Obituaries from Winchester Evening Star June 3 1969
Multiple obituaries list services for Ros ie Thomas Pruiett 79 Gaines boro Edna May Lewis 77 Winchester Deaths include Ricky Catlett 18 Sunny side Station and Richard Omps 65 Winchester Curtis Michael 73 Morgan County. Services set at Damascus Mount Hebron Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel Berkeley Springs Mt Tabor and Fairview United Methodist churches with burial at Mock Cemetery Wesley Chapel Cemetery Mt Tabor and city readings note survivors and pallbearers.
Mrs Edna May Lewis Service at Fairview United Methodist Church
A funeral service for Mrs Edna May Lewis is set for Thursday at 2 00 PM at Fairview United Methodist Church. The obituary notes her longtime involvement with the church and community.
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Edna May Lewis
Fairview United Methodist Church
Norris Jr Bridge Opens Over Rappahannock in 1957
The Robert Opie Norris Jr bridge spanning the Rappahannock river opened in 1957 with a construction cost of 15.5 million dollars.
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Robert Opie Norris, Jr
Rappahannock River
Australian carrier Melbourne involved in pre dawn collision in South China Sea
Map shows location of a collision between the Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne and the American destroyer USS Frank E. Evans during SEATO maneuvers. The Evans was cut in two and sank. a survivor was flown to Cam Ranh Bay for treatment. Melbourne steamed toward Singapore, expected to arrive Thursday.
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Frank E. Evans
South China Sea
SEATO
Cam Ranh Bay
Vietnam
Singapore
Kelly
Evans
Melbourne Carrier Collision Reopens Old Disaster Questions
The airline style and naval officials recount a second catastrophe involving the Australian carrier Melbourne and destroyer Evans also a past disaster with Voyager. Admiral Hyland ordered a court of inquiry as SEATO canceled Sea Spirit. Captain Stevenson commanded Melbourne and Evans was named after Brig. Gen. Frank Evans.
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John J. Hyland
SEATO
Sea Spirit
Clive Kelly
Adelaide
Australia
Melbourne
Kelly
Smallustralian Navy
J. P. Stevenson
R. J. Robinson
Tme
Evans
Long Beach
Calif
Frank E. Evans
U.S. Marine Corps
Wardensville Youth Killed In Vietnam
Pfc. Freddy Lee Coffman 20 of Wardensville W Va was killed in action in Vietnam born April 13 1949 in Petersburg son of Lester and Pauline Coffman Surviving include his widow Linda Long one son Brian Coffman two brothers Michael and Douglas Coffman one sister Beverly Coffman his grandmothers Mrs Junior Stump and Mrs Omar Chaites The body arrives at Loy Funeral Home Wardensville late tonight burial at Wardensville Cemetery funeral Thursday at 2 30 p m at United Methodist Church Wardensville with burial and visiting hours listed
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Mount Hebron
S. Loudoun St
Henry N. Lewis
Frederick County
Carlton Nathan Lewis
Richard Alton Omps
Valley Ave
Mr. Omps
Richard L
Phena Catherine Dick Omps
Eva Shade
Salem United Methodist Church
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Onile Stalnaker
Philadelphia
C.B. Dawson
White Hall
Paul Stanaker
Winchester
Melvin Pease
Harry Gano
Ora Hottle
Lena Omps
Earl Havermale
Whitacre
D’arcy Dean Stalnaker
Lora Jo Stalnaker
Pennsylvania
Curtis Franklin Michael
Morgan County War Memorial Hospital
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Michael
Morgan County
Loman S.A
Rebecca Fearnow Michael
Rock Gap
C.F. Michael and Sons Cannery
Mt. Tabor
Freddy Lee Coffman
Wardensville
Vietnam
Petersburg
Lester and
Pauline Jenkins Coffman
Linda Long
Brian Coffman
Douglas Coffman
Beverly Coffman
Junior Stump
Omar Chaites
Loy Funeral Home
United Methodist Church
Charles Andrews
Morrison Service Set for Virginia Ramner Morrison
Virginia Ramner Morrison died Sunday. Service will be at Mount Carmel Baptist Church tomorrow at 2 PM with Rev. E T Taylor and Rev. Newton Turner officiating. Pallbearers are Mount Carmel officers. Burial in Orrick Cemetery. Friends may call Carter Wright Funeral Home tonight from 6 to 9.
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Rosie Thomas Pruiett
Gainesboro
Damascus Baptist Church
Damascus
Omps Funeral
Wright Funeral Home
Ricky James Catlett
Sunnyside Station
Jones Funeral Home
John Kinzie
Ricky Hawkins
Steve Bageant
Roy Taylor
David Kiett
John D’amone
Richard Catlett
Larry Johnson
Dennis Singhas
Bob Bursey
John Haines
Mike Pyles
Butch McDonald
Wesley Chapel Cemetery
Hunter Funeral Home
Berkleley Springs
Mt. Tabor
Morgan County Cancer Fund
Morgan County War Memorial Hospital
Virginia Ramner Morrison
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
E.T. Taylor
Newton Turner
Mount Carmel Baptist, Church
Orrick Cem
Carterwright
Fire rips through building killing six in family
A three alarm blaze, fought by 11 companies and over 50 firefighters, charred the third floor and caused smoke and water damage to the first two floors. Six people in one family died. authorities identified Rex and Tina Johnson and their children among the victims, with several others unnamed. James Combs fled with his wife and four children then helped neighbors.
