire inspector Gochenour noted a stovepipe blow off with smoke damage at Roy Orndorff’s residence on Ross Street and no fire. Winchester units responded to an earlier alarm at Amos Williams residence on Clifford Street.

Stephens City Hopewell Winchester Amos Williams E. Clifford St William Gochenour

Two Brothers Held in Va Robbery by FBI

In Norfolk two brothers are jailed on $60,000 bond each for a February 12 robbery of the Ward's Corner branch of the Norfolk Federal Savings & Loan Association. Melvin Dale Walker of Henderson Kentucky and Glennon Dean Walker of Evansville Indiana were linked to the crime after a teller described a suspect to the FBI. FBI agent Nicholas O Hara nabbed them at the scene within minutes, holding them at gunpoint until police arrived.

Norfolk FBI Savings and Loan Association Melvin Dale Walker Henderson Glennon Dean Walker Evansville Ind Ward’s Corner Norfolk Federal Savings & Loan Association The Loan Association Office O'Hara

Christ Church in Lancaster County Stands Untouched

The historic Christ Church in Lancaster County remains one of the few colonial churches in America that has never been altered.

Christ Church Lancaster County America

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