Funeral for Samuel King MacDonald set in Philadelphia and Winchester
A funeral service for Samuel King MacDonald of Philadelphia will be held tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Oliver Bair Funeral Home, with a graveside service Monday at 1 30 p.m. in Mount Hebron Cemetery Winchester. He was married to Alma Bean of Winchester. Father Farrell will preside.
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Samuel King MacDonald
Philadelphia
Oliver Bair
Alma Bean
Winchester
Mount Hebron
Father Farrell
Bluemont Man Joseph Poston 66 Dies After Illness
Joseph Franklin Poston of Bluemont dies after a lengthy illness in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born June 14, 1901 in Loudoun County, he was a painter. Survived by daughter Betty Colbert, brothers Stanley and Gordon, sister Ada Chappell, and a granddaughter. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at John H. Enders Funeral Home Berryville. Burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Joseph Franklin Poston
Bluemont
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mr. Poston
Lowdoun County
Plaster
Elizabeth Lee Poston
Betty Colbert
Colbert
Stanley Poston
Round Hill
Gordon Poseton
Fairfax
Ada Chappell
John H. Enders
Berryville
David Boger
Green Hill Cemetery
Infant David Garrett Funeral Service in Winchester
Funeral services for two month old David Scott Garrett of Route 4 will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Trimble officiating. Burial follows at Timber Ridge Cemetery High View West Virginia. Earlier a graveside service was held at Mount Hebron Cemetery for the infant daughter of Garland and Jo Ann Royston Barb of Route 2 Berryville. She was born yesterday in Winchester and survived by her parents, maternal grandparents Garfield Royston of Berryville, and paternal grandmother Mrs John Barb of Berryville.
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David Scott Garrett
Route 4
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Robert Trimble
Timber Ridge
High View
W.va
Mount Hebron
Garland
Jo Ann Royston Barb
Route 2
Berryville
Winchester
Garfield Royston
John Barb
Local political races show several unopposed and open seats
LARGENT column lists Sheriff John Slater, R. C. Carter Jr., and Commonwealth Attorney Edward C. Williams as unopposed. James Wood Jr. seeks clerk nomination without opposition. Lucy Allen withdrew. Mary E. Rhoden seeks commissioner nomination with no opposition. Kenneth S. Shenk not seeking reelection.
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John Slater
R. C. Carter, Jr
Edward cC. Williams
James Wood, Jr
Berryville
Lucy Allen
Mary E. Rhoden
Revenue
Kenneth S. Shenk
Obituary and tribute recounts for Cecil Peer and Amelia Earhart story
Cecil H Peer 59 of Toms Brook dies at Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital Woodstock born March 10 1908 son of David and Minnie Peer member of Toms Brook Lutheran Church past council member and fire department survivor includes widow Dorothy Lutz two daughters Cecilia and Pamela of Arlington brother Millard Peer sisters Emma Gochenour Margaret Richards Catherine Butler Mabel Shillingburg Elsie Stultz funeral 3 pm at Toms Brook Lutheran Church burial in Toms Brook Cemetery body at Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock arrangements described. Oakland AP Amelia Earhart survivor tale recounted as Amelia Earhart 1937 flight remembered by Amelia Earhart’s likeness and Jules Pellegreno completing east west circumnavigation of the globe with crew mates. flowers laid on Howland Island and discussion of Earhart theories and search history.
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Cecil Homer Peer
Toms Brook
Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
Woodstock
Mr. Peer
Saumsville
David and
Minnie Myers Peer
Elvin Kibbler
Billy Hottle
D.D. Hines
Lee Wright
Earl Miley, Jr
John Maphis
Toms, Brook Cemetery
Dellinger Funeral Home
Peer
Oakland
Calif
Amelia
Earhart
Vnlicujture
Miss Earhart
Howland Island
Ann Pellegreno
Honolulu
Miss Earthart
Pacific
Modern-Day Earhart Retraces Ill-Fated Flight
Mrs Pellegreno and her crew planned to fly to Kansas for a celebration at Newton and a reunion with their spouses as part of a commemorative retracing of Amelia Earhart's ill fated flight.
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Earhart
Vivien Leigh’s Rise and Union with Olivier Highlight Stage Life
The text traces Vivien Leigh rising to fame after Gone with the Wind, her partnership with Laurence Olivier including Hamlet tours with Leigh as Ophelia, and their joint Shakespearean and Shaw productions in London and New York. It notes her divorce from Herbert Leigh Holman, subsequent marriage to Olivier, a 1951 1952 theatre milestone, a 1945 TB sanatorium stay, periodic rest due to illness, and a planned West End comeback with Albee's A Delicate Balance alongside Sir Michael Redgrave.
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Miss Leigh
Olivier
United States
Hamlet
Ophelia
Sir Alexander Korda
Lady Hamilton
London
Herbert Leigh Holman
Antony and Cleopatra
George Bernard Shaw
New York
Michael Redgrave
Arms shipments dim Mid-East hopes for talks
Washington reports rapid Soviet delivery of fighters tanks and other arms to Arab nations over the past month has dampened prospects for a U N arms control agreement in the Middle East. Officials say Kosygin remained hard in stance but Glassboro showed limited common ground on Israel’s existence and Arab refugee issues.
