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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1970

Page

2

Obituary Notices From Stephens City and Nearby

Funeral services are set for William Franklin Webster of Kerns Town at 1 30 this afternoon at Jones Chapel with Rev. Edgar W Spicer Sr. Honorary pallbearers include P W Plumly Lumber Co. drivers. Burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery. A graveside service for J Gray Beverley of Berryville will be held tomorrow at noon at Mount Hebron Cemetery Winchester with Rev. William Brook. Raymond J Cave funeral in W Va. Surviving sister Mrs Paul J Galladay of Stephens City. A service for an unnamed deceased at Stephens City Funeral Home tomorrow at 11 am with burial at Culpeper National Cemetery.

Wwillam Franklin Webster Kernstown Tomo Fternoorh Jones Edgar W. Spicer P.W. Plumly Lumber Co Mount Hebron Cemetery J. Gray Beverley Berryville Mount Hebron Winchester William Brook Grace Episcopal Church Rnday W.va World Surviving Paul J. Galladay Stephens City Stephens City Funeral Home Warren Reeves Culpeper National Cemetery Culpeper

Funeral Services for Willard Webster Wednesday

Funeral services for Mr. Willard Franklin Webster are planned for Wednesday at 1 30 PM at Jones Funeral Home Inc.

Mr. Willard Franklin Webster Jones Funeral Home

Stephens City Funeral Home Service Announcement

A funeral service for Stephens City Funeral Home is held Wednesday at 11 A.M. Interment follows at Culpeper National Cemetery.

Frederick High Football Team Earns AAA Group Debut

Frederick supervisors celebrate the high school football squad in its AAA group debut with a week of events. A banquet at 6:30 p.m. at Holiday Inn South will honor the team, coaches, school officials, and county leaders. Dr Melton Wright traveled to Portsmouth to watch Wilson and Maury play for the state title outcome.

Rosenberger Holiday Inn South Frederick County Barr Melton Wright Portsmouth Wilson Maury Norfolk James Wood

Cyclist 87 Buys Larger Motorcycle for Speed

Phillip Fishbeck of Denver at 87 traded his small motorcycle for a bigger one saying the prior bike wasn’t fast enough. He began motorcycling in 1912 and has owned several machines. He once bought a light aircraft while working as a part time mechanic at an airfield.

Denver Phillip Fishbeck Fishbeck

Holton Backs Tax Plan and Political Shift in Virginia

Governor Holton and candidate addressed a Winchester audience amid debate over a broad tax proposal affecting sales services and real estate. Dr. Truban warned the plan would be regressive and costly, while Holton touted two party politics and projected savings from a management study. He praised former senator Harry Byrd and stressed pushing recommendations to benefit citizens.

Holton Richmond General Assembly House Senate Virginia

Cartoonist Rube Goldberg Dies at 87 in New York

Rube Goldberg, famed for his intricate chain reaction inventions and Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoons, died of cancer at his New York home aged 87 after a long illness. He created iconic drawings and a dictionary entry term for elaborate mechanisms.

New York Rube Goldberg Goldberg Washington Smithsonian Institution Museum of History and Technology Reuben Lucius Goldberg San Francisco University of California

18 Dead as Tarom Airliner Crashes Near Constant a

A Tarom flight from Tel Aviv to Bucharest crashed near Constanta after diverting due to bad weather. Among the 18 killed were Romanian commercial attache Paul Marin, his wife and two children, and Israeli professor Pinchas Naor. Two other Israelis were aboard. 7 crew and 20 passengers were on board.

Bucharest Constanta Tarom Airlines Paul Marin Tel Aviv State Radio Pinchas Naor Haifa Technion Institute Agerpress Otopeni Kogalniceanu Aiirport

Cattle Loss Reports After Orchard Spray Incident

Local authorities reported no further cattle deaths today after last weekend's high winds stirred leaves and orchard spray poison. Fifteen head were lost over two days, with the Guy Smith farm at Albin suffering 13 of 50 cattle. Mrs. Smith said two more are still being treated but alive, while the rest improve.

