Obituaries and a Route 11 collision burden Winchester area
The Frederick County section obituary list notes Mrs Dora Ward Dick of Cedar Grove dies and funeral set for Jan 19 at Omps Funeral Home. Also listed are graveside rites for Richard Barclay Longerbeam and a gunshot death for Clifton James Lofton with burial at Shenandoah Memorial Park. A two-car rear end crash near the B and O crossing on Route 11 caused $385 in damage, with Gwendolyn Whitacre and William Baker as drivers.
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Dora Ward Dick
Cedar Grove
Frederick County
Omps
William O'Baugh
John Ware
Jesse Lewis
Cory Miller
Pete Snyder
Rufus Smith
Clyde Melester
George Gruber
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Winchester
Richard Barclay Longerbeam
Bentley Lee
Helen Nicodemus Longerbeam
Kearneysville
W. Va
Ruth
Bluemont
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Clifton James Lofton
Smithfield Ave
Jones
Bruce A. Macbeth
Lofton
Smoot Carter
Dennis A. Mitchell
Guy R. Lipscomb
Roy E. Drummonds
Max H. Summers
Rupert L. Helmick
Kendall H. Shanholtz
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Route 11
H. K. Malbon
Gwendolyn Whitacre
Richards Ave
William Baker
Martinsburg
Baker
Malbon
Father and Son Die on Virginia Road Toll Rises
A Stafford County father Henry Lewis Scroggins 45 and his son Randolph Vincent Scroggins 23 died in a head on crash with a panel truck on U S 1 near Stafford. William A Carnea 44 of Norfolk died from injuries suffered in a January 13 crash in Virginia Beach.
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Associated Press
Stafford County
Virginia
Stafford
Henry Lewis Scroggins
Randolph Vincent Scroggins
U.S. 1
Here
Norfolk
William A.carnea
Virginia Beach
Labor shortage hits Virginia apple region harvest
Toan outlined a critical shortage of foreign labor in Toan and Clarke Counties affecting September to early November harvests. He cited a 760 worker certification, 536 hired and shipped, and uneven attendance and completion rates, with Virginia and Winchester years among the lowest employment rates in the nation. Harvesting and processing plants face concurrent needs, while new recruiting efforts and a peach session were planned.
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Erick and
Clarke Counties
Toan
Florida
Virginia
Winchester
U.S
Willis Robertson
John O. Marsh, Jr
Virginia Employment Commission
Sec. of Labor
Willard Wirtz
Local Artist Restoring Madonna Painting in Old Mystery
H Stewart Treviranus, a Clinton County native now in Washington, is restoring an Italian Madonna found in a Laurel Maryland still life. The painting hidden under overpainting revealed a Madonna with two children, tied to Salvatore Fergola and a San Bartolomeo monastery exhibit. Curator H Lester Cooke notes possible Mussolini era smuggling. Treviranus aims to finish restoration in two months and hopes X rays may reveal the artist’s name.
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H. Stewart Treviranus
Clarke County
Washington
Peter Beter
Laurel
Salvatore Fergola
San Bartolomeo
Italy
Treviranus
New York
University of New York
National Art Gallery
H. Lester Cooke
Cooke
Answers to a mixed trivia list
The list provides brief responses to ten prompts including soft yes touch and correct, with items such as New Scotland Benj Franklin and a trio bull cow and pup. It ends noting all artists carbohydrate and Paddy.
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New Scotland
Benj. Franklin
Bull, Cow and Pup
All Artists
Dinette burglary reported at Baker and Cameron site
Officers Pitcock and Kline found the Lee Dinette door open at 12 25 am with a broken south side window. Lee Carnes reported missing radio a child's handbag two cases of soft drinks several six packs of beer and cans of food as investigators probe the burglary at the Baker Cameron Street location.
