Obituaries for Gibbs Shingleton Douglass and others
Obituary notices detail How H. Gibbs 52 who died at Veterans Administrations Center in West Virginia with funeral at Jones Home officiated by Pastor Craig B. But. Pallbearers listed and burial at Rest Cemetery with VFW Post 2123 service. Also Donald Emmerson Shingleton 39 of Augusta died suddenly at home. survivors listed. funeral in Augusta United Methodist Church with burial at Ebenezer Cemetery near Romney. Additional notes mention Poumney unnamed survivor with son Arthur Allen Douglass Jr and three grandchildren. service at St Alban's Washington and burial at Mount Hebron Winchester. viewing at St Alban's library 7–9 pm. memorial fund donation urged.
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H. Gibbs
Veterans Administrations Center
Rg. W. Va
Jones Home
Craig B. But
M. Clowser
Marvin B. Puckett
Frederick G. Jobe
Stephen A. Dodson
Robert W. Carter
John R. Carter
Rest Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Donald Emmerson Shingleton
Augusta
W.va
Mr. Shingleton
Jesse and
Nettie Shawen Shingleton
U.S. Army
Viola Frye
Alma Oates
Norma Oates
Evelyn Lee
Whitacre
Howard Shingleton
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
Wisconsin
Massachusetts Ave
Northwest
Washington, D.C
Mrs Rose Lofton Funeral Arrangement Notice
Mr Howard H Gibbs announces services for Mrs Rose Lofton with a 1:30 p.m. Friday funeral at Jones Funeral Home. Arrangement incomplete.
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Mr. Howard H. Gibbs
Mrs. Rose Lofton
Funeral service for Mrs Fannie L Russell in Winchester
Funeral for 73 year old Mrs Fannie L Russell of 621 S Stewart St is at 2 PM tomorrow at Omps Funeral Home conducted by Dr George H Orser. Burial follows at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers named Barr Ridgeway Barr Groves Hawse Buncutter. Visitation at the funeral home tonight from 7 30 to 9.
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Fannie L. Russell
S. Stewart St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Omps
George H. Orser
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Taylor Barr
Harry Ridgeway
Curtis Barr
Bernard Groves
John Hawse
Richard Buncutter
Rouss Fire Company to Hold Demonstration Meeting
The Rouss Fire Company will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at Winchester Fire Training School Woodstock Lane. President Loring Wright says equipment will be shown for drawing water from hydrants to trucks or tankers and using a portable tank with fog and steady stream nozzles. Weather will decide on an oil fire pit demo.
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Rouss Fire Company
Winchester Fire Training School
Woodstock Lane
Loring Wright
Stephens City to Open Bids on Water Line
Stephens City will open sealed bids Tuesday at 8 p.m. for a six inch water line extending about 1200 feet north on Main Street with Sager's Pharmacy as the first hook up. The town also reports progress on the Recreation Park and a signed contract to blacktop School Street before cold weather. Neighborhood Youth Corps workers were praised for park work and cemetery cleanup. Mayor Lynn Comer noted the new pharmacy building should be finished by month’s end.
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Stephens City
Main St
Sager’s Pharmacy
Lynn Comer
Young Republicans discuss Koontz talk in area meeting
Stanley R Koontz Republican candidate for the House of Delegates from the 17th district spoke at a Young Republicans meeting where involvement in government was the main topic. Temporary officers were Kenneth Y Stiles president Robert Pullen vice president and Rosemary M Lambert secretary treasurer. The next meeting is Aug 12 at 8 pm at the Holiday Inn East open to all. HAYSI AP The State Air Pollution Control Board wrapped a three day tour of Southwest Virginia coal fields with a meeting to review staff recommendations to curb coal pollution and visited Westmoreland Coal Co operations in Wise County.
