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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1965
Page
2
Obituary notices list W V residents Tenney and Shannon families with multiple survivors and service details. Tenney WW I veteran from Randolph County is mourned by widow Florence and many children. Shannon of Mount Jackson, with church and garden club ties, is survived by husband C M Shannon and five sons, daughters and siblings. Funeral and burial details follow.
The list presents 10 labeled items covering American flowers and plants, temperature, numbers, Greece, paired phrases, a monetary value, Death Valley, Aaron Burr, and other minor trivia. It appears as a mixed trivia compilation with minimal context or narrative.
Funeral arrangements for John Crane are set for Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home. Services will be conducted by Jones Funeral Home, Inc. and the family requests expressions of sympathy be directed to the funeral home.
Cadets Michael Lake and Louis Chapman left Saturday to join the Civil Air Patrol summer encampment at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton. They are part of the Winchester Composite Squadron which runs several yearly activities under Commander Richard B. Wine.
A congressional resolution accuses the Soviet Union and eastern European countries of persecuting Christians Jews and Muslims. It urges these governments to stop persecutions and permit full and free exercise of religion and related cultural pursuits by all people.
Mrs Tatwell Hall 59 of 33 Cloud St Front Royal died Sunday in Winchester Memorial Hospital after two years of failing health. Born in Virginia she was daughter of the late John William and Maggie Hawes Martin. She was married twice first to Harvey Melton Grim who died in 1930 and then to Tazewell William Hall who died in 1950. She belonged to Buckton Presbyterian Church and Front Royal Lodge 829 Loyal Order of Moose. Survivors include two sons Royce S. Grim and Ralph H. Grim two daughters Mrs Clarence Carr and Mrs Rudolph Martin three stepsons five step daughters one brother two sisters fifteen grandchildren five art Ritenour Mateer Grove serve as honorary pallbearers. Body at Maddox Funeral Home and to be taken to the church at noon tomorrow.
The House passed a 336 to 22 bill to apply apportionment for summer government jobs among states. About 4,500 of 6,600 temporary posts last summer were led by residents of the District of Columbia or nearby Maryland and Virginia. the measure goes to the Senate.
Washington AP reports the House debates removing silver from future U S coins with a clash over the 50 cent piece while Senate plans keep some silver content and a growing silver shortage drives proposals. The same session also approves recognizing the Coast Guard band and furnishing automatic desk tools for all members.
The board voted to negotiate buying the former Northern Virginia Power Co building as a potential site for a new county courthouse. A committee was set to obtain repair estimates for temporary use of the old county court room, including painting, lighting, floor work, and new coverings.
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending at 8:80 a.m. today was none. July rainfall to date is 2.12 inches for 1965. Yearly total to date is 16.72 inches with the 52 year average at 96.75 inches. Monthly averages list values for each month from January to December.
The market showed modest strength at open then turned uncertain as traders awaited President Johnson's news conference and Viet Nam war developments. McKesson & Robbins rose on a 46 opening after a 25,000 share block and Glen Alden neared 14 after a tender offer at 49. Du Pont and Polaroid slipped, rails mixed, and the AP average edged down slightly.
U S Ambassador at large W Averell Harriman works at the American Embassy in Moscow amid speculation his trip is tied to the Viet Nam situation. He denies negotiating or delivering messages but says he is an old friend of Premier Kosygin and open to discussing Viet Nam. He previously served as ambassador in Moscow 1943 to 1946.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said after a breakfast with President Johnson that Congress could adjourn by Labor Day if current momentum continues. He noted Johnson was pleased by recent votes on voting rights and Medicare and suggested the target date may be met, while House Speaker McCormack did not commit. A separate House bill would abolish the Postal savings system and move to the Senate.
Maj. Randolph Ritter led Group 4 CAP in a search across 22 counties from Winchester with help from the West Virginia Wing. An engine sighting was noted in a ravine as investigators probe a crash. The Cox family from Morgantown mourns three deaths with funeral plans pending for Mr Westfield.
Paul Mantz, 61, veteran stunt pilot, was mourned at funeral services in Glendale California. About 400 mourners attended at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with Lt Gen James Doddittle USAF Ret and actor Jimmy Stewart among them. Mantz died in a desert crash while doubling for Stewart last Thursday.
Preston Luther Loveless, 24, of S Cameron Street, was charged Saturday night with auto larceny and eight counts of hit and run and remained jailed with bond set at 5000 dollars. He had been released earlier that day after posting 500 dollars on a prior auto larceny charge.
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