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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1964

Page

2

Mrs. Rebecca Dolphin 79 dies after long illness

Mrs. Rebecca Dolphin, 79, of P2712 Roosevelt Blvd., died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Kentucky January 22, 1885, married to Joseph H. Dolphin in 1901, and was a Jehovah's Witness. Surviving are her husband, Luther P. Dolphin, Arthur J. Dolphin, Edna E. Racey, and Everett N. Dolphin, seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren, plus nieces and nephews. Funeral tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery.

Rebecca Dolphin Roosevelt Blvd Winchester Menor Dolphin Kentucky Jamies Catherine Robinson Joseph H. Dolphin Jackson Jehovah's Witnesses Luther P. Dolphin Arthur J. Dolphin Edna E. Racey Winchester Everett N. Dolphim Frederick County Tren Jones Funeral Home John H. Gillis Garland Good Arthur W. Good James Phutt Ray Kline David O. Good Renard L. Borden Mount Hebror Cemetery

Buddhist protests escalate in Saigon amid hunger strikes

In Saigon Buddhist leaders urged continued demonstrations against the government. Leaflets called for an all night rally at Buddhist headquarters and a massive hunger strike planned for Sunday after two prior strikes by monks and nuns. U S Ambassador Taylor met Thursday with Premier Huong to discuss the crisis.

U.S Maxwell D. Taylor Huong

Car Destroyed In Garage Fire Near Gainesboro

A garage south of Gainesboro burned last night destroying a car owned by Gregory Bishop. Gainesboro Fire Co. was summoned at 7:45 p.m. with crews on scene until after midnight and recalled again about 4:30 a.m. today as flames flared. The garage, owned by Mrs. Harvey Hawkins and rented to Bishop, caught fire while Bishop was away.

Gainesboro

Burglar Takes Canned Goods From Ritter's Market

A burglar entered Ritter's Store on E Kern St through a rear window after tearing off a screen and stole an undetermined quantity of canned goods. City Police Capt. F M Funk said only canned foods were taken.

Ritter E. Kern St F. M. Funks

Maurertown Man Hurt In Wright Contracting Co Accident

John Burgess, 18, of Maurertown, was hospitalized at Shenandoah County Memorial after being pinned between a truck and a building door at Wright Contracting Co in Strasburg. A physician said he suffered severe contusions but the injury is not believed serious.

Maurertown John Burgess Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital Wright Contracting Co Strasburg Burgess

Spectacular Total Moon Eclipse Looms Tonight

The New York AP reports a total lunar eclipse visible tonight across North and South America. The Earth's shadow will cross the moon at 7:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and fully cover the lunar disk.

New York South America

Fire kills twenty at Indiana nursing home amid widespread blaze

Twenty people died as fire engulfed a nursing home near Fountaintown Indiana. A nurse described flames blocking stairs as patients were pulled to safety and rushed to Major Hospital in Shelbyville. Firefighters faced water shortages and aided by nearby crews.

Fountaintown Ind Fanny Wicker Frances Fanny Shelbyville Indianapolis Indiana Brandywine Creek

Lunar visibility window in evening sky

The lunar disc will be visible from 9 07 p m to 10 07 p m with a clear moon again at 11 15 p m indicating a short observing window for observers tonight.

Job Corps Camp Planned for Jefferson County

Gov. W. W. Barron announced a Job Corps training camp will be located near Bolivar Heights in Jefferson County. Joseph Prentice described the program as a voluntary, open to youths 16 to 21, with basic education, vocational training, counseling, and a one to two year stay. Trainees receive 50 dollars monthly with 25 sent home, plus 30 dollars for spending, under Vista volunteers supervision.

Harpers Ferry W. VA W. W. Barron Hear Bolivar Heights Jefferson County Joseph Prentice Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Prentice Vista Peace Corps

Court rejects clemency after Butenko and Ivanov sentencing

Butenko and Ivanov faced sentencing after denying charges. Butenko urged mercy and appeal bail, but Judge Augelli denied bail. Butenko has remained jailed since October 1963, while Ivanov, a non English speaker, testified through an interpreter claiming innocence. The judge condemned the acts as a grave harm to national security and noted no mitigating factors.

Butenko Raymond Brown Augelli Buetenko Hudson County Ivanov Avegelli

Weather Today and Five Day Outlook

Clearing and much colder tonight with lows near 2 to 5 degrees. Saturday will be sunny and very cold with highs in the 20s. Sunday fair with rising temperatures, then warmer Monday before colder Tuesday. Temperatures average four to five degrees below normal over the period. Little or no precipitation.

Rainie Florida Pacific Coast Northwest Pacific Plateau Lower Lakes Carolinas Plains Mississippi Valley

LBJ Lights Christmas Tree Tonight

President Johnson prepares to flip a switch for 5000 red and white lights on the national Christmas tree behind the White House. The Pageant of Peace features 50 state spruces, six National Zoo reindeer, a life size creche, and a yule-log pit. The 72-foot tree from New York’s Adirondacks is decorated with 200 gold balls as holiday events begin at the executive mansion.

Washington Johnson White House Adirondack New York State Executive Johnsons Texas

Severe cold blankets the nation and harms residents

A harsh cold wave brings frostbite danger as a man walks four miles barefoot and is hospitalized. Heavy snow piles up in Michigan and surrounding states with 100 inches in Delaware's copper country, the most in 85 years. Temperatures plunge to teens and below zero in the Northeast and northern New England, while Oklahoma City records its coldest December day at 7 degrees.

Delaware Michigan Copper Country Pennsylvania New England Oklahoma City

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