Obituaries in Roanoke and surrounding areas
Obituary notices for Mrs. Fanny English Humston of Roanoke and David Lucas Swisher of Capon Bridge with service details. Also includes death of Mrs. Hester Gertrude Ritter of Winchester and funeral plans for Mrs. Til sie Elizabeth Tracey of Clarke County with church services and burial arrangements.
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Bedlord
Fanny English Humston
Rank E. Humston
Roanoke
Lord
William S, English
Chevy Chase
Carder Funderal Chapel
Ford
Oak Cemetery
David Lucas
Luke) Swisher
Rio
W. Va
Romney
Giffin
Gapon Bridge
Robert Nair
Shenandoah, Va
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Sperry’s
Eub Church
Mr. Swisher
Hardy County
James M
Laucretia Bean
Lille Combs
T Romney
F. C. Waerner
Huntington
Swisher
Sperry’s Run
EUB Chu
Ameri Angus Association
Giffin Funeral Home
Capon Bridge
Tilsie Elizabeth Tracey
Clarke County
Petersburg
St. Luke's Baptist Church
Berryville
Curtis Clark
Walter Phillips
Luther Dean
Henry Blair
Ralph Jones
Robert Holmes
John Reynolds
Milton Valley Cemetery
Santa Arrives With Winchester Parade Thursday Night
Santa Claus arrives officially in Winchester Thursday night brought to town by the Winchester Retail Merchants Association. A parade forms at 6 p.m. from the Sears lot travels down Loudoun Street Cork to Cameron Street ending at City Hall where Santa will hand out goodies. Handley James Wood and Douglas high school bands along with ma jorettes drum and bugle corps and two floats will participate with a possible John Mosby Academy band from Front Royal in the line of march.
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Santa Claus
Winchester
Alan
North Pole
C. Evans. Kline
RMA
Sears
Loudoun i
Cork
Cameron
Cameron St
City Hall
Handley
James Wood
Douglas
Kline
John Mosby Academy
Front Royal
Two Boys Arrested in Stolen Car in Clarke County
Two Gaithersburg youths were arrested by Clarke County Sheriff John Slater for possession of a stolen vehicle reported stolen in Hagerstown. The juveniles are in FBI custody. names are withheld per state law.
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Berryville
Gaithersburg
Clarke County
John Slater
Hagerstown
F.B.I
Britain seeks NATO backing to cut Rhine force in Germany
Britain plans to press allies in NATO to endorse a 1000 man Rhine army cut in West Germany. Talks in London target the force cost of 238 million dollars yearly in scarce foreign exchange. Rome reports Operation Sparrow ends with 59 charged and weapons seized. Moscow notes Soviet women seek shorter hours and more time for house chores.
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London
Britain
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
West Germany
Rome
Operazione Passero
Society For Protection of Animals
Moscow
Trud
Cuban Labor Minister Shoots Self After Dismissal
Cuban Labor Minister Augusto Martinez Sanchez reportedly shot himself in the head after being dismissed. Havana Radio said his condition was serious and that the shooting occurred at 1 a.m. in Havana.
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Miami
Fla
Augusto Martinez Sanchez
Havana Radio
Sudan capital quiet amid new violence and toll climbs
Armored cars and police patrol Khartoum as two days of violence raise 38 dead and over 600 injured. New outbreaks flare in suburban districts with Arabs pursuing Africans blamed for deadly riots. Arab mobs and press accuse Western agents and missionaries of stirring unrest.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Notre Dame Sues To Block Film John Goldfarb Premiere
The University of Notre Dame sues 20th Century Fox to stop showing John Goldfarb Please Come Home and to halt the related Doubleday Bratty book distribution. It seeks no damages and cites irreparable injury and misappropriation of the university’s name and goodwill.
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U. of Notre Dame
NEW York
Notre Dame
Supreme Court
20Th Century
Fox
John Goldfarb
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Father Hesburgh
Studio
Doubleday & Co
Fasweett “Publications Inc
William Peter Bratty
Doubleday
Commemoration of JFK Widens Across Global Geographies
The article notes unprecedented geographic homage to John F. Kennedy after his presidency and death. It highlights extensive memorials, place names, and public tributes worldwide, marking a historic scope of remembrance for the late president.
Free Speech Movement clashes at Berkeley campus convocation
Turmoil on the Berkeley campus follows sit‑ins and mass arrests as Governor Brown orders 814 arrests and university president Clark Kerr proposes a peace plan. Mario Savio is briefly seized during a rally while demanding the right to speak. The scene colors a tense confrontation over university charges and student protest actions.
