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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 29, 1968

Page

2

Obituaries from Winchester Evening Star February 29 1968

Obituary notices list Russell L Holliday 61 of 17 E Monmouth Street died Tuesday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Funeral Saturday at 1 30 at Jones Funeral Home with pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named. Burial Mount Hebron Cemetery. Also Bowie B Henderson Jr Capon Bridge died Tuesday. service 3 p m at Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge with pallbearers named. burial Capon Chapel Cemetery. Janet Fewell Herrell 86 former Winchester now Greenwich Conn died today in Greenwich Hospital. survived by daughter Mrs Converse a sister and three grandchildren. funeral Saturday 3 30 at Jones Funeral Home. Cpry Clifton D Roy killed in Vietnam January 31. service February 21 in Washington. survived by wife Sheila J Roy and son James Clifton Roy. parents Clarence E Roy and others.

Russell L. Holliday E. Monmouth St Winchester Memorial Hospital Man A. Compton Robert Conley John Henry Floyd Starnes Harry Rinker Ervin Cleveland Roy Cameron Gerald Creswell Robert Golightly Evans Creswell Blake Denny Charles Armel Fred Fleckenstein Mount Hebron Cemetery Bowie B Bud) Henderson, Jr Capon Bridge W. Va Giffin Fred Whitlock Garland Whitacre Vernon Whitacre Francis M. Funk Donald Largent James E. Duff Capon Chapel Cemetery Janet Fewell Herrell Winchester Greenwich Conn E. J. Converse Greenwich Hospital Herrell Marshall Edwin and Mary Frances Russell Fewell Laurence Herrell First Baptist Church Converse M. F. Kincheloe Abington Laurence H. Wilson Muskegon Mich Sylvia Wilson Northampton Mass W. A. Gericke Colorado Springs Col Lyle Herrell Genevieve Johnston Jones Funeral Home E. T. Clark Mount Hebron Cpry Clifton D. Roy Vietnam Washington Sheila J. Roy James Clifton Roy Hyattsville Clarence E, Roy Juanita Roy J Clarence E, Roy III Eddie Roy

Russell Holliday and Janet Fewell Services Scheduled

Funeral notices announce services for Russell Holliday Saturday at 1 30 P M at Jones Funeral Home and for Janet Fewell Herrell Saturday at 3 30 P M at Jones Funeral Home Inc.

Open House Planned at Millwood Community Center

An open house is set for Saturday at Millwood Community Center starting at 1 p.m. Dinner pre orders are available by calling 837-528.

Millwood Community Center

Riot Report Seeks Tax Incentives to Spur Industry Help

President Johnsons Civil Disorders Commission will urge tax incentives for industries that locate in slums and train unemployed residents. The plan, aligned with Republican proposals, faces opposition from the Treasury and Johnson aides. The report also criticizes current antipoverty programs and calls for $150 million for a summer job program.

Washington Johnson Commission On Civil Disorders Congress Wilbur D. Mills D-Ark House Commission Otto Kerner Illinois Treasury Department Mills Ways and Means Committee Detroit Newark New Haven Conn Brooke John V. Lindsay New York Fred R. Harris D-Okla

Romney withdrawal stuns GOP governors and fuels Rockefeller draft

Republican governors weigh a Rockefeller bid as Romney pulls out ahead of New Hampshire primary. Nixon backers hail the move while Agnew doubts Rockefeller will enter, and Oregon and New Hampshire activists push for a draft amid unclear nomination prospects.

Rockefeller New Yorker Romney New Hampshire Oregon Nixson Michigan Republic Gov Patrick Buchanan Nixon Buchanan Washington White House Robert T. Ellsworth Nixon Campaign Organization Spiro T. Agnew Maryland Agnew Gov. Rockefeller William J. Moshefsky John Beckett California Ronald Reagan Reagan Sacramento

Lawmakers Near Deadline On 81 Million Bond Borrowing Plan

In a late night House session a tight budget was defended as the 1968 calendar nears completion. The $81 million capital outlay borrowing funds college and mental hospital building and equipment, with a committee amendment allowing the governor to trim appropriations if revenues fall short. Several Republicans voted against the measure amid Democratic grumbling.

Daniel Don Bateman Harrisonburg Donald K. Funkhouser Mt. Jackson Jeremy Geisler Hillsville John Hansen Chesterfield Rufus McCoy Dickenson Robert A. Maloney Fairfax

House Moves to Tax Liquor Sales in Virginia

Virginia lawmakers debate a 4 percent sales tax on ABC liquor purchases. The House of Delegates passed the bill 57 to 27 in marathon session, with supporters arguing tax revenue and opponents citing past tax effects. Other actions included licensing tax adjustments for restaurants and clubs and creating an Arts and Humanities commission.

Richmond Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Virginia Senate House of Delegates Norfolk J. Warren White House White Suffolk Del del. J. Lewis Rawls ABC Senate Norfolk del Bernard Levin Levin House Finance Committee John Warren Cooke Commission of the Arts and Humanities Portsmouth Glen Yates

Mrs Romney reacts to husband withdrawal from race

Kenosha Wisconsin AP Mrs Romney expresses mixed feelings about her husband Glenn Romney or Mitt Romney withdrawing from the presidential campaign. She says as a wife she is relieved but as a citizen she laments the outcome. She spoke at a home headquarters in Delaware and later at Carthage College in Kenosha.

Kenosha Wis Lenore Romney Huseband Michigan

Weather Forecast for Winchester and Summary

Snow and flurries expected with cold temperatures through Friday. Today's sunset at 6 04 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 6 45 a m. Moonset tonight at 7 37 p m First Quarter March. Previous 24 hour rainfall 0 04 inches. 1968 year to date 2 65 inches. prior year totals listed. Average monthly and annual rainfall figures provided for context.

Winchester

War Toll in Vietnam Reaches Second Highest Weekly Deaths

The U S Command reports last week 470 American deaths and 2 675 wounded, second high weekly toll of the war. South Vietnamese losses were 434 killed, 1 532 wounded, 135 missing or captured. Hue battles and the lunar new year offensive drive the casualties, with allied total deaths at 923 and Communist deaths at 5 769. American troop strength remains about 500 000 in South Vietnam.

Saigon U.S Hue South Vietnam 82Nd Airborne Division

Missing B52 Bomber With Eight Aboard Over Gulf Coast

Fort Worth Texas AP eight crew members aboard missing after B52 bomber crossed Gulf bombing range off the Texas coast. No bombs on board. Last contact was 11 12 p m Wednesday eight miles south of Matagorda Island. Air Force searched with three helicopters three fixed wing aircraft and a Coast Guard vessel.

Fort Worth 7Th Bomb Wing Coast Guard

Wall Street Opens With Broad Decline In Active Trading

The stock market fell on opening Thursday with losses outpacing gains about 3 to 2. Prices showed wide moves led by Hunt Foods down 4. plus Armour and Marathon Loll also down while Squibb Beech edged up. The AP average of 30 stocks dropped .8 to 307.0.

New York Hunt Foods Armour Marathon Loll Squibb Beech Reybolds Tobacco Collins Radio American Motors

Three Minor Area Fires Reported by Local Fire Departments

Three small fires were reported in the area yesterday with no major damage. Shawnee firemen responded to a grass fire on Senseny Road in Rolling Fields at 11 15 a.m. Gainesboro firefighters battled a brush fire in a malt-tree area at 4 p.m. and Winchester crew quelled a trash fire along Handley Boulevard at 11 40 p.m.

Shawnee Rolling Fields Senseny Road Gainesboro Winchester Handley Boulevard William Godenour Curbon

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