Obituary: Carrie Verona Wyker 1885–19??
Carrie Verona Wyker 72 widow of Chester Wyker died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital She was born January 7 1885 in Fieldsboro New Jersey daughter of Vernon Godfrey and Margaret Laird Godfrey She moved to Rest nine years ago Surviving sisters include the Rev Mary Ooeestreicher pastor of Woodbine Church Body to be taken from Kurtz Funeral Home this evening to Philadelphia for funeral arrangements
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Carrie Verona Wyker
Chester Wyker
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Wyker
Fieldsboro
New Jersey
Olé Late Vernon Godfrey
Margaret Laird Godfrey
Mary Ooeestreicher
Woodbine Church
Kurtz
Philadelphia
Funeral service for Rufus W. Woods in Bluefield
Rufus W. Woods aged 78 of N Loudoun St Ext died Sunday evening at home. Funeral will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield WV with Rev Roy Hathena and Rev Joseph Bashore officiating. Interment in Walnut Cemetery Bluefield. Pallbearers are Loyal Order of Moose members. Remains moved from Omps Funeral Home to Bluefield earlier today.
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Rufus W. Woods
N. Loudoun St
Hawkins Funeral
Bluefield
W. Va
Roy Hathena
Joseph Bashore
Walnut Ve
Loyal Order of Moose
Omps
Funeral services for Charles W E See in Keyser West Virginia
Funeral services for Charles William Edward See 35 of Keyser West Virginia will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Omps Funeral Home with the Rev Joseph Ducknall officiating. Interment in Winchester National Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Survivors include four aunts and one cousin. The remains will be at the Omps Funeral Home until the service.
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Charles William Edward See
Keyser
W. Va
Gore
Omps Funeral Home
Joseph Ducknall
Winchester National Cemetery
Nelson Pierce
John Pierce
John Frye
Melvin Whitlock
Donald Scruggs
Harvey Mills
Funeral service for Charles P. McVicar Jr
Charles P. McVicar Jr. age 40 of 401 Handley Ave died Sunday morning at home. A funeral was held today at 11 a.m. at Omps Funeral Home with Rev. G Raymond Womeldorf officiating. Burial followed in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers were Charles Locke Chalmers Nelson Beverley Vorous John Glaize David Kinter and Taylor Barr.
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Charles P. McVicar, Jr
Handley Ave
Omps
G. Raymond Womeldorf
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Charles Locke
Chalmers Nelson
Beverley Vorous
John Glaize
David Kinter
Taylor Barr
Funeral service for Henry W. Conrad at Omps Fun
Henry W. Conrad 67 of Whitacre died Saturday evening. A funeral service was held today at 3 p.m. at Omps Funeral Home with Rev. Carl W. Hiser officiating. Pallbearers named were George Whitacre Pred Whitacre Gilbert Whitacre Philip Dolan Ralph Johnson and Glenroy Duckworth.
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Henry W. Conrad
Whitacre
Omps
Carl W. Hiser
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
George Whitacre
Pred Whitacre
Gilbert Whitacre
Philip Dolan
Ralph Johnson
Glenroy Duckworth
Campanella Fractured Neck After Glen Cove Crash
Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella, 36, suffered a fractured neck in a car crash on a Glen Cove street near his home. He was rescued after being pinned, underwent a laminectomy, and remained conscious but paralyzed from a spinal nerve pinch. Police notified his wife. he had recently signed a Dodgers contract and owned a Harlem liquor store and a yacht.
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Glen Cove
Los Angeles Dodger
Roy Campanella
Campanella
Dodger
Los Angeles
Brooklyn
Buddy Bavasi
Act
New York
W. 8. Gurnee
Gurnee
Dodgers
Harlem
Colts Open 1959 Draft With Ray Brown Selection
The NFL resumed its 30 round draft with the fifth round as the first held today at the four day winter meeting. Ray Brown of Mississippi, Sugar Bowl hero, was chosen first by the Baltimore Colts after a prior trade with the Chicago Cardinals. Other fifth round picks included Jim Van Pelt and Bobby Gordon.
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Philadelphia F
Mississippi
Ray Brown
National Football League
Brown
Texas
Baltimore Colts
Colts
Chicago Cardinals
Washington
Jim van Pelt
Michigan
Chicago
Bobby Gordon
Tennessee
Dick Lynch
Notre Dame
Baltimore
Robert Taylor
Vanderbilt
Leon Bennett
Boston College
Johns Samples
Maryland
Pittsburgh
New York
Vernon Vaughn
John Diehl
Virginia
Detroit
Harold Outten
Exchange Of Atomic Information For Allies Supported By Durham
Rep Durham says Congress should approve sharing U S nuclear data with allies to keep NATO intact. He backs Eisenhower plans to amend the Atomic Energy Act to allow transfer of materials and non weapon components while keeping weapon data controlled, stressing not giving away but cooperating with allies.
