Obituary notices and funeral details in Winchester area
Obituaries for Charles L. Aiken Beulah Roe Mary S Mills Eva Maria Watkins Jessie Murphy Mary Elizabeth Holper Corinne Elizabeth Martin list deaths in Yellow Spring Gore Front Royal and Winchester with funeral services at Giffin Omps Jones and Robertshaw funeral homes. Burial locations include Mount Hebron Prospect Hill St Johns and Brown Family Cemetery.
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Charles L. Aiken
Yellow Spring
W.va
Winchester
Rehobeth Beach
Del
Aiken
Navy
Winchester Recreation Department
Giffin Funeral Home
Capon Bridge
Beulah Roe
Gore
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mary S. Mills
E. Cork St
Jones Funeral Home
Raymond Womeldorf
Dalton Brill
Paul Bauserman
Bobby Stroop
Donald Athey
Marshall Carper
Richard L. Crisman
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Jessie Murphy
Staunton
Mr. Murphy
Berkeley Springs
David and
Laura Spillman Murphy
Hebron Baptist Church
J.H
Clergie) Huff
Omps Funeral Home
Mary E. Holper
Mary Elizabeth Holper
Mt. Falls
Holper
Paul A. Holper
Inglewood
Calif
McKee and Butler
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Melissa Holper
Laura Holper
Linda Carraway
Falls Church
Michael Holper
Ruth Campbell
Silver Spring
George Blundel
Louis Blundel
California
Charles T. Bockhouse
St. Johns Cemetery
Corrine Elizabeth Martin
Bentonville
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Robertshaw Funeral Home
John Pendleton
Walter Butler
Piez Curtis
John Jackson
Charles Mitchell
Reginald Dean
Julian Baltimore
Brown Family Cemetery
Man robs Sears with shotgun at Winchester store
Winchester Police seek a white male about 5 ft 8 in who fled Sears on N Loudoun St yesterday afternoon after grabbing a single barrell pump action 12 gauge shotgun. The incident occurred about 5 32 p m and witnesses did not realize what happened until the suspect exited.
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Sears
N. Loudoun St
Winchester
Rockefeller Delays Move to Naval Observatory VP Residence
Rockefeller plans to live at the Naval Observatory home set aside by Congress but has not visited or chosen furnishings as he awaits confirmation. He owns a Foxhall Road house. the new residence on Massachusetts Avenue has served as the former chief of naval operations home. About $200,000 was spent on Spiro Agnew’s private residence.
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Rockefeller
Naval Observatory
Congress
Foxhall Road
Northwest
Washington
Embassy Row
Massachusetts Avenue
Naval Operations
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Ford pressure stalls steel price hikes across major producers
Insiders in Pittsburgh say President Ford’s objections dampened plans to roll back or delay price rises by U S Steel and others. Sources note a softer market and expect some prices to be reconsidered, with U S Steel illustrating higher gains than rivals and awaiting a formal response to the president’s demand for justification.
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U.S. Steel
Pittsburgh
Ford
No. 3
National
Jones & Laughlin
Inland Steel
E.B. Speer
Associated Press
Calendar Of Events Thursday Evening Listings
Local clubs and organizations announce meetings and gatherings for Thursday evening. The schedule includes Quota Club Izaak Walton League Virginia Licensed Practical Nurses Area XII Hoppers Auto Club TOPS Winchester Citizens Association Valley Council KOC Enders Fire Co Welcome Wagon Xi Beta BSP Rotary Club Hiram Royal Arch Masonic Lodge with times from 6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and later sessions at venues across town.
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Izaak Walton League
Virginia
Hoppers
Old Bethel Road
TOPS
First United Methodist Church
Winchester Citizens Association
Handley Library
Valley Council
KOC
S. Cameron St
P.m. Enders Fire Co
Rotary Club
Hiram Royal Arch
Masonic Lodge
Bombings hit London and Bristol in escalating IRA campaign
A central London bombing killed one telephone operator and wounded five others as the IRA carried its guerrilla war to England. Police raided five London-area houses while Bristol police cited a warning call minutes before a bomb exploded near Park Street.
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London
Bristol
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Park Street
Britain
Bath
Newport
Wales
Belfast
Christmas Music to Highlight Front Royal Church Service
John Wesley United Methodist Church in Front Royal will host a 9 30 a m worship with a Christmas music program by church youth. Catherine Turner and Hattie Thompson lead. Virginia Smith directs the choir. A baptismal ceremony accompanies the service as C M E Sunday school guests join, with U M W members helping and Christmas treats for children distributed.
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Front Royal
John Wesley United Methodist Church
Catherine Turner
Hattie Thompson
Virginia Smith
C.M.E. Church
Paul Washington
U.M.W
Weather briefing shows light snow risk and rainfall totals
Fair conditions tonight with lows in the upper 20s to low 30s. Friday brings increasing clouds and highs in the upper 40s to low 50s. Virginia sees fair weather then rain likely Friday in the southwestern mountains with highs around the upper 50s. Extended forecast calls for a chance of snow or rain Saturday and Monday, with some snow in the mountains Sunday. Daytime highs mid 40s to mid 50s, overnights mostly in the 30s. Totals note rainfall of .05 in the last 24 hours, 4.71 inches for December, 38.06 inches for 1974, and long term averages.
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Northern Valley
Virginia
Blue Law Challenge Receives Dismissal in Due Process Case
Simpson denies motion to dismiss as the court upholds the Sunday closing law. The ruling cites Mandell v Haddon, noting the current statute is a clearer refinement of the Virginia statute found constitutional.
Youth Group to Present The True Gift of Christmas Play
Calvary Baptist Church youth group will stage a three act play titled The True Gift of Christmas at 7 30 p m Sunday during worship. The program is open to the public.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Cub Pack 52 Meeting Set in Front Royal
Cub Pack 52 will meet at 7 30 p m tomorrow at the Fellowship Hall of the Front Royal United Methodist Church.
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Front Royal
Front Royal United Methodist Church
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Mills Service
St. Johns Lutheran Church
WNC
Omds Funeral Home
Amherst ST
DIAL
MR. Jessie Murphy
F&m Bank
BSP
Pacific Ocean
Central
Gulf
Plains
Midwes
Shellac
Pavillion
N. Loudoun St. Mall
Guy Friddell
Virginia Way
Washington the Open City
Washington, D.C
Blue & Gray Electrical Service & Lighting Center
N. Cameron St
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