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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1965
Page
1
Britain observes a two minute silence at the London Stock Exchange for Winston Churchill as Westminster Hall prepares to receive his body for lying in state. Queen Elizabeth II commands the state funeral at St Pauls on Saturday with leaders world wide paying respects.
Dr. William Avery Benfield Jr opened Winchester’s annual Preaching Mission at Market Street Methodist Church before about 200 people despite icy streets and sleet. He will speak nightly at 7 30 p m. Mrs Anna B Mow will speak each morning at 10 30 a m at Braddock Street Methodist. Lay men speak at noon at the George Washington Hotel. Mrs Mow left Bombay January 13 and arrived yesterday. Dr Benfield flew from Charleston to Washington and was driven here by Elvis Williams.
The Winchester Associa tion of Life Underwriters spent 208 dollars on their Mile Dimes project on Loudoun Street despite bad weather. Dave Sisler, president, thanked Rex Simpson, project chairman, and volunteers for a successful event.
President Johnson, described as feeling quite well after a heavy cold, expresses strong desire to attend Sir Winston Churchill's funeral next Saturday. Press secretary says no decision yet on London flight as recuperation and next 24 hours dictate outcome. Johnson reports a satisfactory night and rests easily with temperature under 100.
President Johnson ordered the American flag to be flown at half staff through Saturday on all government buildings and ships to mourn Sir Winston Churchill. The note cites Churchill as history’s child and a leader whose words and deeds will endure. Johnson, ill with a cold, learned of the death at Bethesda Naval Hospital and sent condolences to Lady Churchill, Queen Elizabeth II, and Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Virginia mourns Sir Winston Churchill who twice visited Richmond in 1946 and spoke to a joint General Assembly session. Leaders like Byrd Robertson and Harrison praised him as a great statesman and wartime hero. The oblique remembrance notes his warmth and visit during a drizzly March day.
AP reports Kent Johnson proposes a 1.75 billion cut in consumer and factory taxes to fund health and other benefits. The budget favors priority to certain levies while offset by higher highway and aviation fuel taxes. Payroll deductions would rise for Social Security and medical care, with most costs covered by workers and employers.
Mayor William M. Battaile ordered city buildings and school flags to fly at half mast through Saturday in observance of Winston Churchill. The action mirrors a U.S. presidential directive lowering flags at installations nationwide.
Rioting students in Hue burned homes of so called anti nationalist figures and pressed toward the government information service. Police and troops held back while demonstrations spread to Da Nang and Saigon amid a general strike and clashes.
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon confirmed he will leave the Cabinet in the coming months. He noted he won’t be in place when Johnson’s excise tax proposals go to Congress, with no resignation date set. Donald C. Cook is expected to be his successor, president of American Electric Power Co.
Washington police continue the search for four men who robbed socialite hostess Gwen Cafritz at knifepoint and escaped with jewelry insured for 265000 dollars.
Mrs. Winton Pope says she could identify the youth who grabbed her pocketbook in downtown after leaving a Friendship Fire Hall event. She described a 14 to 16 year old male in a gray coat and said she wrestled him for the bag as she fell, sustaining a bruise.
Freezing rain left roads slick and temperatures up but still hovering around freezing. Seven people were injured in weekend traffic crashes and several others hurt from ice falls as crews treated roadways with salt and chemicals.
President Johnson told Congress the 1966 budget would total a record 99.7 billion dollars as part of the Great Society program. He called for new taxes and targeted cuts, plus quadrupled poverty fighting spending and higher security benefits, predicting a 660 billion national output and a prosperous year ahead.
A high pressure ridge from the Gulf of Mexico moves into Virginia today and tomorrow, forecast to raise temperatures slightly through Wednesday with generally fair skies and light winds expected across the state.
Local ad announces price sale on coats and suits at Wender's Incorporated. Promotional text highlights discounts and a limited-time window for shoppers seeking fashion deals.
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