Obituary notices for Thorpe and Bucher mark Martinsburg area deaths
Harvey Gilbert Thorpe Sr 71 of Darkesville W Va died in Kings Daughters Hospital Martinsburg after years of ill health He was born Sept 6 1897 son of Bailey and Virginia Thorpe employed 30 years at J E Baker Quarry retiring 1962 He survived by three sons a daughter 13 grandchildren and other relatives Funeral service Monday 1 30 pm at Darkesville Methodist Church burial Rest Cemetery The body to church one hour before service The family will receive friends at Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg tomorrow 7 9 pm Other brief notices mention infant Charles Forrest Rinker born in Winchester died yesterday and Mrs Vernie C Bucher 77 Route 4 whose funeral is Monday at 11 am at Jones Funeral Home Burial St Paul Cemetery
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Harvey Gilbert Thorpe,Sr
Darkesville
W. Va
Kings Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg
Mr. Thorpe
Berkeley County
Bailey
Virginia Markle Thorpe
J. E. Baker
Bunker Hill
Carkeseville
Harevey G. Thorpe, Jr
Marietta
Darkesville Methodist Church
Harold W. Bruen
Ser
Charles Forrest Rinker
Philip D
Phyliss Fansler Rinker
Woodland Ave
Winchester
Vernie C. Bucher
Route 4
Jones Funeral Home
William A. Lyons
Julian Hammond
J. Herbert Jolley
Phillip T. Preffitt
Lawrence Lichliter
John F. Fout
Herbert L. Smoke
St. Paul Cemetery
Two People Treated After Winchester Crashes
Two drivers and a passenger were treated and released at Winchester Memorial Hospital for minor injuries from two separate crashes within 24 hours. Barbara Ann Brill, 28, was sprained necked after a three car crash on Millwood Ave near Kent St. Harold Smith, 41, suffered possible contusions in a two car collision at Wick and Cameron Sts. Police said damages totaled 200 and 300 dollars on the Brill and Smith incidents, respectively.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Everett Bowers
Jack Murphy
Barbara Ann Brill
Rt. 5
Millwood Ave
Kent St
John Arthur Porter, Jr
Wheeling
W. Va
Kent and
Millwood
Millwood Drive
Harold Smith
Clearbrook
Wick
Camejeron Sts
Ronald D. Miller
Jim Sardelis
Smith
Polly
Elmer Matthew Loy
Eric Bruce Roberts
Watson Ave
Fficers Miller and Sardells
Roberts
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Four nabbed at Forest Hills Pool trespass incident
Winchester police charged one adult and three juveniles with trespassing at the Forest Hills Subdivision Swimming Pool around 1 30 a m. Officers Mauck and Hillyard responded to a complaint and identified the adult as Donald Gene Hamilton age 22, with juvenile petitions likely to follow today.
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Winchester
Forest Hills Subdivision
C. K. Mauck
W. E. Hillyard
Donald Gene Hamilton
Collins Visits Apollo 11 Ship Columbia and Sees Repairs
In Houston Michael Collins, Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin visit the Columbia lunar module. Collins says heat shield repairs could allow the ship to fly again. The crew’s items are sealed in quarantine as technicians unload gear and inspect lunar contamination.
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Michael Collins
Columbia
Space Agency
Collins
Girl Drowns While Swimming at Shenandoah Academy
A nine year old Philadelphia girl named Wanda Denise Malson drowned about 11 15 a m yesterday in the Shenandoah Academy Duck Pond at New Market Shenandoah County authorities said She was pronounced dead on arrival at Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital in Woodstock The girl and her family were at camp on the academy grounds when the accident happened The body was taken to Dellinger Funeral Home in Woodstock and will be sent to Philadelphia later.
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Philadelphia, Pa
Shenandoah Academy
New Market
Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office
Wanda Denise Malson
Ernest Malson
Philadelphia
Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
Woodstock
Academy
Dellinger Funeral Home
Middletown Council Meeting Postponed to August 11
The Town of Middletown postpones its regular Council Meeting from Monday night to Monday August 11 at 7 p.m. in Town Hall.
