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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1964
Page
2
Obituaries list Mrs Lena Orndorff 81 of Route 2, Mrs Sarah Ruth Young, and Maggie D Largent 81 of Berkeley Springs. Services set at Omps Funeral Home and Jones Funeral Home with burials at Mount Hebron Cemetery and Woodlawn Cemetery. Survivors include Larrick family members and multiple grandchildren and nieces. Funeral home viewings scheduled this evening.
Funeral services for Victor W. Wheeler who died Sunday are set for tomorrow at 2 PM at Braddock Street Methodist Church led by Rev. William A. Lyons. A graveside service will follow at Shenandoah Memorial Park with a long list of pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. A Masonic memorial service is planned tonight at 7:30 PM at Jones Funeral Home conducted by Winchester Hiram Lodge No 20 A F and A M.
R L Whittenhall Whittenhall 78 Route 3 died yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born Smithport Pa Sept 11 1886 son of William H and Dora Beckwith Whittenhall. Husband Esther Ransom Whittenhall married Sugar Grove Pa Oct 17 1911. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs John Janet Frederick County and Mrs Warren Wiley Jamestown NY, one son Walker Whittenhall Jamestown NY, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Thursday 1:30 p.m. Jones Funeral Home Rev T Eugene Carter. Burial Shenandoah. An expedition to Easter Island will study the remote South Pacific isle and its enormous stone statues.
Supervisor Donald Baughman debated borrowing 460000 for school construction. Attorney Joseph A. Massie Jr. cited a state law allowing counties to tax residents over 21 up to 1 for the general fund, but with a county population near 21 000 it would not be worth it.
Adele Louise Robinson, 24, of 606 North Cameron Street, was injured when her car left Route 7 about three miles west of Winchester and rolled over. She suffered a severe forehead cut and was in good condition at Memorial Hospital after being transported by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad. State Trooper J W Detrick said the eastbound vehicle crossed the north side of the road and overturned, sustaining a total loss.
In Baltimore US Department of Agriculture cattle receipts were too small to test the market. Hog receipts were 250 with barrows gilts and sows steady. US 1 2 190 230 lb hogs 17.00. US 1-3 180-235 lb hogs 16.75. sow ranges 12.25 to 13.00 for 300-400 lb, 11.50 to 12.25 for 400-500 lb, 10.75 to 11.50 for 500-600 lb. Obituary note: Mrs Opha Claris Danner, 66, of Strasburg, died yesterday. widow of Andrew Jacob Danner (died 1961). Funeral arrangements incomplete. body at Stover Funeral Home.
Los Angeles congressman James Roosevelt Jr. announced at a news conference that he will seek the mayoral seat, criticizing city government as repeatedly tantrum prone and promising an urban reform agenda.
At the county meeting the board considered a new loan pushing total indebtedness over two million dollars. Current debts include funds for the new junior high and additions at James Wood High School Kline Stonewall Gore, while other actions covered parking lot leasing, reassessor extensions, park committee appointment, zoning preliminaries, a Rolling Hills subdivision plan, and a proposed county health center with fundraising donations to fire companies and the Northern Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller says Sen. Barry Goldwater should blame himself for the GOP defeat in November. He accuses Goldwater of undermining unity and public confidence in the party's future. In Alberta, Canada, harsh winds and polar cold spread across the western prairies, with officials warning worse weather ahead.
Richmond AP reports the U S Supreme Court upheld the Civil Rights Act public accommodations provision and ordered dismissal of pre enactment sit in charges. Virginia Attorney General Button declined comment until he reviews the opinion and noted ongoing remands from Lynchburg Richmond and Hopewell cases.
Moscow expelled four Western military attaches after arrests and searches in Khabarovsk. Three Americans Col. George A. Aubrey Army attache Karl Liever and Maj. James Smith and one Briton Lt. Cmdr. Nigel Laville were declared persona non grata. Embassies said the men would depart within a week despite the note.
James R. Hoffa faces a 6th U.S. Circuit Court decision on his jury tampering conviction. After five hours of arguments by four defense lawyers and two government attorneys, Hoffa held a brief news conference and then left for Chicago to attend a Teamsters meeting.
Utilities firm on news of a 2 for 1 stock split and higher dividend. Steel, rail shares soften as labor talks loom. copper down on stockpile legislation. gold shares rise on gold price boost and flight to safety. market averages slip about 1.1 points.
The forecast for Virginia calls for clear and colder tonight with lows 12 to 20. Tuesday brings a high near 38 to 44 with partly cloudy skies and a chance of late rain or snow toward Thursday. Sunset is 4 51 p.m. today and sunrise tomorrow 7 26 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 4 18 a.m. A full moon and total lunar eclipse occur December 18.
Weather data record shows 24 hour rainfall none ending 8:30 a.m. today. December total 2.08 inches, 1964 total 30.99 inches. Long term averages listed by month. figures range from January 2.38 to December 3.39 inches.
Rusk told reporters the United States seeks flexible NATO talks with Britain West Germany and other members so France can join when ready Plans include a fleet of Polaris armed surface vessels under U S control and a broader British led NATO nuclear command If formal discussion is avoided at the ministerial council session the nuclear armament topic will dominate corridor chatter
About 150 people attended the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad and Auxiliary Christmas party at the squad’s headquarters. W. E. Beckner served as master of ceremonies, William H. Baker welcomed attendees, and Mayor William M. Battaile gave a guest response. Rev. Whitaker Shelton offered the invocation. Santa distributed gifts and Mrs. Rhoda Kemp chaired the dinner.
Handley Library was entered by breaking a north side window and later exited through an auditorium level window. A camera a radio and about 1.40 in change were stolen. Desks were ransacked but most books remained in place.
Shenandoah County supervisors dropped a proposed $2000 countywide tax study after advice it would cost $500 for preliminary data. The board also voted to pursue real estate tax cuts and personal property rate hikes without action on the study. The same meeting refused a charity donation request to the Adoption Society and the Crippled Children's Hospital.
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