Obituary: Sgt William C. Messerschmied 49
Sgt William Carl Messerschmied, 49, of High View Manor Winches ter died Friday at Walter Reed Hospital. A 22 year Army veteran of World War II and Korea, he was a member of VFW post Mount Vernon AF AM lodge Alexandria and Lutheran Church New Brunswick. Survived by widow Mary Elizabeth and siblings Freda and August. Service Monday 1:45 p.m. at Cunningham Funeral Home portal and burial at Art National Cemetery.
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L William Carl Messerschmied
High View Manor
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Winchester
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D.C
Messerschmied
U.S. Army
Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mount Vernon Lodge
AF & AM
Alexandria
Lutheran Church
New Brunswick
Mary Elizabeth Messerschmied
Freda Messerschmied
N.J
August Messerschmied
Cunningham Funeral Home
Portal Area
Art National Cemetery
New Hebrides Named by Captain Cook After Quiros Discovery
The New Hebrides islands were named by Captain James Cook, the English explorer, 168 years after their discovery by Fernandez de Quiros.
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New Hebrides
Islands
Capt
James Cook
Fernandez de Quiros
Nine Die in Two Car Crash Near Corinth Mississippi
A two car head on collision on U S 72 near a Tuscumbia River bridge killed nine people Friday night. Survivors include a 12 year old girl, Ann Hogan, seriously injured. victims include Malcolm Wadlington and wife and five children from Sledge and Booneville plus Don Gene Davis Burton Davis and Billy O Neal.
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Miss
Mississippi
Malcolm M. Wadlington
Judy
Jane
Ann
Sledge
Betty Brown
lTuka
Don Gene
Burton Davis
Billy O'Neal
Booneville
Ann Hogan
Wallingtons
U.S. 72
Tuscumbia River
Hopes Rise as U S and Soviet Set Draft for Nonnuclear Pact
William C Foster heads to Geneva to unveil a joint U S Soviet draft treaty on nuclear nonproliferation at the disarmament conference. If talks go well the pact could reach the U N General Assembly in fall, with inspections and safeguards debated as Have and Have-Not nations press for changes.
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U.S
U.N. General Assembly
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Geneva
Senate
Alexei Roschin
Moscow
Clarke County board tightens dog laws and trailer court rules
Clarke County supervisors approve conditional use permits for permanent trailer courts after public hearings. A dog law enforcement push includes licensing and rabies vaccines, a $2000 annual dog warden salary, humane traps for strays, and talks of inoculation clinics. Citizens warned of a strict enforcement reaction.
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Tomblin
Clarke County
Gilpin
Edward Lee
Bachelors Eat Out Again In Madras After Ban Lifted
The government lifted a ban that restricted cereal dishes at restaurants on Monday and Thursday evenings in Madras. The move ends a food shortage measure that left many diners without meals on those two nights.
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Madras
India
Answers and quick facts from the quiz sheet
The list provides responses to quiz prompts: 1 Charles Evans Hughes. 2 all stringed instruments. 3 Switzerland. 4 copper. 6 frogs and toads. 6 seven o clock. 7 Sacramento. 8 true.
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Charles Evans Hughes
Switzerland
Error found in Mississippi vote count changes lieutenant governor race
The discovery of a 1,080 vote tabulation error altered results in Mississippi's lieutenant governor contest. Charles Sullivan led with 180,076 votes in the unofficial count, while corrected totals placed Gov Paul B. Johnson at 148,415 and Roy H. Black at 148,230, moving Johnson into second and into the runoff.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Paul B. Johnson
Johnson
Roy H. Black
Charles Sullivan
Clarksdale
Sullivan
Black
Perseid Meteors Help Scientists Probe Night Ionosphere
Washington AP reports the Perseid meteor shower provides new evidence on why the ionosphere remains electrified at night. Dr. Herbert Friedman of the Naval Research Laboratory cites‑ an Aerobee rocket from White Sands, N.M. firing as yielding strong proof that meteor debris forms a night time reservoir of electrified atoms sustaining radio reflection. The article explains Perseids originate in the constellation Perseus though they have their own orbital paths and appear periodically as Earth intersects them.
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Washington
Herbert Friedman
Naval Research Laboratory
White Sands
N.M
Friedman
Constellation
Perseus
Earth
Virginia Weather Today Forecast With Rain and Warm Weekend
Occasional rain in Virginia tonight and Sunday with heavier showers possible in the southeast. Lows tonight mostly in the 60s, upper 50s in the mountains. Sunday highs in the 70s. Winchester skies note sunset at 8 13 pm, sunrise 6 23 am, moon set at midnight.
Rainfall figures show monthly and yearly totals
Rainfall data reported for the period includes none in the past 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. today. August rainfall to date 1.82 inches, 1967 total 20.87 inches. Five year December totals are listed with 1962 to 1966 figures and an average monthly rainfall table for 54 years across all months.
Hanoi pilot on 200th mission hits bridges and facilities
A Vietnam War report says a Hanoi based pilot on his 200th mission said 750 and 1000 pound bombs hit the Phu Ly highway bridge. A6 intruders and F4 Phantoms attacked Sung Wan and Hai Duong targets with heavy smoke hampering damage assessment. Navy Skyhawks claimed wrecking Hai Duong barracks and Phu Ly transformer station with flames and smoke rising high. No U.S. losses reported.
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North Vietnam
Phu Ly
Sung Wan
Phu Ly Bridge
Navy
Hai Duong
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
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