Coast battered as Camille toll climbs past three hundred
Gulfport and Mississippi coast endure wide destruction with 230 killed in state and broader toll over 300 including Louisiana. Rescue crews bulldoze wreckage, 1,600 refugees moved to shelters, and public aid floods in. Red Cross mapping shows zones of varying damage while power and phone lines are restored.
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Camille
Red Cross
Gulfport
Miss
Here
Pass Christan
Bay St. Louis
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Louisiana
Virginia
West Virginia
Navy
James M. Hill Jr
Plaquemine Parish
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Local Goal $997 Contributions Sought for Camille Relief
Winchester Frederick County American Red Cross seeks 997 in local donations toward a 6 million emergency fund for Hurricane Camille victims. Mike Luby urges residents and businesses to contribute to the Red Cross Disaster Fund, with checks payable to the fund. Mrs. John E. Cain is being sent to Biloxi, Mississippi to aid relief efforts.
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Winchester - Frederick County
American Red Cross
Gulf Coast
Red Cross
New Orleans
Mike Luby
Disaster Fund
United Fund
Red Cross Disaster Fund
John E. Cain
Biloxi
Miss
Brecks by Mice Perfects School and Work Tops
Print advertisement for sewing patterns from Winchester Evening Star offering pattern 4697 for Misses' waist sizes, with wool blends and various styles. Includes pricing, mailing address in New York, and a fall winter catalog offer with 105 styles plus sewing books and pattern coupons.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
ASC Elections urged by Frederick County committee chair
Elmer M. Venskoske urged all eligible voters with farm interests to participate in the ASC community committee elections set for September. Nomination petitions are due today, with ballots by mail due September 17 and voting September 17 to 19, as three committeemen and two alternates per district are elected for one year.
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Elmer M. Venskoske
ASC
Frederick County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Community Committee
ASCS
W. Boscawen St
Venskoske
Friant Heads Clarke Chamber Officers Elected
The Berryville Clarke County Chamber of Commerce elected officers Jon A. Friant as president Doug Moer as vice president Ivan Armacost as secretary and Leon Tomblin as treasurer. Board terms run to 1970 1971 and 1972 for several directors.
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Berryville-Clarke County
Doug Moler
Dick Rush
Fred Jones
Roy Potts Jr
Leon Tomblin
Joseph Cain
Robert Barfield
Ivan Armacost
D. Blanton Allen
Garland M. Canter
John Friant
Lawrence W. White Jr
Chatham Soldier Killed in Vietnam War Report
Army Private Francis McLaughlin of Chatham is listed by the Defense Department as killed in the Vietnam War. He was the son of Mr and Mrs M W McLaughlin. Ceylon’s official name Sri Lanka means Exalted Ceylon.
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Washington
Army
Pfe
Francis McLaughlin
Chatham
Defense Department
Vietnam
M. W. McLaughlin
Ceylon’s
Sri Lanka
Ceylon
Hurricane Camille Devastates Burns Louisiana Community
Sixteen year old Givnn Lacombe crouches in his ruined Burns Louisiana home after Hurricane Camille struck the southeast Louisiana Gulf Coast. Authorities restrict returns to the area as cleanup and relief efforts continue.
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Givnn Lacombe
Burns
Camille
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Uead
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Tray St. Louis
Hill
Ft. Benning
Williams
Gulfport Municipal
Frank W<yeul
Jackson
Columbus
Baton Royee
Alabama
Hundreds of Red Cross
Department of Agriculture
Friant Heads Clarke Chamber
N. Loudoun
Stuart M. Perry, Inc
Winchester
Berryville
Ward Plaza
Seewan
Farmers & Merchants National Bank Town & Country Beauty Shop
Grand Union Super Market
Hagmann’s
Coin-Op Wash & Dry Clean Center
Burton’s Men’s Wear
Triangle Shoe Store
May’s Women's Wear
McDonald’s
McDonald's Family
Valley Ave
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