Obituaries from Winchester Area Honor Several Residents
Obituaries from the Winchester Evening Star list Thomas Holmes Farnsworth of Summit Point died at 64 in Charles Town General Hospital. Funeral services at John H. Enders Funeral Home, Berryville, burial at Masonic Cemetery Middleway. Also noted are services for Charles Franklin Ashby Bluemont and Laura Orndorff Capon Springs Winchester area, with survivors and funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Holmes Farnsworth
Summit Point
W. Va
Charles Town General Hospital
Mr. Farnsworth
Thomas B
Alice Grantham Farnsworth
Edna G. Farnsworth
Lucy Farnsworth
Alice Farnsworth
Washington
John H. Enders
Berryville
Masonic
Middleway
Funeral service for Miss Bertha R. Emmart in Gainesboro
Miss Bertha R. Emmart of Gainesboro died Monday. A funeral service will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at Omps Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph Malcomb officiating. Pallbearers include Charles Adams Elwood Kerns Maynard Rogers L D Williamson William Berry and Thomas Bennett. Burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Family visitation tonight from 7:30 to 9:00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Franklin Ashby
Bluemont
Clarke Ebenezer
Charles Ammons
William Baxter
Clarence Lloyd, Jr
William S. Royston
Cate Elsen
Murray Pearson
A.H. Pope
Emily V. Martin
Stephens City
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jones Furneral Home
Jo. Siah A. Andrew
William Boyd
James M. Douglas
Frank H. Brumback
Percy
Heisheman
Emmett L. Scothorn
Floyd L. Shanholtz
Mount Heebron Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
William Ray Pangle
E. Piccadilly St
Omps
Edward Taylor
James Wileson
Paul Constable
Strother Sherman
Wilton Chapman
Leo Reid
Robert Cunningham
Otis Brown
Robert Snapp
Lebanon Church Cemetery
Bertha R. Emmart
Gainesboro
Omps Funeral
Ralph Malcomb
Charles Adams
Elwood Kerns
Maynard Rogers
L. D. Williamson
William Berry
Thomas Bennett
Mount Hebron
Button Said Making Good Recovery
Virginia's attorney general Robert Y Button recovering from a mild to moderate heart attack suffered August 5. Doctors expect part time work by early October and full routine by November at the Virginia Beach General Hospital, with return home after Labor Day.
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Virginia Beach
Virginia
Robert J. Robertson Jr
Virginia Beach General Hospital
Robert Y. Button
Button
Robertson
Federal Troops Drive Biafran Forces Back
Nigerian federal forces claim to have driven Biafran troops from Ore eighty miles east of Lagos and pursue them toward the Midwest region. Bridges blown to slow advances. about 3 000 troops clash in forested cocoa area as casualties are reported.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Radio
Ore
West
Midwest
Lagos State
Senate trims military funds in push for defense projects
Senate action cuts a Marine Corps amphibious ship bid and reduces procurement by 174.7 million while restoring 141 million for operations and 40 million for research. They approve 11.9 million to keep 45 B52s active and block 233.5 million for five deployment ships. They seek 970 million for ballistic missile defense with 730 million in new funds.
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House
Marine Corps
McNamara
Congress
Soviet Union
British Embassy Radio Link to China Amid Riot
Hours of argument allowed a Chinese protest to reach London as Red Guards seized the British Mission in Peking. The mission’s radio went dead and diplomats reported beating and arson as staff fled to other foreign missions.
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Foreign Office
Peking
Red Guards
Hopson
Kyodo
London
Wall Street opens lower as auto strike deadline nears
The New York market resumed its decline in moderately active trading with the Dow down more than 3 points. Major moves included M G M and IBM slipping while Ling-Temco Vought rose. Mobil Oil led volume as investors await a looming auto strike deadline shaping September mood.
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New York
M-G-M
IBM
Colt Industries
Ling-Temco + Vought
American Cyanamid
Mobil 011
American Telephone
American Motors
General Motors
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Jaycees Report Strong Interest in Winchester Survey
Jaycees say 20 minute interviews spark hours long discussions as residents respond eagerly to the Community Attitude Survey. About 110 interviews completed covering Area 1 in Winchester with Area 6 just begun and Area 2 set to start tonight, outlining sector boundaries.
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Jaycee
Winchester
Jaycees
N. Loudoun St
Beau St
East St
Woodstock Lane
Handley Boulevard
Gerrard St
B&o Railroad
Area 2
City
W. Boscawen St
Three Children Slain Near Heltonville Indiana
Bedford Indiana three young children Jerry Dale Linn five Debra four and Kathy two were found shot to death in a brushy field northeast of Heltonville. Their father John Linn twenty five Seymour Indiana led police to the bodies and faces a preliminary murder charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford, Ind
Heltonville
Indiana
Robert Collier
Lawrence County
John Linn
Seymour
Ind
Jerry Dale Jinn
Debra
Kathy
Linn
Donald Kerr
Bedford
Red Rooster Club
Jeffersonville
Quiz Answer Key Echoes Historical Knowledge Sets
The document presents a list of 10 items pairing numbers with subjects such as Golf Nitrogen New Scotland Yard California and Pasteurization France and True. It reads like a recognition or trivia key matching categories to terms from geography science governance and history.
Weather Today Virginia Partly cloudy with warm weekend
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with highs in the mid to upper 70s to 80s. Friday remains fair and warmer while cooler air returns by Monday. Five day outlook shows daytime highs in the mid to upper 80s and night lows in the upper 60s with rainfall averaging less than one inch. Occurring about Friday and again late in the weekend. Temperatures noon high 64 to 65. Sunset today 7 58 p m. Sunrise tomorrow 6 33 a m. Moonrise tonight 9 48 p m. Last Quarter Aug 28.
Monthly rainfall totals and averages for the past years
The report lists 24 hour rainfall ending 8 30 a m with none and August to date 1 82 1967 year to date 20 87. It then shows January to December totals for 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 and the average monthly rainfall over 54 years for each month.
Virginia Governors Chosen by Assembly Until 1852
The article notes that Virginia governors were elected by the General Assembly rather than by popular vote through 1852. It highlights the shift in selection method and the historical context of Virginia’s executive selection.
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Virginia
General Assembly
U S Planes Attack in Vietnam as Elections Loom
The Army says Viet Cong intensifies terror efforts to disrupt the election campaign. American and South Vietnamese patrols increase in response. Fighting centers shift to the Mekong delta with hit and run attacks and night mortars. Eight-engine B52s strike in the A Shau Valley targeting enemy storage areas and truck parks.
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Mekong
South Vietnam
A Shau
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Winchester Evening Star
Thomas Farnsworth
Ashby
Mrs. Orndorff
Laura
Josephine Orndorff
Orndorff
Capon Springs
John
Eva. Cooper Brill
Hazel Linaburg
Hebron Lutheran Church
Intermont
Martin Young
Hebron
Loy Funeral Home
Wardensville
Pangle Service
Emmart Service
Rose Glauser
White
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Eer
Loudoun Street
Bertha R
Emmart
Mt. Hebron
Our
Ments
Bernard F. Groves
Boscawen St
John W. Rosenberger
Quarles School
Commerce St
Lece! Forece
U.S. Weather Bureau
Carolinas
California
Lester B. Laning
North Muskegon
Mich
Johnson
Vietnam
Lanings
Midwest River
Warri
Enugu
United States
Britain
Frederick Farm Bureau, Inc
Exchange
Winchester Recreation Park
Seymour Post
New Scotland Yard
France
U.S
IHCC
Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron ST
Clarke County
Bro
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