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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1967
Page
2
Obituaries list Lewis Fost 54 of 2250 Roosevelt Blvd and Edwin Sibert 62 of Mt Falls plus Ursula Wade 89 of National Lutheran Home. Carroll Willis 52 of 919 S Loudoun St and Bern ie Doyle 75 of Shanks are also noted with service details and burial plans. Funeral arrangements are incomplete for some.
Lonnie Huff 68 of Berryville died Friday at Winchester Memorial Hospital born February 13 1898 in Clarke County son of John Thomas Huff and Sarah Lloyd Huff married Florence Allen on September 5 1922 survived by his wife two brothers three sisters and many nieces and nephews funeral Monday at Berryville Baptist Church with burial in Green Hill Cemetery. Mary Dell Bowers 65 of Winchester died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital widow of Robert W Bowers born September 7 1901 in Ridgeway West Virginia daughter of Edgar L and Mollie Duvall Bromley member of Centenary United Church of Christ receptionist at Winchester Memorial Hospital survived by three children six grandchildren a sister and a brother funeral Monday at Omps Funeral Home burial in Mt Hebron Cemetery.
The Caribbean Sea derives its name from the Carib Indians, a warlike cannibalistic group inhabiting the Lesser Antilles during the Spanish conquest.
Alabama files suit against the Department of Health Education and Welfare seeking to block loss of about 95.8 million dollars in federal welfare funds amid claims of noncompliance with civil rights provisions. Gov. George Wallace condemns the cutoffs as punishment of Alabama residents including the elderly and mentally ill.
A weather overview by the Associated Press covers conditions abroad and in distant regions. It highlights notable fronts, precipitation patterns, and temperature swings affecting travelers and markets, with brief regional snapshots.
Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes books are widely read behind the Iron Curtain with more than 10 million copies sold in the Soviet Union. The extent of their popularity highlights the global reach of Doyle's detective fiction during that era.
Mrs. Carrie Meade Muller of Richmond dies in Richmond Memorial Hospital after a Monday admission. Survived by husband Rev Albert C Muller and three sisters. Funeral at Grace and Holy Trinity Church Monday 10 30 a m with graveside at Greenhill Cemetery Berryville 3 p m. Also funeral for James William Smith of Mountain Falls Monday 11 a m at Omps Funeral Home. Pallbearers listed. VFW honored. Tonight services 7 30 to 9 at Omps.
A Stephenson man was convicted in Frederick County Court of assault and battery on a six year old boy in his care for adoption. Charles H. Harbaugh II received three months in jail with two months suspended, a $100 fine, and costs. An appeal was noted and he was released on $500 bond.
The Kentucky Highway Department rejected a request to build a bridge over the Cumberland River near Turkey Neck Bend, Kentucky. The ferry will continue to operate from 6 AM to 6 PM, leaving residents 8 miles to the county seat by day and 50 miles by night.
Rain tapers off tonight in Virginia with a low of 38 to 44. Sunday brings variable clouds and cooler conditions. Monday outlook calls for considerable cloudiness and further cooling. Winds today are southerly 10 to 15 mph.
Report shows 24 hour rainfall through 8 30 a m none. January 1967 to date 33 33. Average monthly rainfall over 53 years 2 42 to 3 83 per month with totals for each month. Five year rainfall by year 1961 43 22 1962 45 36 1963 41 65 1964 33 31 1965 24 27 1966 33 32.
A large group from the area plans to attend the State Horticultural Society meeting starting tomorrow in Roanoke. The event runs until Wednesday with Joseph P. Dorsey of Winchester opening sessions as president. Mrs. W. Woodhull Baker Jr. of Winchester will report as Auxiliary vice president. Dr. Kenneth D. Hickey of the Fruit Research Laboratory will speak on fruit diseases Wednesday morning.
The film Vietnam Profile will be shown at Marvin Chapel Community Church tomorrow at 7 30 p m. The 80 minute color film is open to the public per Rev Thomas S Hogan pastor. Marvin Chapel is located 3 miles east of Berryville off Route 7 on Route 601.
Kenneth Schultz, registrar, announced that registration for night classes in the second semester will be held Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Shenandoah College. Classes begin Wednesday. The only first semester course offered is Introduction to Sociology. all other courses continue from the first semester.
An apartment fire in Paris destroyed a roomful of Impressionist works worth millions of francs. 88 year old Mathilde Amos, a wealthy art collector and widow of a brewery owner, died in the flames. Clovis Eyraud valued the paintings by Dufy Utrillo and Chagall as highly valuable.
In Pittsylvania County Circuit Court Robert James Hundley, 24, admitted guilt on six counts from a July prison camp escape spree that began in Pittsylvania and ended in Belmont, N C. He faces possible death penalties on multiple counts. sentencing deferred for a probation report.
In Roanoke the ABC Board reportedly has no objection to topless go go dancers if wear pasties and avoid customer contact. Joe and Johnny's joins Papa Joe's by introducing similar performers on the bandstand while hiring scantily clad waitresses.
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