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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1966
Page
2
Joly B. Eaterpay, born January 26, 1065 in Winchester, son of Alma Kerns, is remembered in a funeral service at 3:30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home led by Rev. L. L. Shreck. Pallbearers include Charles B. Kerns Allen W. Gaunt William A. Perry Jr. and George E. Grim. Burial follows at Macedonia Cemetery.
A fire destroyed a small outbuilding on the Toby Strother farm in Clarke County yesterday afternoon. The grass fire spread to surrounding fields before John H. Enders Firefighters stopped it. Estimated damage to the outbuilding was 150 dollars.
Dr W W Robinson announces a grant approved by the U S Office of Education totaling over 94000 to Shenandoah County Schools and the American Symphony Orchestra League. The project funds stringed instrument instruction in the school system this fall with instruments chairs stands two mobile trailers for 15-20 students and two string teachers.
A tablet honoring Virginia's first newspaper publisher William Parks was unveiled at William and Marys Swem Library. The Virginia Press Association and Printing Industry of Virginia presented it, noting Parks founded the Gazette in 1727. The ceremony also featured VPA officials and remarks by John Gravely III.
Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr introduces a constitutional amendment to admit voluntary confessions despite Miranda rulings. He argues police interrogation rights, as defined by the 1966 decision, overly limit criminal justice administration. The proposal aims to prevent appeals courts from invalidating voluntary confessions with competent proof of voluntariness.
The 1966 Virginia traffic death toll rose to 559 from 541 a year earlier. In Lynchburg Walter Clarence Denton 40 of Miami was killed when another vehicle rammed his car after a minor non collision incident on U S 29 ten miles south of the city. In Shacklford Linwood Robinson Jr 10 of King and Queen Court House was fatally injured Friday night when struck by a pickup on State Route 33 one mile west of the community.
The Clearbrook Fire Department answered a grass fire at the 3-M plant in Midway West Virginia yesterday at 5 55 pm. Fire crews extinguished the blaze and no injuries were reported. A separate note estimates a hawk saves farmers about 110 dollars yearly in rodent damage.
The Friendship Fire Co buys a 1000 gallon diesel pumper for 34520 dollars, to serve May 1 1967. Chairman Jim Geanious notes a 265 hp motor. It replaces a damaged 700 gallon unit and includes power steering brakes breathing masks two booster reels with 250 feet hose and an emergency brake. The company seeks contributions to fund the Class A pumper.
A tractor and car collision on Route 11 near Clearbrook left the tractor driver Gary Stotler of Martinsburg injured and hospitalized. The car driver James Franklin Johnson of Gerrardstown reported no injuries. The tractor breached a fence and telephone pole before stopping in a field.
New Delhi AP reports Indian agricultural officials noting promising results from imported Italian bees. At Punjab Agricultural University Nagrota colonies yielded 27 pounds per hive versus 10 pounds average, with officials hoping honey production rises from 1.5 million to 1 million pounds annually.
A New Delhi dairyman received a two year prison term at hard labor after being convicted of selling adulterated milk to the city police department, one of his principal customers.
President Johnson plans a nonpolitical tour through South Viet Nam and nearby areas to meet troops and explain policies. Bill Moyers said governors and Congress members from three states and Tennessee were invited. The trip includes Army sergeant major William O. Wooldridge and daughter Luci Johnson accompanying the First Family.
Spong seeks a full six year term facing Ould and Hawthorne in November. Byrd runs for the last four years of his father's term against Traylor and Carter. No new candidates by deadline. seven of ten House districts have contests with Abbitt-Gilliam in the 4th and Tuck-Gilliam in the 5th among others. Plimsoll mark on ships denotes safe loading limit named for Samuel Plimsoll, British reformer.
Fair and warmer conditions with increasing humidity and high temperatures in the 80s. Winchester skies show rainfall measured at 8:30 a.m. today with July totals for 1966 at 16.44 inches and yearly averages over the past 53 years at 36.56 inches. Monthly normals are listed by month.
The Boyce Fire Company's gala carnival opened last night on Route 340 at Anderson Ball Field. Firefighters expect large crowds daily through July 30 starting at 6 p.m. All proceeds go toward a new fire truck, with the contract signed last week.
Roald Amundsen, famed Arctic explorer, organized a rescue party for Umber to Nobile, pilot of the dirigible Norge. The Norge disappeared after the flight from Norway and was never heard from again.
Helicopter-borne U S infantrymen overran Viet Cong bunkers 25 miles north of Saigon in a fast and furious action. Marines fought along the DMZ and reported heavy losses for North Vietnamese forces while air and naval units pressed raids over North Viet Nam. A Navy pilot was rescued after a Skyhawk was shot down. two crew members in an observation plane were killed. A Buddhist monk, Hue Hong, died in Saigon after his robes caught fire at a political meeting.
A New YorkState Supreme Court judge rejected Mary Hemingway's claim that A E Hotchner's book Papa Hemingway violated the Heming ways estate literary rights. The judge ruled there was no confidential relationship or joint venture between Hotchner and the estate.
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