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Washington
Johnson
Middle East
U.S
Alexei N. Kosygin
Glassboro
N.J
Kosygin
United Nations
post-Glassboro
United States
Soviet Union
Israel
Shipping Dispute Vote Set At Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co faces a possible shutdown as 15,000 union members prep a general strike vote for Sunday 2 p.m. at Newport News High School stadium. PSA says the labor dispute centers on incentive benefits and job classifications with management calling the stoppage illegal.
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Newport New, Va
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Peninsula Shipbuilders Association
Newport News
Transportation Department
PSA
R.M. Bryant Jr
Bryant
Visory
Weather Elsewhere By The Associated Press
The weather report provides nationwide patterns and regional temperatures. Forecasters note storm activity in portions of the west and midwest with precipitation expected in coastal areas. Public advisories urge preparedness for heavy wind and potential flooding in vulnerable regions.
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THE
Associated Press
Fighting Rages Around Port Fuad as War Continues
Reports from Port Fuad indicate the area remains split by the canal with Egyptian positions on the west and attempts by Israeli forces to seize Port Fuad from El Qantara on the east. Egypt promotes officers for heroism as both sides claim battlefield gains in the June war.
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Port Fuad
West Bank
East Bank
el Qantara
Qantara
Ras El’ish
Egypt
al Gomhouriya
al Akhbar
Israel
Tel Aviv
Levi Eshkol
Yitzhak Rabin
Moshe Dayan
Eshkol
Dayan
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Mapai
Rafi Party
Vatican
Jerusalem
Old City
Jordan
Robinson Heads Fete Committee
Alson H. Smith announced the nominating committee for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival 1967 68 officers and board of directors. State Senator J Kenneth Robinson chairs with James R Wilkins and Clarence F Schenck as vice chairmen. all are past festival presidents and will present a slate at the upcoming annual meeting. The committee plans several conferences next week.
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Alson H. Smith
Fete
J. Kenneth Robeinson
James R. Wilkins
Clarence F. Schenck
Sager Family Obituary Noted For Civic Service
The obituary recalls Sager lization and Conservation Service work and notes his marriage on December 23 1918 to Bessie Lee Orndorff of Wardensville. It mentions his wife died in 1964 and that the Sager family had five children.
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Bessie Lee Orndorff
Wardensville
Weather Today Forecast for Showers and Warm Weekend
Forecast notes showers ending tonight with a low in the 60s. Sunday will be partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the 80s. Mojiday mainly sunny and warm. Winds today from the southeast or south at 10 to 20 mph.
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Mojiday
Rainfall figures for past months and year totals
Rainfall over the last 24 hours until 8 30 a m shows one inch. July rainfall to date amounts to 1 64 inches for 1967 with 16 59 inches year to date. Average monthly rainfall over 54 years is listed for each month and the annual average is 36 50 inches. Five year figures show 1962 39 73 1963 33 46 1964 31 63 1965 26 85 1966 33 32.
Federal Probe of Northern School Systems Planned
The government plans major investigations of Northern school systems to combat Civil Rights Act violations. Health, Education and Welfare official Peter Libassi said the probe will start early next year with a gradual buildup. He stressed the effort targets practices harming Negro children's constitutional rights, such as segregated districts and discriminatory staffing and resources.
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Washington
Peter Libassi
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Associated Press
Libassi
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival reviews riding club participation
A special committee of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival met with local riding clubs to discuss clubs and their horses taking part in 1968 spring events. Denzil Fawcett represented Opequon Saddle Club with Thomas E Owens Jr and Lewis M Allen Riding Club. committee members included Alson H Smith James R Wilkins C F Schenck E W Argenbright Robert F Gaines and State Senator J Kenneth Robinson. A follow up meeting with more committees is planned for summer.
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Denzil Fawcett
Opequon
Correct title for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
The proper formal title for the top U S court leader is Chief Justice of the United States. The phrase appears with the full official designation including United States, signaling the role and jurisdiction.
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Supreme Court
United States
Democratic Party Committee Faces Primary Letter Controversy
Clarke denied using its letterhead for letters and did not endorse any candidate in the Democratic primary. The Star found letters bearing Stuart E. Brown Jr's name, a Chapel District member, while Brown cited party discipline. The DEA has 12 members across four districts with races in Battletown and Longmarsh.
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The
Star
Stuart E. Brown, Jr
Berryville
DEA
Greenway
Chapel
Brown
Battletown
Longmarsh
J. Fred Jones
Ralph May
Douglas Moler
Robert M. Smalley
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Arthur Lee Purtlebaugh
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Aries
Joseph F. Poston
OMS Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
Mtunee
Onoged
Bernard F. Groves
Boscawen St
Garrett Service
Ken
John W. Rosenberger and Co., Inc
Quarrels School
Commerce St
Soveoun Srassy
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Thomas B.rosenberger
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Appalachians
Florida
Rockies
Cecil H. Peer
Howland
Michigan
Vivien
MR. Young
Richmond
Allon H. Smith
Virginia
House OF Delegates
AL Smith
SOOO
David A. Fahnestock
Frederick County
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Denver
Des Moines
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
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City
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Ptind
Ore
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Salt Lke City
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Tampa
Winnipeg
Bcc
Robinson
Lization and Conservation Service
N. Cameron St
Va. G
Clarke
Democratic Party
FDIC
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