Obituaries for Burns and Peacemaker with service details
Obituary notices for Corbin Burns formerly of Winchester who died in Atlantic City after surgery, survived by widow Gladys Burns a daughter Elizabeth Stranges three grandchildren and siblings. Also obituary for William R Peacemaker 63 of Sunnyside who died at Winchester Memorial Hospital, funeral Monday in Timber Ridge church with burial in church cemetery and arrangements by Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbin Burns
Winchester
Atlantic City
N.J
Mr. Burns
Charles Burns
Gladys Burns
Elizabeth Stranges
Mary B. Avery
Daisy Grimes Williams
Julian Burns
Paul Burns
William R
Bill) Peacemaker
Sunnyside
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Timber Ridge Congregational
Katherine Webber
Annandale
Eugene Krial
Herndon
Eldridge DeHaven
Goldie Holliday
Whitacre
Everett Stotler
Unger
W.va
Herbert
Eat Holiday
Allan Dick
Robert
Lloyd Stotler
Perry Wallace
Church
Giffin Funneral
Capon Bridge
Antarctica Known as World's Windiest Continent
The east coast of Antarctica regularly experiences surface winds exceeding 100 miles per hour, making the continent the windiest on Earth. Local researchers note persistent high gusts shaping ice shelves and coastal weather.
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Antarctica
Boxcar Fire Damages Eastbound B and O Freight near Martinsburg
A blaze swept a boxcar loaded with plastic covered auto parts on an eastbound Baltimore and Ohio train near Martinsburg, causing thousands in damage. A tanker carrying alcohol two cars away was moved to safety as firefighters fought the blaze from 11 p m to 2 30 a m. Cause and total loss remain undetermined.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Martins
General Motors
Martinsburg
Flagg
Navy Dismisses Bangkok Inspector Over Fuel Theft Scandal
The Navy removed civilian inspector John McGee from Bangkok after an investigation into fuel corruption in Thailand tied to bribery forgery and lax oversight. McGee was reassigned to the Navy Fuel Supply Office near Washington as GAO investigations continued and OSI reports remained unreleased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Navy
U.S
Thailand
Bangkok
United States
John McGee
Navy Fuel Supply Office
General Accounting Office
William Proxmire
D.zis
McGee
Rankin
Air Force Office of Special Investigation
GAO
OSI
Air Force
Alexandrai Va
Comrade Bible Class Meeting at Braddock Street Methodist
Mrs F H Way will lead devotional services at 9 40 a m tomorrow in the Chapel. Victor L Ridgeway will teach the lesson. The notice appears in a Braddock Street Methodist Church schedule segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Way
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Victor L. Ridgeway
Underground Jamup in New York City Stuns Transit System
An IRT Seventh Avenue train at 110th Street and Lenox Avenue stalled as doors failed to close. Police and Transit Authority crews cleared passengers from tunnels after power was cut, causing a four hour delay and stranding about 50,000 riders and delaying roughly 50 trains with around 1,000 passengers each.
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New York
Manhattan
Transit Authority
Seventh Avenue
110Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Czechoslovak Communist Party Warns Against Public Demands
The 21 member presidium issued a stern warning after an all night leadership meeting. It said public ultimatums threaten stability and warned of possible further Soviet intervention if elements press for freedom moves. Prague Radio aired the declaration urging unity behind November December reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovak Communist Party
A. Stern
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Congress reshuffles as new members join Senate and House
Fifteen new Senate members form a 57 43 Democratic edge while Georgia’s Richard Russell becomes president pro tem. In the House forty new members are sworn in and John W McCormack is formally named speaker with Gerald Ford as Republican leader. About 45 000 Virginians enter the job market annually.
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McCarthy
Adlai Stevenson
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Scott
Hruska
California
Thomas “Kuchel
Michigan
Robert ‘P. Griffin
Colorado
Gordon Allott
Republican Policy Committee
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
United States
Russell
House
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Gerald Ford
Tractor Course Set At JWHS
James Wood School will host a five lesson Tractor Operation and Maintenance course designed for farmers and agriculturalists. The program, created by the Agricultural Education Service and Virginia Tech, combines films and demonstrations every two weeks starting next Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. It covers fuel air cooling ignition lubricants adjustments and safe efficient operation. Frederick County farmers are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Davis
A. H. Clark
James Woo Hi
James Wood School
Agricultural Education Service
State Department of Education
Agricultural Education and Agricultural Engineering Departments
Virginia Tech
T. V
Frederick County
Explosive Wounds Three In Gaza. Cross-Border Fire Reported
Israeli army says a blast under an empty Israeli car in Gaza wounded three residents. In separate reports from Amman, Israeli and Arab forces traded artillery and mortars for about 45 minutes across the Jordan River near the Damiya Bridge with no casualties on the Israeli side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
Gaza
Amman
Jordan River
Damiya Bridge
Weather Summary for Virginia Cold Weekend Ahead
Fair and very cold tonight with lows near zero in the mountains and up to 15 in other areas. Sunday remains fair and cold with highs in the teens to 20s. Monday will be fair and less cold. Sunset today at 5 03 p m Sunrise tomorrow 7 33 a m Moonrise tonight 5 47 p m Last Quarter Jan 11.
Rainfall totals and averages from 1963 to 1969
rainfall figures show 1963 93.46 inches and 1964 31.63 1965 26.85 1966 33.82 1967 36.48 for the five year span with January to December monthly averages for 55 years at 2.41 inches in January through 2.34 inches in December and a yearly average of 36.50 inches.
On This Date January Fourth Through History
The Jan 4 summary highlights notable events from 1642 Newton born to 1946 MacArthur inviting educators in occupied Japan. It notes 1936 Nazi child training, 1945 Battle of the Bulge actions, 1969 vaccine milestone, and a Soviet rocket near the moon. Ten-year lookback recalls a 1959-era space proximity.
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Associated Press
Biain
Isaac Newton
Utah
Rocgfeller Foundation
Ecuador
Germany
U.S. First Army
Belgium
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Two Jordanians Hanged for Spying in Amman
Subhi and Zahran Kharroub were executed in Amman after confessing to smuggling secret information to Israel since 1964. They were arrested trying to enter Israeli occupied territory and the death sentence was ratified by King Hussein. An army spokesman reported clashes between Jordanian and Israeli forces in the northern Jordan valley with heavy artillery and mortars. no Jordanian casualties were listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amman
Israel
Subhi
Zahran Kharroub
Hussein
Jordan Valley
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Peacemaker Service
Mr. Peacemaker
Lott and
Elizabeth Stotler Peacemaker
American Vicsose Corp
Mnaa Tan Elas
Sapolin’s
Wbergers
John W. Rosenberger
Quarles School
Commerce St
Gulf Oil Terminal
Chelsea
Mass
Boston Harbor
Comps General Home
N. Loudoun Street
DIAL
SFC
Charles H. Hodson,jr
Eon Amet
ORDER
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Bernard F. Groves
Boscawen St
N.Y
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