Obituaries. Multiple services held for area residents
Funeral services were held or announced for Howard J. Lewis 79 of Linden Drive died Saturday at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Beulah Lee 611 S Cameron St died Saturday and burial planned at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. Bessie M Anderson 82 Route 4 died Sunday service at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Bethel Cemetery. Other notices include Jacob W Shanholtz 88 and George William Heiss Jr 77 with arrangements pending at McKee Funeral Home Augusta West Virginia and surrounding counties.
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Howard J. Lewis
Linden Drive
Jones Funeral Home
Arthur G. Carper
Robert White
Lynn Anderson
Carlton Dyke
Albert Elgin
Linwood Heironimus
William Hammon
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Bessie M Anderson
Rt. 4
Jones Funeral
Vernon E. Inman
Jack Bucher
Charles Lewis
Andrew Anderson
Dory E. McKee
Joseph C. Bayliss
Blair Govs
Bethel Cemetery
Trone
Beulah Lee
S. Cameron St
George W. Burroughs
Augusta
W. Va
Lopemont
Shanholtz
Hampshire County
William
Jane Henderson Shanholtz
Lee Shanholtz
James Shanholtz
Winchester
Brook Shanholtz
Cumberland
Nannie Day
McKee
John Litten
Wesley Chapel
Pint
Jacob W. Shanholtz
George William Heiss, Jr
Roanoke Barn Dinner Theatre Manager Dies in House Fire
Roanoke fire crews report the death of Patricia Wolfe Rutherford 55 and Joseph C Covington 28 in a northeast Roanoke home fire. Firemen say neither was burned and deaths stemmed from heat and smoke. the blaze likely started from an electrical short at the basement fuse box. A dog and cat died in the residence. Rutherford had long served as manager of the Barn Dinner Theatre and was aunt to theatre owner Howard Wolfe.
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Roanoke
Patricia Wolfe Rutherford
Joseph C. Covington
Buthterford
Barn Dinner Theatre
Howard Wolfe
Everybody's Birthday Party at St Luke's Berryville
An Everybody's Birthday Party is planned at St Luke's Baptist Church in Berryville this Sunday at 5 p.m. The event invites community members to celebrate together.
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St. Luke's
St. Luke’s Baptist Church
Berryville
White Elected Chairman of Red Cross Chapter
Joseph W. White was elected chairman of the Winchester-Frederick County Chapter of the American Red Cross at the George Hotel meeting. He succeeds W. Woodhull Baker Jr. Future plans were outlined by guest speaker Richard H. Bjurberg. Other officers and directors were seated for three-year terms. awards were given to multiple organizations and individuals for service.
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Joseph W. White
Winchester - Frederick County
American Red Cross
W. Woodhull Baker, Jr
George Hotel
Richard H. Bjurberg
Red Cross
Washington, D.C
Mr. White
C. William Huntsberry
Carl Napps
Jack M. Phillips
Thomas Malcolm
Huntsberry
Wayne Whitham
Ben Belchie
Howard Shockey
E. Michael Luby
Wade Ferguson
John Fowler
William H. Baker
George Sanders
James E. Kenna
James H. Diehl
White
Baker
WINC
WHPL
the Star
Northern Virginia Daily
Winchester Christian Youth Organization
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester Recreation Department
Charles Zuckerman
Local defendants face trials in various cases
Ronald Swartz, 18, of Fox Drive pleaded innocent to grand larceny for three motorcycles stolen in April and to a May 27 burglary at Carpers Valley Golf club with trial set for Sept. 16. Thomas McAllister Jr. denied burglary and grand larceny indictments for guns at Joe the Motorist's Friend. trial Aug. 31. James Lane jailed six months after guilty plea for Grocers Wholesale break in. Raymond Kerns seeks new attorney with July 26 hearing. Oleg Phillips, habitual offender, to serve jail on off days from Feb 12 1970 order. Jay Kurth pleads innocent to drawing funds from a bad check. trial Sept. 3.
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Ronald Steven Swartz
Fox Drive
Carpers Valley Golf Club
Swartz
Thomas Edward McAllister, Jr
McAllister
Joe
Durham Retrial Habeas Petition Involving Snow and Hoover Cases
The 1969 habeas petition by Durham is being amended by attorney E William Chapman. Judge Widener ruled that juror Light biased the 1965 Snow case verdict, raising grounds for possible retrial while Ambrogi weighs new witnesses and evidence. Durham is serving a five year sentence for jail break and auto theft from April.
