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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1965
Page
2
Martinsburg and surrounding area burials list multiple residents. Harley J Combs of Augusta dies at D Baker VA Hospital Martinsburg. Claude Hampton Rhodes of Winchester dies. service in Middleburg with Eagles and Moose involvement. Floyd M Hockman of Augusta dies. survived by family. funeral at McKee in Augusta. Virgil Santmire of Martinsburg dies en route. services at Brown Funeral Home.
Seage ee raked home ligonter noted for services at Jones Funeral Home in Pennsylvania. (Note: text is fragmented. key entities include Jones Funeral Home and Pennsylvania.)
Vernon Steffin McClintock 68 of 311 W Whitlock Ave died yesterday in Winchester He was born Feb 24 1897 in Ligonier Pa son of Vernon Clarence and Sarah Nicely McClintock He married Goldie Shaffer and owned a transfer business since 1933 He served in World War I with the Army and belonged to Grace Lutheran Church VFW Major Mosby Barracks American Legion He went to France in 1928 with the U S Escort of Homer Survived by widow son sister granddaughters great granddaughter A funeral was held today at Jones Funeral Home with pallbearers named A service will be held tomorrow at Sibel-Walford Funeral Home Ligonier Pa Burial in Ligonier Valley Cemetery
MR. ROBINSON concluded a 40 hour campaign that started Friday 8 a.m. He visited Clarke County Winchester Loudoun County Purcellville game club and various businesses including restaurants a bowling alley police and fire stations and the American Brake Shoe Co. He spent Saturday in Shenandoah County and returned to Winchester for public campaigning and joined the Woodstock Christmas parade.
Roy Frederick Arnold, 42, of 418 N. Loudoun St., charged with breaking and entering the firm of C. S. Brumback and Sons at 319 N. Cameron St. Police said glass was broken at the east front door and a door found open on the south side. Arnold was found sitting on a cardboard box. Bond set at $1,000. Preliminary hearing not scheduled.
About 20 miles south of Da Nang fighting produced 198 Viet Cong killed, 76 captured, and 287 detained, according to Marine spokesmen. Maj. Gen. Lewis Walt warned the major fighting has not begun as U S forces noted a notable surrender of a 22 man Viet Cong platoon at Vo Dat with 11 weapons.
Police log details several traffic incidents. A 73-year-old Bethesda man blacked out, drove off Route 50, and a passenger sustained facial injuries. Two Bethesda youths suffered neck injuries at Gerrard and Cameron Streets. A 39-year-old Route 2 man struck a parked car, incurring $700 in damage. Five teens were treated for contusions and sprains after a separate collision, with names and addresses listed.
The countdown began for a launch when exhaust erupted but the rocket stayed still. Mission Control ordered a shutdown and Schirra and Stafford considered ejecting but held firm as fuel pressure dropped, avoiding potential seat damage before mission end.
Hofer will serve without pay with office space on the second floor of the Winchester Evening Star building at Kent and Boscawen Streets. The item lists him among committee members and notes the location provided.
A city spokesman said the council supports the project and would consider an open end lease terminable by either party as the best arrangement. The spokesman noted the board must approve first and hopes for an answer at the next meeting after receiving supervisors approval.
Three people died when a lumber-loaded truck crashed into a car at Bank Street and Crater Road in Petersburg. The driver, James Alfred Britt, 35, of Franklin, faces three counts of manslaughter and one of reckless driving. Victims are Reuben Lewis, 58, Ruby Lewis, 48, and Christine A Kreynus, 58, all of Hopewell. A fourth passenger, Mrs John H Moore, 42, of Hopewell, survived with severe head injuries. The crash occurred about 4 30 am as the car, returning from a Florida convention, was struck and pushed into a farm machinery firm building. |
Massie argues his rival offers vague, unworkable promises including giving away surplus to the state and becoming a burr under the saddle in Richmond. He cites local officials’ support for growth without bonds and warns against risking the Commonwealth’s finances.
The forecast calls for cooler conditions tonight and Tuesday with lows of 33 to 38 and highs of 50 to 55. Wednesday is expected to be fair with little temperature change. The five day outlook shows temperatures 4 to 8 degrees above normal and a chance of 2 or 3 precipitation periods midweek. Noon high today 45, year ago 58, low 42. Winchester skies: December 13. Sunset 4:50, sunrise 7:25, moonrise 10:30, last quarter December 15.
Rainfall in the last 4 hours ended 8:30 a m today totals 0.420 inches. December rainfall to date is 0. Ali 1965 rainfall to date 26.71 inches. The average yearly rainfall over the past 52 years is 36.75 inches with monthly averages listed: January 2.40, February 2.16, March 3.07, April 3.14, May 3.72, June 3.83, July 3.86, August 3.78, September 2.70, October 3.13, November 2.58, December 2.40 inches.
The market showed irregular activity with scattered gains in electronics and defense stocks while many issues barely moved. Du Pont slipped two points and several names like General Electric and Westinghouse moved fractional amounts as early blocks listed gains and losses ahead of Friday’s AP average rise.
Sheriff Robert L. De Haven and Deputy Miller Owens investigate damage at Winchester Golf Club after aluminum sand trap rakes bent, flagpoles bent, and a 14 foot creek bridge moved. A second theft from James C. Davis’s Stephenson property included a gray metal tool box and assorted tools valued around 300 dollars. A third theft involved a two foot high electric lighted hitching post from Apple Pie Ridge Road valued at 25 dollars.
State budget discussions for 1966 68 and proposals for a 1 percent sales levy dominated WALC talks. Some members favor local option granting cities a choice while others push uniform taxation with no local opt. A final committee report will be reviewed by the full WALC before sending recommendations to the governor and General Assembly.
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