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Charles Pitcock
Robert Kline
Lee’s
Baker and
Cameron Sts
Lee Carnes
Supreme Court Allows State Vehicle Licensing for Servicemembers
The Supreme Court ruled servicemen may be required to license and register motor vehicles by states but blocked attempts to tax those vehicles. Justice Brennan wrote two opinions for a unanimous court in cases from Mississippi and California interpreting the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act. The act exempts taxation in the home state if fees have been paid there.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan
Mississippi
California
Soldiers and Sailors
France Moves to Weaken Market Management in Europe
France seeks immediate inclusion of the coal steel and atomic pools in the six nation Economic Community. Paris presses to curb the Executive Commission’s powers and restore French veto rights, aiming to oust Walter Hallstein amid De Gaulle’s push for greater national control.
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Luxembourg
Executive Commission
Executive Come
Walter Hallstein
West Germany
Executive Come Mission
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Couve de Murville
Middletown Annexation Petition Details and Signatories
The Second Petition was presented by residents within the Town of Middletown and signed by local figures including Charles H. Mitchell and R. V. Martin. The plan would expand the town to about 429 acres and raise the population from 386 to roughly 585. On January 3 the Town Council approved hearing by a single judge if Frederick County raises no objection, a stance it had previously indicated.
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Middletown
Charles H. Mitchell
Kenneth S. Headley
Robert Newman
Calvin Newman
Courtney Ball
Gladys Ball
E.L. Stickley
R. V. Martin
Elsie Martin
Holmes Campbell
J. F. Hetzel
Frederick
Negro employee sues Friedman Marks for employment discrimination
A Black employee at Friedman Marks Clothing Co. sues in Federal District Court alleging workplace discrimination. The case seeks a restraining order against the Richmond firm and to compel transfers from the sponging to the cutting department.
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Richmond
Friedman. Marks Clothing Co
Federal District Court
Marines Expand Beachhead as Viet Nam Advance Continues
U S Marines push ashore at Chu Lai raising total force to 45 500 with three regiments. The 25th Infantry 2nd Brigade lands near Vung Tau after arriving from Hawaii to bolster Saigon's western security flank. Lunar New Year cease fire nears amid Viet Cong violence near the capital.
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U.S 1St Marine Regiment
Chu Lai
da Nang
Viet Nam
Saigon
Vung Tau
Cap St. Jacques
Bien Hoa
U.S
Political theater and reaction to Ford address in Capitol room
Senators and leaders react to Ford and Dirksen televised remarks from the Capitol. Albert questions shifting Republican voting on education health and poverty while Aiken and Mansfield comment on Viet Nam policy. Ford draws strong applause for budgeting reform and anti bossism critique as Johnson issues competing administration announcements.
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Clark
House
Carl Albert
Ford
Sen
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Mansfield
Viet Nam
Dirksen
South Viet Nam
Aiken
Supreme Court
Capitol
White House
Weather snapshot for Virginia with chilly trend
Partly cloudy and cold tonight and Wednesday with lows in the teens and highs around 32 to 36. Thursday brings more cloudiness and a slow rise in temperatures. January rainfall totals and 52 year averages are provided for context.
Giant kelp named fastest growing plant in world
The giant kelp tops the plant world for rapid growth outpacing other species. Researchers note its ability to increase in size swiftly under favorable conditions, highlighting its ecological impact and potential biomaterial uses.
Wall Street Advances as Aero Space Stocks Lead Gains
The AP report notes strong early trading with Boeing United Aircraft and other aerospace firms up as defense spending expectations lift markets. Airlines also rise with KLM and Eastern among movers while SCM Crucible Magnavox and others post gains and some names slip on profit taking. Virginia lawmakers push to remove juries from punishment decisions and eye bank legislation expands to other organs.
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New York
Boeing
United
General Dynamics
Douglas
KLM
Eastern
SCM Corp
Crucible Steel Common
Crucible Convertible Preferred
Admiral
American Cyanamid
Zenith
Magnavox
Anken Chemical
Anaconda
Texaco
International Nickel
Polaroid
Xerox
Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
del. C.harrison Mann
Arelington
General Assembly
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Middleburg
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