Deaths and Funerals Ralph Harris of New York City
Ralph Harris of New York City died at St. Vincent Hospital in New York after a long residence there. He leaves a large family including his mother Mrs. Jane Gant and siblings in Leetown, plus in law and relative lines. A funeral service is set for Tuesday at 2 PM at Cartwright Funeral Home Beetown with burial in Red Bud Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 6 to 10 PM. He held multiple civic affiliations and lodge memberships. He was survived by wife Hilda Clark and other relatives. A second funeral service is planned tomorrow at Kogelschatz and Coffman Funeral Home in Martinsburg at 2 PM.
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Ralph Harris
New York City
St. Vincent Hospital
New York
Leetown
Frederick County
Jane Gant
Marshall
Warren Gent
Sadie Gant
Luntles
Raymond Harris
Stephenson
Hugh Harris
Thomas Harris
Washington
James Baker
Mt. Saint Methodist Church
Beetown
Red Bud
Robert White Lodge 76
the Masons
Osiris Temple of the Shrine
Eastern Panhandle Shrine Club
United Commercial Travelers, Fraternal Order of Police
Martinsburg Chamber of Commece
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Izaak Walton League of America
The
Franklin L. Pownall dies in Martinsburg hospital
Franklin L. Pownall 49 of Martinsburg West Virginia died today at 9 o clock in Daughters Hospital after a heart attack. He owned Wheatland Motel and a gasoline service business in the community for years. A Berkeley County native he was son of the late D C and Virginia Ramsburg Pownell and active in Calvary Methodist Church and its Bible Class.
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Franklin Lee Pownall
Martinsburg
W. Va
Eines Daughters Hospital
Marnsburg
Pownall
Wheatland
Berkeley County
SW. Va
Virginia Ramsburg ‘Ownell
Calvary Methodist Church
Mrs Maude Miller Swimley rites held at Laurel home
Funeral service for Mrs. Maude Miller Swimley 80 of Laurel Maryland was at 10 a.m. at the residence of her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Fred Ross 18 Briarcroft Lane Laurel. She was widow of Dr Lonzo Ray Swimley and mother of Mrs Dorothy S Middlekauff Mrs Janice S Scott and Mrs Ellen S Boss. Burial followed at Mt Hebron Cemetery in the city.
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Maude Miller Swimley
Laurel
Fred Ross
Briarcroft Lane
Mrs. Boss
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Warren S Grim 56 Winchester Man Dies After Illness
Warren S Grim 56 of Winchester died early today at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Winchester son of the late Clarence G and Lena Hoover Grim. He worked as a shoe repairman and earlier at John S Miller Hardware Store. He was a member of First Baptist Church and attended Handley High School. Surviving are a brother Garland Grim and two sisters Jean Corbin Catherine Seeders. two nephews and one nephew in the Army. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Friends may call Jones Funeral Home.
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Warren S. Grim
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mr. Grim
Winchester
Clarence G
Lena Hoover Grim
Grim
John S. Miller Hardware Store
First Baptist Church
Handley High School
Garland Grim
Jean Corbin
Charlottesville
Catherine Seeders
Joseph Cather, Jr
Johnny C. Cather
U.S. Army
New York
Catherine Grim Cather
Jones Funeral Home
Sportscaster Ted Husing Dies in California at 60
Pasadena mourns veteran sportscaster Ted Husing dead at 60 after two years bedridden. Once famous for vivid football and boxing calls, he co founded the Orange Bowl and rose from carnival barker to radio icon. Born in the Bronx, he entered radio in 1924 after winning an audition.
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Pasadena
Calif
Ted Husing
Husing
Knute Rockne
Jack Dempsey
Kentucky
Miami
Fla
Bronx
N.Y
California
Clarke County Democrats Back Marsh Campaign
The Clarke County Democratic Committee unanimously endorsed John C. Marsh Jr for the Seventh District Congress in the upcoming election. The formal resolution commits to support the Strasburg attorney enthusiastically and without reservation.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Democratic Committee
John C. Marsh, Jr
Strasburg
Ralph N. Dorsey
Longmarsh
E. Blackburn Moore
Oscar M. Carr
John R. Friant
William B. Claggett
Edward M.cc
Roanoke Man Dies in House Fire
A two story frame house fire in Roanoke claimed Nor ris Fralin a 36 year old man. Firemen found him face down in the second story bedroom where he suffocated. His wife and daughter were away visiting relatives. Cause undetermined though cigarette may have started it. The blaze began in a couch.
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Roanoke
Norris Fralin
Fralin
Kennedy Investment Tax Credits Stall in Congress
The House passed tax credits for business investment but the Senate Finance Committee radically amended them and the Senate has not acted. The President would gain standby authority to cut taxes temporarily if a recession looms, but this remains dormant in the Ways and Means Committee.
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House
Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Albany King vows mass protests as jailings continue
Judge A N Durden Sr presides in rec orders court over unprecedented action in Albany where King has been jailed three times in nine months. About 418 arrests for demonstrations since July 11 led to 25 remaining prisoners freed on $400 bonds. A bus from Hartford brought 13 Negroes and 2 whites to join clergymen as King and Abernathy plan to return to Atlanta then resume demonstrations if segregation endures.
