Obituaries and funeral notices from Winchester area
Multiple obituaries list Lula Estella Boyd 83 of 512 N Loudoun St died at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Irene Walters Goshert 69 of 214 East St died at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mary P. McDonald 88 of 628 Second St Martinsburg WV died Wednesday. Mary Thruston Smith Caillouet 86 of 302 Amherst St died yesterday. Ollie M Wiggington of 507 Highland Ave died Wednesday. Funeral services set at Omps Funeral Home with burial at Mt Hebron or Leeds Parish cemeteries and multiple pallbearers and survivors named.
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Lula Estella Boyd
N. Loudoun St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Boyd
Frederick County
Jacob
Margaret Bishop Dick
First United Methodist Church
Holmes Samuel Boyd
Irene Walters Goshert
East St
Goshert
Winchester
Lof
Philip Jack
Virginia Feltner Walters
First Presbyterian Church
Harry W. Goshert
Gilbert Garrett
Vienna
Clema_ Kelly
Edison
N.J
Omps Funeral Home
James R. Jackson
James E. Bearss
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Douglas Spillman
Lloyd Martin
Jack Shumaker
Charles Lillis
James Foltz
Russell Lineberg
Mary P. McDonald
Second St
Martinsburg
W. Va
M. C. Cook
Green Hill Cemetery
Mary Thruston Smith Caillouet
Amherst St
Caillouet
Markham
Archibald
Meredith Mary Bolling Smith
Christ Episcopal Church
Jean L. Caillouet
Washington, D.C
Alice C. Haynes
Thomas M. Boyd
Waynesboro
Omps
John A. Baden
Leeds Parish
Hume
Ollie M. Wiggington
Highland Ave
Wiggington
Clarke County
John Rinker
Mary Stump Rinker
Charles Wiggington
Highland Avenue Memorial Presbyterian Church
Bruce MacBeth
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Ernest
Cleveland
Kenneth
Mason
S. Cleveland
Elwood Miller
Chartes
Oates
William
Mary Smith Caillouet
Sun
Mrs. Ollie M Wiggington Rites Pending at Highland Memorial
Arrangements incomplete for the funeral of Mrs. Ollie M Wiggington set for Monday at 2 00 P M at Highland Memorial Presbyterian Church Floyd Ash listed among those involved in the arrangements with details still unspecified.
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Ollie M. Wiggington
Highland Memorial Presbyterian Church
Floyd Ash
Break-In Probe Encounters Dillinger Posters in Mountains
Kentucky State Police Detective J E Combs investigating a break-in at an abandoned mountain grocery post office encounters original 1934 posters offering large rewards for John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson.
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Frankfort, Ky
J. E. Combs
John Dillinger
Nelson
Israeli Air Raids On Jordan Gaza Front Escalate
Arab guerrillas in Jordan were attacked by Israeli planes after tossing mines near a settlement southeast of the Sea of Galilee. Jordanian army vehicles burned, no casualties reported. Simultaneous clashes along the cease fire line and a major raid aimed at Egyptian SAM sites followed. Nasser visited Tripoli after Morocco summit. Arafat arrived in Algiers for Palestinian conference. Boumedienne clashed with Nasser at Rabat dialogue.
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Associated Press
Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Beis
Gaza Strip
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Tripoli
Morocco
Jaafar el Numairi
Muammar Kadafi
Kadafi
Nuri Khaled
Israel
Algiers
Palestine
Yasir Arafat
Nasser
Numairi
Houari Boumedienne
Boumedienne
Rabat
Egypt
How Do You Say Thanks for Wounded in Vietnam Visit
Otto Wick and his wife flew from West Germany to visit their son Otto Wick Jr. at Letterman Hospital with relatives and other wounded soldiers as Operation Sleighbells brings 110 relatives for a Christmas Day reunion. Funds totaling $30,000 supported travel and hotel costs for needy families during the outreach sponsored by District 15 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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San Francisco
Otto Wick
Solingen
West Germany
Wick
Ursula
Germany
Army
Otto Wick Jr
District 15
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mechanic Heads Home After 600 Mile Second Gear Trip
John S. Norman, an aircraft mechanic from East Hartford, Conn., made it home to Birmingham for Christmas after his 1965 car’s transmission stuck in second gear south of Washington. He stopped in a Virginia town for help but parts were unavailable for his model.
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Birmingham
Ala
John S. Norman
Norman
East Hartford
Conn
Washington, D.C
Virginia
Area Digs Out After Heavy Snow and Ice Storm
Plowing continued on Interstate 81 and primary roads while secondary routes remained 20 per cent blocked due to drifting. Ice coated streets and utility poles disrupting power and phone service for thousands. State Police logged up to 18 inch snows in western counties. Washington, Dulles airports suspended operations. 6,000 workers and 2,300 pieces of equipment operated to clear roads amid limited accidents.
