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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1968
Page
2
Obituaries list multiple local deaths with ages and burial details. Quincy Ponton of Front Royal. Elmore Greenwalt of Baltimore with Clarke County ties. Brodgen Kline of Middletown. James Milburn of Martinsburg area. William Webber of Winchester. Ruth Heatwole Leary of Dayton. Virginia shellfish lab news. Funeral times and burial sites noted.
U S District Judge Kaufman studies a suit by 113 Ohio Army reservists from Cleveland unit stationed at Ft Meade Md They contest they can be ordered to active duty only with consent except in war or national emergency They seek release from active duty asserting constitutional protections and equal treatment under a 1966 act authorizing mobilization of units only during war or national emergency.
The new regional juvenile and domestic relations court will serve Winchester and Frederick County with a full staff including two probation officers and two court secretaries. Judge Germelman emphasizes rehabilitation and joint use of facilities like the psychiatric clinic. The court, approved by county and city officials after state and local studies, becomes effective September 3 with potential future joiners.
Ola Mae Colvin Selby 36 of Berryville died Wednesday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Funeral will be Monday at 1 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Norman A Compton officiating. Pallbearers listed. Burial in National Cemetery. Body resting at Jones Funeral Home.
The State Department of Community Colleges reports about 20 000 students will enroll in Virginia community colleges this fall, an increase of 8 000 from last September. New campuses Thomas Nelson in Hampton and Southwest Virginia near Richlands enroll about 1 600.
Clifford warns steel price increases could reach 590 million dollars annually with 3.7 million tons produced, raising defense costs amid Vietnam era needs. He notes over half of current steel use supports ammunition production and Pentagon policy may extend to contractors buying steel for military hardware.
In Frederick County Circuit Court Charles Mayhew 41 Gainesboro was sentenced to four years in the state pen for voluntary manslaughter in the May 11 fatal shooting of his brother Francis Eugene Mayhew 33 near Gainesboro. A jury found him guilty on June 26 with sentencing postponed for a pre sentence report read today.
Congress faces a tight schedule after Labor Day with Senate action on Supreme Court nominees likely delayed and gun control debates expected to intensify. House approval exists for a mail order rifle ban while Senate discussions push for registration and licensing, amid broader 90th Congress actions on taxes, crime, and urban renewal.
The Virginia forecast calls for a few showers in the southeast tonight with lows 64 to 74. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies and a chance of storms as heat and humidity persist. Friday includes sunset at 8 24 p m and a five day outlook through Wednesday with daytime highs 87 to 92 and evening lows 68 to 73. Scattered showers may bring modest rainfall early next week.
Rainfall for the past 24 hours ending 8 30 today is .41 inches. August rainfall to date is .41 inches and 1968 year to date is 19.48 inches. Five year Jan to Dec totals show 1963 33.46, 1964 31.63, 1965 26.85, 1966 33.82, 1967 36.48 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 55 years: Jan 2.41, Feb 2.19, Mar 3.10, Apr 3.13, May 3.66, Jun 3.72, Jul 3.78, Aug 3.76, Sep 2.80, Oct 3.10, Nov 2.51, Dec 2.34 inches. The 55 year Jan–Dec average is 36.50 inches.
Market giltels hogs and cattle prices listed by weight class across hogs veal lambs and slaughter cattle. Prices cover heavy bulls cows utility and commercial ranges with several weight brackets and quality grades for each species.
Marcos Perez Jimenez, the former Venezuelan dictator, arrived in Madrid to begin exile after a Caracas court freed him. He travels amid political tension as Spain grants asylum and his status is clarified by domestic authorities.
George C. Wallace condemned both major parties for shifting to a tough stance on law and order. He told a 10,000 plus crowd at the Fair Grounds Coliseum in Shreveport that Humphrey and Rockefeller recently sounded stronger on the issue after earlier positions.
In Las Cruces, Dr. Robert McComas jokes his wife’s party symbol mixups may have cost their donkey Chico. The family notes Chico, a donkey emblem of the Democratic party, disappeared while Elizabeth McComas attends the Republican National Convention as a New Mexico delegate amid elephant symbols.
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