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A. N. Durden Sr
Recorders Court
King
Albany
Anderson
Grady Rawls
U.S. Supreme Court
Rawls
ACC Hitting Leaders Highlight Brown and Coon
Tom Brown of Maryland led the ACC in hitting last spring with a .449 average. Roger Coon of Wake Forest topped the conference with 40 hits.
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Tom Brown
Maryland
Roger Coon
Wake Forest
Storm Damage Reported Across Spotsylvania County
Spotsylvania County faces crop losses of at least 150000 dollars with another 100000 in property damage after Thursday’s storm. County Agent Robert L. Kash Jr. warns many will seek other work as corn soybeans and tobacco fields were flattened by hail and high winds. Two Blue Ridge Shores homes on Lake Louisa were leveled by 75 mph gusts.
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Spotsylvania
Spotsylvania County
Robert L. Kash Jr
Louisa
Caroline
Kash
Blue Ridge Shores
Lake Louisa
Jaycees Hear Robinson Stress Two-Party Need
J Kenneth Robinson Republican candidate for Congress told Winchester Jaycees last night the two party system ensures competition. He argued citizens neglect voting and poll taxes, and declared he is in the race to win against Democrat John QO Marsh of Strasburg.
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J. Kenneth Robinson
Congress
Virginia
Winchester
Regional Sales Directory of County Auctions and Estates
A listing of upcoming auctions across Virginia and nearby towns with dates in August. Items include dairy cattle and equipment, antiques and household goods, furniture and appliances, a semi trailer, and various household items. Auctioneers include W. D. Orndorff, Charles Duvall, Orndorff & Cole, Stan Haworth, Lewis Morrow & Grove, John B. Merry man, Dennis T. Cole.
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Linwood Newlin
Berryville
Clarke County Motors
McAtee Farm
W. D. Orndorff
Annie Cartmell Randolph
Berryville Ave
Winchester
Charles Duvall
Denny’s Commission
Orndorff & Cole Auctioneers
Catwell Russler
Martinsburg
W. Va
U.S. 11
Spring Mills Road
Lewis, Morrow & Grove
J. Best Wheeler
Upperco
White House
John B. Merryman
N. B. Smallwood
Stephens City
Earl Haines, Inc
Dennis T. Cole
Record Heat Holds Southwest and Plains Above 100 Degrees
A sweltering heat wave marked by 100 degree readings stretched from Texas to the Arizona California border with Beaumont reaching 106 for the third straight day and Austin enduring a 42nd rainless day. Meanwhile cooler western and midwestern regions saw 50s and 60s and storms in the Northeast.
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Associated Press
Southwest
Plains
Texas
Arizona-California
Beaumont
Tex
Austin
California
el Centro
Imperial Valley
Soviet to Launch Vostok III With Nikolayev In Orbit
Tass reported Nikolayev endures the orbit and flight with the Vostok III while a new cosmonaut described as a farm boy and former lumberjack is prepared. The project includes seven satellites and radio signals cover frequencies around 20 MHz. The orbit reaches up to 150 miles altitude with a 65 degree inclination.
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Nikolayev
Tass
Titov
Moscow
Kremlin
Suit Filed Over Bus Crash Injuring Child
A $50,000 damage suit was filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court against bus driver Howard M. Stevens for injuries to a 10 year old girl, Reba Jane Stafford, from a school bus plunge on September 6 near Cloud Mountain. Clyde Stafford Jr. filed the suit on behalf of his daughter.
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Pulaski
Cloud Mountain
Clyde Stafford, Jr
Reba Jane Stafford
Poplar Hill
Howard M. Stevens
Pulaski County
Shakeup at top office as interim vice chair named
The executive vice chair position is held on an acting basis by Stephen Shulman, a Goldberg assistant. Following the Kheel report two men, Hobart Taylor Jr. and Benjamin Mays, are under consideration for permanent succession. Taylor is a Detroit lawyer and Johnson aide. Mays leads Morehouse College in Atlanta.
Weather and baseball notes span cold night to warm week
The forecast calls for clear skies tonight with lows in the 50s and a sunny day reaching 78. Indiana infielder Ed LaDuke led the Big Ten with a .431 average last spring before resigning from the New York ers.
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Ed LaDuke
Indiana
Big Ten
New Yorkers
Rainfall totals and averages from local station
Rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8 30 today is .05 inches. August rainfall to date is .53 inches. The 49 year average annual rainfall is 36.86 inches. Monthly averages: January 2.42, February 2.11, March 2.98, April 3.17, May 3.81, June 3.83, July 3.87, August 3.90, September 2.67, October 3.22, November 2.28, December 2.40.
Distinguishing Abbreviate from Abridge in wording
The note explains two distinct terms. Abbreviate meaning to shorten by contraction or omission as Mass. Abridge means to condense without losing the original sense as a book.
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Massachusetts
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