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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1969

Page

2

Reverend Raleigh Moore Engle dies. longtime Presbyterian pastor

The Rev Raleigh Moore Engle of Freezeland Orchard Front Royal and Norfolk died Sunday aged before long illness. He served churches across North Carolina Hampton Chester S C and Norfolk and held offices in the Presbyterian General Assembly. He retired as Lafayette Presbyterian Church Norfolk pastor. Survived by widow two daughters two sisters and a brother. Funeral 5 PM Lafayette Church Norfolk burial Mount Hebron Thursday at 3 PM. Body at Holloman Brown Funeral Home Norfolk.

Raleigh Moore Engle Freezeland Orchard Front Royal Norfolk Mr. Engle Hareford County Ammishaddal M Margaret Moler Engle Elizabeth Craweford Winchester North Carolina Hampton Chester S.C Presbyterian General Assembly Montreat Association Monetreat N.C Engle Lafayette Presbyterian Church Elizabeth E. Stoddard Montgomery Ala Margaret E. Trumbo Victorville Calif William E. Dunkman Rochester N.Y James R. Kennedy Fort Defiance Frederick W. Engle Kissimmee Fla Mount Hebron Holloman- Brown Funeral Home

Reverend Raleigh Moore Eagle Intermeat Thursday

The notice announces the funeral arrangement for Reverend Raleigh Moore Eagle at Mount Hebron Cemetery with services at 3:00 PM Thursday, conducted by Jones Funeral Home Inc.

James R. Orndorff Raleigh Moore Eagle Mount Hebron Cemetery

Moon astronauts reveal lunar samples and quarantine plan

Moon mission officials show sealed lunar soil and rock samples collected during the two hour moon walk. The crew will be quarantined for at least 16 days in Houston with a 15 member staff. President Nixon will announce ticker tape parades and a Los Angeles dinner on Aug. 13.

Aldrin United States Seattle Portland San Francisco Vancouver B.C Armstrong Collins Pacific Earth Houston Nixon New York Chicago Los Angeles Mission Control

Rubbermaid Reports 16 Percent Rise In Second Quarter Earnings

Rubbermaid Inc of Wooster Ohio reports 16 percent jump in net earnings for the 1969 second quarter to 972714 dollars or 56 cents a share. Six month earnings total 1990859 dollars or 114 per share, with six month sales about 31748872 dollars.

Rubbermaid Rubbermaid, Inc Wooster Ohio Winchester Donald E. Noble Noble

Base Handed to South Vietnamese as U.S. Withdrawals Continue

U.S. troops transferred Fire Support Base Moore at Cai Lay to the South Vietnamese 7th Infantry Division as 11,400 of the 9th Division pull out under Nixon’s order. About 7,400 of the 1st Brigade will move to Hawaii in a week. Ranger scouts defeated two sampans, killing six Viet Cong with no U.S. casualties. Saigon University students report for training with about 90 percent compliance amid demonstrations over exams.

Moore Cai Lay U.S 9Th Infantry Division 7Th Infantry Division Saigon Delta Nixon Hawaii Vietnam Duc Pho Quang Tri

Moon Seismometer Records Unexplained Tremors On Moon

SPACE CENTER Houston AP The Apollo 11 seismometer on the moon picks up several distinct surface movements possibly from natural sources. The solar powered device is overheating and dying, its radiation surface damaged by the lunar ascent blast. Temperatures reach 250 degrees and the unit may not survive. A second experiment, a laser reflector, remains unfound by astronomers after multiple attempts. McDonald Observatory and Lick Observatory have tried laser targeting the Sea of Tranquillity landing site but no reflections are detected.

Neil A. Armstrong Edwin E. Aldrin Jr Small McDonald Observatory el Paso Tex Lick Observatory California Sea of Tranquillity

Nixon to witness Apollo 11 splashdown and tour ships

President Nixon travels by helicopter for a 90 minute flight to the USS Arlington and then to the USS Hornet to observe the Apollo 11 splashdown. He promotes space exploration with planets beyond the moon and plans overseas stops ending in August. The trip follows a Vietnam troop discussion with General Wheeler. Pierre Dorion noted as early South Dakota settler.

