Funeral for Mrs. Robert S. Springs
Funeral service for Mrs. Robert S. Springs of 424 S Loudoun Street will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at God Church with the body to be received at 1 p.m. Pallbearers named. burial in Shenandoah Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call Jones Funeral Home.
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Robert S. Springs
S. Loudoun Street
God
Charles G. Wilson
James R. Russell
Hetzel M. Stotler
William J. Cooper
Simon C. Newlin
C. Edward Dusing
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Jones Funeral Home
Mrs Jane S Gant Stephenson Dies After Illness
Jane Susan Gant of Stephenson died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. Born in Stephens on daughter of the late Mr and Mrs George Harris she spent most of her life in Frederick Espuny. She leaves two sons Marshall and Warren and a daughter Sadie Gant all of Stephenson, two brothers Raymond Harris of Stephenson and Hugh Harris of New York City, plus nieces and nephews. Funeral from Mt Sinai Methodist Church Saturday at 2 pm with Rev James Baker. burial Red Bud Cemetery. Friends may call Cartwright Funeral Home Friday evening.
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Jane Susan Gant
Stephenson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Gant
Stephens
Cee
George Harris
Frederick Espuny
E Mt. Sinai Methodist Church
Marshall
Warren Gant
Sadie Gant
Raymond Harris
Hugh Harris
New York City
Mt. Sinai Methodist Church
James Baker
Burnl
Red Bud
Cartwright Funeral
Mrs. Ejile Boyer Pifer 86 Dies in Winchester Hospital
Mrs. Ejile Boyer Pifer, 86, widow of John H. Pifer, died Tuesday morning after a short illness at Winchester Memorial Hospital. She lived with sister Mrs. Fed D. Ma County. Surviving relatives include two step-daughters, a step-son, a step-grandson, a brother, two nieces, and a nephew. Ducted in Strasburg chapel tomorrow at 3 p.m. by Rev. Dale Ward. burial Riverview Cemetery.
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Ejile Boyer Pifer
Winchester Memorial Hospital
McGaheysville
H. I. Pifer
Winchester
William H. Pifer
A. Carmel Boyer
Stephens City
Raymond Borden
Strasburg
Orville Wake
Lynchburg
Fred D. Maphis, Jr
Hazard, Ky
Westinghouse Plans Free Broadway Shows Telecast
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. announced plans to air six Broadway shows free in five cities including Boston Pittsburgh Baltimore San Francisco and Cleveland. The programs will be taped and shown to television audiences the same time as the live New York performances.
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New York
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co
Wbz-Tv
Boston
Kdka-Tv
Pittsburgh
Wjz-Tv
Baltimore
KPIX
San Francisco
Kyw-Tv
Cleveland
Robinson Seeks Conservatism in Seventh District Race
Robinson tells Page County listeners that Southern Republicans push for a conservative Congress and that over 50 conservatives share his candidacy for the Seventh District. He pledges a vigorous campaign, cites county organization needs, and outlines support from Franklin Aleshire and I R Dovel as he plans appearances at Page County Fair and Elkton Field Day Parade.
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Congress
Bac
GOP
Page County
Winchester
Franklin Aleshire
International Chemical Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Merck
I. R. Dovel
Robinson
Fairgrounds
Elkton
Harrisonburg
GOP State Central Committee
Round Hill Carnival to Feature Congressional Candidates
The Seventh District candidates take roles in the Round Hill Community Fire Co. carnival. Democrat John C. Marsh Jr. is grand marshal of the Thursday parade on Old Route 50 near Winchester. Republican J Kenneth Robinson will crown Miss Round Hill 1962 on August 25 at the fire hall. Gerald Hepner directs the week long carnival with about 50 parade units and nightly rides and games to benefit the fire truck fund.
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Congress
Round Hill
Gerald Hepner
Senate clash over cloture and civil rights amendments
The Senate battle over cloture and civil rights shifts blame and tactics as Javits Keating urge against fly speck amendments while Morse and Pastore clash. Kerr shapes tax and trade bill path amid procedural skirmishes and threats from Morse.
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Jacob K. Javits
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
Javits
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Pastore
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Kerr
Morse
Longwood Plans Student Teachers in Richmond Schools
Longwood College in Farmville will send student teachers to Richmond public schools for practice teaching this fall after a successful trial with 10 students last year. The plan includes Henrico County and notes continued practice in three cities and five counties from 1962. Enrollment data: winter session 1,739 and summer school 542.
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Hot Springs
Longwood College
Farmville
Richmond
State Board of Education
Fred
Wygal
Longwood
This Mountain Spa
Henrico County
Prince Edward County
West German reports third border shooting near Rotheul
West German border police say an East German patrol member shot a comrade near the Rotheul border village, apparently killing him after an asylum request. The incident follows two similar border shootings within 48 hours along East German borders.
