Obituaries from Baker and surrounding areas
Obituary notices for Victor Wright Funkhouser 45 of Baker W Va and Dwight Moody Singer 55 of 229 Allison Ave plus Carl Forrest Peters 61 of Wardensville W Va. Surviving relatives listed and funeral details given. services set in Baker Wardensville and Rock Oak with burial plans and calling hours noted. Funeral arrangements incomplete for Singer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor. Wright Funkhouser
Baker, W. Va
Dwight Moody Singer
Allison Ave
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mr. Sager
Mathias
W. Va
Minnie Teets Sager
Garrett Sager
O'Sullivan Rubber Corp
Mennonite
Carl Forrest Peters
Wardensville
W.va
Fighting News Report Totals Allies Claim Near 690000 Viet Cong Deaths
The report tallies ally losses and claims 690,400 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed over a decade. It notes untabulated casualties since last Saturday amid a New Year cease-fire, with clashes during the truce and a U Minh Forest operation. US losses include 11 dead and 43 wounded. Viet Cong claimed.
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U.S
Mekong
U Minh Forest
Saigon
Mekong Delta
U Minh Foret
1970 Traumatic Year for Stocks and Brokers
The 1970 stock year saw sharp price declines and weak trading volume with many brokerage firms dissolving or merging. The New York Stock Exchange created a $55 million trust fund to protect investors, and Merrill Lynch bailed out Goodbody & Co. to avert a market panic. The Dow fell from 968.85 in 1969 to a 1970 low of 631.16 on May 26 as profits slumped and unemployment rose.
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Jack Lefler
NEW York (Ap
Middle East
United States
Cambodia
Wall Street
Amott, Baker & Co
Blair & Co
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co
MacDonnell & Co
Orvis Brothers & Co
Goodbody &Co
Blythe & Co
Dreyfus & Co
Francis I. du Pont & Co
Hayden, Stone, Inc
Thomson & McKinnon, Inc
Winslow, Cohn & Stetson, Inc
New York Stock Exchange
New York Exchange
Merrill Lynch
Dawn Jones
Snowbound Town Wages Long Drive to Clear Streets
Deep snow prompted Plan C citywide street clearing with Loudoun and Cork streets prioritized. Highway crews backed by bulldozers and four wheelers worked to widen drifts while 90 percent of secondary roads were closed and 85 percent passable. City services, including buses and mail, aimed to resume normal operations as crews labored through the day.
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Wendell Seldon
Robinson Opens Office in Washington Monday
Congressman elect J Kenneth Robinson plans to open his Washington office Monday in Room 1723 Longworth building as he succeeds John O Marsh Jr who leaves the House at noon tomorrow. Marsh expects private law practice and will set up at 1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW.
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Robinson
Washington
J. Kenneth Robinson
John O. Marsh, Jr
Virginia Congressional District
Marsh
Longworth Building
Congress
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Ave
N.W
Strasburg
Weather summary for Virginia with rainfall data and temperatures
Increasing cloudiness tonight and Sunday with a chance of rain Sunday night. Lows in the 20s, highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Extended outlook shows possible precipitation Monday to Wednesday with highs in the upper 30s and low 40s. Rainfall reported 1.17 inches in the past 48 hours. January total 1.17 inches.
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Virginia
Hebert to Change Style as Hasc Chairman After Rivers
Rep F Edward Hebert of Louisiana will take over the House Armed Services Committee in January. Hebert mirrors the late Rep Mendel Rivers on defense and Vietnam policy and has been Rivers’ close ally, including investigations into the My Lai incident. Hebert supports phased troop withdrawals but opposes civilian micromanagement of the military. Hebecame a member the same day Rivers first joined Congress in 1941.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Rep
F. Edward Hebert
L. Mendel Rivers
D S.C
Rivers
Hebert
My Lai
Nixon
United States
Defense
Robert McNamara
New Orleans Press Club
Mendel Rivers
First US Weather Reports By Rev John Campanius Holm
The first systematic American weather observations were made by Rev John Campanius Holm, chaplain at a Delaware settlement near Wilmington, starting 24 years after the Plymouth landing in 1620.
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United States
John Campanius Holm
Wilmington
Del
Plymouth Rock
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Winchester Evening Star
Victor W. Funkhouser
Mr. Funkhouser
Baker
Nina Funkhouser
Anthony Funkhouser
United Methodist Church
Potomac Valley Conservation
Nina J. Painter
Mt. Sidney
Ida L. Staggs
Corpus Christi
Tex
Ina B. Ware
Winchester
United Methodist
James Mitchem
Baker Cemetery
Loy
W. V
Dwight M. Sager
Betty Yingling
David Kornhorst
Charlie
John Sager
Tony Sager
Bel Air
Ralph Sager
Palmyra
Kenneth Sager
One
Ruth Sager
Weston
Elmer Teets
Moorefield
Jones Funeral Home
Carl F. Peters
Mr. Peters
Theodore and
Ethel Heare Peters
Hampshire County
Olive Davidson Peterson
Betty Jean Dickey
Alice Joan Peters
Flo Collins
Violet Newcome
Orland Peters
Manassas
Welton Peters
Kirby
McKee
Augusta
Mtmore
ETNA
MDS Funeral Home
Amherst ST
Dial
Bernard
F. Groves
Boscawen St
Stuart M. Perry
Berry Ville Rt
Equal Opportunity
NEW Fighting
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Goodbody
Robert W. Haack
The
Haack
Donald T. Regan
Securities and Exchange Commission
Hanoi
Warsaw
North Vietnam
Man
Arthur Neil
Miller’s Hardware
Loudoun St
Cork and Braddock Sts
Highway Department
Reginald King
Uonight
Fairfax Lane
Clifford St
Cork St
Cameron St
Rouss Ave
Cameron
Piccadilly St
Kent St
Braddock St
Washington St
Gibbons St
Haines
Mr. King
Arizona
Ebert
House
Congressional
Music Center, Inc
Glax
N. Cameron St
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