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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1970
Page
2
Police in Wipchester report a minor traffic incident near Riverside Park. City council approves a street paving project and funds reallocations for public works contracts.
Elmer D Lake 59 of 844 Berryville Ave died today. Born in Winchester June 5 1911 to Elizabeth Cain Lake and Maurice Lake he served in the U S Navy in World War II and worked as a salesman with John S Solenberger. Survived by widow Barbara Biggs daughter Charlotte Lake mother and many siblings. Funeral Friday at 1 30 pm at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Bruce A Macbeth.
Funeral for 77 year old Harry M. Gano of Whitacre was set for 11 tomorrow at Omps Funeral Chapel with Rev. Alexander C. Y. Buriab officiating. Burial followed in Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow evening from 7:30 to 9 at the funeral home.
Obituaries indicate services for John Jack C Harrell to be held Thursday at 11:00 A M at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. A Christian wake is scheduled Wednesday at 7:30 P M. Elmer D Lake’s funeral is set for Friday at 1:30 P M at Jones Funeral Home.
Bangkok ordered a full scale military alert as Thailand faces a political crisis over sharp tax increases. Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn mobilized the 1st Army amid fears of unrest and potential Communist infiltration is cited by authorities.
Frederick County weighs an auto license fee for residents with a public hearing set for Aug 10. A credit is offered for fees paid to any town with similar charges. Middletown has raised its fee to 10 dollars, while Stephens City evaluates four way street signs with final costs pending council decision.
A high bid on the replaced town police car, a 1968 Plymouth Fury, was accepted. Major Comer withheld the announcement of the bid until the transaction is completed.
Winchester Exchange Club presented keys to the display containing Freedom Shrine documents for Dr. Robert P. Parker, president of Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music. The shrine sits in front of the Gregory Building library and includes the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the Gettysburg Address, and the Emancipation Proclamation. State Senator J Kenneth Robinson spoke at a Shenandoah campus ceremony highlighting the shrine’s significance.
A House select committee report allegedly omitted details of prisoners kept in tiger cages at a Vietnamese facility. Rep. Harkin says the omission hides embarrassing facts and resigns, while Chairman Montgomery defends the panel and cites trip logistics. An embassy spokesman notes Vietnamese authorities control the system.
STEPHENS CITY The State Water Control Board and Health Dept approved the first segment of a new sewage treatment facility owned by Lake Side Water and Sewer Corp. The unit will serve 300 homes in Lakeside Estates and Wakeland Estates between I 81 and Rt 522, near Robert E Ayler Junior High School, about 10 minutes from Winchester. The nonprofit firm, chartered in 1968, says the facility is among the state’s most modern. It currently serves 19 homes and will add eight more, with capacity for up to 2,000 homes in a three square mile area.
A pipe bomb exploded at the Haitian Consulate injuring three people. Explosive devices were found undetonated at the South African Consulate and the Portuguese tourist agency and were dismantled. A rocket replica was damaged at the Hall of Science in Flushing Meadow Park near a Viet Cong flag. This followed five days after four embassies in Washington, including Haiti, were fire bombed.
Variable clouds tonight and Thursday with a chance of thundershowers. Highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. Extended forecast shows mostly sunny skies Friday to Sunday with afternoon and evening thunderstorms and seasonable 80s to 90s, rainfall data through today shows none in past 24 hours. Long term rainfall totals from 1965 to 1969 and average monthly rainfall for 57 years are listed.
Palms Springs California AP reports character actress Marjorie Rambeau died Tuesday after a long illness at age 80. A veteran of over 60 years on stage and screen she continued work after a 25 year old car crash left her crippled. She became the youngest leading lady in American theatre history in 1902 at 13 in Camille in Portland Oregon. Her Broadway success led to Hollywood and early talkies with Her Man in 1930 as her first film.
U S military sources say improved SAM-2 batteries used to shoot down three Israeli jets near the Suez Canal indicate advances in electronics for guiding missiles. The development raises concerns over potential Russian upgrades of SAM-2s in North Vietnam and near key Middle East routes.
Andrew P. Vincent age 19 of Battle Avenue was arrested by Officers Barley and Hite and charged with assault and battery. The warrant alleges assault on Raymond Massie of Cork Street on Piccadilly Street July 5. Massie received facial injuries and was treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital and released.
Two young men from Strasburg were treated and released at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a late night crash in Stephens City. Larry Dyke and Steve Orndorff were transported by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad following an accident around 10 55 p m.
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