Obituaries from Strasburg area highlight multiple deaths
Mary Ann Vann 74 of 110 North Fort Street Strasburg died at home of apparent heart attack. Emma L Hill 92 Capon Street Strasburg died at son’s Purcellville home. Lillian Chrismore Richard Prather 65 Shenandoah Avenue died at residence. Services set 2 p.m. Sunday or Monday at Stover and Omps Funeral Homes with interment at Riverview Green Hill Mount Hebron.
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Mary Ann Vann
North Fort Street
Strasburg
Lillian Chrismore
Richard Prather
Shenandoah Ave
Weekend Pause for New York Commuters Amid Cold Rail Snarl
Suburban rail commuters face near zero temperatures that crippled service in the New York area. Richard Zappe, Grand Central rider, joins thousands stalled on Penn Central and Long Island Rail Road trains as crews battle frozen switches and signal problems. The railroads seek a 9.20 fare hike, while the MTA reports 35 minute delays from sticking doors and frozen brakes. Cancellations and merged trains threaten erratic schedules next week.
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New York
New York Metropolitan Area
Richard Zappe
Grand Central Terminal
Brewster
N.Y
Chicago
Penn Central
Long Island Rail Road
Long Island
Night Auto Crashes Send Three to Winchester Hospital
Three people were treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital after separate late night accidents. Mrs. Lucille Webber of Route 3 Winchester and Beulah Ball of Millwood were taken to the hospital by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad after a crash in front of Shenandoah College at 11:25 p.m. Both were treated and released. O. L. Thomas of Mountain Falls Route arrived about 12:35 a.m. with forehead and knee contusions and was also released. No details were available on either crash.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Lucille Webber
Route 3
Winchester
Beulah Ball
Millwood
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Shenandoah College
O. L. Thomas
Mountain Falls
Obituary: Mrs Bertha Heishman 1898–1970 Edinburg WV
Mrs Bertha Mary Heishman 71 of Route 3 Edinburg died yesterday at Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital. Born April 14 1898 in Grant County West Virginia she was a daughter of the late George W and Mary Ellen Robaugh Van Meter. She was a Church of the Brethren member. She is survived by her husband J Willie Hershman a sister Mae Grapes Ridgely West Virginia two brothers Taylor VanMeter and Emma VanMeter Old Town Maryland. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock with Rev Roger Combs and Rev Lawrence Helsley officiating. Interment Mt Vernon Cemetery Perry West Virginia Pallbearers named. Relatives meet in Woodstock at 1 30 Sunday.
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Emma L. Hill
Capon Street
Strasburg
Larry Hill
Purcellville
Clarke County
George Henning
James Martin Lowery Hill
Lena Hill
Bertha Mary Heishman
Route 3
Edinburg
Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
Heishman
Grant County
W. Va
George W
Mary Ellen Robaugh van Meter
Church of the Brethren
J. Willie Hershman
Mae Grapes
Ridgely
Taylor VanMeter
Emma VanMeter
Old Town
Dellinger
Woodstock
Roger Combs
Lawrence Helsley
Mt. Vernon
Perry
Cooper Bowers
Loring Foltz
Earl Wolverton, Jr
William F., Helsley
Clifford Brown
Galen Mowery
Dellinger Funeral
Egyptian Planes Downed by Hawk Missiles Over Gulf of Suez
Tel Aviv reports two Soviet built Sukhoi 7 aircraft shot down by Hawk missiles during an east bank raid on Israeli positions south of the Suez Canal. Israel says one soldier injured. no other damage reported. Also notes saboteur activity, clashes near Jordan River, and proposed six point Middle East solution by the Big Four.
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Gulf of Suez
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Suez Canal
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Middle East
Lebanon
Jish
Jordan
Jordan River
Rafiah
Gaza Strip
Amman
East Bank
Paris
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
U.N
New York
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Big Four
Straits of Tiran
Elat
Jerusalem
Frozen conditions strain coal and fuel deliveries
Local heating relies on coal but supply and access collapse as ice and snow close roads. Electric and gas users fare better while pipes freeze. dealers report delays, clogged furnaces, and high demand as cold intensifies with few service calls from Potomac Edison and Shenandoah Gas.
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Staunton
Potomac Edison Co. Service Department
Potomac Edison
Shenandoah Gas Co
Charles H. Dick
Miller & Anderson
Mr. Dick
B&m
Chevrolet
Royston
Service Department
Shendow
Rain rockets debated at South African church synod
In Cape Town a Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk delegate urged prayer over fire-rain rockets during drought. After a lengthy discussion the synod rejected a ban and resolved rockets are not forbidden by Scripture but should be fired with awareness of human dependence on God.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk
Weather Summary Virginia and Winchester Forecast
Fair and very cold tonight with lows from zero to 10 below. Sunday will be cloudier and cold with near zero tonight and a 20 percent chance Sunday. January rainfall totals and historical averages are listed, with Virginia hospital wages around 213 million dollars annually.
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Virginia
Antipollution Aid Proposed in Virginia
Virginia lawmakers are urged to adopt a state matching aid plan for pollution control. Board chairman E Blackburn Moore says the measure, backed by Gov Mills Godwin and many legislators, would be the first antipollution line item in the biennial budget and cut local costs by leveraging federal funds.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Water Control Board
General Assembly
E. Blackburn Moore
House of Delegates
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Moore
Fire crews respond to trailer and home blazes
Damage was confined to the trailer floor in one call with Shawnee assistance. On Thursday at 1 p.m. Boyce firemen pushed a basement fire at Tommy Jackson's White Post home likely from electrical wiring, with damage mainly to wiring and some smoke noted.
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BOYCE
Tommy Jackson
White Post
Answers to Ten Trivia Prompts
The list provides ten trivia items with brief answers: 1 Patents 2 Horse race 3 650 miles 4 lie down 5 Formosa 6 Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas 7 True 8 Minnesota 9 Revolutionary 10 Spider.
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Formosa
Fla
Ala
Miss
Texas
True
Minnesota
Revolutionary
Spider
Wallops Island Launches Surpass Seven Thousand Research Vehicles
Since 1945 Wallops Island in Virginia has launched over 7,000 research vehicles. The record highlights a long history of scientific exploration from the Virginia facility and its role in aerospace development.
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Wallops Island
Virginia
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Myrtle Emmart
Hilda Chrismore
Willie. Love Martin
Martinsburg
Omps Funeral Home
Conrad J. Christianson, Jr
Mount Hebron
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MDS Funeral Home
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