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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1969

Page

2

Obituaries in Winchester area mark week’s end losses

Obituaries list multiple local deaths with services and funeral details. Mrs. Nathaniel E. Carpenter and Mrs. Octavie Giffin are noted along with Mrs. Alice Bott and Brown Lovett. Funeral times, burial sites, and pallbearers are provided for Berryville and Winchester area cases. Continuous dates given include Tuesday and Saturday services, with family statements and burial locations at Green Hill Cemetery Shenandoah Memorial Park and Hebron Baptist Church Gore.

Nathaniel E. Carpenter Easton Wilmington Del Sterling White Ocean City Fox Richard J. Carter Allen N. Carter Berryville Richard Walton St. Louis Green Hill Cemetery David Cammack Grace Episcopal Church

Brown Lovett Friday Funeral Service Details

Mr. Brown Lovett to be laid to rest Friday at 1 30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with arrangements led by Mr. Conley William Elliott. Mrs. Octavie Giffin death noted with funeral arrangements incomplete at Hebron Baptist Church.

Octavie Giffin Woodstock Lane Giffin Hampeshire County W. Va Levi and Almira Johnson LaFollette Sam Giffin Hagerstown Timber Ridge Christian Church Dennis Giffin Virginia Jackeson Elizabeth Giffin Robert G. Giffin Winchester Charles Giffin McLean Jones Funeral Home Brown Lovett Valley Ave Virgil A. Moyer, Jr Mr. Brown Lovett Mr. Conley William Elliott Hebron Baptist Church

Wall Street trades higher as rally extends into Thursday

The Dow rose 3.73 to 937.90 in early trading as steel, motor and aircraft shares led gains. Brokers cited rising auto sales in mid January and Q4 earnings strength, plus optimism on possible progress in Vietnam peace talks.

New York Stock Exchange Wall Street Paris Glen Alden American Telephone Benguet Chrysler Associated Press American Stock Exchange Leasco Data Cinerama Gale Industries Molybdenum Scurry Rainbow

Death Toll Rises Across California From Storm Floods

Across Sespe Creek and foothill towns, several bodies were recovered as rescue teams counted 47 storm related deaths. A survivor, Scott Jeckersley, described being washed ashore after a bulldozer stalled while crossing a swift river.

Ojai Calif Sespe Creek Scott Jeckersley

Convenient Democrats Cited at 7th District Meeting

The 7th District Young Democrats hosted Alan Diamonstein of Portsmouth as guest speaker at the Holiday Inn East. He criticized officials who switch party loyalties describing them as convenient Democrats and cited Rep. Tom Downing as a recent example.

Young Democrats Holiday Inn East Alan Diamonstein Portsmouth The Tom Downing National Democratic

Hickel Opposition Grows Over Interior Secretary Nominee

Sen. Edmund S. Muskie leads Democrats in opposing Walter Hickel citing broad conservation and fuels policy concerns shared across New England. Other critics include McGovern Proxmire Nelson Cranston McKntyre Hartke Moss and Tydings as confirmation votes approach in a Senate split.

Washington Edmund S. Muskie Maine Walter J. Hickel Nixon Muskie New England Hickel Senate David R. Packard Albert Gore D-Tenn Packard Pentagon Senate Armed Services Committee George S. McGovern South Dakota William Proxmire Gaylord Nelson Wisconsin Alan Cranston California Thomas J. McKtyre New Hampshire Vance Hartke Indiana Frank E. Moss Utah Joseph D. Tydings Maryland Mike Mansfield Montana Edward M. Kennedy Massachusetts

More Aid Sought for Hospital Expansion in Woodstock

Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital seeks funds to cover the $990,000 expansion cost. President Gordon D. Bowman says the project may require a $300,000 loan, with pledges to the building fund, a Hill-Burton grant, and reserve funds expected to cover the rest. The expansion adds a 32 bed extended care unit, expanded laboratory, emergency room, and physical therapy facilities, plus remodeling.