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Rep
Durham
Washington
D-Nc
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Congress
U. S
NATO
Eisenhower
Joint Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Tion
United States
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Strauss
Britain
France
Canada
Sitdown Strike Grips Montana State Prison
Half of the 514 inmates at Deer Lodge Montana are on a sitdown strike after breakfast. Warden Burrell refuses to feed the 275 demonstrators until they return to their cells, as prison officials clash over conditions and discipline following a July riot.
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Montana State Prison
Deer Lodge
Mont
F. O. Burrell
Forrest H. Anderson
Burrell
Anderson
State Prison Board
Five Indicted On Charges In Local Case
The article notes five individuals indicted with one entering a guilty plea at arraignment. It mentions probation supervision, representation by attorneys George Snarr Jr Milton Harris and Elizabeth Gant Buller, and court appointments. Grand jury foreman W B Goode led with other members named.
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Allison
George Snarr, Jr. Stewart
Milton Harris
Elizabeth Gant Buller
W. A. Johnston
W. B. Goode
W. W. Baker, Jr
John Sencindiver
Edna M. Cather
Richard H. Ford
Thomas H. Jackson
Khrushchev Opens Talks On Smaller Issues First
Khrushchev urged starting summit talks with issues they can agree on, while meeting Western ambassadors at an Indian National Day reception. He compared negotiations to a Russian meal and again rejected resuming the U N disarmament subcommittee, calling its deliberations hypocritical. He also pressed for an immediate halt to nuclear tests and troop reductions on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
United States
West
Russia
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
U. N
British Troops and Turks Battle Again on Cyprus
On Cyprus, British forces and Turkish Cypriots clashed for the third straight day. Four people were killed as crowds pressed toward the Turkish quarter of Nicosia and funerals for victims of Monday’s fighting. A curfew remained in effect while protests intensified and authorities warned of further trouble.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Britain
Greece
Famagusta
Osman Orek
Mediterranean Island
Soviet West nonaggression pact talk at reception
Guests at the reception included U S showman Mike Todd and actress Elizabeth Taylor. They were not introduced to the party boss. Todd seeks Soviet American film exchanges while in Moscow. Jockeys riding in Massachusetts must wear Caliente safety helmets.
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U. S
Mike Todd
Elizabeth Taylor
Todd
Moscow
Massachusetts
Caliente
Groves Re-elected Head of Firemen's Executive Assn
Bernard Groves Jr of Rouss Fire Company was re elected president of the Winchester Firemen's Executive Association at the annual meeting at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall. Officers named include Loryn Crabill, Marion Anderson, John A. Boyd, W. E. Argenbright, Albert Robinson, and Richard Brown Jr. The group approved Christmas tree safety tags and discussed a city fireproofing spray station. The next meeting is April 21 at Rouss Fire Hall. Don Chandler of the New York Giants led the NFL in punting with an average of 44.6 yards last season.
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Bernard Groves, Jr
Rouss Fire Company
Winchester Firemen's Executive Association
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Mr. Groves
Loryn Crabill
Sarah Zane
Marion Anderson
Friendship
John A. Boyd
South End
W. E
Taylor Barr
Donald Larrick
George Washington Hotel
Rouss Fire Hall
Weather forecast and quiz clues from Winchester
Partly cloudy with light snow likely in the mountains tonight and Wednesday. Highs near 40 and lows around 32, colder in the west and mountains. Includes sunrise sunset times, moonset, and a Daily Quiz answers list with questions and a note about North Carolina State's smallest basketball player Harold Estis.
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Winchester
North Carolina State
Harold Estis
New York
Rainfall statistics and track championships noted
Rainfall figures for the 24 hours ending 8 30 today show none and January at 3.07 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1957 list totals from January to December. The article ends noting Maryland Kansas Harvard Manhattan Oklahoma Brigham Young Southern California Idaho State and Texas retained sectional track championships in an unspecified meet.
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Maryland
Kansas
Harvard
Manhattan
Oklahoma
Brigham Young
Southern California
Idaho State
Texas
Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Sale in Winchester
Sales directory lists events including Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Association sale at Farmers Livestock Exchange Winchester with R M Godsey as secretary. Also Clay Sales Mt Airy Maryland tractors and farm equipment, Virginia Hereford Association bulls sale in Winchester, and H K Benham sale of city and county property in front of Frederick County Court House.
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Virginia
Winchester
Morris Fannon
Sales Megr
Culpeper
H. K. Benham
Frederick County Court House
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Mrs
Woods Service
McVicar Service
Conard Service
Myers Water Systems
L_ BRUMBACK & SONS
N. Cameron St
Smalts, Florist
St. Loudoun St
E F. W. Fulbeam
War Memorial
Europe
Atlantic Alliance
E. Piccadilly St
Order of the Golden Rule
Lilliston
Winchester Orchard & Farm Supply Co., Inc
Groves
Firemen’s Executive Assn
Don Chandler
New York Giants
Jacob
Dartmouth
the National Grange
Han Vanes
Canthea
Industr
S. Loudoun St
Jule
Peace
CBS TV
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