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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1972

Page

2

Obituaries for Grace Massie and Harrison Carroll

Grace R Massie 88 of Stephens City died Tuesday in Culpeper and funeral services are set for 11 am tomorrow at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers include J Robert Russell William B Russell Baker E Russell Thomas W Russell J Patrick Russell and Henry S Russell The family will receive friends tonight 7 to 9 pm A step daughter Mrs John Pelter survives also Harrison Carroll Hollywood AP longtime reporter and columnist died Wednesday at age 71 after a fall He joined the Los Angeles Times in 1922 and retired from the Herald Examiner in 1968

Grace R. Massie Stephens City Culpeper Jones Funeral Home E.T. Clark J. Robert Russell William B. Russell Baker E. Russell Thomas W. Russell J. Patrick Russell Henry S. Russell Mount Hebron Massie John Pelter Harrison Carroll Hollywood Iman Hollywood Women’s Press Club Carroll Los Angeles Times Herald-Examiner

Death of Edna L Brown to be held at Omps Funeral Home

Edna Louise Brown aged 67 of 2257 Paper Mill Road died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Omps Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Charles H. Willard. Pallbearers are Mackall Conner Richard Fost Scott Brown Loring Brown Waldo Wise and Brown Kingree. Visitation at the funeral home this evening from 7:30 to 9 o'clock.

Edna Louise Brown Paper Mill Road Winchester Memorial Hospital Omps Charles H. Willard Mount Hebron Cemetery Mackall Conner Richard Fost Scott Brown Loring Brown Waldo Wise Brown Kingree

Funeral for Traffic Victim To Be Saturday

State Police identified Lillian Lowery Boyce 72 of Winchester as the pedestrian killed on Rt. 528 by a tractor trailer driven by Hyland Fouch of Inwood West Virginia. A funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Macedonia Cemetery.

Lillian Lowery Boyce Rt. 1 Winchester Hyland Fouch Inwood W.va Jones Funeral Home Kathryn Eye Macedonia Cemetery

Eight Americans Killed in Vietnam War Casualty Report

Saigon announces in its weekly casualty summary that eight American servicemen were killed in action last week with 17 wounded. Three more died from nonhostile causes and one was missing in action. South Vietnamese and enemy casualties continued a month long decline.

Saigon U.S. Command

Kerns Found Guilty of Assault and Battery

Frederick County Circuit Court found Joe Neal Kerns 55 of Stephens City guilty of assault and battery and set six months in jail. He had been indicted for malicious wounding but jurors convicted on the lesser charge. The incident occurred Apr 21 at Kerns apartment after a dispute over a bar tab.

Star Frederick County Joe Neal Kerns Stephens City Kerns Oley Johnson Johnson Commonwealth Lawrence Ambrogi Ambrogi Thomas Dickinson Kern Marvin Robert Saville Rt. 5 Saville Pine Grove Methodist Church Andrew Todd Siler Pine Grove Todd Woltz

Jones Named To Virginia Safety Association Board

Forrest E. Jones, president of the Winchester-Frederick County Chamber of Commerce, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Virginia Safety Association Inc. He serves as Safety and Personnel director at Allegheny Freight Lines and received the appointment letter from Joseph Nichols. The board will meet September 8, 1972, in Richmond.

Forrest E. Jones Winchester - Frederick County Virginia Saftey Association, Inc Richmond

Front Royal Police Report Busy Week Summary

Front Royal officers logged 174 complaints in a week ending July 29. Sixteen people were summoned, six arrested, four cited and released. 26 charged overall including one assault and five other violations. Auto accidents caused $7,170 in damage. 11 incidents with one injury.

Front Royal — Police Dennis Thompson Front Royal Warren County

Winchester Jaycees to Attend State Board Meeting

Winchester Jaycees and their wives will attend the State Board Meeting of the Jaycees at Lake Wright from tomorrow through Sunday. Attendees include Ted Morgan and others with roles in community affairs and administration. Richard R. Clayton Jr. will be special guest from Abilene Texas as Virginia Jaycees focus on mental retardation programs.