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James Combs
Combs
Rex Johnson
Tina
Rex Jr
Joyce Franks
Edmund Lee Godden Jr
Scarlet Godden
Barbara Smith
Lithe Smith
Methodist Conference in Norfolk to Discuss Membership and Reconciliation
The Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in Norfolk plans talks on leveling membership decline the reconciliation program and reparations discussions. Bishop Paul M. Herrick will preside June 9 to 12 and announce ministerial appointments. Membership stands at 383073 with progress on the Fund for Reconciliation toward 1250090.
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Norfolk
Virginia
United Methodist Church
Paul M. Herrick
Richmond
Jerry G. Bray Jr
Chesapeake
Fund For Reconciliation
Cosmonauts Host Vodka and Caviar Party at Paris Air Show
Two Soviet cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov and Aleksei Yeliseyev entertained three American astronauts James A. McDivitt David R. Scott and Russell Schweickart with vodka and caviar in Paris. The social event delayed the U S delegation by about 90 minutes during the 28th biennial Paris Air Show. The group later toured the Apollo 8 spacecraft led by the visiting cosmonauts.
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Paris
U.S
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell Schweickart
Vladimir Shakealov
Alexei Yeliseyev
War Zone Fights North of Saigon Then Bridge Opening
The report details heavy fighting the prior week near Saigon with 30 North Vietnamese and seven Americans killed and 50 wounded from two Air Cavalry actions in War Zones D and C. Air Cavalry actions at Dong Ngai River and Dak To area followed by B52 raids and a CH46 helicopter downed near Khe Sanh. A bridge project, the Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge near Hopewell, opened in 1967 at a cost of $5.5 million.
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Saigon
11st—Air Cavalry Division
U.S
Dong Ngai River
Dak To
Marine Corps
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
1St Air Cav
Hopewell
Weather outlook for Virginia cool tonight and sunny midweek
Fair and cooler tonight with lows in the 40s to 50s. Wednesday brings mostly sunny skies with highs in the upper 60s to 70s. Thursday looks fair and warmer. Noon high today 53, yesterday 86, Winchester area.
Rainfall Totals and Averages for the Year
Rainfall data shows 0.80 inches in the last 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. Today with June to date at 1.60 inches and 1969 year-to-date at 10.56 inches. Long term averages over 56 years center on monthly figures from January to December with an overall Jan–Dec average of 36.43 inches.
Thief Targets Laundromat Candy Machines in Winchester
Police report two candy machines were stolen from laundromats in Winchester last night. The Berryville Avenue laundromat and the Kwik & Kleen on North Cameron Street each lost a machine, with entry at Kwik & Kleen suspected to be forced through a side door. Police Captain Warren Rudolph says both sites were secured after the thefts and investigations are ongoing.
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Winchester
Warren Rudolph
Berryville Avenue
N. Cameron St
Rudolph
Kwik & Kleen
Two youths die in Wise County Virginia auto crash
Two Coeburn youths, Wayne Hamm 18 and David Hamm 16, died after their 1969 car left U S 58 A west of St Paul in Wise County, crashed into an embankment and ended in Dwina Elementary School parking lot.
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Associated Press
Coeburn
U.S. 58
St. Paul
Wise County
Wayne Hamm
Dwina
Hamm
David
Norton Community Hospital
Chesapeake
Overton
Cora
Norfolk
Portsmouth General Hospital
Richmond
Floyd Eddie Brunette
Medical College of Virginia
Beulah Road
Wall Street Opens Lower as Market Slumps
Prices slip in active trading amid a two week downward trend. Dow Jones 30 drops to 931.19 as investors grow cautious over tight money and await Nixon Thieu meeting. Mixed openings include Standard Oil of California steady and American Cyanamid up while others dip on the Big Board and Amex.
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New York
Nixon
South Vietnam
Thieu
New York Stock Exchange
Standard Oil
California
Ashland Oil
du Pont
U.S. Steel
U.S. Gypsum
Virginia Highway Deaths This Year Compared To Last Year
To date this year Virginia reports 461 highway deaths versus 467 on the same date last year, indicating a slight decline in fatalities amid ongoing traffic safety concerns. Local authorities emphasize continued enforcement and public awareness campaigns to reduce future crashes.
Lincoln Answers Through All the Wide Border His Steed Was the Best
Lincoln is named as the best among mounted figures, with questions referencing England versus Germans in World War I, Medina in Arabia, the number 160, Crockett Boone and Carson, and Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Lincoln
England
W.W. I
Crockett, Boone, Carson
Napoleon Bonaparte
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