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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
2
Obituary notices list John F Conabey of Avoca Pa and Jane Winchester as the deceased with service details. Other notices include Julian Wesley Williams Mamie C Lewis Mabel Chamberlin Elsie Duncan Shade William E Cochran Nettie Johnson Mayo Foellmer Schmidt Elsie Duncan Shade and final burial and memorial arrangements with dates and locations at churches and cemeteries in Winchester Capon Bridge and Weymouth.
A two car and one car incidents reported with no injuries. A 1966 Volkswagen driven by Bruce Youse of Reading Pa. overturned after a tire blew on I 81 near the Rt 7 overpass at 2 50 pm causing $1300 in damage. Other damage totals included a separate Winchester three car crash on Parkway St. and a Martinsburg health obituary.
An Alexandria woman Beulah Knowles Todd 44 was killed in a Sunday single car crash on Interstate 95 north of Stafford in Stafford County. The report lists further fatal crashes in Fauquier and Norton involving Alvin Yeary and Eugene Kilby.
Cairo reports the Egyptian postal union released 250000 stamps valued 2 to 20 cents to raise funds aiding victims of the six day war. The stamps aim to boost a new aid fund and support those affected by the conflict.
Japanese authorities said China’s latest hydrogen bomb explosion appeared to be the cleanest of eight nuclear tests. The Japan Radioactivity Countermeasure Center noted no fallout in Japan since the Lop Nor test on Friday, contrasting with earlier tests where fallout appeared within two days.
Mrs. Jennis Heishman 84 of Perry West Virginia died Saturday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. She was born August 30 1884 at Liberty Furnace and was a Lutheran Church member. Burial at Hershman Cemetery Perry after a service at Wardensville Methodist Church led by Rev Charles Andrews. She is survived by two daughters Mrs Viola Mauck Mrs Mildred Heishman a son Jennis Heishman Jr a brother and three sisters. Also notes a funeral home call and body transport details.
William E Cochran 49 of 619 F Street Sparrows Point Maryland died Saturday in Baltimore City Hospital He was born in Winchester August 28 1919 son of Julia O Leary Cochran and the late G Frederick Cochran He married Ruby L Jamison and worked 18 years as an inspector at Bethlehem Steel He served in World War II and attended Handley High School He is survived by his mother widow a son Eugene D Cochran of Sparrow Point and siblings Helen E Hanson Daniel F Cochran Thomas K Cochran and Eugene D Cochran A funeral service will be held Thursday at 10 am at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial in Sacred Heart Church Cemetery The body will arrive at Jones Funeral Home tomorrow and the family will receive friends tomorrow 7 to 9 pm
Wall Street opened with an irregular decline as the Dow edged down and losses outpaced gains by about 150 on the NYSE. Trading was moderate and timely hopes for a year end rally faded amid mixed moves in motors steels and utilities.
TACs prepared to transport greenery to Winchester Recreation Park for the Burning of the Greens event scheduled to start at 6 30 p m Saturday. City Manager Wendell L Selden said trees will be collected with regular garbage due to open disposal. Julian Wesley Williams 68 of Stephenson died yesterday in Winchester Hospital He was born May 27 1900 and married Virgie Costello on March 31 1923 He worked 20 years at Clearbrook Woolen Co and was a member of Braddock Street United Methodist Church and the Loyal Order of the Moose No 1283 He is survived by five children and 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Pallbearers are listed and services set for 11 a m tomorrow at Jones Funeral Home
Increasing cloudiness tonight brings light snow then rain and a warmer Tuesday. Lows in the upper 20s to low 30s, highs in the upper 40s to low 50s. Wednesday turns partly cloudy and colder with a chance of mountain snow flurries.
esDAY FORECAST predicts below normal temperatures through Saturday with daytime highs in the 30s in the west and 37 to 45 in the east. Nights dip to teens in the mountains and twenties elsewhere. Colder air arrives Wednesday and persists. Precipitation around one inch is possible Tuesday and Friday. East clears while the west sees light snow flurries Wednesday.
Rainfall in the past 48 hours ends 8 a.m. today records 1.20 inches. Cumulative rainfall for January through December over the last five years ranges from 26.85 to 36.48 inches, with long term monthly averages listed for 55 years, including January 2.41 and December 2.34 inches. December 30 notes sunset at 4 59 p.m., sunrise 7 33 a.m., moonset 5 04 a.m., and a full moon on January 3.
Sheriff Keyser reports two female inmates fled a Warren County Prison escapee case. Jewell and Mullenax, both felons, escaped by pushing a first floor window and scaling a 12 foot fence. Mullenax remained in custody, Jewell’s whereabouts unknown after arriving in Front Royal Friday night.
Archaeologists suggest horses began practical work well over five millennia ago, with evidence of early riding and draft use shaping civilizations. The finding highlights long human reliance on equine labor across ancient cultures.
President Johnson attended a New Year sermon at a small gray church by the Pedernales River near his Stonewall ranch. The Rev Norman C Truesdell urged men to learn from mistakes and change, asking listeners to drop multiple resolutions in favor of one: reform.
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