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Durham
U.S. District Court
Harrisonburg
U.S
H.E. Widener, Jr
E. William Chapman
Winchester
Kuykendall, Hall and Whiting
Ambrogi
Hoover
Commonwealth
Snow
Supreme Court
Simpson
Widener
Huyett G. Light
Rockingham County
Mills Nixon Tax Cut Sparring Highlights Policy Clash
In Washington, Representative Mills urges the President to lead tax cut plans while Republican Byrnes questions Congress support. Mills calls for investment tax credits, higher standard deductions, a spending ceiling, and an incomes policy with wage and price guidelines. The piece notes talks of cross party ground and references past Johnson spending controls. A separate notice lists the Winchester National Railway Historical Society meeting for Saturday at 7 30 p.m.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Nixon
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Mills
Utah
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Winchester
The
National Railway Historical Society
First Presbyterian Church
Three named to Virginia Welfare Board four year terms
Gov. Linwood Holton appoints R. Franklin Hough Jr., Harvey B. Cohen, and Dr. Philip James Allen to four year terms on the State Board of Welfare and Institutions. Allen replaces S. S. Flythe. Hough and Cohen succeed Gregory and Jones who were not eligible for reappointment.
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Richmond
Linwood Holton
State Board of Welfare and Institutions
R. Franklin Hough Jr
Salem
Virginia Baptist Children’s Home
Harvey B. Cohen
Arlington
Philip James Allen
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Allen
S.S. Flythe
Martinsville
Virginia Council On Family Relations
Hough
E.W. Gregory Jr
Cohen
Ashton C. Jones Jr
Gregory
Jones
Stolen 1964 Mercury Recovered in Winchester
Police recovered a 1964 Mercury owned by Donald Anderson of 916 Orchard Ave after it was stolen sometime after midnight. The car was found abandoned around 8 a.m. today on Smithfield Ave at National Ave. No arrests have been made as investigators continue.
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Winchester
Donald Anderson
Orchard Ave
Smithfield Ave
National Ave
Lily Pons Receives French Order of Merit
Paris. Premier Chaban Delmas awards Lily Pons the rank of commander in France's Order of Merit. The decoration is seen as France’s second highest after the Legion of Honor. Also notes comments by Mansfield and Scott on presidential restraint. Hoover testifies on Communist China before Senate panel.
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Paris
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Lily Pons
France
Congress
Mansfield
Scott
Hoover
Senate Appropriations
FBI
China
Weather in Virginia Today and Extended Outlook
The forecast calls for fair and cooler tonight with a low in the 50s. Wednesday should be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and a near zero chance of rain. From Thursday to Saturday expect fair conditions Thursday, then showers Friday and Saturday, with daytime highs in the low to mid 80s and mountain highs in the upper 70s. Nighttime lows will be upper 60s in the mountains and around 60s elsewhere.
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Virginia
Rocky Mountain States
Gulf Coast
Mid- Atlantic States
National Weather Service
Rainfall totals and climate figures from recent period
Rainfall in the last 24 hours to 8 30 a m was 02 inches. July rainfall to date is 41 inches and year to date 18.87 inches. Five year annual totals and monthly averages are listed with values for each month and year 1966 33.82 1967 36.48 1968 32.56 1969 36.05 1970 41.42.
Greenwood Fire Co Plans Saturday Training Program
The Greenwood Fire Co starts a fire training program at the fire hall on Greenwood Road. Sessions run Saturdays from 2 to 5 p.m. until further notice. The company has a second hand fire truck for training and a specially built unit, recently winning a West Virginia parade trophy, awaits underwriter approval before use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Fire Co
Greenwood Road
Holtons Vacation At N C Beach
Gov Linwood Holton and his family began a two week vacation at Wrightsville Beach North Carolina in a cottage marking a family tradition started before he was elected governor in 1969 The trip resumes a long standing holiday pattern for the Holtons with Mrs Holton joining him on the costal retreat on the first day of the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Linwood Holton
Wrightsville Beach
N.C
North Carolina
Holton
Population decline on Pitcairn Island noted by UN paper
A U.N. Secretariat report on Pitcairn Island says the population has fallen by 70 in ten years and now totals 80 descendants of the Bounty mutineers and Tahitians who settled the island in 1793. The document also notes Norfolk Island near 600 Pitcairn descendants.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Secretariat
Pitcairn Island
South Pacific
Norfolk Island
Pitcairn
Wall Street Ends Mixed as Mutual Fund Flows Continue
Wall Street advanced slowly with the Dow up 2.92 points to 889.39 as mutual fund redemptions again outweighed sales in June. Chrysler rose sharply on upbeat second-quarter earnings while Firestone skipped trading amid a planned 2 for 1 split. Ling-Temco-Vought and American Motors posted gains, Kodak dipped.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Chrysler
Firestone
Ling-Temco-Vought
American Motors
Greyhound
Eastman Kodak
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Lee .Service
Jacob Shanholtz
George W. Heiss, Jr
Omps Funeral Home
Amherst ST
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Ments
Bernard F. Groves
Boscawen
Ste
Theatre Head
Smalts Florist, Inc
S. Loudoun St
These Merchants Association
Raritans
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Shenandoah College
Lord Fairfax Community College
Knights of Columbus
Zuckerman Company
Mike Luby
Harry Ridgeway
Mr. Baker
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University of Pittsburgh
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Larrick and
Winchester Board of Zoning Appeals
Braddock Street United Methodist Church
Winchester Lions Club
Frederick County Young Democratic Club
Andrew P. Miller
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Jay Kurth
Venireman Light
Jimmy
Airport Road
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Cameron St
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