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Carroll County
Virginia
Richmond
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Petersburg
Jarratt
Sussex County
North Carolina
Blue Ridge
Wythe County
State Highway Department
Albemarle
Greene
Amherst County
Washington
Dulles
Piedmont Airlines
Piedmont
Highway Department
Clarksville
Tappahannock
Coast Guard
Wall Street Advances Lead as Dow Tops 790 on Uplifted Mood
The Dow Jones industrial average rose to 794.68 at 10:30 a.m. up 0.53 as gains outpaced declines in light trading. Occidental Petroleum moved to 25 1/2, Atlantic Richfield 86 1/2, and Union Oil 51 1/2 with several block trades lifting sentiment amid remarks by McCracken and Burns about monetary policy limits. The AP 60-stock average closed at 268.9, up 4.0. The market cited easing hints and potential tax reform progress boosting confidence.
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NEW York
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Occidental Petroleum
McDonnell Douglas
Atlantic Richfield
Memorex
Union Oil Co
California
Associated Press
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisors
Arthur F. Burns
Designa
Federal Reserve Board
Burns
Federal Reserve
McCracken
American Stock Exchange
Amex
British Petroleum
Buttes Gas
Milgo Electronics
Ecological Science
Leasco
Snow Plan A to B in City as Snow Hits
The city activated Snow Plan A distributing chemicals at 1 p.m. then Plan B at 5 a.m. with plows on streets. Plan C was set to start at 6 p.m. Tire or chain use required under Plans B and C and cars must be moved under Plan C. The AP reports a Christmas Day storm struck Virginia statewide.
Nixon Seeks to Offset 2.5 Billion Revenue Loss
President Nixon talked with newsmen on the fiscal 1971 budget as he weighs offsetting a 2.5 billion revenue loss from the tax reform bill. He delayed a California trip to work with advisers and plans a January 22 State of the Union after Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
Nixon
California
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Congress
Second set of twins born on Christmas Day in Washington
Mrs. Obie Ogene welcomed her second pair of twins on Christmas Day, following a first set born on Thanksgiving 1968. The obstetrician joked that next time they might aim for Easter.
Christmas Dinner at Prather Home Draws Twenty Nine
Louis E. Prather 83 hosted a Christmas dinner in Winfield Kansas inviting anyone who wished to attend. This year 29 guests joined, aided by eight neighbors and Seventh Day Adventist volunteers who prepared the meal. Prather recalled spending Christmas alone 36 years earlier at his Belle Plaine area service station and cried that night.
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Winfield, Kan
Louis E. Prather
Prather
Belle Plaine
Kan
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Virginia Weather Forecast Heavy snow and cold finish
Weather bulletin for Virginia warns heavy snow with over 15 inches in some areas and drifting. Clear and cold tonight with lows in the upper teens to 20s. Saturday partly sunny with highs 32 to 40 and 10 percent precip. Sunday expects snow or rain and cooler conditions. Winchester skies note sunset 4 56 p m and sunrise 7 31 a m.
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Virginia
Rainfall totals for recent period and five year history
Rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8 30 today totals 1.45 inches. December rain to date 3.80 inches and 1969 year to date 35.88 inches. Five year January through December totals 1964 to 1968 range from 26.85 to 36.48 inches. Average monthly rainfall for 56 years by month ranges from 2.15 inches in February to 3.76 inches in July.
South Korea Rejects North Call for Cross Border Meeting
Information Minister Shin Bum-shik said the North Koreans would make a great mistake if they used innocent civilians as hostages. Pyongyang proposed a Panmunjom meeting between labor, industry and women’s groups from both sides to discuss return of passengers aboard the hijacked South Korean airliner.
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Seoul
South Korea
Shin Bum-shik
Panmunjom
Labor
Answers Set Reveals Varied Facts and Figures
The list shows items including years of sentence for an answer set, locations in California, a tax topic, gender reference, a Native American leader, a general outcome, a reef region in Australia, and a blood protein.
Public land bid deadline for Verona Augusta Co acres
Sealed bids for 6918 acres fronting Route 612 near Exit 59 Verona Augusta Co Va due 3 00 p m January 26 1970 at District Right of Way Engineer Staunton Va Bid proposals from Property Management Section contact and phone given Dept reserves right to reject all bids Official proposal forms required.
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Commonwealth of Va
Dept. of Highways
Staunton
Verona
Augusta Co
Dept
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Marie) Fletcher
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Grover Teets, Jr
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Leeds Episcopal Church
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Mr. A. Lee
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Loudoun Street
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Lula E. Boyd
the Order
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