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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1963
Page
2
Paton of 900 Wighinod Ave and 504 Ave died Wednesday and will be buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Jones Funeral Home will conduct the service with pallbearers Elwood Wiley Walter Sellers Ernest Harden and John E Frye.
Mrs. Robert Brannon Strasburg and Mrs Hom er New Concord Ohio announce the death of Wilber Brannon 1952 with a service at 2 p.m. in Berryville Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery. The body is at John H Enders Funeral Home.
Miss Virginia Isabelle Hamilton, 53, of Walnut Street Berryville died yesterday at Winester Memorial Hospital. Born September 2, 1909 in Clarke County she lived a full life in Clarke County with her family and friends.
Mrs Ida Lillian McCauley Orndorff of Grimeslaight died at home aged 28. Born 1887 in Zanesville Ohio, she was daughter of Luther A Powers McCauley and Annie B Powers McCauley. She leaves a son Lawrence in Winchester and a daughter Mrs Earl R Costello of Arlington. siblings and in laws named. Funeral held Saturday at Omps Funeral Home with Rev William Withers. burial in Hebron Cemetery.
Hollywood AP reports Desi Arnaz, recently divorced from Lucille Ball, will marry Edith Hirsch this Saturday at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. Ball and Arnaz divorced in May 1960. Ball has since wed comic Gary Morton.
The text argues for a $1.5 million Frederick County budget managed with focus on education industrial development road maintenance and public health. It criticizes past administration for city-centric leadership and calls for broader regional development including Winchester W. and Lee University and the University of Virginia Law School. It also mentions Mr Simpson spouse Judith Ruffin and two children in Rolling Fields.
Dr Judkins warns the engine of agricultural progress must stay running as farms consolidate and expand. VP I and Dreiling push practical methods and strict follow up, while Dr Groves explains fire blight and streptomycin spraying. Other talks were planned for the event.
Western delegates argued the plan would exclude large parts of the Soviet Union from seismic verification, undermining the black box concept. Tsarapkin accused the West of stalling and said inspections and boxes were unnecessary, while a neutral delegate warned the Soviets implied the West should take what remains before it’s too late.
The NEA report shows 87.4 percent of youths aged 14 to 17 in 1960 were enrolled in school nationwide. Oregon led at 93.9 percent, while South Carolina had 77.7 percent. Public school enrollment for elementary and secondary students stood at 86.4 percent with 13.6 percent in non-public schools. North Carolina reached 98.6 percent in public schools. other high performers included South Carolina 97.5 percent, Utah 97.4 percent, and Arkansas 97.3 percent, with lower shares in Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and New York.
A KC135 jet tanker failed to climb after takeoff from Eielson Air Force Base and exploded near a guard house, killing nine people aboard. The four engined aircraft veered left, crashed a quarter mile from the gate, and struck the Alaska Highway en route to Fairbanks.
An East German border guard lagged behind a comrade and escaped across the Berlin Wall. West Berlin police reported the 21 year old private first class was patrolling the wall when the escape occurred.
Khrushchev in a Kremlin rally defends Cuba support and warns critics that enemies seek to magnify the quarrel. He argues communism can reconcile differences with allied nations as Peking refuses to back down. Chinese leaders publish Khrushchev and Pravda texts to challenge Moscow. Mao meets the Soviet ambassador in Beijing with senior Chinese Reds present.
A compact catalog of upcoming auctions and sales across West Virginia and Virginia. Listings include Holstein dairy cattle farm equipment livestock horses machinery dairy gear boat auto and household items with auctioneers Edward Ned Morrow Max Shiley Beacon Hill Farms C hold and Dennis T Cole.
The forecast shows cloudy skies tonight with a chance of scattered showers and a low of 25 to 30. Clearing and colder Friday with Saturday fair and cold. Sunset at 6 08 p m, sunrise 6 47 a m, moonset 11 38 p m. First Quarter Saturday.
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8 30 today none. February rainfall to date 1 82 inches. 1963 rainfall to date 2 78 inches. Average yearly rainfall for the past 50 years. A rainfall month for the past 60. Summer months show varying totals with February 2 13 inches and October 8 19 inches. Other months list March 3 08, May 3 83, Sept 2 67, Nov 3 83, June 3 86, August 2 82, December 2 40.
Mrs Edna Sales aged 40 was found dead by hanging in Hayfield. Dr Warren Carter reported the death appeared self inflicted. She was the wife of Dunbar Sales. The text mentions May and June as red months for the 1963 Freedom Bond Drive.
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