Obituaries from Winchester area including Lineburg and Davis deaths
Obituary notices report John Strother Lineburg 71 of 445 North Loudoun Street Strasburg died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Retired machinist with Ashworth Brothers and former shop owner. Burial Mt Carmel Middletown after funeral at Stover Strasburg. Davis, Robert E. Sr., 1921 a Gore resident, died suddenly at Newton D Baker VA in Martinsburg. Survived by widow Mary Clark Davis and four children from a previous marriage. burial at Winchester National Cemetery. Johnnie and Frances Ley of Route 4 noted deceased. service held at Mount Hebron Cemetery. John W. Rees 68 of White Hall died at Newton D Baker VA Hospital Martinsburg. Funeral at Jones Funeral Home with burial Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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John
Strother Lineburg
Loudoun St
Winchester Memorial
Lineburg
Oranda
Cyrus
Suste B. Edmondson Line
Ashworth Brothers
Clary ‘Oat
Legal Order of Moose
Lodgeburg
Stanley Amos
Route 1
Strasburg
Stover
Cecil Rhodes
Mt. Carmel
Middletown
Robert E
Capon Bridge
W. Va
J. F. Omps
Capon Bridge Methodist Church
National Cemetery
Winchester
Johnnie and
Frances Ley
Route 4
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Johnnie Alley Jr
Wanda Kay Alley
James Edward Lowe
Mount Hebron
John W. Rees
White Hall
Newton D. Baker Va
Martinsburg
Jones Funeral Home
S. Roger Koontz
Albert L. Luttrell
J. Bruce Lodge
Bennie J. Strother
Ernest L. Milburn
J. Robert Russell
Willie Dawson
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Lincoln Memorial Carving by Daniel Chester French
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington D C features a marble statue carved from Georgia marble by sculptor Daniel Chester French.
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Lincoln
Washington, D.C
Georgia
Daniel Chester French
Evans Home Won't Close Despite Loss Over Civil Rights Pact
The Evans Home declares it will not close after learning it will lose access to federal funds for refusing to sign the Civil Rights Act compliance agreement by July 31. Ray Robinson Jr says the home seeks custody transfer of about seven children and aims to preserve its open atmosphere despite the court petition.
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Henry and
William Evans
Ray Robinson, Jr
Evans Home
Welfare Department
Robinson
Wooded fires surge amid drought cites fivefold rise in area
State forester Robert L. Dunn warned fires in woods and grass are about five times normal due to drought. He said dry spell effects will linger next year as trees use stored material, slowing growth up to 75 percent.
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Woodstock
Robert L. Dunn
Mansfield Sees Inkling of Hope for Viet Nam Talks
Senator Mike Mansfield says there is an inkling of hope Soviet leaders may move toward negotiations to end the Viet Nam war following Harold Wilson’s Moscow discussions. Senate ally George Aiken cautions against viewing U S bombing as escalation while warning the risk of a broader war remains.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Harold Wilson
Moscow
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Montana
White House
Wilson
Mansfield
U.N
U Thant
Aiken
Soviet Union
United States
Cochairman
LSD Trip Ends in Fatal Fall in Berkeley
Vernon L. Cox, 20, reportedly under LSD for the first time, jumped from a window in a Telegraph Avenue apartment and died after a four story fall. Witnesses Kenneth D. Tavalin, Ronald E. Ayer, and Francis D. Turner described his fluctuating grasp on reality and his plan to travel to Europe. Police said no arrests were made.
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Berkeley
Calif
Vernon L. Cox
California
Air Force
Kenneth D. Tavalin
Cox
Vernon
Ronald E. Ayer
Francis D. ‘Turner
Telegraph Avenue
Europe
Two Children Drown in Kerr Lake Virginia
A Chapel Hill couple, Hoyt and Jean Durham, lose two children Jeananne 12 and Richard Claytor 10 while swimming at Kerr Lake near Clarksville Virginia. A third child nearly drowned but was saved by the father. the fate of the remaining child was uncertain at the scene.