Guy Smith E. Frank Smith Albin

Berryville Senior Wins 7th District Oratorical Contest

Clarke County High School senior Judy Reynolds won the 7th District American Legion Oratorical Contest held in Woodstock. She spoke on Our Constitution Worth Having Worth Defending and discussed presidential appointment power. Reynolds, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Reynolds, received a $25 check and advances to the zone competition in February.

Berryville Sam Hollingsworth American Legion Miss Reynolds

Pleads Guilty to Setting Fires Near Home

Delbert McKee, 58, of Front Royal Road, Frederick County, pleaded guilty in court yesterday to two counts of setting brush fires on state property near his home. He received 30 days jail per charge, suspended on condition, with fines of 50 dollars and costs per charge. He was also ordered to pay a 6.80 dollar suppression fee to the Virginia Division of Forestry.

Frederick Delbert McKee Front Royal Road Virginia Division of Forestry

Ambassador Ushiba outlines US Japan economic cooperation

The envoy describes Japan’s nonmilitary role under its constitution while using economic influence to stabilize Asia. He cites the Jakarta conference on Indochina peace, Japan’s postwar reconstruction role, and mutual trade between the US and Japan nearing $10 billion. He defends liberalization pace, calls for cooperative solutions, and notes rising per capita income and shifting domestic policy toward restraint and moderation in exports.

Japan Djakarta Indochina South East Asia United States Mr. Ushiba Pacific Ushiba

Weather Outlook for Virginia Turning Warmer

Clear tonight with a low in the 20s. Wednesday should be sunny with a high near 50. Thursday will be fair and warmer. The extended forecast through Saturday shows unseasonably warm conditions with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s and nightly lows around the upper 30s to low 40s.

Virginia

Winchester Skies Weather and Rainfall Update

Rainfall in the past 48 hours ended 8:30 a.m. today shows none with December to date at .14 inches and 1970 to date at 39.01. Five year rainfall totals are listed from 1965 to 1969. Average monthly rainfall figures for the last 57 years are provided. Today's noon high 34 from yesterday's 32 record. Sunset 4:50 p.m. sunrise 7:20 a.m. moonset 3:52 a.m. full moon on December 12.

Winchester

Answers to a set of trivia clues

The list provides responses to ten items including a yes or no, a flower, a historical figure, a conditional answer, a sin, a number with a grade or class, a profession, a sector, four city names, and a final yes.

Send Christmas Cards Early Haines Urges

Postmaster Joseph C. Haines urges sending Christmas cards early to ensure delivery before the holiday. Distant destinations should mail by December 10, local areas by December 15, use ZIP Codes and return addresses, and bundle mail as Local or Out-of-Town to speed handling.

Joseph C. Haines Post Office Department

Senior Citizens Club Dance at War Memorial Building

Miss Joan's Dance Studio will entertain the Senior Citizens Club at the War Memorial Building this evening at 7 30. Members and guests should bring gifts for area nursing homes marked for men or women. A Christmas party is planned.

Joan War Memorial

Vittorio Gassman Weds Diletta D Andrea in Civil Ceremony

Italian film star Vittorio Gassman 48 ties knot with former actress Diletta D Andrea in a civil ceremony in Rome. It is his third marriage following Nora Ricci and Shelley Winters.

Rome Vittorio Gassman Shelley Winters Diletta D'Andrea Gassman Nora Ricci

Girl Hit by Car Here Suffers Abrasions

Dawn Shotts aged 12 of 249 Shenandoah Ave. sustained knee and elbow abrasions after being struck on E Cork St yesterday at 7:55 am. Officer William Alexander identified the driver as Ronald Luther Price of Rt.6 Winchester who says the girl ran into the street while heading to a city bus. She was taken to the hospital by Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad and released after treatment.

Dawn Shotts Shenandoah Ave E. Cork St William Alexander Ronald Luther Price Rt.6 Winchester

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