Obituary for Capt Ewail Johnston DSC of Clarke County
Capt Ewail Johnston DSC, a World War I veteran and noted horseman, died this morning at Newton D Baker Veterans Hospital. Born September 13, 1889 in Birmingham Alabama, he was the son of General and Mrs Robert Johnston CSA. Survived by widow Cecil C Johnston and three sisters Mrs Eugene Eager Valdosta Georgia Mrs Gerald Firth Pittsburgh and Mrs Harvey Skey Canada and many nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be at the Old Chapel Clarke County Friday at 5 p.m.
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Wait Johnston
Chey Ha
Boyes
Clarke County
Newton D. Baker Veterans Hospital
Johnston
Birmingham
Als
Robert Johnston
Cecil C. Johnston
Eugene Eager
Valdosta
Gerald Firth
Pittsburgh
Harvey Skey
Canada
Old Chapel
Gardner Regains Consciousness After Motorcycle Crash
Beverly Gardner 30 of Route 3 reports her son Gardner has regained consciousness after a July 14 motorcycle accident. He remains hospitalized at Arlington Community Hospital and is showing improvement according to his mother.
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Beverly Gardner
Route 3
Gardner
Arlington Community Hospital
Hearing Set Tomorrow in Shifflett Habeas Corpus Case
Emery Lee Shifflett, once sentenced to 40 years plus 15 for attempted murder, was brought back last Friday on a writ of habeas corpus. His hearing is scheduled for tomorrow with Assistant Attorney General Luke Whitt delayed, affecting start time. Respondent is C. C. Peyton, superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.
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Emery Lee Shifflett
Luke Whitt
Richmond
Il A
White
C. C. Peyton
Virginia State Penitentiary
Anniversary Message Rates Page 1
Mrs Kenneth A Baker in Vietnam sent a front page personal anniversary message to the Daily Olympian for her husband Sgt Ken Baker on their 19th anniversary. The note notes six months remain in his tour and they will be together afterward. The editors ran it on Page 1.
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Olympia
Wash
Kenneth A. Baker
Daily Olympian
Marie
Viet Nam
Ken
Sgt. Baker
Pleiku Air Base
Stewart Named British Foreign Secretary Amid Cabinet Shuffle
Britain taps Michael Stewart to lead the Economics Ministry as part of a major cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Harold Wilson. George Brown moves to foreign secretary amid austerity measures and debate over European integration and Rhodesian policy.
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London
Michael Stewart
Britain
Stewart
Harold Wilson
George Brown
Brown
Sun
Wilson
Liberal Guardian
Dphaik
Labor Party
Arthur Bottomley
Ian Smith
Herbert Bowden
Commons
Bottomley
Commonwealth
Richard Crossman
Bowden
Anthony Greenwood
Crossman
James Callaghan
Foreign Office
Stephenson Man Drowns In Pond
The body of Robert Statton Orndorff, 33, missing since Monday, was found in a farm pond east of Route 11 in Stephenson. Medical examiner Dr Douglass Hill ruled drowning with no foul play. Survived by parents and three sisters and one brother. Funeral set for 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at Jones Funeral Home.
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Stephenson
Robert Statton Orndorff
Douglass O. Hill
Orndorff
Frederick County
Robert L. DeHaven
Rt. 11
Rt. 761
Stephenson Area
Mr. Orndorff
Hayfield
W. Statton
Edna Virginia Adams Orndorff
Emmanuel Methodist Church
Dorothy Starnes
Sunnyside
Margaret McCann
Shirley Dailey
William F. Orndorff
Berryville
Jones Funeral
Robert Couch
Brucetown
W. H. Lawrence, Jr
Edeward L. Lord
C. Stanley Clenenger
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Jones Funeral Home
House Destroyed by Fire Near Stephens City
A seven room frame house on the Middle Road six miles west of Stephens City burned last night. Lack of water hampered efforts but firefighters kept the blaze from an adjacent orchard. Eight loads of water were hauled. The Whitton farm on lease to Alfred Snapp housed the unoccupied structure undergoing remodeling. Firefighters worked from 9 p.m. to after midnight. Cause undetermined. A second blaze damaged a car owned by H A Doyles on Apple Pie Ridge. a family member had doused it with a garden hose.