Woodstock Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital Gordon D. Bowman Hill-Burton

Aliens Have Week To Register

Local postmaster Joseph C. Haines announced that only one week remains for aliens to register with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Federal law requires noncitizens to file annual address reports by January 31 each year at the Braddock and Piccadilly post office.

Immigration and Naturalization Service Joseph C. Haines Braddock and Piccadilly Sts Haines

Weather Across Cities Shows Varied Conditions

Weather table reports high and low temperatures with conditions like cloudy snow and rain for cities including Albany Albuquerque Chicago and Los Angeles. The note adds immigration guidance and warns that Social Security cards do not authorize work.

Associated Press Albany Albuquerque Atlanta Bismarck Boise Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Des Moines Detroit Fairbanks Fort Worth Helena Snow Honolulu Indianapolis Jacksonville Juneau Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee St.p New Orleans New York Okla City Omaha Immigration and Salt Sk. City Naturalization Service San Diego Ampa Washington Winnipeg Immigration and Naturalization Service United States

Decision in Habeas Corpus Suit Delayed

Clarke County Circuit Court Judge Woltz denied three of four habeas corpus points raised by Howard Lee Sealock in a 1951 rape case. The judge asked for more legal arguments on the remaining issue alleging conviction solely on a guilty plea. Sealock, 39, had a 20 year sentence after pleading guilty to rape of a 12 year old girl, with two parole violations.

Azusa-Glendora Azusa-Pacific College Glendora-Azusa San Luis Obispo Pomona Tulare County Ronald E. Balster Ellen Kern River Berryville Robert K. Woltz Clarke County Howard Lee Sealock Woltz Sealock Harold Hawkins Curtis Mann Attorney General’s Office

Lawful cautions on marijuana dangers during crime talk

The address warned that marijuana can impair judgment leading to risky behavior and accidents. Speaker Stutman cited drug flow from the Mafia and noted marijuana as common and inexpensive, with California and certain Eastern colleges as focal points for youth use.

Stutman Department of Justice United States California Seaboard

Bucher Recounts Surrender Steps and Shipboard Failures

Admiral Bucher testified that during the Pueblo incident he raised six major complaints about his superiors. He said explosives were denied for destroying secret equipment, artillery was inadequate, pleas for aid were ignored, communications failed, and the steering system broke repeatedly. He described shelling of the Pueblo and mistreatment of crew when taken ashore in North Korea.

White House Japan Hawaii Bucher North Korea

Surviving ordeal ends as helicopter rescues hiker

The account describes a lone survivor who fell from a boat and was pulled underwater multiple times. He crawled ashore and hid in mud to stay warm, then trekked four miles to a stalled vehicle with supplies. As dusk fell, a helicopter spotted him, landed, and transported him to safety.

Two-vehicle Crash Sends Two to Hospital

Before noon today a two-car collision at Gerrard and Cameron Streets sent two people to the hospital via Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad. Initial reports say both victims were not believed to be seriously hurt and details are unavailable.

Winchester Volnteer Rescue Gerrard and Cameron Sts

Weather forecast for Winchester Virginia today

Cloudy conditions with a chance of rain tonight. Lows in the 40s. Friday cloudy and milder with highs in the 50s or low 60s. Saturday mostly cloudy and turning much colder. Moon phases and sunset times noted for January 23 to 25.

Rainfall totals and averages across years

Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. today is noted. January to date 89.1969 total 89. Ten year and five year totals listed with monthly averages for 55 year span. Monthly averages show January to December values from 2.41 to 3.78 inches.

Two Czech Reformers Return From Self-Exile

Prague AP reports two leading Czech reformers Ota Sik and Eduard Goldstuecker returned from self exile overnight though they said their stay would be temporary. Hunger strikes supporting Jan Palach's death continued in several cities.

Prague Czechoslovakia Jan Palach Palach Ota Sik Switzerland Eduard Goldstuecker

Cosmos 264 Launch Signals Soviet Space Research

The Soviet Union launched Cosmos 264, an unmanned satellite for space research of undisclosed nature. The item appears in a brief AP dispatch from Moscow with no further technical details provided.

Moscow Soviet Union

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