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Kronach
Germany
East Germany
Rotheul
Brazil Labor Threatens General Strike Over Emergency Powers
Brazilian labor leaders warned of a nationwide strike unless Parliament grants Prime Minister Francisco Brochado da Rocha broad emergency powers and orders a plebiscite to expand President Joao Goulart's authority. They ordered unions to prepare for a general strike to defend union and democratic freedoms amid political and economic turmoil.
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Brasilia
Francisco Brochada da Rocha
Joao Goulart
Brazil
Dairy cattle and household auctions listed for August events
A sales directory lists multiple August auctions across Virginia and Maryland. Dairy cattle, Holstein cows, and farm machinery appear at locations near Martinsburg, Sterling, and Berryville, with several household items offered in Winchester and Stephens City. Auctioneers include J Best Wheeler, J H Thomas, DST EarHaines, and W D Orndorff.
Mundt Attacks Estes Concessions After Arrest
Sen Karl Mundt charges the Agriculture Department sought to legalize concessions granted to Billie Sol Estes even after his arrest. Senate memo and House testimony link several congressmen to Estes as probes examine if Estes used political influence to build a new bank with federal farm aid. Bagwell admits drafting the memo approving bringing third parties of congressmen to Estes.
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Washington (Ap
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Billie Sol Estes
Agriculture Department
Estes
Texas
Bagwell
Senate
House
Pecos
Tex
John C. Bagwell
MacArthur Firing Highlights Civil Military Clash
The text recalls General MacArthur's push to widen the Korean War into China and his call for a Chinese invasion, clashing with President Truman's policy to limit the war. Truman dismissed MacArthur in 1951, and the general returned home to tumultuous homage while quoting the line Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
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MacArthur
China
Red
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Congress
Stepovich Holds Lead in Alaska Balloting
Anchorage Alaska AP Alaska's last territorial governor Mike Stepovich led the Republican nomination race to oppose William A Egan in the November general election. Unofficial returns from 233 of 339 precincts show Stepovich with 5553 votes and Howard W Pollock 4826 for the nearest challenger.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Mike Stepovich
William A. Egan
Egan
Stepovich
Howard W. Pollock
Church Fire Suspect Linked to Multiple Blazes in Maryland
Hagerstown police hold Redmond on 5000 bond after he allegedly set a Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church fire five days after a July 4 blaze that displaced volunteers. He faces charges in Hagerstown for WHAG radio fire and entry, with prior arson incidents in Maryland. Police say he confessed to a string of offenses while under surveillance.
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Ment
Centenary Evangelical and Reformed
Redmond
Hagerstown
WHAG
Wigfield
Funk
Rudolph
Frederick Keith Feather, Jr
Winchester
Steve
Presbyterian Church
Capt
Dabney Watts
Commonwealth
Maryland
Henry Korinth
Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church
First Presbyterian
Weather Today Forecast With Scattered Tstorms
Variable cloudiness with scattered thundershowers developing this afternoon and tonight. Low tonight 60 to 66. Clearing and cooler Friday. Outlook for Saturday fair and cool.
Front Royal Packing Strike Enters Third Day
J Neville Major Jr president of Old Virginia Packing Co. was reported on vacation. Pickets seeking higher wages continued to picket the plant with no disturbances. Major said no one else was authorized to bargain and the walkout involved about half of the 40 workers. Plant remained in production as the strike entered its third day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
J. Neville Major, Jr
Old Virginia Packing Co
Rainfall totals and averages for past year and months
Rainfall data shows 24 hour total from 8:30 am today is none. August rainfall to date is .53 inches. The 49 year averages include yearly 36.86 inches and monthly values with January 2.42, February 2.11, March 2.98, April 3.17, May 3.81, June .83, July 3.87, August 3.90, September 2.67, October 3.22, November 2.28, December 2.40 inches.
Tunnel Through Rockies Gets Go-Ahead
President Kennedy signed a law authorizing the Frying Pan Arkansas Reclamation and Power Project a 13 year 170 million plan to bore a 5.3 mile tunnel through granite and move water from western to eastern Colorado for irrigation municipal supply and power generation with Congress to fund early work.
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Washington
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Kennedy
Frying Pan-Arkansas
Congress
Bohlen and Kohler Nominations Approved by Senate Panel
President Kennedy's picks Charles E Bohlen to be ambassador to France and Foy Kohler to the Soviet Union were advanced today by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington.
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Washington
Kennedy
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
France
Foy D. Kohler
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Answers to ten trivia prompts
A compact list of ten questions and answers covers topics from science history geography and literature. The sequence includes No 2 hydrogen Africa Harry Truman presidency Ulster detective of fiction neither ground squirrel New Jersey and Izaak Walton.
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Africa
Harry Truman
Presidency
Ulster
Neither — Ground Squirrel
New Jersey
Izaak Walton
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