Obituary for Rev. R Vernon Whitehurst
The Rev. R Vernon Whitehurst died yesterday at 10 30 AM at his home 1305 Valley Ave after years of ill health He was born in Baltimore MD last of his family and a former member of Brad Street Methodist Church He is survived by his wife A Chaney Whitehurst daughters Doris Ann Berryville and Jean Bostic Baltimore two grandchildren Keith Kim Bostic Also funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM at Omps Funeral Home with Rev Jacob Mast and Rev L Shreck burial at Mt Hebron The family requests flowers be omitted and donations made to a worthy cause
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R. Vernon Whitehurst
Valley Ave
Whitehurst
Baltimore
James R
Eugenia Laura Bishop Whitehurst
Brad Street
A. Chaney Whitehurst
Doris Ann
Berryville
Jean Bostic
Keith Kim Bostic
Balti
Omps Funeal
Jacob Mast
Rev. L. Shreck
Mt Hebron
U S Ready to Launch Venus Spacecraft
Cape Canaveral plans a Atlas Agena B launch of Mariner 1, a 446 pound probe on a 140 day flight to Venus. The 30 minute flyby on Dec 8 will relay data on magnetic field, radiation belts, temperatures, rotation and atmosphere to Earth. Scientists seek answers about Venus’ potential life and extreme heat.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Venus
United States
Mariner I
Earth
Norstad Plans Retirement From NATO Commands
Sp Allied Commander in Europe, General Norstad, told President Kennedy he seeks retirement around November 1 after twelve years with NATO. He will relinquish the post of supreme Allied commander in Europe and be released from his European command duties. Kennedy praised Norstad for leadership and judgment during Berlin crisis.
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Stad
United States
Kennedy
Berlin
Norstad
White House
NATO
Europe
U.S
NATO Council
Council
Feather details tense confrontation preceding murder
Testimony recounts Feather spotting a man at the Braithwaite home, retrieving a gun, and confronting his wife and Mrs. Braithwaite. He recalls hearing a shot, smelling gunpowder, and later waking in Knoxville before police arrested him. the Commonwealth seeks first degree murder.
Emory and Henry Names Carruth to Psychology Faculty
Dr. Bruce C. Carruth was named to the Emory and Henry College faculty in the psychology department, announced President Earl G. Hunt Jr. Carruth joins from an academic background to teach and guide research.
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EMORY
Bruce C. Carruth
Emory and Henry College
Earl G. Hunt Jr
Fairfax County Man Charged With Murder
Raymond L. Lafon 32 of Fairfax is charged with murder in the slaying of Robert Glaspell 36 of Bridgeport. The two men, after drinking at a tavern, went to Chantilly Farms where Glaspell was beaten to death with an unseen blunt weapon. Lafon, a brother-in-law of Chantilly Farms dairy manager, led authorities to the body in a woods area after officials found the victim in a farm building dressing room. He was later jailed on unrelated stolen car charges.
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Chantilly Farms
Lafon
Glaspell
Ft. Belvoir
Lafon Gove
Five Rail Unions Meet Over Proposed Work Rule Changes
Chiefs of five railroad unions met in Cleveland to discuss management plans that unions say would eliminate about 80 000 jobs. The dispute centers on rules to be enacted Aug 16 and could go to the White House for a settlement.
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Cleveland, Ohio
White House
Kennedy
J. E. Wolfe
Railroads
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Switchmen’s Union
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Weather Summary for Virginia Regions
Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms in the mountains tonight. Saturday through Wednesday expect temperatures two to four degrees below normal. Saturday warm, cooler Sunday, then warmer Tuesday before turning cooler Wednesday. Showers likely Saturday and around Tuesday. Today 88, 62. year ago 89, 69. Winchester skies note sunset 8:36 p.m. moonrise 11:04 p.m. Last Quarter July 24.
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Virginia
Winchester
Weather totals and legal case expedited in Britain
Rainfall for the past 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. today is none with July total 4.98 and 1962 year-to-date 26.84. Average yearly rainfall over 49 years is 36.96 and the monthly averages are listed. The British attorney general urged speed in Soblen habeas corpus appeal. Soblen, 61, was denied relief and moved to a London hospital after a self inflicting knife incident on a flight from Israel to New York. Authorities argued he was never officially admitted here. The case was expedited due to implications for personal liberty and potential delay beyond the July 31 term. Under law, the home secretary must order deportation within two months of arrival.
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John Hobson
Soblen
Queen’s Bench
London
Israel
New York
Home Secretary
Appeal Court to Hear Soblen Plea in Britain
The British Court of Appeal agreed to consider Dr. Robert Soblen’s request to be released in Britain rather than sent back to the United States for a life sentence as a Russian spy. A hearing was set for next Thursday.
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London
British Court of Appeal
Robert Soblen
Britain
United States
Multiple Local Auctions Listed in July Sales Directory
A July schedule shows numerous upcoming auctions across Virginia and Maryland. Items include furniture, appliances, rural dairy cattle, real estate, and household goods, with auctioneers Wm B. Conner Charles R. Duvall J H Riley and others coordinating events through July 28 and into August.
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BOYCE
Wm. B. Conner
Charles G. McKee
North Ave
Winchester
Charles R. Duvall
William H. Marsh, Inc
Piper Farm
Sharpsburg
Robert C. Mullendere
Friendship Fire Coo
Cameron & Leicester Sts
Dennis T. Cole
Thomas C. Adams
Kern St
J. H. Riley
Millwood Ave
Shamrock
James R. Carroll
Berryville
W. D. Orndorff
Goldie M. Armstrong
E. Germain St
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R. V. Whitehurst
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Africa
American Society” of Gillemaeo
Poland
Julius Caesar
Federal Commmunications Commission
North
Federal Land Bank
Production Credit Association
Farm Credit Office
E. Boscawen
Tou
Federal Land Bank and Production Credit Loans
the Order OF the Golden Rule Ambulance Service
Mr. Zimmerman
Jim
Knoxville
Bunny
Frederick
Nikirk
Feather
Diane Weaver
Atorney Nikirk
Henry Whiting
Commonwealth
Emory and Henry
UNI
Uni-Balor
Minneapolis
Nmigline
Martinsburg Pike
Rt. 11
Fairfax County
Crider & Shockey
George G. Snarr, JR
Frederick County Court House
Frederick County Real Estate
Perry
Meccormick No
Brumback
N. Cameron St
Friendship Fire Hall
Comittee Friendship Fire CO
Murphy’s Feed Store
Pennsylvania Railroad Statio
Boscawen Street
Harry Murphy & Brother
Dial
UVA Post
Edgar F. Shannon Jr
Arthur F. Stocker Jr
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Stocker
Sangles
Sanet
Frederick County
Roy E. Smith
Josie K. Smith
Robert W. Johnson
Circuit Court
American International Savings and Loan Association, Incorporated
E.C.T
Stephens City
Washington Co
Sharpsburg- Hagerstown
T.B
R. V. Clark
Regent
William H. Marsh
Rt. 50
Berkline
Hassock
Remington
Foley
J.H. Riley
P. F
Congregational Christian Church
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