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Middletown
Brawls at Military Posts Probe Starting in Washington
A House subcommittee will investigate causes of brawls at military installations, led by Rep. L Mendell Rivers with Rep. William J Randall as chair. A Marine died in a Camp Lejeune fight described as racially charged.
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Washington
Rep
L. Mendell Rivers
House Armed Services Committee
South Carolina Democrat
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Rivers
William J. Randall
D-Mo
Nixon Arrives in Bucharest to Cheerful Welcome
Nixon and wife arrived by Air Force One to Bucharest where crowds lined a 12 mile route. Romanian officials slowed the convoy to let spectators see the President as workers were released early and cheers filled the sunny day.
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Bucharest
Nixon
New Bus Station Changes Meet Winchester Staff
Rodney Moss replaces a former lunch counter manager bringing his family from Roanoke to White Post. Moss dashboards the station from March 1 after a year with Greyhound and earlier Abbott Bus Lines. Emory Keyser, veteran ticket agent, began at the new station February 2 1935, with prior service at Greyhound and Shenandoah Stages.
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Rodney Moss
Roanoke
White Post
Moss
Greyhound
Abbott Bus Lines
Union News of
New York City
Emory
Keyser
Parkway Ave
Piccasdilly
Shenandoah Stages
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Mariner 7 Test Photos Are Good
Pasadena reports Mariner 7 sent two good test pictures as it neared Mars easing fears its cameras were damaged. Controllers ordered a test before 34 initial approach shots from over a million miles away.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 7
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner 6
Earth
Mrs Nixon Tours Asia and Pakistan With Gifts
Mrs. Nixon's itinerary includes meetings with wives of Romanian leaders in Bucharest and a state dinner as part of six stops in six countries. She visited social welfare projects in Pakistan, received gifts from leaders in India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam, and arranged Gorham urns and stereo phonographs as gifts.
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Bucharest
Romania
Pat Nixon
Nicholae Ceausescu
Philippines
Indonesia
Thailand
India
Pakistan
Mohammad Hidayatullah
Indira Gandhi
Nixons
Gorham
Nixon
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler
South Vietnam
Weather Today Virginia Forecast
Variable cloudiness through Sunday with a chance of showers tonight and Sunday. Highs in the 80s. Monday should be fair with seasonable temperatures.
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East
Midwest
Great Lakes Area
Upper Midwest
Rainfall totals and daily weather notes for August 15, 1969
The report covers 24 hour rainfall ending 8:30 a.m. with totals and dateled averages. It lists monthly and yearly rainfall figures, including past five years and 56 year averages, plus today and yesterday’s high and low temperatures and evening sun and moon data.
Cross Barrier In Berlin
Two East German boys aged 11 and 12 crossed border barriers into the U S sector of West Berlin, with authorities saying officials will contact parents for their return to East Germany.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
West Germany
United States
Nhan Dan
Europe
Bonn
U.S
Trudeau Calls Quebecers to Back Federal Government
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau urged French speaking Quebecers to support the federal government. He spoke to about 3,000 people in St. Jean Baptiste Day ceremonies and faced a single disruption as a man shouted a curse and brandished a knife.
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Georges DE Beauce
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Quebec
Trudeau
St. Jean
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Brown Funeral Home
Marehinsburg
Panama
Ecuador
Rinker Infant
Charles F. Rinker
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Comps Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
the Order
Banal F. Groves
LE. Boscawell Ae
Guy T. Wolford
Hampshire Co
Guy’s Truck Stop
Shank’s
Guy’s
Lillian M. Eaton
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Moon
Army
Army Digest
Democratic Party
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George McGovern
South Dakota
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
McCarthy
Democratic National Committee
Humphrey
Kennedy
McGovern
Geneva
Associated Press
Burt L. Talcott
R-Calif
Congress
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
Senate Post Office Committee
Vietnam
Air Force One
Mrs. Nixon
Glaize
N. Cameron St
Virginia
Winchester Skies
Berlin
Julius Caesar
House of Commons
Dipthong
World News
London
The
Daily Telegraph
Anatoly Kuznetsov
Britain
Kuznet
Sov
Communist Party
Soviet Writers’ Union
Soviet Union
Kuznetsov
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Tts International
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