Obituaries and funeral notices from Martinsburg area
Obituaries list Lee Strobridge 54 of White Hall and Edith Shircliff 52 of Winchester with service details at Brown Funeral Home Mount Hebron and Mount Hope cemeteries. Also noted H Lee Stickles 77 of Millwood and Lucy Combs 80 of Martinsburg with services in Providence Chapel and Mount Hope Cemetery. Burial plans and local survivors listed.
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Lucy Combs
Martinsburg
W. Va
Nimrod Combs
Mount Hope Cemetery
Vanscoy Service for Marion Porter Vanscoy
A funeral for Marion Porter Vanscoy of E Pall Mall Street will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Omps Funeral Home with Rev. T Eugene Carter officiating. Pallbearers include Caleb Williamson Forrest Custer Garland Harman Henry Bowen Richard Williamson and Richard Sloan. Burial follows in Mount Hebron.
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Marion Porter Vanscoy
E. Pall Mall St
Omps
T. Eugene Carter
Caleb Williamson
Forrest Custer
Garland Harman
Henry Bowen
Richard Williamson
Richard Sloan
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Flying Store Owner Lands on Lake Erie
Oak Park Michigan resident Stanley Rimar a 33 year old Detroit auto parts store owner who flies his own plane landed on the ice of Lake Erie near Toledo after a snowstorm. He walked ashore five miles and rode a bus home then returned Friday to have his plane hauled ashore for repair.
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Oak Park
Mich
Stanley Rimar
Detroit
Florida
Rimar
Toledo
Ohio
Lake Erie
Washington (Ap
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Riowa
Deaths of Mrs. Lewis Thompson and Mrs. Kate Evans
Mrs. Lewis Thompson of Berryville Clarke County dies in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Funeral at Zion Baptist Church conducted by Rev Paul Brown with burial in National Cemetery Winchester. calls at Cartwright Funeral Home Monday. Also, Mrs Kate Evans of Wrexham North Wales dies age 76. mother of Mrs Margaret Peace maker. survives with four grandchildren and sisters. Burial in North Wales.
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Ethel Gray Jones
Jackson
Tenn
Washington
Doctors Hospital
Bernard B. Jones
Clarke County
Janie Thompson
Josephine St
Berryville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Thompson
Jerry Whack
Zion Baptist Church
Order of Galanthe
Lewis Thompson
Rosa White
Ralph
National Cemetery
Winchester
Cartwright Funeral
Kate Evans
Wrexham
North Wales
England
Margaret Peacemaker
Route 5
White Hall
Sidney Williams
John Williams
Fairhaven
Local option liquor to be retooled as advisory referendum
Del Bernard Levin pushes local option liquor by the drink for Norfolk and Virginia Beach. After committee defeats and a tie vote the measure shifts to an advisory referendum plan. Senate debate mirrors narrow odds and a separate alcohol ism research center proposal is filed at MC V Hospital.
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Del
Bernard Levin
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
House
General Laws
Levin
Henry E.howell Jr
Senate Welfare Committee
Senate
Hale Collins
Covington
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Viet Nam clash grows near Bong Son select area
U S forces under Lt Gen Willard Pearson reported a widening operation near Bong Son about 290 miles northeast of Saigon. The 1st Cavalry found battalions and two regiments of North Vietnamese troops with 518 killed 120 captured 582 detained, 75 percent of the detainees linked to Viet Cong or pro Viet Cong groups.
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U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Viet Nam
Bong Son
Lanigou
1St Cavalry
Snow Douses Car Fire on Elm Street
At 12 45 a m a car fire on Elm Street was dampened by snow tossed by onlookers. The vehicle owned by Joseph Gaff was parked when the fire began under the dashboard. Firefighters Friendship and Sarah Zane arrived. Gaff said he had shoveled enough snow to extinguish most of the blaze before they reached the scene.
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Joseph Gaff
Elm St
Friendship
Sarah Zane
Gaff
Secret Viet Nam Summit Reported in London Dispatch
A Geneva dispatch cites London Evening News reporting a possible secret summit on Viet Nam with President Johnson to represent the United States. Diplomatic activity in Switzerland is described as a push toward a decisive development within three months.
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Hickenlooper
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Viet Nam
Oakland
Calif
Mary Calderone
Sex Information and Education Council of the
United States
London
London Evening News
Geneva
Johnson
Switzerland
Weather forecast and political debate touch South Vietnam aid
The forecast calls for a pair of cooldowns tonight with lows from 8 to 16 and a mostly sunny weekend with highs near 30 to 36. In Washington, Johnson’s trip with Freeman Gardner Rusk and McNamara drew applause from Senate leader Mike Mansfield while Morse urged UN action and Ellender wished luck but doubted progress with South Vietnamese leaders. Rainfall data shows 0 inches in the past 24 hours and 3.47 inches for the year so far, with monthly averages listed for context.
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Johnson
Freeman and Gardner
Rusk
McNamara
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Asia
United Nations
Route 7 Closed Between Leesburg and Berryville After Snow Drifts
Route 7 between Leesburg and Berryville was shut for two hours due to snow drifts west of Leesburg. Several hundred cars were delayed for up to two hours as the road became impassable this morning.
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Leesburg
Berryville
Pentagon denies two jets downed in Hanoi claim
The Pentagon rejected Hanoi Radio reports that North Vietnamese fighter planes shot down two American jets Friday. A spokesman said there is no truth to the claim of a Communist air force unit downing U S craft.
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Washington
Hanoi
Pentagon
U.S
Mothers March To Be Held Tomorrow In Middletown
The Middletown Mothers March of Dimes will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Workers will meet at the Harris Community Center at 2 p.m.
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Middletown
Mothers March of Dimes
Harris Community Center
Answers About a Famous Figure and Places
A quiz style list names Redstone and Walt Disney with hints to topics about years ages and places including Los Angeles Carson City and Asia. It presents ten items valued for trivia style connections and dates.
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Los Angeles
Carson City
Walt Disney
Richmond Bank Robbery Ends With Arrest
Adrian Hardin, 33, a jobless Richmond man, was held on $10,000 bond after police nabbed him less than three minutes after he robbed the Allen Avenue Branch of the State Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Patrolman John Willoughby, Nearby on a call, chased the suspect who fled in a cab. $2,492 in cash was found under the front seat.
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Richmond
Allen Avenue
State Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts
Adrian Hardin
John Willoughby
Jean H.gates
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