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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1966
Page
2
A funeral will be held tomorrow at 1 PM for Marshall Gant Harris of Stephenson at Cartwright Funeral Home with Rev. Reginald A. Mercer officiating. Burial will follow at Red Bud Cemetery. Friends may call this evening from 6 to 9 o clock.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 2 PM at Opequon Presbyterian Church for Mrs Della H Gray of Kernstown. The Rev Samuel L Herbert and Rev Roland Clark will lead with active pallbearers including Robert Wisecarver and Robert Carter. Burial follows at Macedonia Cemetery. Body at Omps Funeral Home, Winchester. Relatives may view tonight 7 to 9 PM.
The Milk Commission supports retaining the Bureau favored plan with changes. It would improve and strengthen mental health in institutions and tighten traffic law enforcement. Also discussed were local real estate taxes gasoline tax refund secondary road funds mechanical harvesting research water conservation driver training and uninsured motorist fee.
Dutton began with Ford Insurance in 1951 then lived in Georgia Louisiana and southwestern Virginia for 13 years. He returned to Winchester in 1963 joining J. W. Arthur Inc. and Hansbrough and Carter Inc. He and wife Jean Whipple have three children and attend Christ Episcopal Church. He supports Rotary Apple Blossom Salvation Army advisory board and Winchester-Frederick County Chamber. He leads the Winchester Association of Independent Insurance Agents.
Charles C. Hill was installed as President of the Fraternal Order of Police on Monday night replacing Holmes McFarland who became Chaplain. Other officers named were Irvin Cleveland Vice President Warren Fogle Treasurer and Allen Bailey Secretary. Plans for the St Patrick Day Dance with Bill Krantz's band at Lee Jackson Restaurant on March 12 were announced. In Jerseyville Illinois groundhog day notes report Mark Matthews collected 307 ground hog scalps this year and more than 400 last year earning 25 cents a scalp.
State Sen elect Paul W Manns proposed a two step sales tax starting with 2 percent in the upcoming biennium and rising to 3 percent later. He said the phased approach aids planning and could ease city impact while avoiding rushed nationwide adoption. Manns noted the idea is his own view and not yet widely discussed.
At Lyndon B Johnson's Pedernales ranch conference with Dean Rusk Robert McNamara and key aides planners weighed a possible five day halt in bombing North Vietnam to force a peace push. No decision was reached as Johnson studied options and awaited reactions while pursuing broader peace aims.
The United States escalates a broad international peace effort over Vietnam. President Johnson orders envoys to Latin America Europe and Asia to press for talks with Hanoi while publicly portraying a package of 14 peace proposals. North Vietnam responds coolly labeling the move a peace trick as allies race to gather support for potential negotiations.
The report lists conditions and temperatures for cities including Miami Milwaukee New Orleans New York Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Rapid City St Louis Seattle Tampa Washington Winnipeg with varying skies and temperatures and trace amounts.
Teens crowded into the War Memorial Building for a yearly Christmas burn and dance. Miss Tootser McHale crowned queen while seven princes and seven princesses paraded in. Prizes included a hair dryer and a $25 savings bond for the queen, a sweater and wallet for the king, as burning of the greens concluded the event.
A pair of ostriches is valued at nearly 1000 dollars reflecting market interest in large birds. The price indicates strong demand for exotic livestock and relates to farm or auction activity noted in local business coverage.
The forecast calls for clearing and colder weather tonight with a low in the upper 20s to low 30s. Friday will be fair but quite cold with a high near 40. Overnight temperatures Friday will dip again, and Saturday remains fair and seasonably cold. Sunset today is 5 05 p.m. and moon phases are noted. Rainfall figures and monthly averages are listed for historical comparison.
United Air Lines and major steel makers led early gains as Wall Street priced in a compromise in the price dispute between the Administration and the steel industry. Trading was heavy with big blocks, the session shortened by the New York transit strike, and several Dow components advancing while others eased on profit taking.
Luther Miller 54 of Bunker Hill West Virginia was arraigned in Frederick County Circuit Court pleading guilty to the same degree on a retrial or release order following a federal ruling that his 1958 assault and robbery sentence was void. Judge Elliott Marshall ordered a pre sentence report and Miller remains in sheriff custody while David G. Simpson is appointed counsel.
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