Winchester Jaycees Jaycees Lake Wright Ted Morgan Buddy Hutchens Bobby Hedrick Joe Malone Ways and Means Dickie Wisecarver Dick Woodward Hit the Center Jim Sumption Virginia Jaycee Richard R. Clayton, Jr United States Jaycees Abilene Tex Virginia Jaycees

Wall Street gains as Vietnam peace rally enters third session

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 4.21 to 945.36 at 10:30 a.m. as the stock market advanced on the third day of a peace rally. Advances outpaced declines 2 to 1 on the NYSE with gains fueled by Kissinger Hanoi talks and improving quarterly earnings expectations.

New York New York Stock Exchange Henry A. Kissinger Hanoi Paris

Sun Shines Over Luzon Amid Flood Crisis

Sunshine returns to Luzon as floods recede in parts of Pampanga Pangasinan and Tarlac. Helicopters carry food and medicine while the death toll climbs to 356 with 119 towns inundated. American relief head Col Jerry King warns of desperation and looting amid continuing crisis. The Philippine Daily Express questions President Nixon’s aid offer and sovereignty concerns.

Manila Philippine Luzon Island Pampanga Pangasinan Tarlac Luzon Jerry M. King Lehigh Acres Fla U.S. Army King Philippine Daily Express Nixon United States

2000 South Vietnamese Marines Assault Quang Tri

More than 2,000 South Vietnamese marines attacked the western half of Quang Tri City but met house to house fighting and heavy North Vietnamese artillery. American jets said they destroyed an ammunition depot near the town causing 300 plus secondary explosions and 14 fires. The Citadel remains under North Vietnamese control as the Marines shift to siege tactics to starve the enemy out.

Saigon Quang Tri City Associated Press Holger Jensen Quang Tri U.S

Strasburg men returned to stand trial in Frederick County

Two Strasburg men, Jerry Lee Fisher and Ray Palmer both 20, were returned yesterday to Frederick County to face trial for the March 2 break in at the C and H Market. They were turned over by Moorefield authorities and are held in the Winchester Frederick County jail in lieu of $2000 each.

Strasburg Frederick County C&h Sheriff's Department Jerry Lee Fisher Ray Palmer Lacy Anderson Moorefield W.va Fisher Palmer Wardensville Winchester-Frederick County

Methodist Men to Meet at Carpers Valley UMC

The Methodist Men of the North Frederick Charge will hold their monthly meeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Carper's Valley United Methodist Church.

North Frederick Carper’s Valley United Methodist Church

Weather Forecast Northern Valley and Virginia

Considerable cloudiness tonight with a chance of showers or thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s to around 70. Friday mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. highs in the low to mid 80s. Extended outlook shows lingering showers and cooler highs in the upper 70s to low 80s through Monday. Official noon high today 78, low 67. rainfall 0.03 inches in past 24 hours.

Virginia Plains Texas Coast Mississippi Valley Midwest mid-Atlantic States

Answers Yield the Right of Way Silversmith Cat True

A compact item presents a sequence of terms and phrases including answers to questions, a yield instruction, a Silversmith reference, a Cat, and an uncle Remus mention, followed by numbers and a Kentucky county name. The fragment hints at a puzzle or glossary style entry with scattered clues.

Remus Kentucky Clay

Assessed Values of Public Service Firms Jump in Va

The State Corporation Commission said Virginia public service corporations increased in assessed value by over 101 million to surpass 1.5 billion. Localities will collect about 50 million more in property taxes for 1972, with total taxes on all utilities rising to roughly 56.3 million. Virginia Electric & Power Co and Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co led gains, while Richmond, Norfolk, and Fairfax County posted the largest totals and Surry County showed the sharpest rise.

Richmond State Corporation Commission SCC Lee B. Younger Commission Public Utilities Taxation Division Virginia Virginia Electric & Power Co Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co Norfolk Fairfax County Surry County

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