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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1966

Page

18

Left Homeless by Fires in Shenandoah and Warren Counties

Two weekend fires left two families homeless in Warren and Shenandoah Counties. The Baggarly home on Route 622, Warren County, was destroyed while the Hockman home in Oranda Shenandoah County near Strasburg was a total loss. Fire origin undetermined. items salvaged. Dewey Long of Silver Spring, Md., owned the log house. Firefighters reported both losses, with families away when flames started.

Strasburg Shenandoah County Warren Boyd Hollis Baggarly Warren County Ray Hockman Daugher Oranda Dewey E. Long Silver Spring Douglas Mowery Baggarly

Train collision in Spain leaves about forty dead

In Teruel a two car local train crashed into a freight train in thick fog. About 40 Spaniards were killed and 12 injured as passengers crowded the front car. Signals were obscured and police guarded officials’ homes. Army units moved into the city. In Sweden the Greek freighter Sinergasia with 13 crew perished after running aground and breaking up in an icy storm. No survivors were found.

Teruel Spain Umea Sweden Sinergasia Coast Guard

Frederick County Firemen Elect Officers Tonight at Gore Hall

The Frederick County Firemen’s Association holds its annual officer election at Gore Fire Hall starting 8 o clock with nominating committee members Albert Pingley Ray Ewing and LD Williamson. Refreshments will follow. Cities and suburbs, air ports and shopping centers are gobbling land at about a million acres yearly.

Frederick County Firemen’s Association Gore Fire Hall Albert Pingley Round Hill Ray Ewing Stephens

Real Values 1172 Acres and 7 Room House For Sale

Classified notice states 1172 acres and a seven room house with selling terms. Offers include $150 down and a $60.56 VA loan per month. Contact Frank J. Schaefer Co. Realtors at 662-4171.

Frank J. Schaefer Co. Realtors

Davis Release Bond Signer Details Unearthed

Horace Greeley signed the bail bond for Jefferson Davis when he was released from Fortress Monroe, tying the abolitionist newspaper figure to the Confederate president’s liberty.

Horace Greeley Jefferson Davis Confederacy Davis Fortress Monroe

Ex-priest from Chicago seeks return from Soviet Union

Harold M. Koch 35, once a Roman Catholic priest in Chicago, arrived in Sweden after 34 months in the Soviet Union where he criticized U.S. policy in Vietnam. He plans to leave the USSR but fears the reception awaiting him. his stepmother's note said his father is seriously ill with cancer.

Underground Soviet Test Reported by AEC

AEC says seismic signals from the central Soviet Union indicate an underground nuclear test in the low to intermediate range, about the TNT equivalent of 20 000 tons. Sweden's Uppsala institute claimed a larger disturbance, but the AEC maintained the Sunday event was smaller than the Oct 27 blast, which it valued near one million tons.

Washington Soviet Union Atomic Engery Commission Seismology Institution Uppsala Sweden AEC United States Nevada

Mississippi Lt. Governor Gartin Dies in Laurel

Laurel Mississippi Lt Governor Gartin dies at 53 after hospitalization for a heart ailment. Gartin, a former mayor of Laurel and World War II veteran, served multiple terms as lieutenant governor and acted as governor when Gov Johnson was away. He ran in the 1967 Democratic gubernatorial race and chaired the state Democratic Convention in 1956 and 1964.

Laurel Miss Carroll Gartin Mississippi Gartin Jones County Ross Barnett Paul Johnson Meridian University of Mississippi Jackson School of Law

Wall Street Opens Cautious With Mixed Stock Moves

The market showed cautious trading with fractional gains and losses across key stocks. Du Pont and United Aircraft fell 11 each while Boeing and Polaroid rose about 1 point. Goodyear Xerox and MGM gained around one point. A Marine biology note reports 16,000 shrimp living in a single sponge nearby.

New York du Pont United Aircraft Boeing Polaroid Goodyear Xerox

Classified ad rates and deadlines for notices

Advertising rates include five percent cash discount with order. Minimum charge one dollar. Classified display with border or larger type at 1.75 per column inch per day. Memoriams Card of Thanks and Resolutions of Respect 25 cents per printed line per day. Five words per line. Deadlines five p.m. weekdays for next day, noon Saturday for Monday edition.

Cape Cod or Van Fossen St House for Trade in Neremb

Near sci cols a lovely new Cape Cod or Van Fossen Street Neremb offers 3 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths 2 fireplaces and built in kitchen with a carport. Will trade in smaller house and lot. Contact Don Bayliss at 662-6291.

Sci.cols Lovely

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