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Clarksville
Chapel Hill
N.C
Kerr Lake
Jeananne Elizabeth Durham
Richard Claytor Durham
Hoyt Durham
Rt. 1
Hearings Open On Prayer Amendment In Public Schools
Senate hearings begin on Dirksen proposed constitutional amendment to permit voluntary prayer in public schools. Bayh subcommittee to hold eight days of sessions. Dirksen aims for Senate vote before adjournment. Amendment seeks to clarify church state separation per Supreme Court rulings.
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Bayh
Dirksen
Supreme Court
New York
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
July Mean Temperature Compared With Long-Term Averages
The July mean temperature is lower than recent years at 70 point something degrees versus a 75 point 9 long-term July average. The 46 year July average is 75 point 9, and the closest July on record for average temperature is 1955 at 79 point 6 degrees.
Pair Tonight and Warm Tuesday With Inevitable Thunderstorms
The forecast calls for a pair tonight with low 60s to mid 60s and Tuesday partly cloudy and warm with high around 90. Scattered thunderstorms possible in the afternoon or night. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph Tuesday. The five day forecast shows temperatures 2 to 5 degrees below normal, hotter Tuesday and Wednesday, cooler Thursday to Saturday, with showers likely Wednesday or Thursday.
Rainfall Figures Show July Totals and Averages
Rainfall data for the past 48 hours ends at 6 30 a m today show July rainfall to date 73 1966 rainfall to date 16 54 and the 53 year averages 36 56 annually and monthly averages by month from January to December with July listed at 3 83 inches.
Runaways Turn Themselves In To Authorities
Three runaway boys from New York surrendered to local authorities over the weekend and were jailed. Two 16 year olds remain in the local jail awaiting release, while the third was taken home Saturday after being held. State Trooper L. W. Tyn er notes they asked to stay in jail rather than be taken to the Salvation Army.
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New York
Salvation Army
L. W. Tyner
Winchester
Youth Hurt In Motorbike Collision In Winchester
A 17 year old Kernstown youth named Larry Loy suffered minor injuries after his motorbike hit the rear of a car driven by Charles E Murphy. Loy refused hospital care. Murphy backing from a driveway caused the crash on Oates Ave with $125 motorcycle damage. A second two car crash at S Kent St and Millwood Ave involved James Dye and Charles Breeden Jr. with Dye’s car about $100 damage and Breeden’s car undamaged.
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Kernstown
Loy
Oates Ave
Lan Auto
Charles E. Murphy
Oates
Murphy
S. Kent St
Millwood Ave
Hudson Bird True Indian tribal name Sixty nine Ear
Belfast Peace amity 2100 Hamlet.
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Hudson
Bird
True
Sixty Nine
Ear
Also Mentioned on This Page
John S. Lineburg
Robert Davis, Sr
David Eugene Alley
MDS Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
Minster
Onpees
Kurtz Funeral Home
John W. Rosenberger & Company, Inc
Commerce Street
Matz
Dete
U.S. Weather Bureau
Great Lakes Region
Mississippi Valley
Gulf Coast
Plateau
South Central States
Midwest
N. Loudoun St
Lillian Sheetz
Henry
and William Evans
Parkway
Clarke T. Cooper
Garland R. Quarles
Front Royal
Warren County School Board
Board of Supervisors
Warren County
State Literary Fund
Superintendent of Schools
Martinsville
West Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Association
Opequon Hall
Calin DeHaven
Judge DeBerry
Parkersburg
Sonner
Harrisonburg
Ray V. Sonner
Madison College
C. Tyler Miller
Madison
Hugh T. Nolen
Sussex County
Mr. Sonner
Sen
George D. Aiken
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
South Viet Nam
U.S
Durham
Associated Press
Albuquerque
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Moines
Fort Worth
Jacksonville
Juneau
City
Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St.p
New Orleans
York
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptind
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Ske City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Winnipeg
Crider & Shockey
GLANZ
Nipeyevel Dunsgh
N. Cameron St
Sunset
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Larry Loy
Rt. 3
Murphy Auto
James G. Dye
Roanoke
Charles R. Breeden,, Jr
W. D. Alexander
R. G. Hite
Breeden
I, Q
Belfast
Irthuring
Jusurance
Boscawen St
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