E. T. Cooper Dies At Star Tannery
Ernest Townes Cooper 75 a retired rural mail carrier died yesterday at 9 15 am at his Star Tannery home. Born March 2 1883 in Tannery, he served 37 years delivering mail and belonged to Gravel Springs Lutheran Church. Survived by wife Grace Rudolph, daughter Esther Cooper, brothers John Neil Cooper and Harold Cooper. Funeral at Gravel Springs Lutheran Church with Rev. John David Keister officiating. burial Gravel Springs Cemetery.
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Star Tannery
Tannery
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Louisa Virginia Townes Cooper
Cooper
Gravel Springs Lutheran Arch
Grace Rudolph
Esther Cooper
John Neil Cooper
St. Petersbure
Fbis
Harold Cooper
Starannery
Stow Funeral Chapel
Strasburg
Gravel Springs Lutheran Church Inn
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John David Keister
Virginia Beach
Gravel Springs
Kefauver Receptions Draw Thousands In Madisonville Tenn
Senator Kefauver Democratic vice presidential nominee returns to his hometown Madisonville Tennessee where about five thousand people from Monroe County and east Tennessee greet him with a nonpolitical address. He spends 55 minutes shaking hands and signing autographs and warns that another Republican victory would threaten the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Madisonville
Tenn
Sen
Fstes Kefauver
Monroe County
East Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains
Kefauver
Robert Cooke Kefauver
Here
Tennessee Valley Authority
Benjamin Franklin Earliest Advocate of Daylight Saving Time
The article credits Benjamin Franklin with first recommending daylight saving time in 1731, noting his suggestion as an early prompt for adjusting daily schedules to conserve daylight.
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Benjamin Franklin
Virginias Virginia Travel Council Promotes State in Canada
Volunteers in costume advertise Virginia at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto from August 24 to September 8. Winchester representatives join the Virginia Travel Council to invite Canadians to Virginia and Jamestown history exhibits. The event draws over 2.8 million visitors annually and aims to boost Virginia tourism and Canadian visits, with 65 000 folders to be distributed.
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Richmond
Winchester
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Canada
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
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Panama City Founded by Spanish Conquistadors in 1519
The city of Panama was established by Spanish explorers in 1519. The name Panama comes from an Indigenous term meaning many fishes, reflecting local abundance.
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Panama City
Panama
SHOP in Winchester The Valley's Busiest City
Winchester shoppers flock to The Valley's Busiest City for bargains and daily deals. Crowds gather as locals and visitors hunt discounts, with a long running slogan Where Bargains Abound guiding budget minded shoppers.
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Winchester
Peach offerings continue light amid wet Virginia sales
Weather kept peach offerings light on Tuesday as rain lingered in Piedmont Virginia and Roanoke. Pickings resumed around noon with prices steady. Elberta shipments centered in Mt Jackson and Winchester Martinsburg area while Pennsylvania stock remained Halehaven oriented. Prices ranged from 2.50 to 3.25 per bushel for various grades and sizes.
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Virginia
Roanoke
Timberville
Mt. Jackson
Winchester - Martinsburg
Pennsylvania
Halehavens
Stamp for Devils Tower 50th anniversary issued September
The three cent stamp commemorating Devils Tower National Monument will go on sale September 24 at Devils Tower Wyoming. A print run of 120 million copies is planned and first day covers should be addressed with the envelope in the lower left corner as a vertical stamp.
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Devils Tower National Monument
Devils Tower
Wyoming
Smathers Sees Democrats Possible Upset Of Eight GOP Senators
Washington report notes Sen. Smathers D Florida and head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee says Democrats have a good chance to unseat eight incumbent Republicans. He cites an advantage for Richard Stengel over Dirksen and a strong showing against Bush and Duff. GOP counter predicts a net GOP gain of four seats.
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P— Sengnow
Smathers D-Fla
Smathers
Senate
Richard Stengel
Sen. Dirksen
Bush
Sen. Schoeppel
Kansas
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
Rainfall figures for past day and year totals
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8:30 am shows today no rainfall. August total 3.68 inches to date. 1956 year-to-date 27.22 inches. The 43 year average annual rainfall is 36.95 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1955 include Jan 2.45, Feb 195, Mar 2.98, Apr 3.10, May 3.90, Jun 3.90, Jul 6.9, Aug 3.99, Sep 2.65, Oct 3.22, Nov 2.57, Dec 2.46.
Smathers Predicts Democratic Wins In Key Senate Races
Smathers said Democrats have a good chance of defeating incumbents Senators Case Young Kuchel Bender and Butler while predicting victory in West Virginia where Governor Marland opposes Revercomb to fill Kilgore's remaining term. He stressed untied prospects for the party.
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Young
Kuchel
Calif
Bender
Ohio
Butler
Smathers
West Virginia
William C. Mar
Land
Chapman Revercomb
Harley M. Kilgore
D-Wova
Smather
Early Edition of Washington Journal Survives in Eight Copies
Only eight copies remain of the first edition of The Journal of Major George Washington, printed in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1754. The scarce volume highlights colonial-era military and surveying notes dating to the mid 18th century.
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George Washington
Williamsburg
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