Miss Smith to Wed Walter Carter Strange III
Miss Doreen Frances Smith of Berryville announces engagement to Pvt. Walter Carter Strange III of Charles Town West Virginia. She is a Clarke County High School 1968 graduate while he is a 1966 Charles Town High School graduate who attended Shepherd College and now serves in the Armed Forces. A fall wedding is planned.
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Bertrand Smith, Jr
Berryville
Doreen Frances
Walter Carter Strange III
Walter Carter Strange Jr
Charles Town
W. Va
Miss Smith
Clarke County High School
Pvt
Strange
Charles Town High School
Shepherd College
Cooler court: Nassau judge moves arraignment to jail cell
In Mineola the Nassau County court cooled the dispute by moving arraignments to a 10 by 10 foot jail cell in the administration building. At 9:30 a.m. the court sat at 86 degrees as a prisoner fainted and Judge Beatrice Burstein ordered the air conditioned move.
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Mineola
N.Y
Nassau County District Court
Beatrice Burstein
Burstein
Fall fashion quiz guides readers to a princess dress pick
Printed Pattern 4798 offers girls sizes 6 through 14 with a waist defining design and standing band collar. The ad lists price 65 cents per pattern plus mailing surcharges and provides mailing details to Anne Adams at Winchester Evening Star pattern department in New York. It promotes pattern catalogs and a sewing book with numerous pictures offered for sale.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Nuns Learn City Streets Are Living Room Front Yard
In Harlem a nun volunteers with Challenge, guiding local youths and learning street life as a living room in a city housing project. Fifty sisters from Roman Catholic orders work across Manhattan and the Bronx, aiding families while studying modern outreach methods to connect with diverse urban communities.
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City Street
Front Yard
Harlem
East Harlem
Manhattan
Bronx
Challenge
The
Archediocese of
New York
Angel Falcon Jr
Doloris Mary
Oliver Street
Italy
Chinatown
John Ellen
Maria Reparatrix
East 29Th Street
Barbecued Pork a North Carolina Specialty
North Carolina is famed for barbecue pork produced in large pits that cook hogs overnight. The dish features shredded meat with red peppers for piquancy and is paired with Brunswick stew and coleslaw. Noted spots include Little Acorn in Durham and Turnage's, Parker's, Bob Milton's, Buck Overton's, Dean's, Griffin's, King's, Saul's, and Cooper's in several towns.
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Durham
N.C
Siberia
Dublin
Strasbourg
Lyon
New York
North Carolina
Little
Acorn
Turnage’s
Parker
Wilson
Bob Milton
Rocky Mount
Buck Overton
Dean
Goldsboro
Griffin’s
King’s
Kinston
Saul
Raleigh
Cooper’s
On This Date in History August Ninth Through Time
Today marks the 222nd day of 1968 with 144 days left. Highlights include Nagasaki’s devastation in 1945, the Albany to Schenectady steam train in 1831, Spain’s 1898 peace terms, Edward VII’s 1902 coronation, Gandhi’s 1942 internment, Moroccan arrests, Formosa Strait tensions, Patrick Kennedy’s death, Colombia police clashes, and John F Kennedy Jr.’s birth anniversary note.
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Associated Press
Japan
Nagasaki
United States
Albany
Schenectady
N.Y
Spain
Edward VII
England
Victoria
Mohandas Gandhi
Indiana
Morocco
Formosa Strait
Man seeks annulment over alleged fraud by bride
Paul G. Fisher of Indianapolis filed suit for annulment after six weeks of marriage alleging his bride Dorothy Jean lied about having four children. He says he later learned there were 10 children in the home.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Paul G. Fisher
Dorothy Jean
Fisher
Potomac Highland Beauty Contest Headlines Highland Fling
ROMNEY W VA The third annual Highland Fling continues with the Potomac Highland Beauty Contest at Romney Elementary School. Princesses from 11 eastern WV counties compete for Queen honors as John D Rockefeller honors the crowning tonight.
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Romney
W. VA
West Virginia
Romney Elementary School
John D
Jay’? Rockefeller
French tourism sinks as strikes drain summer business
An AP report from Paris notes 1968 upheavals hit the French tourist industry hard. Hotelkeepers, restaurateurs, and shop workers lament Americans deserting France while Spaniards draw crowds. Fewer locals vacation, currencies limit travelers, and early July border stats show sharp drops in traffic to Spain. France sees foreign visitors slip and domestic travel fall, shifting focus to expanding winter ski resorts as competition from Switzerland and Austria rises.
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Paris
Spain
France
Driving Debut Costs $1,000
Five year old Chris Nelson operated an eight ton road roller outside his home in London. He started and drove it about twenty yards before losing control. Police estimate damages to five cars at nearly $1,000. He was not injured.
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London
Chris Nelson
Chris
Manual Labor Therapy for Concert Master Aaron
Milwaukee violinist Philip Aaron works two days at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds as amusement rides are erected. Aaron, who will be concert master for Savannah Symphony later this year, calls the hard labor “work therapy” and says it’s a healthy change from teaching.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Wisconsin State Fairgrounds
Philip Aaron
Savannah
Aaron
Milwaukee
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Doreen Smith
Hbeloms
Edith Evans Asbury
New York Times Service
the Stoops
Avenue C
Lower East Side
Craig Claiborne
New York Times
John F. Kennedy
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Boston
Colombia
Latin America
New Husband
John Rannells
Quail Hill
Hampshire County Band Boosters
Augusta
Romany
Masonic Hall
Main Street
Bank of Romney
Don Wendell
Arthur G. Shipe
S. Porter Smith
Commerce
Angus E. Peyton
Golden Savings Plan
Shena
Maki
Shenandoah
National Winchester
Bank Virginia
F.D.I.C
Sevenir
Charles de Gaulle
Lee Leans
Orlon Sweat
B&m
Chevrolet
Biscayne
Cadillac Corporation
Virginia
EE Peeeke Leld
Gaseen Rren
Oes
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