Former Strasburg Girl Sentenced to 10 Years for Bank Robbery
Lee Ritenour, once from Strasburg, received a 10 year federal sentence for participation in the $27 000 Cleveland Trust Co bank robbery. She and Louis Teller, 27, were arrested after a manhunt, pleaded guilty to the January crime, and face additional alleged robberies. Ritenour was five months pregnant and may be eligible for parole after five years.
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Lee Ritenour
Stras
Robin Cleveland
Associated Press
Cleveland
Louis Teller
Teller
Atlanta
Detroit
James C. Connell
Back-to-School Shop in Winchester Ad
SHOP in WINCHESTER advertises complete stocks and great values for back-to-school needs. Mr. David ST Ruffner announces the event on Wednesday at 2 00 p m at Jones Funeral Home.
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David ST
Ruffner
Jones
Showers Expected After Hot Humid Weather
The forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight to relieve hot humid conditions that moved in today. A high near 88 degrees with high humidity produced the heat, while last night’s low was around 70. Tonight may drop to the mid 60s. Tomorrow’s outlook is partly cloudy and cooler. last year the high reached 81 with a 59 degree low.
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Mercury
Associated Press
August Farm Sales Directory Listing Auctions
A compiled schedule of farm and real estate auctions in Jefferson and surrounding counties listing dates times locations items include cattle hogs machinery vehicles and household goods with auctioneers W D Orndorff E T Snider Paul F E Miller and others and estates in Winchester Charles Town Summit Point Middleway Berryville and Braddock Street areas.
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Donald W Zombro
Berryville
Clifton Price
W. D. Orndorff
Charles W. Herbert, III
Middleway
Brucetown
Clifton C. Poston
Charles Town
Jefferson County
W. Va
R. M. Bradfield
Pennsylvania Ave
E. T. Snider
Milton Harris
Joseph Newlin
Kernstown
A. Crisman
Frederick County Court House
S. Braddock St
Martha N. Bonham
Summit Point
Paul FE. Miller
Sarah Daugherty
Winchester
Plan for State JCC Headquarters Due Herein Fall
A proposed state headquarters plan for the Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce is to be presented at the November work conference in Winchester. Directors rejected buying Violet Bank but set a committee to recommend a site. The local JCC Chapter offered 6180 toward purchase and would maintain the building for five years.
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Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce
Associated Press
Richmond
JCC
Jaycee
Violet Bank
Colonial Heights
Robert E. Lee
John Marshall
Winchester
Gov. Stanley
Virginia
General Assembly
Virginia Beach
Atlantic City
Flood Relief Costs Revised By Red Cross
The American Red Cross revised flood loss figures for the Northeast, listing 49,441 affected families and projected relief costs over 10 million dollars. A national drive has raised over five million dollars and 13,169 families seek rehabilitation aid as 143 deaths and 5,909 injuries are recorded. States report varied losses with Connecticut leading at 31,193 affected and 1,314 homes destroyed.
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New York
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Rhode Island
London Mechanic Wins 177 158 In Soccer Pool Jackpot
Ernest Victor King of Dagenham England quit his 30 year job as a mechanic after winning 63171 pounds 277 158.80 in a football pool for the new season. He predicted results of tie games to win the tax free sum costing six pence. He plans to buy a vacuum cleaner and visit two daughters in Canada and New York.
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Dagenham
England
Ernest Victor King
London
Ernest
Man Threatens Nixon From Hotel Phone Booth in Boston
A man, drinking, phoned Vice President Nixon's hotel room in Boston and threatened to kill him. He was questioned, released, and not armed. Nixon was in town for the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment.
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Boston
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Wind standards for broadcast towers in storms
Present guidelines require towers up to 600 ft tall to withstand 20 lbs per sq ft of wind load and 30 lbs per sq ft for taller or city erected towers. A safety factor is built in. Previously hurricane areas built for 130 mph winds, but inland paths prompted revised strength standards. About 25 stations were off air in 1954 when hurricanes damaged or shut down towers.
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Florida
Puerto Rico
Texas
Louisiana
Kesselring says Hitler could have invaded Britain
Former Field Marshal Albert Kesselring told U S News & World Report that Hitler might have invaded Britain if not for his aim to spare the British Navy and Empire. He claimed an invasion up to mid August 1940 could have succeeded and that Hitler underestimated the British.
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Kesserling
Hitler
Britain
Washington
Albert Kesselring
Nazifuehrer
Kesselring
U. S. News & World Report
Htler
Bad Oeynhausen
Germany
Churchill
Stalin
Europe
Luftwaffe
Police Seek Escaped Convict Near Riverton
Police and county officers searched river bottom land near Riverton in Warren County for William Henry Gibson 25 an escaped convict from State Road Force Camp No 7 White Post. Sightings placed him in a cornfield by the Shenandoah River early today as authorities pressed the manhunt southward after his Sunday escape.
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Riverton
Warren County
State Road Force
White Post
William Henry Gibson
Shenandoah River
Front Royal Police
Police Await Word on Three Suspects in Frederick Case
Police investigate a possible trio linked to the rape of a 16 year old and robbery of her male companion in Frederick County last Wednesday. A New York State Police message tentatively named three men, awaiting final confirmation and custody status. Victim’s companion William Hansley, 25, of North Carolina, said the men robbed him of about $82 to $83 and forced him into the car trunk during the assault near Martinsburg.
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Frederick County
W. B. Broach
New York
William Hansley
North Carolina
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Hansley
Martinsburg
Clearbrook
Promised Land and Promises Across Time
A compact catalog of varied terms and figures spanning truism and acts, from Free on board and Detroit to Thomas Jefferson and Snorri. Includes references to Portugal and dated mentions circa 1350 and 1008, with a line about someone who did her wrong.
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Detroit
Snorri
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Strasburg
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Tilley
Plymouth Cranbrook
Minor Motor CO
Carl Stokes, Jr
S. Loudoun St
Fort Wayne
Mid
Fort Wayne Paper Co
Green Chemical
Butler
Schmidts
Daniel Schmidt
Una
Danny Jr
Portland
Oregon
Schmidt
U.S
Winchester, Va
Westernport
Man
Kelvinator
Deer
Miller & Anderson
Boscawen St
Miss Tall Texas
J. T. Shahan
Bracketville
Tex
Gibson
Ninevah
Tris
Sheriff's Sale
G. G. Baker
Preston N. Place
John L. Harrell
Bertha Williams
Willow Lawn Market
International Farm Wagon
Harvey Hammer Mill
Robt. L. Dehaven
Life Underwriters
An Unlimited
Old Line Mutual Life Insurance Companies
I. Q
Taller
Thomas Jefferson
Portugal
Pittsburgh
Williamsburg Restoration, Incorporated
N. Cameron St
PAING
E. Piccadilly Street
Hampshire
New Hope Road
Earl S. Parrish
Staunton, Va
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