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Middle Road
Stephens City
Whittington
Alfred Snapp
Clearbrook Company
H. A. Doyles
Lt Col Edward White recalls six small steps in 1965 voyage
Lt Col Edward H. White recounts his June 3 1965 spacewalk noting the journey included Hawaii California Texas Florida Bahamas and Bermuda as places touched during the mission.
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Edward H. White
Hawaii
California
Texas
Florida
Bahamas
Bermuda
Fast Running Convict Eludes Warren Police
Frederick County officers dubbed Carl Stotler the fastest man afoot after a March capture in a stolen car chase through Winchester and woods at night. He had earlier escaped Camp 21 inmates and sped from a Warren County routine check before vanishing again, remaining at large.
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Frederick County
Warren County
Carl Randolph Stotler
Middletown
Winchester
Stotler
Camp 21
Stafford
Carl Stotler
Weather Today Virginia Forecast and Rainfall Totals
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers tonight and Friday. Low tonight in the mid 60s, high Friday in the 82 to 87 range. Saturday partly cloudy with little temperature change. Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8:30 am today 0.33 inches. August total 0.51 inches. Through 1966 total rainfall 17.05 inches. Average yearly rainfall over 53 years 36.56 inches and monthly averages listed.
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Winchester Board Names About Fifty Historic Buildings
Approximately 50 Winchester buildings have been deemed historic by the Board of Architectural Review. The board, created by a city ordinance, aims to preserve structures erected before 1860. Owners will be notified by registered mail and receive research findings by historian Charles Kirkland.
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Winchester
Board of Architectural Review
Carroll Henkel
City Hall
Henkel
Charles Kirkland
Kirkland
Wall Street dips for fourth straight session amid unsettled air strike
The New York market opened lower for the fourth consecutive session as air line strike talks dragged and Congress moved toward ending the walkout. Eastern Air Lines slid nearly 2 points while United and Pan Am edged down.
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Congress
Eastern Air Lines
United
Pan American
IBM
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
General Dynamics
United Aircraft
Sears, Roebuck, du Pont
Control Data
Southern Railway
Polaroid
Xerox
American Smelting
Goodrich
General Motors
Kennecott
Royal Dutch Pennsylvania Railroad
General Electric
Alcan Aluminum
Central Illinois Light
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Chrysler
Associated Press
American Stock Exchange
Shenandoah events discuss fish kills and planned festival
Shenandoah Conference Committee chairmen in Front Royal discussed Shenandoah River fish kills and scheduled a workshop on September 15 with speakers from Potomac Basin Planning, Virginia fisheries, outdoor recreation, and Warren County planning. Woodstock opens the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival at Orkney Springs with Meet the Musicians. Congress member John O Marsh Jr will organize a Potomac Basin Plan meeting in Front Royal.
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Front Royal
Shenandoah River
Shenandoah
John Kauffman
Potomac Basin
Robert G. Martin
Va. Commission of
Golmer and
Inland Fisheries
Sen
FitzGerald Bemiss
Va. Outdoor Recreation Commission
Walter Duncan
Warren County Planning Commission
Orkney Springs
Symphony of the Valley
U.S. Army
John O. Marsh, Jr
Warren County
Warren
39 ARRESTED IN NIGHT OF RISING VANDALISM AND FIRES
Police say seven white youths including five boys and two girls were arrested after homemade fire bombs were found in their car. Fire bombs were thrown at two stores but fires were extinguished. police closed bars and liquor stores in the trouble area. Girardin said there was no evidence of outside organization or directed instigation.
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Girardin
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Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Omds Gorcel
Loudoun Street Dial
Shifflett
Tokyo
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Mao
Peking
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Monthru
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Charles Stewart Parnell
Sailor
Psalms
Helfer
Raven
Joe
Althur, Inc
Luxurance
Boscawen St
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