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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1968

Page

2

Obituaries from Winchester Aug 9 1968 include Carpenter Willey and Boyd

Obituary notices for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Carpenter 87 of Winchester daughter Louise Gregg and son James Carpenter Jr with other relatives listed. Also memorials for Robert Earl Skeeter Willey Sr. Strasburg and Deston M. Boyd Winchester with church and burial details and funeral arrangements.

Mary Carpenter Mary Elizabeth Carpenter James William Carpenter Jr Cecil Louise) Gregg Glaize Ave

Integration Pressure Reported on Richmond U

Federal pressure to integrate Richmond University alleged by The Richmond News Leader targets adding Negro faculty and sending students to desegregation. Funeral notices follow for Russell Goble Sr a Stephenson resident who died in Baltimore with services Monday at Jones Funeral Home. Burial in National Cemetery. Nellie Pitcock dies Winchester Memorial Hospital age 63. Funeral Monday at 1 30 p.m. Mount Hebron burial.

Omps Funeral Home Paul J. Slonaker Mt. Hebron Richmond Richmond News University of Richmond Russell Goble Stephenson Baltimore Jones Funeral Home E. T. Clark George T. Yeakley George W Middleton Wilmer H. Shade Russell T, Hupp William R. Armel C. B. Lee Gobel Mosby Winchester Camp National Cemetery Henry Amidon Mount Hebron Cemetery U.s.department of Health, Education and Welfare School of Education Baptist General Association of Virginia Virginia Union University Ginia Union Randolph-Macon College Ashland Virginia Union

Curtis Elsea 79 of Millwood Dies at Home

Curtis Burwell Elsea 79 of Millwood died at home. Born October 24 1888 in Clarke County he was a farmer and survived by five sisters Georganna Payne Edna Hummer Elizabeth W Elsen Margaret Ware and Kathleen Weakley. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville with Rev Harvey Hall buried Green Hill Cemetery Berryville.

Curtis Burwell Elsea Millwood Clarke County James D Elizabeth E. Elsea Elsea Georganna Payne Bluemont Edna Hummer Berryville Elizabeth W. Elsen Margaret Ware Kathleen Weakley Winches John H. Enders Harvey Hall Green Hill Cemetery

Frede rick County finds mystery trinket cache

The Frederick County Sheriff's office custodians a new costume jewelry department with four cardboard cartons of pins bracelets and necklaces found by Maynard Marpole on a farm roadside. The owner is unknown and no theft report matches the items. Deput y Roy Hoak confirms no recent theft reports tied to this merchandise. A separate break in was reported at Edith Seldon’s home with a cut screen door and ransacked car. Sheriff Lacy Anderson noted no missing items are known.

Frederick County Sheriff's Office Roy Hoak Sheriff’s Department Hoak Edith Seldon Valey Ave

Alliluyeva burns Soviet passport to seek U S citizenship

New York Times reports Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Joseph Stalin, wrote a friend she burned her Soviet passport last summer to prevent any return to Moscow. She says she intends to seek United States citizenship and vows never to return to the Soviet Union, calling it a land of pain.

New York Svetlana Alliluyeva Moscow New York Times Joseph Stalin United States

Marines Probe Mass Killings in Vietnam Ambush Case

A pretrial report details May 5 ambush near a patrol base in Vietnam. Marines Allen and five others allegedly killed two Vietnamese suspects and executed three more men, with one sergeant absent during a Viet Cong raid and a chain of executions uncovered by a relief squad member.

Allen Canal

Wall Street mixed early trading after brief rally

In New York today the market moved irregularly with losses marginally exceeding gains on the NYSE. The Dow rose slightly as steel shares slipped while autos led modest gains. Major action included Schenley up 4 to 53.34 on heavy volume and GM ex dividend down 0.75 at 78.25 amid a 5,400 share block.

New York New York Stock Exchange Chrysler Polaroid Homestake Outboard Marine International Telephone Fairchild Camera Lone Star Cement General Electric RCA Ford American Can Owens -Silifiols Schenley Américan Stok Exchange

Virginia Weather Forecast and Five Day Outlook

Partly cloudy today in Virginia with scattered thundershowers. Five day forecast shows above normal temperatures with daytime highs 88 to 94 and nightly lows 68 to 74, cooler early next week and warmer midweek. Rain expected 0.25 to 0.75 inch mainly in afternoon or evening thundershowers.

Virginia

Wolfson Found Guilty On SEC Violations

Louis E. Wolfson, a 55 year old financier, and three associates were found guilty by a federal jury of perjury subordination obstruction concealing documents and filing false statements with the SEC. He faces up to 14 years in prison and a $32 000 fine. The verdicts prompt immediate appeals.

NEW York Louis E. Wolfson Wall Street Securities and Exchange Commission

Nixon picks Agnew for running mate at convention

Convention comments show Nixon chose Agnew after nightlong talks with supporters and leaders. Agnew’s selection aims to unite the party, appeal to the South, and project law and order credibility while balancing liberal and conservative factions ahead of the campaign.

Romney Nixon Agnew Lindsay Percy Reagan Wallace Maryland Rockefeller

Vietnamese Troops Repel Major Clash East of Gio Linh

South Vietnamese forces say they killed 107 enemy troops in the heaviest fighting for a month near Gio Linh. Two battalions with armor and air support fought North Vietnamese units for five hours east of the demilitarized zone.

Gio Linh

Heavy fighting erupts near Gio Linh in Vietnam

Seven South Vietnamese were killed and 56 wounded as artillery and mortar barrages hit a patrol near Gio Linh. The clash marked the heaviest fighting since July 7 when Marines reported 201 North Vietnamese casualties. Ground troops armor and air support were deployed along a coast stretch east of Gio Linh and below the demilitarized zone.

U.S Gio Linh Demilitarized Zone

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