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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1976

Page

15

Obituaries from Winchester Memorial area tolling many local lives

Obituaries list multiple deaths with details from Rippon to Middleburg. Harry Franklin Bell, born 1905, dies in Winchester with services at Smith and Joe Funeral Home. Marie K. Cunningham, 62, dies in Loudoun Memorial Hospital with graveside rites at Warrenton Cemetery. Other notices include Sadie Washington Cochran, Ruth Heare, Dinwiddie Dodd, Marshall Farmer, Ellsworth Johnson, Joseph Jennings, E Jentry Kendall, William Dellinger, Robert Smelser and families, with services at various local chapels and cemeteries.

Harry Franklin Bell Rippon W. Va Clarke County Winchester Memorial Hospital Mr. Bell Jefferson County George Martha Wiley Bell Jane W. Bell Robert Linda) Rose Jr Charles Town Wilson Willingham Alma Willingham Berryville George L. Bell Smith& Joe Funeral Home Clarke Iott Pleasant View Memory Gardens Marie K. Cunningham Middleburg Thelma Walters Warrenton Hester Beale Baltimore Warrenton Cemetery Royston Funeral Home Cochran Sadie Washington Cochran Sugar Hill White Post Ruth Lee Heare Summit Point W.va Melvin T. Strider John L. Verburg Green Hill Cemetery Mt. Union Cemetery Slanesville Sloan Householder Boyd Householder Junior Kidwell Wallace Smith Ted Smith Lloyd Nealis Omps Funeral Marshall Lee Farmer Winchester Washington, D.C Mr. Farmer Charles F Bertie Giffin Farmer Hotel Association of Washington D.C The Baptist Church Joseph Schevett Landover Jones Funeral Home E.T. Clark Mount Hebron Cemetery Johnson Ellsworth Johnson St. Petersburg Fla Christ Episcopal Church University of Minnesota Windom Minn Mayo Clinic Rochester American Medical Assn National Radiological Society Southern Medical Assn Mount Hebron Capon Bridge Giffin Funeral Home Herman Goode Fairview Cemetery Jack Kendall Mack Kerns Wendell Shanholtz Vernon Whitacre James Hott Dellinger Stephens City Robert William Smelser Siler Route Mr. Smelser Page County Blanche Smelser Greenspring Community Assembly of God Church Virgie Connor Robert W. Smelser James E Smelser Roy H. Smelser Frederick County Bertha Tasker Nain Freda Compton Winnie Baggarly Verta Partlow Browntown Noah Smelser Bentonville Louie Smelser Benny Sm

Abigails Dear Abby column letters reveal social woes

Abigail Van Buren's 1976 column includes readers complaining about tight pants on tall women and a teenage girl seeking guidance after suspecting parental infidelity. The responses caution against legislating taste and advise the daughter to speak with her father for clarification.

Government overstated food stamp aid grants in early 1976

Government data show nearly 215 million dollars in food stamps went to ineligible or overpaid recipients in the first half of 1976. The Agriculture Department noted 745,000 ineligible users and 1.8 million under- or over-allocated cases among 18.5 million recipients, with total program costs around 5.7 billion annually.

Washington Agriculture Department Department Food and Nutrition Section USDA Nancy Snyder

Negotiating Session Called in Hotel Strike

A federal mediator called a bargaining session between hotel managers and striking workers as the walkout spread to seven large resorts. Union president Herbert Shiffman vowed the strike would expand daily until a contract is signed, with maids waiters and bellhops among those walking out.

Miami Beach Fla Leland Dean Herbert Shiffman

Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Unknown

Puzzle grid with numbered clues across and down including animals plants and objects. entries refer to historical crossword theme with many missing or garbled words. Answers span categories from botany to astronomy and ancient symbols, requiring cross letters to resolve hidden terms.

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