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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1970
Page
2
Obituaries for Alma Elizabeth Kuykendall Sheehan and several local residents outline their births, families, and survivors. Services are announced for Thornrose Cemetery Staunton and other area cemeteries with times, chapels, and church rites.
Funeral plans for Willard Franklin Webster are listed with Jones Funeral Home Inc as the arranging agents. details remain incomplete as the notice provides limited information on service date location or disposition.
A graveside service for William Re Carr 78 of Berryville who died Saturday at Winchester Memorial Hospital will be held tomorrow at 3 pm in Mount Olivet Cemetery Bladensburg Road Washington. The body lies at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville.
Nobuhiko Ushiba ambassador to Japan will be the third speaker at the Winchester Lions Club meeting at Washington Hotel tomorrow at 1 p.m. The event opens to the public and Ushiba will be accompanied by his assistant Nobuyasu Abe as guests of the Fred Ritters on Greystone Terrace.
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers negotiated through the night aiming for a three year contract for about 166 000 workers before the strike deadline. The talks began at 11 a m Sunday as UAW and Ford staff awaited a possible agreement and a Ford retroactive pay issue remained a major hurdle.
Veterinarian Dr. Fish and assistants treated cattle overnight as more livestock died at two farms and a pony died in Summit Point. Mrs. Smith reported a dozen cows and one bull dead by 11:30 a.m. and warned meadow pastures near an orchard may be unsafe. Laura Mae Willingham, 82, of Berryville, died Friday. services set for 2 p.m. at John H. Enders Funeral Home.
Gov A Linwood Holton arrives in Winchester to back Republican State Senate candidate Dr William A Truban. He will speak at 6 p.m. reception and dinner at Holiday Inn East and return to Richmond after the event.
Russell Lee Loy of Mount Williams faces a Dec 15 preliminary hearing after firing a shotgun at his brother’s car in an argument. The blast injured no one. Loy’s attorney was appointed. bond set at 1000 dollars. A second charge of destroying property was nolle pressed. Delbert McKee, 58, Frederick County, is jailed awaiting arraignment on two counts of setting grass fires with 500 dollar bonds.
Eligible Winchester voters away on Dec 15 may apply and vote in City Hall Council Chamber. Registrar Mrs. Robert Grim and Electoral Board secretary Mrs. Jack Phillips will issue applications and accept ballots Wednesday and Thursday 7 to 9 p.m. Last day to cast absentee ballots is Thursday. Tomorrow is the last day to register for the special election.
Clear tonight with teens lows in Virginia. Tuesday will be cloudy with highs in the upper 30s and low 40s. Wednesday turns warmer with more clouds. Extended outlook through Friday shows mostly cloudy and warmer conditions with a chance of precipitation Thursday and Friday.
The report lists rainfall data including 48 hours ending today at 8 30 am December to date 14 inches and 1970 total 39 01 inches. Five year totals 1965 to 1969 range from 26 85 to 36 05 inches. Monthly averages for 57 years show variations with Jan to Dec values.
Secretary of State Rogers says the United States is weighing a month long Vietnam truce to push for a permanent end to fighting. Senator Jackson urges extending Christmas cease fire through Tet to allow Paris negotiators to work toward a standstill.
In Louisville a woman received a Civil Service Commission form for a young friend who used her as a reference for summer work at the Census Bureau in Jeffersonville Indiana. The form arrived a week after the applicant finished work and returned to college, hindering the reference check.
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