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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1952
Page
6
The article outlines Social Security changes with higher payments for survivors and widows, including a 55 percent base plus 15 percent of earnings, up to 75 dollars monthly. It notes extensions of wage credits for World War II servicemen and a two year window to claim a lump sum death payment for survivors who cover burial costs.
Funeral services for Arthur C. Unger 84 of Stotlers Cross Roads were held yesterday morning at Greenwood Methodist Church near Unger West Virginia. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery with active pallbearers led by Stanley B. McCoy and others and honorary pallbearers listed. The notice also includes a reader question defining majority and plurality in voting.
Neighbors report a strange four legged animal seen at Mr. Smith's residence. Described as a rat hamster hybrid with a soft white and dark fur coat, it eats and jumps like a hamster and mouse. Local observers linger unsure of its exact nature.
Miss Virginia Graves of Norfolk, a former Suffolk resident, was with the engineer when an unknown gunman crouched at the club stairs and fired three shots at about 3 a.m. The assailant fled and Graves could not identify him. police say motive remains unclear and Chief Reeves Johnson questions several circumstances.
Burkett attends a southeastern summer Youth Conference at the church, representing the Winchester District Conference. Delegates from nine states gather for training through July 23, with joint sponsorship by the Methodist General Board of Education and the Board of Education in each conference. Rev. Larry Easenberg, from the General Board, leads as edu Dean. Rev. Warren W. Willis is training program director, and Rev. Dan Whitsett of Sylacauga, Alabama, is a platform speaker.
In Canterbury England Dr Hewlett Johnson the Dean of Canterbury delivered a 40 minute sermon accusing American germ warfare in China and North Korea. A elderly woman tried to bar him from speaking but he continued the address. Authorities in the U S Britain and the UN deny the charges.
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