Obituaries for Hixon O'Neill Orndoff noted in WV and CO papers
Charlie L Hixon 62 of North Frederick Terrace died yesterday at home with services pending at Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge WV. Msgr James H ONeill 80 Army chaplain who wrote Patton Prayer died in Pueblo CO. Russell S Orndoff 74 of 110 N Braddock St Frederick County died today in Winchester nursing home. survived by wife Ina Barrett and multiple children and grandchildren. body at Jones Funeral Home.
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Charlie L. Hixon
North Frederick Terrace
Giffin
Capon Bridge
W.va
James H. O'Neill
Pueblo
Colo
Patton
Msgr. O'Neill
George S. Patton
Bastogne
Mrs Virson Light 75 of Bunker Hill WV dies in Winchester Memorial
Mrs. Virson May Light aged 75 of Bunker Hill West Virginia died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born October 19 1896 in Nain she married Clifton M Light on October 12 1916 in Hagerstown Maryland. She was a member of Bunker Hill United Methodist Church. Surviving husband son Gilbert C Light two brothers Harley and Ralph Ruble three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 3 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home conducted by Rev W S Gower. Burial Chestnut Grove Cemetery. Family receives friends this evening and tomorrow evening at Jones from 7 to 9.
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Virson May Light
Bunker Hill
W.va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Light
Nain
David R
Lullia Loy Ruble
Clifton M. Light
Hagerstown
Crash Kills More Than 60 on East African VC10 Flight
An East African Airways VC10 crashed on takeoff from Addis Ababa en route to Rome and London killing over 60 of 106 aboard. Survivors and witnesses described the blazing wreck near a hill by the runway as the plane, which had stopped in Nairobi and Addis Ababa, exploded and burned.
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Addis Ababa
East African Airways
Rome
London
Nairobi
Kenya
Britain
Local leaders named for Macon area scouting and academy roles
Macon Post 115 advisor Alvin S. Williams, Randolph-Macon Academy president Sam Warner, Explorer executive of the Shenandoah Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and Col. Ronald G. McManus assistant to the academy president are cited in recent leadership appointments.
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Macon Post
Alvin S. Williams
Randolph-Macon Academy
Sam Warner
Shenandoah Area
Front Royal
Charles L. McGlothin
Randolph
Virginia lawmakers cool on special session over insurance bill
In Richmond leaders downgraded the chance of a special session to fix open competition insurance law deficiencies. Sen. Edward Willey and House Speaker John Warren Cooke said no session is needed, noting fixes can wait until the regular assembly returns. Attorney General Miller had urged potential regathering to address perceived gaps. Holton signed the bill April 10 before leaving on a trade mission.
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Richmond
House
Senate
General Assembly
Edward E. Willey
Willey
John Warren Cooke
Mathews
Andrew P. Miller
Miller
State Corporation Commission
Linwood Holton
Virginia
Far East
Cooke
Holton
Postpone Hearing in Durham Case
A hearing on a defense motion to set aside the murder verdict against Luther Durham Jr. was postponed in Frederick County Circuit Court. Durham, 29, was convicted for the second time of killing Annie Snow, 85, in 1963, and began serving a new life sentence after a second trial that ended March 18.
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Luther Durham, Jr
Frederick County
Durham
King George County
Annie Snow
David G. Simpson
B.J. Tisinger
Richmond
U.S. District Court
Harrisonburg
Circuit Court
Large Crowds at County Arts Festival
Large crowds witnessed Frederick County second annual Creative Arts Festival with about a thousand students and additional attendees. Barbara Devers described bused art students from Robert E. Ayler School and James Wood High School participants. The event featured first time thow to demonstrations, choral and dramatic entertainments, modern dance, and handwriting plus original compositions. Exhibits were spread across James Wood High School library and gymnasium with junior high and elementary entries in split spaces.
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Frederick County
Barbara Devers
Robert E. Ayler School
James Wood High School
James Wood
Nixon Meets Chinese at White House
President Nixon hosts the Communist China table tennis team at the White House in a symbolic ice breaker as U S China ties seek warming. Tricia Nixon Cox joins officials to watch the U S team lose 10 2 amid antiwar protests and banner chants.
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Nixon
White House
Washington
China
Peking
Rose Garden
Chou En-lai
Forbidden City
Tricia Nixon Cox
William P. Rogers
University of Maryland Cole Field House
Chuang Tse-tung
University of Michigan
Alexander Eckstein
Uss.china
Rogers
Tricia
Haiphong
Mao
Cleo Patra Jones starts filming July 1 in New York
A light comedy detective story about a black female private eye titled Cleo patra Jones will begin shooting in New York on July 1. The original screenplay is by Max Julien and William Tennant.
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New York
Cleopatra Jones
Max Julien
William Tennant
Fisher's Hill Rock Slide on Rt 11 near Fishers Hill
About 400 tons of debris slid onto Route 11 in two landslides south of Fishers Hill. No injuries or accidents were reported. First slide around 7 a.m. dumped 100 tons. second, larger slide about 10:30 a.m. blocked two lanes. Crews cleared pavement by 4:30 p.m. with blasting pauses. Retaining wall planned to stabilize the rock.
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Strasburg
Rt. 11
Fishers Hill
H.C. Crowder
State Highway Department
Shenandoah County
Highway Department
Crowder
Tinker Mountain
Hollins
Johnson Improves After Heart Attack Flareup
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson showed satisfactory progress late Monday after a brief flareup earlier in the day at Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio. Dr. J Willis Hurst of Atlanta flew in to treat Johnson as doctors noted occasional premature extra heartbeats since his April 7 Charlottesville heart attack.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Army
Brooke General Hospital
Johnson
J. Willis Hurst
Atlanta
Hurst
Charlottesville
Weather summary for Northern Valley and Virginia today
Fair tonight with low in the 40s then mostly cloudy Wednesday with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and a small rain chance. Virginia also shows a fair night with lows in the 40s and a warm Wednesday in the upper 70s to low 80s with clouds in the west.
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Northern Valley Fair
Virginia
Midwest
Ford recalls 396000 cars over rear axle flaw
Ford Motor Co recalls 323000 Ford Torino and 73000 Mercury Montego models from 1972 due to rear axle bearing deterioration that could detach the rear axle and cause wheels to come off. Ford notes five reported wheel-loss cases with no confirmed injuries aside from one whiplash claim.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Gordon H. Robertson
Ford
Wall Street Uptick On Hints Of Cease-Fire
Wall Street in early trading rose as reports said American bombing in Hanoi and Haiphong may stop. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.86 to 968.45 as advances beat declines on the NYSE. Notable moves included Southern Co down to 19.58, U S Freight at 34, Joy Manufacturing at 67, Chrysler up to 364, and UAL up to 53.
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New York
Hahoi
Haiphong
New York Stock Exchange
Southern Co
U.S
Joy Manufacturing
Chrysler
UAL
Filming of O Lucky Man in London and North England
AP reports the film O Lucky Man is in production in London and the north of England after months of prep. The schedule calls for sixteen weeks of filming.
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London
England
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Russell S. Orndoff
N. Braddock St
Winchester
Mr. Orndoff
W. Frank
Edna Hawkins Orndoff
Ina Barrett
Montague Avenue United Methodist Church
Hugh Orndoff
Las Vegas
Nev
Charles W. Orndoff
Kingsport
Tenn
Vance Orndoff
Max (Meana) Butler
Charles L
Ettis) Kline
Arnold
Mary Lee) Nesmith
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