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Ate University
Brown
Alameda County
Ruppert Crittenden
Clark Kerr
Council of Department
FSM
Mario Savio
Kerr
Savio
Aoe
Ded
Lawmakers debate winding up inquiry as Reynolds testimony scrutinized
Democratic lawmakers weigh ending the inquiry and handing over evidence to the Justice Department while seeking a later recess. Cooper opposes windup and calls for time to review new records from insurance man Don B Reynolds and the FBI IRS. Reynolds had named himself as a bag man in a 1960 campaign fund payoff, a claim Baker denies while Baker invokes the Fifth Amendment during questions.
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Justice Department
Senate
Cooper
Don B. Reynolds
Reynlds
Baker
Matthew H. McCloskey
McCloskey
Democratic National Committee
Ireland
Reynolds
FBI
Internal Revenue Service
Western powers seek joint world role amid NATO fleet clash
Conversations between Johnson and Wilson focus on NATO's mixed manned nuclear missile fleet and a broader Atlantic force. Washington signals flexibility if fleet fits the wider strategy. The talks touch Britain's Middle East Asia tasks and South Vietnam obligations, while parkas of church and state mingle in a Red China bookstore order for Barth.
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Wilson
Suez
Middle East
Malaysia
Johnson
South Viet Nam
White House
Weather and stock round up from New York markets
Virginia forecasts show variable clouds with a cold, unsettled pattern into Thursday. Overnight low around 26 to 90 and daytime high 36 to 42 with continued cold. In New York, stocks fluctuated with fractional gains and losses as rails fell on wage talks, AP index up 325.7 after a 1.0 rise.
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Associated Press
Albany
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St.p
New Orleans
New York
Okla. City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptind
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Chesapeake & Ohio
New York ,Central, Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago & Wwestern
Seiberling Rubber
Eentire
du Pont
United Aircraft
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
General Dynamics
Motors
Chrysler
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem i
Union Carbide
Eastman Kodak
Gunmen Walk Into Trap In Liquor Store Holdup
Four gunmen entered a liquor store holdup in Washington Monday night and walked into a police trap. One gunman was wounded and captured, Reginald Earl Gatlin, 24, was hit in the chest and listed in critical condition at D C General Hospital.
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Washington
Vernon H.culpepper
Reginald Earl Gatlin
D.C. General Hospital
Water Bond Payment is Completed in Middletown
Middletown has paid off a 15aar $25,000 water bond issue as reported at the regular meeting. Mayor Archie Manuel noted the 1948 ordinance allowing the borrowing and said payments have been made regularly since. The council also adopted two traffic measures aligning town laws with the state, one on drunken driving and one on operator licenses. The body met in temporary quarters awaiting remodeling completion and plans an organizational meeting for the planning and zoning commission.
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Middletown
Archie Manuel
Manuel
Baltimore Livestock Receipts Show Sparse Trade Activity
US cattle receipts 150, hogs 300 with limited sales. Barrows and gilts steady at 16.75 for 190-230 lb US 1&2 and 16.50 for 190-230 lb US 1&3. Sows scarce at 11.50 for 400-500 lb US 2&3.
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Baltimore
USDA
Man Charged In Slaying Of His Wife
Covington. Donald Lee Tingler 26 is held in Alleghany County jail on murder charges in the death of his wife Dianne Wright Tingler 15. Shotgun blast killed her at Tingler uncle George Campbell’s home. Preliminary hearing date not set. Bond not arranged. Sheriff M W Swoope said Tingler was arrested at the home. couple had been married about two months.
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Covington
Donald Lee Tingler
Alleghany County
M. W. Swoope
Dianne Wright Tingler
Tingler
George Campebell
Swoope
Leon Smith
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Peaneees Evening Star
Fanny Humston
Swisher Service
Hester G. Ritter
Hester Gertrude Ritter
Virginia Ave
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
William H
Virginia Herbert Trimble
Charles Paul Ritter
Sandra Lee Ritter
Madison College
Harrisonburg
David Michael Ritter
Mary Frances Trimble
Ruth Virginia Trimble
Alexandria
First Presbyterian Church of
Tracey Service
Smalts
Loudoun Street
Own
Fenerel Home, Inc
Loudoun
Santa
Lece
U.S. Weather Bureau
Northeast
North Pacific States
Ohio
Tennessee
Atlantic Coast
World News
Brition
Rhine
Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Henry Ford Hospital
Reuther
UAW
New
Delhi
India
United States
Camelodia
Cambodia
Son Sann
U.S
Phnom Penh
John F. Kennedy
John W. Rosenberger
I, Q
Billy Sunday
Amerigo Vespucci
New York City
Luzon
GOD Order
Young Men’s Christian Association
Association Press
Red
China
Kerl Barth
Puett
Mitche
Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Virginia
Teddy
Wall Street
Baltimore Livestock
Guove
Glaize & Bro
Nis
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