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Stanley Roger Koontz
House of Delegates
Kenneth Y. Stiles
Robert Pullen
Rosemary M Lambert
Stiles
University of Maryland
Clearbrook
Pullen
University of Richmond
Winchester
Lambert
Frederick County Public Schools
Holiday Inn East
HAYSI
State Air Pollution Control Board
Southwest Virginia
Westmoreland Coal Co
Wise County
Steel firms raise prices after new labor deal
Three more major steel producers including Wheeling-Pittsburgh Inland Steel and Lukens announce average eight percent hikes on most products to offset the cost of the new United Steelworkers contract. Kaiser and U S Steel also lift prices while others restart production but cut staff due to weak orders as stockpiles diminish.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Wheeling-Pittsburgh and
Inland Steel Corps
Lukens Steel Co
Coatesville
U.S. Steel Corp
Runoff Looms in Mississippi Democratic Gubernatorial Primary
Lt Gov Charles Sullivan led with about 40 percent and Bill Waller around 27 percent as Mississippi voters cast ballots in a seven candidate Democratic primary. With 1,264 of 2,063 precincts reporting, Sullivan held 169,082 votes to Waller’s 125,779. runoff set for August 24 if no majority. Charles Evers urged black votes for Swan, but black leaders viewed it skeptically.
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Jackson, Miss
Charles Sullivan
Bill Waller
Charles Evers
Sullivan
Waller
Jimmy Swan
Roy
Adams
Ed Pittman
Marshall Perry
Andrew Sullivan
Father and two sons drown at Radford river
The Associated Press reports a 9-year-old boy and his 39-year-old father drowned in the New River at Radford while fishing lines tangled in about 12 feet of water. The 7-year-old brother is missing. In Henrico County a 16-year-old youth died in a county pool after submersion in the deep end.
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Radford
Associated Press
Jessie James Cumbee
Greensboro
N.C
Timothy
Henrico County
Mark Christopher Hellgeth
Patient in Critical Condition After Heart-Lung Transplant
Cape Town AP reports Adrian Herbert 49 remains in critical condition after emergency surgery to fix a loose connection in his heart and lung grafts ten days after a double transplant. His operation by Dr. Christiaan Barnard's team was the fourth attempt and the first outside the United States, with previous survivors lasting up to eight days.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Adrian Herbert
Herbert
Christiaan Barnard
United States
Weather Outlook for Virginia with Warmer Weekend
Mostly cloudy tonight with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows mid to upper 60s. Thursday brings considerable cloudiness and a 50 percent chance of rain with highs in the low to mid 80s. Extended outlook calls for fair weather Friday through Sunday with highs in the 80s and mountain highs 75 to 80.
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Pacific Northwest
Gulf Coast
Upper
Great Lakes
Central Plains
Rainfall figures and averages from historic data
Rainfall over the last 24 hours ending 8 30 am shows 19 inches. August and 1971 year totals are listed with long term five year and 58 year monthly averages. The Q and A items include historical names and topics such as Red China China Australia Baron von Steuben heart disease and basic facts.
Mosques Minarets and the Call to Prayer
The minarets on mosques are the towers from which the ueezzin issues a call to prayer guiding Muslims toward Mecca and devotion.
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Mecca
Also Mentioned on This Page
Donald E. Shingleton
Arthur A. Douglass, Sr
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Smalts Florist, Inc
MDS Funeral Home
Amherst ST
Dial
Maiaste
Bernard F. Groves
Boscawen St
Russell Service
Rouss
London
Short and Barley Sts
Riley Dillinger
Nelle Bruce
School Street
R.C. King
Kaiser Steel
Aluminum
Glaize & Bro
N. Cameron St
Evers
Swan
Frankie
Albany
Albuque
Amarillo
Age
Asheville
Clay
Atlanta
Birmingham
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Green Bay
Helena
Honolulu
Houston
Indiapolis
St.p
New Orleans
New York
Virginia
China
Australia
Baron von Steuben
H.L. Mills
Valley Ave
ACU
Sremm
Beaudry
Thompson-R. Stevers
Valley Avenue
Wychester
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