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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1966
Page
14
Tomorrow night at 11 o clock a Festal Eucharist and Sermon will be held at Christ Episcopal Church with special music by the Senior Choir. The Rev John A Baden invites the public to attend. Christmas Day features two services at 8 am Holy Communion and 11 am Choral Eucharist with Word service sung by the Junior Choir.
Bertha Frady Holder, 49, reunited with her children in Charlotte after 22 years, arriving from Dallas to see her kids for the first time since 194? The embrace included four of her five children as one, Ruby Crowe, rushed to greet her on the wing, with others nearby at the fog delayed arrival. One daughter remained in Middletown hospital, and the family history outlines a turbulent past including abandonment and separation.
The Justice Department plans to decide soon on competitive effects of ABCs merger into ITT. The first report to FCC said no action but hinted dissatisfaction at rapid approval. The merger creates a $2 billion firm and will boost ABCs color TV facilities and other capital improvements.
The United States rejects Communist claims it bombed civilian targets in Hanoi during Dec. 13-14 attacks. State Department spokesman says all targets were military areas outside the city, but expresses regret if any civilian damage occurred.
A $10 million Alliance for Progress loan to the Dominican Republic was announced by the AID to fund school construction, agricultural centers, irrigation, health clinics, water and sewerage, and roads. It aims to create about 30,000 jobs with favorable terms: 1 percent interest and no principal for 10 years, then dollars debt over 30 years with 2.14 percent interest.
USO president Emmett O'Donnell says $1 million of a $5.3 million 1966 budget supported Vietnam operations with similar goals for 1967. The agency operates 10 clubs in Vietnam serving 300000 servicemen in November and plans five to six more, citing need for off base recreation and safer gatherings amid war conditions.
The Young People of Capon Bridge Presbyterian Church present a Biblical Drama The Gate of the Inn by Dorothy J. Wills on Christmas Eve at 7 30 p m. The event features church members performing in a Christmas Eve program at Capon Bridge.
Observation notes describe comets as balls of cosmic debris fused by ices of water ammonia and methane, effectively calling them dirty snow balls.
Gen William Westmoreland, commander of U S forces in Vietnam, said in a Mutual Broadcasting System interview that 1967 will bring more heavy fighting. He warned no dramatic turn is expected and emphasized perseverance at home. Premier Ky said the Communist threat has passed and urged pacification of the countryside. Westmoreland noted continued guerrilla war and North Vietnamese conventional moves, with troop levels nearing 375,000 and ongoing buildup.
Two traffic deaths in the last 24 hours raise Virginia’s road toll to 1,064 with 32 more than last year. John Franklin Morris 25 of Port Republic Rockingham County died after a collision on State Route 624 near Waynesboro. Roy Mason Walton 53 of Alexandria died after being struck crossing Interstate 495 in Fairfax County.
On December 12 1966 the Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted an ordinance creating a codification of all county ordinances in a single volume to be known as the Code of Frederick County The code excludes post June 13 1966 zoning subdivision and tax ordinances which are in the appendix The ordinance sets January 1 1967 as the effective date George B Whitacre Deputy Clerk of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors.
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