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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1969
Page
2
Obituaries report the deaths of Anna W Hawkins 66 of 210 Liberty St Berryville and Daisy O Sullivan 70 of 8 E North Ave with funeral details. Other notices include Luella Virginia Brown 80 of 218 Malden Dr and Marie Brown former student and teacher. services and burials planned at Jones Funeral Home Shenandoah Memorial Park Green Lane Cemetery and Delray locations.
Obituary notices list Daisy O Sullivan and Luella Brows with services at Jones Funeral Home on Friday, and Emory Keyser Jr Charles Bridges at later times. Also listed are Lewis Roberson and infant Russell family members with graveside and memorial park arrangements at Shenandoah Memorial Park.
Emory E Keyser Jr 30 of Rockville Md formerly Winchester dies Monday funeral Wednesday 1 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Edward J Taylor pallbearers Delbert Frye George Dove Jr Donald Seabright Robert Anderson Vernon Clark Jr and David Grim burial Mount Hebron Cemetery Also Lewis Manuel Slater Robertson 61 of Bufflick Road dies Thursday born Oct 13 1907 in Hampshire County WV married Elsie Haines Romney July 25 1935 worked for Virginia Highway Department survived by wife a daughter Velma Moreland brothers and sisters and three grandchildren Funeral Saturday 1 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home burial Malick Cemetery near Augusta WV Friends may call Friday 7 9 p m
Edith May Bloom 91 of Slanesville W V a died Tuesday at Hampshire Memorial Hospital Romney She was widow of Thomas D Bloom daughter of the late Robert and Mary Offutt Survived by two daughters seven sons a brother 11 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren Funeral at 2 p m tomorrow at McKee Funeral Chapel Burial in Salem Cemetery Slanesville Friends may call at the funeral home
Winchester police arrested Douglas Allen Howe and Clarence Victor Sherman after surrounding the Winchester Feed and Seed Co. at 402 N Cameron St. They are jailed on $1,000 bond each with hearings not yet set. Officers responding to a report at 8:05 p.m. found entry via a chute on the northwest side and recovered items belonging to the firm. Capt. Rudolph noted Howe is also linked to a prior attempted break in at Glaize Lumber Co. last Thursday.
Mark Andrew Russell Michael Eugene Russell and Mark Andrew Russell Michael Eugene Russell infant sons of John C. and Frances Layton Russell Jr of Route 3 died at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born in Winchester August 18 they are survived by their parents paternal grandfather John C. Russell Sr Frederick County and maternal grandfather Earl Layton Harriett Mills Winchester with siblings Johanna Susan John Mathew Teresa Anne and Paul Earl. Graveside service will be tomorrow at 11 a.m. by Rev. Robert Jackson at Shenandoah Memorial Park. Bodies are at Jones funeral home.
In San Francisco President Nixon met South Korea’s President Park Chung Hee to address national security amid fears of a North Korean invasion. The meeting followed the downing of a U.S. helicopter and included a 21 gun salute and a state dinner for 250 as the Armistice Commission debated the incident. Park’s regime is a key ally and serves as a major troop contributor to Vietnam with 47 000 personnel. The talks were scheduled for 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. in the St Francis Hotel near Union Square.
In Brno about 5000 demonstrators filled the central square for 45 minutes before police with truncheons broke up the rally. In Prague troops and police occupied Wenceslas Square as tear gas shells fired to disperse protesters after a noon demonstration.
The Frederick County election board canvassed and certified the Democratic gubernatorial and attorney general nominations. Howell leads for governor by 35 votes over Battle, and Miller leads for attorney general by 598 votes over Farley, with statewide results naming Battle and Miller as nominees.
Petitions to nominate candidates for ASC community and county committeemen must be filed by the Frederick County ASCS office by tomorrow. Each petition must be signed by six or more eligible voters. Eligible voters may sign multiple petitions.
A giant star is defined as having a diameter between roughly 10 and 100 times that of the sun. This classification places such stars well above main sequence sizes and indicates substantial luminosity and evolved stellar physics.
New York AP reports garden clubs use psychological warfare to curb littering. Field tests by the Litter Letter of the National Council of State Garden Clubs show that improving buildings with painting and planting boosts cleanliness in communities.
Weather today clear and cool with a low in the 40s to 50s. Friday sunny with highs in the 70s to low 80s. Saturday fair and warmer. Sunset at 8 01 p m and sunrise at 6 32 a m tomorrow. Moonset at 12 27 a m tomorrow. full moon on Aug 27. Noon temperatures: 70 today, 97 high, 55 low. one year ago 78.
Rainfall data show 24 hour amount ending 8 30 today and August total for 1969. Long term monthly averages over 56 years and five year January to December totals from 1964 to 1968 presented with overall five year average 36.43 inches.
The stock market showed firm but mixed moves in early trading with the Dow steady at 833.22 around 10 30 am. Several blocks moved: Kaiser Aluminum and Textron mixed, Reading & Rates down, Gulf Oil rose, and Kresge and Allegheny Flower System fluctuated.
The county youth fair will stay open through Friday night in what is described as the first fair since 1965. Organizers hope county funds can buy fairgrounds and grow the event into an annual Frederick County Fair. A meeting with 4-H Club leaders is set for next Thursday to finalize plans. E L Lord of Stephenson and Harry E Ridgeway of Farmers Merchants Bank co chair the Finance Committee and are seeking local business backing.
A compact, fragmented word quiz lists ten items including fungi fifty miles Saul and William Tecumseh Sherman with entries like Head Mass Criteria Horse and elbow grea se.
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