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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1970
Page
2
Obituaries list surviving family members including spouses children and siblings for several local residents. Details cover burial sites church services and visitation times with locations in Winchester Strasburg Berryville and Richmond. A separate note mentions the Phrixothrix larva and its rare glow triggered by contact with other creatures.
A U S Army Chinook helicopter lifts a damaged gunship from the airstrip at Kham Duc South Vietnam southwest of Da Nang. The base, closed under enemy pressure, faced renewed danger as evacuation and recovery operations continued amid ongoing combat.
The Senate cannot reach a quorum during a roll call on a 5.2 billion dollar public works appropriations bill. Frantic efforts to locate absent senators stretched the session as the tally stood at 48 to 1 with 51 needed for passage. The chamber adjourned to Monday amid campaign travel and weekend schedules.
Dr J Shelton Horsley III medical vice president of the Virginia Division of the American Cancer Society will be guest speaker at a Dutch Treat dinner at 6 30 p m Tuesday at the George Washington Hotel The annual Winchester Frederick County Unit meeting opens with the dinner and Horsley will speak afterward He is assistant professor of surgery at the University of Virginia and serves on multiple Cancer Society boards and committees including the National Cancer Society Education Committee He was born October 3 1927 in Richmond and earned degrees from the University of Virginia He and his wife Mary E Gall reside in Charlottesville with their three children
Lawrence Caracofe of Bridgewater Virginia won third vice president and George T. Dove of Winchester Virginia was chosen secretary at the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen Association annual convention bringing together members from Maryland Virginia West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Orrick Chapel hosts homecoming this Sunday with an 11 a.m. service led by Rev. Warren Reeves and a 3 p.m. address by Rev. Robert Grayson of Round Hill. St. Paul A.M.E. Church choir directed by Sara Harris provides music, followed by free dinners for all. Public welcome.
Tonight and tomorrow mark the final two nights of a revival at Fairview United Methodist Church. Rev. James Fleet of Hebron Baptist Church in Gore preaches at 7 30 p m with Jody Eaton and Mike Loy providing special music tonight and the Fairview Choir Sunday. Fleet also leads 8 30 a.m. service with Jody Eaton and Susan and Sharon Combs on music. Rev. Daniel Frazier is Fairview’s pastor.
Charles R. Yost 23 of Berkeley Springs was killed on Route 522 eight miles south of Berkeley Springs. He died at Berkeley Springs Hospital. Born May 3 1947 in Hampshire County he is survived by his parents a sister and grandmother. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Salem United Methodist Church burial in Salem Cemetery. Body at Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge. Visitation Sunday 7 to 9 p.m.
Edwin Lee Higgs of Route 6 Winchester fell asleep and lost control on E Cork St. colliding with Wesley Milburn's parked car and a power pole. Higgs car damage $450 Milburn car $350 pole $20 total about $820. No injuries reported. Maine is the only state in the Union with a monosyllabic name.
Increasing cloudiness tonight with a chance of showers by late tonight. Sunday isMostly cloudy with rain likely and a high in the lower 80s. Rain totals show August rainfall to date of 2.23 inches and five year yearly totals around mid 30s inches.
Four couples from the Blue Ridge Twirlers square dance group will appear on Merv Griffin Show CBS 2 20 Monday at 1130 PM. Couples Joe Nancy Hulver Del Ruby Sewall Bill Yvonne Claytor Frank Margaret Murray joined by caller Curley Custer and musicians Homer and Jethro.
On the Portuguese island of Sao Tome off Africa’s west coast, cacao is the main cash crop. A local factory roasts beans and grinds them, producing friction heat to liquefy cocoa butter into chocolate liquor. The liquor is poured into molds and solidifies into unsweetened baking chocolate.
A numbered answer set given: 1 twelve 2 Florida 3 Grover Cleveland 4 Florence Nightingale 5 Italy 6 Table centerpiece 7 three 8 caviar 9 color sequence violet indigo blue green yellow orange red 10 Atlantic
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