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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1978
Page
3
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Clarke Frederick and surrounding counties list Mrs. Edgar J Shirley and Mrs. Sallie S Shirley of Winchester died in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Other notices include William W Diffenderfer of Washington DC and Meredith Allen Darlington of Inwood WV with service details from Collins and Brown Funeral Homes.
Population experts link the surge in illegitimate births to unmarried individuals adopting liberation without effective birth control. The 1940 to 1975 data show births outside marriage rising from 90,000 (3.6%) to 448,000 (14.3%).
Funeral service for Amos Bayard Leatherman, 74, of Romney West Virginia, who died Wednesday morning in Cumberland Memorial Hospital, will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at McKee Funeral Home in Romney with burial in Ebenezer Cemetery. Viewing today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Pallbearers for the service are not listed.
About 7 500 Pan American World Airways ground employees tied to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters returned to work after a 15 hour walkout sparked by automation fears. Union spokesman Ronnie Belpanno cited job security pension gains and cost of living protections. Delays of up to three hours affected some international flights though most overseas services were on schedule or near it.
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