Arlington Nixon Hornet Washington New York Chicago Los Angeles America Guam Phillippines Indonesia Thailand India Pakistan Romania Britain Vietnam Leavin Washington Earle G. Wheeler Joint Chiefs of Staff South Vietnam U.S

Ruritans to Lead Sunday Worship at Gainesboro

Gainesboro Ruritan Club will conduct a worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday at Gainesboro United Methodist Church with Leslie Campbell chairing. Participants include Campbell, John Venskoske, Joe Cooper, Lloyd Combs, Nathaniel De Haven, Isaac DeHaven, and E W Adams Jr. Miss Debbie Ruble will be the pianist. The service is open to all.

Gainesboro Mr.Campbell John Venskoske Joe Cooper Lloyd Combs Nathaniel DeHaven Isaac DeHaven E. W. Adams, Jr Debbie Ruble

Storms Cause Power Interruptions In Local Areas

Thunderstorms moved across the countryside bringing rain to some locales and cutting power to residents in the Relief Church section after a lightning strike on a Middle Road pole. A storm north of Winchester disrupted the Well town Pike area while rainfall stayed light elsewhere. Total monthly rainfall reached 6.16 inches at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory, about 2.4 inches above the 56 year average.

Potomac Edison Line Department Middle Road Relief Church Winchester Welltown Pike Middletown Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory

Wall Street Dives to Fresh 1969 Low as Dow Slips

The market moved lower in moderate trading with the Dow down to 829.63 at 10:30 a.m. and the 1969 low already set the day before. Declines outweighed advances by more than 200 issues as oil and energy shares fell and analysts cited weak economy and oil depletion allowance reform as concerns.

New York Atlantic American Telephone & Telegraph Standard Oil N.J Brunswick Holiday Inns Chrysler Ford Motor Dow Jones Associated Press House American Stock Exchange Alamera AMK Air West Daid Crystal Niagara

Safe Stolen From Two Front Royal Stores

Front Royal police report two local businesses were broken into Monday night. Southern States Cooperative and IGA Supermarket on Water Street each suffered forced entries with missing merchandise and damaged property. Police say the investigations are ongoing.

Front Royal Dennis Thompson Southern States Cooperative IGA Water St

Weather Outlook for Winchester Virginia Today and Forecast

Considerable cloudiness with scattered mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms through Friday. Low tonight 62 to 68 and high Thursday 82 to 88. Five day forecast shows above normal temperatures with highs 87 to 92 and lows 68 to 73. Rainfall total one inch or more from Thursday to Sunday. noon high 70, high 93, low 66. Sunset 8 36 p.m. Moonset 11 57 p.m.

Winchester

Rainfall Totals and Averages for the Year

Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8 30 a m was five hundredths of an inch. July rainfall to date is 6 16 inches.1969 rainfall to date is 18 05 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 56 years by month is listed from January 2 41 to December 2 32 inches. Five year January through December totals are 31 63 in 1964 26 85 in 1965 33 82 in 1966 36 48 in 1967 32 56 in 1968. The 56 year Jan through Dec average is 36 43 inches.

First Woman Solo Sailor Plans New Atlantic Trip

Shar on Adams, completing a 6000 mile solo Pacific crossing as the first woman to sail solo to Hawaii, plans a future Atlantic voyage after rest. Her husband Al reports she is tired and has lost weight while nearing San Diego after 73 days at sea since Yokohama departure.

Los Angeles Sharon Adams Pacific Atlantic Yokohama Japan Adams Hawaii

Quiz Answers Archive Reveal Stated Key Results

A list matching questions to answers includes 1. One hundred 2. Adolph Hitler 3. Guy Lombardo 4. 999 tol 5. True (Psalms 116:11) 6. Smaller 7. Tangerine orange and grapefruit 8. Seven 9. Methuselah 10. Larynges or larynxes.

Adolph Hitler Guy Lombardo

Six year old boy burned by boiling water in Winchester

A Winchester boy was admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital with second degree burns after a girl spilled a pan of boiling water onto him at about 9:15 a.m. The incident at 501 S. Braddock St involved the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad. The boy, David E. Foy, is in satisfactory condition.

Winchester Winchester Memorial Hospital The Hosital David E. Foy Virginia Foy S.R. Duke S. Braddock St Young Foy

Auction items sought for St. Thomas Chapel benefit

More donations are sought for a Saturday auction to aid the Restoration of historic St. Thomas Chapel in Middletown. The sale, by St. Thomas Chapel Trust, begins at 10 a.m. at Belle Grove near Middletown. Archie Manuel says donors can drop off salable items at Middletown Town Hall or James Wood High School main office. Proceeds go to the restoration fund.

St. Thomas Chapel Middletown St. Thomas Chapel Trust Belle Grove Archie Manuel James Wood High School Manuel

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