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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1966

Page

2

Obituaries for Smith Robinson and Hoover in Winchester

Funeral services are scheduled for Lee A. Smith 72 of 338 E Piccadilly Street at 4 PM Saturday at Jones Funeral Home. Burial follows at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers named. Also funeral planned for Fred A. Robinson of 1512 Amherst Street at 2:30 PM tomorrow at Omps Funeral Home with a Masonic service at 7:30 PM. Mildred E. Hoover 54 of 329 Kern Street died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital with services tomorrow at Jones Funeral Home at 2 PM. pallbearers listed. She married Theodore Hoover and is survived by a daughter, two sons, and several siblings.

Lee A. Smith E. Piccadilly Str Winchester Memorial Hospital Jones Funeral Home Paul E. Dick David Reese Ismet Nuri Lawrence Line Robert Sine Clifton Good Douglas Good Mount Hebron Cemetery Goldie Orndorff Orpha Ware Winchester Fred A.robinson Amherst St Omps Paul Slonaker Elwood Luttrell Grover C, Carper Lee A, Brown Carl T, Cather Paul M. Haldeman J. William Hollis Mildred E. Hoover Kern St Mrs. Hoover Frederick County Julia Armel Trenary Ridgeway W. Va Qilton Trenary Theodore Frye Hoover Virginia Woolen Company Payne’s Chapel Berry Bowman Nain James L. Hoover Theodore JP. Hoover Elden Guy Arthur Douglas Trenary Gertrude Renner Pauline Kenney Bruce A. Macbeth Louis A.hoover Walter F. Keckley Richard A. Hoover Eugene S. Hoover Linden Clevenger Richard Trenary

Answers to a set of trivia prompts

The list provides ten items with answers: 1 Thleve, 2 Florida, 3 Grover Cleveland, 4 Florence Nightingale, 5 Italy, 6 Table centerpiece, 7 Three, 8 Caviar, 9 the color sequence violet through red, 10 Atlantic.

Thleve Florida Grover Cleveland Florence Nightingale Italy

Soviet 1967 defense budget rises amid Vietnam tensions

Soviet Union plans $16.1 billion for defense in 1967, up from $15 billion in 1966, with critics noting actual arms outlays likely higher. U.S. defense spending for fiscal 1966 67 nears $67-$68 billion as Vietnam pressure grows. Navy antisubmarine program faces delay toward 1974 while cost decisions are reviewed. Muriel Humphrey hosts birthday party for Lady Bird Johnson. Vietnam aid and construction activity also reported.

Associated Press Washington Soviet Union Washington U.S Vasily F. Garbuzof Vietenam Associated Press Muriel Humphrey Lady Bird Johnson Commerce Department

Social Worker Slain in Boston After Night Out

Elizabeth Orrill 23 from Ohio was found beaten to death in a Back Bay apartment shared with Barbara Kish 22 of Bedford Ohio. Orrill had worked briefly at a Back Bay real estate office after arriving in Boston a month earlier. Kish told police they separated at Playboy Club and Kish visited a male friend upstairs before Orrill’s boyfriend Douglas Huot 25 Brookline left and later found her body.

Boston Ohio Elizabeth Orrill Back Bay Orrill Barbara Kish Bedford Park Square Miss Orrill Kent State University Miss Kish Reading

UN Expected To OK Korean Resolution

The United States seeks quick approval from the U N General Assembly on a perennial resolution backing U N efforts to reunify Korea. The Soviet bloc opposes. approval would defeat a rival Communist proposal calling for U N troops to withdraw.

United Nations NOX United States U.N. General Assembly U.N Korea U.N. Commission For

Cornell Faces Arraignment On Arson Charges

Robert Eugene Cornell, 23, of Winchester, was scheduled for arraignment at 2 p.m. in Frederick County Court on arson charges tied to two recent county fires. He is also charged in the Dec 1 Virginia Aerosol blaze. Ben Butler is the court appointed defense attorney.

Robert Eugene Cornell Winchester Frederick Cornell Virginia Ben Butler

Rettgers Native Soldier Leader of Artillery and Paratroops

Rettgers entered the Army with the Pennsylvania National Guard in 1940 and served as a paratrooper in England France and Germany. He rose to first sergeant and junior aide to Gen George Patton and later commanded the 1st Corps 17th Field Artillery during the Korean War. He and wife Virginia Mae have three daughters. Sir Gordon Taylor a pioneer aviator died in Hawaii at 70 after flying Australia to North America in 1934. He owned a Sydney based airline and was knighted in 1954.

Pennsylvania National Guard 213Th Coastal Artillery England France Germany George Patton Rettgers 17Th Field Artillery Virginia Mae Robin Elaine el Paso Pamela Ann Stuent East Carolina College Bonnie Jean Fort Hunt, Va Honolulu Gordon Taylor Australia North America Hawaii Taylor Aire Line

Weather Today and 5 Day Forecast Virginia

Forecast shows fair tonight with lows 28 to 33 and Saturday near 44 to 52. Sunday mild with variable clouds and a slight chance of showers. Five day outlook from Saturday to Wednesday predicts temperatures near normal to five degrees below, mild Saturday cooler Sunday mild Monday and cooler Tuesday and Wednesday with little precipitation expected.

Rainfall Totals And Averages For 53 Year Period

Rainfall during the past 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. today was none. Year to date 1966 shows 32.36 inches. Average monthly rainfall for 53 years is listed for each month and the annual average over 53 years is 35.25 inches. Five year January through November totals are given for 1961 to 1965.

White House retiree Mitchell marks end of an era

Sam Mitchell, longtime White House doorkeeper and chief usher, retires at 69 after 21 years serving visitors and newsmen. Johnson and Lady Bird praise his courtesies at a Christmas party. Corinne Dougherty also retires after 29 years in government service.

Washington White House West Sam Mitchell Johnson Mitch White House Mitchell Long Anderson County S.C Mitchell Corinne Dougherty Johnsons Lyndon B. Johnson Lady Bird Johnson

Stock Market Dips Modestly In Early Trading

Wall Street opened with a slight decline in moderate volume resuming Thursday's slide. Analysts saw no news to spark near term demand and no clear catalysts to boost offerings, with key stocks moving fractions. International Business Machines fell 3, Westinghouse down over 1, Du Pont off half a point as Ford Motor and others posted mixed moves. The AP 60 stock average slipped 2.3 to 296.6 amid mixed prices on the American Stock Exchange.

New York Westinghouse du Pont Disney American Telephone Sperry Rand Ford Motor American Stock Exchange

Bear claws used mainly for digging rather than fight

A grizzly bear’s forepaw bears long sharp claws able to slash mortally but the animal mainly uses them to dig out ground squirrels and mice during hunts and foraging.

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