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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1965
Page
2
Obituaries detail long lives and family connections in Green, Slanesville, Rom Fairfax and nearby areas. Surviving relatives include Edna Largent Hockman and Doris E variously of Hyattsville and Adelphi with multiple siblings and grandchildren. Funeral services are planned in Slanesville and Purcellville with burials at local cemeteries.
Winchester police report a teenage suspect stole a black pocketbook containing $60 from Mrs. George Qours of Moorefield West Virginia at 8 02 last night. She was walking through the George Washington Hotel parking lot when the thief grabbed the purse and fled east to Kent Street. Police describe the youth as about 5 feet 7 inches tall, in dark clothing with long black hair and are pursuing him.
Joe Pantano and Helen Hench planned secrecy but became the 6 000th couple to receive a marriage license in Coeur d Alene Idaho. The city rolled out a welcome with free blood hairs flowers accommodation gas lodging and a wedding cake provided.
George Lincoln Rockwell files suit in U S District Court to stop auction of American Nazi Party property to cover delinquent federal taxes. IRS seized Arlington headquarters and office equipment totaling 5278 dollars. Suit seeks permanent injunction and 100000 dollars damages claiming tax exempt status.
Britannica notes the ostrich is flightless yet can run at about 40 miles per hour. The entry highlights its large size and swift terrestrial locomotion as a distinctive trait.
Harris Intertype plant manager Donald H. Neale announced the dispute with the United Auto Workers is moving to the National Labor Relations Board in Washington. NLRB examiner Leo F. Lightner found the company ran a campaign to hinder employee organizing and erred in two former workers cases. He ordered posting of a notice affirming support for union activity and reinstatement with back pay. Neale said the company will appeal the ruling to the NLRB in Washington.
Two Virginia high school principals, William C. Parrish of Robert E. Lee High School Fairfax County and Charles Werdue of Norview High School Norfolk, were nominated for president elect of the Virginia Education Association. The May election will choose the 1968 VEA president.
Larry Vincent Berry, 35, of Chesapeake, was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted for the July 27 robbery of a Bank of Virginia branch on Jefferson Davis Highway, where $1,134 was taken. In October Berry was found guilty of the heist.
Phillip Baker, 19, admitted breaking into Sears and Roebuck and C. L. Brumback & Sons in Winchester. He was discovered by Charlies A. Fleming holding a shotgun. Fleming, police say, surprised him upstairs at 10:55 p.m. A lock window entry was used, and the store was ransacked with the safe empty. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Peter McKee to represent Baker at municipal court hearing.
Marine forces report heavy Viet Cong resistance in Death Valley and surrounding areas as Operation Harvest Moon expands. Troop lifts exceed 2 200 as Marines uncover guerrilla camps, stockpiles, and a downed helicopter exploded by the enemy. Talks on a 12 hour Christmas truce surface in London and Washington.
Pravda reports the death of Ivan Buyanov aged 69. He played a leading role in the introduction of collective farms in the Soviet Union.
Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors reviewed preliminary jail plans for a two story building with a basement bomb shelter to replace the old structure. The design includes 32 regular cells six isolation cells and holding cells to accommodate inmates. Meanwhile Martinsburg Air National Guard organized Christmas Star flights to Viet Nam to deliver cookies and gifts to troops. the first flight landed at Da Nang Air Base was fired upon but sustained no damage, crew remained 20 hours, Major Harold Miller reported gratitude from GIs. The second flight occurred Sunday and the third was planned to depart today.
Eslanda Robeson, 68, wife of Paul Robeson, died Monday in a New York hospital after returning from a five year self exile in Russia.
The list provides ten quiz items with concise answers: 1 a hundred, 2 Adolph Hitler, 3 Guy Lombardo, 4 999 to 1, 5 True (Psalms 116 11), 6 Smaller, 7 Tangerine orange and grape fruit, 8 Seven, 9 Methuselah, 10 Larynges or larynxes.
Partly cloudy with a night low in the 30s and cooler Wednesday. Rain likely tonight and again Thursday with cool temperatures around 45 down to 31. Sunset at 4 50 p m tomorrow 7 26 a m sunrise moonrise tonight 11 43 p m last quarter and forecasts for December 14.
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8 30 a m totals trace. 1965 rainfall to date 26 91 inches. The average yearly rainfall over 62 years is 36 75 inches. Monthly averages show January 2 40 inches through December 2 40 inches with peaks in July 3 86 and June 3 83 inches.
Dallas physician performed emergency open heart surgery in his home bedroom after his son’s heart stopped. Louis Smith Jr., 19, was in critical condition at Parkland Hospital. The father, Dr Louis S Smith, opened the chest with a razor blade while another son assisted with resuscitation and his wife called for help.
The Virginia Advisory Legislative Council plans a December 28 meeting after a day-long session failed to agree on state finances including a possible sales tax. WALC chairman Willey hopes for a final report then, with another meeting set for January 4. A study led by Del. John Warren Cooke examined sales tax details and distribution among state, county, and city governments, with significant splits remaining.
Port Hueneme AP. Families at the base staged Christmas greetings for nearly 600 Seabee fathers serving in Viet Nam. The Navy filmed the scene and will fly the sound movie to Vietnam for Christmas viewing.
An active trading session boosted major shares as Eastern Air Lines rose 13 percent to 94 on 12 000 shares, with Boeing and others posting fractional gains. The AP average slipped 0.9 to 354.0 as autos mostly held steady and labor shares fluctuated. Meanwhile in NICE France doctors reported slight improvement in Somerset Maugham's grave condition after a stroke.
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