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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1960

Page

2

Obituary service held by Reverend Earl J Lewis

Pallbearers listed for the funeral include Wilbur Cobb Walter Rutherford Sr Walter Anderson Eustace Jackson Ammie Levi and William Clevenger. Burial is in Green Hill Cemetery after a 2 p.m. service conducted by the Rev Earl J Lewis.

Earl J Lewis Wilbur Cobb Walter Rutherford, Sr Walter Anderson Eustace Jackson Ammie Levi William Clevenger Green Hill Cemetery

Romine Service for Benjamin T. Romine Waterloo

Funeral service for Benjamin T. Romine of Waterloo will be conducted by Rev. Bookman. Pallbearers are Robert Buckley John Anders Ernest Elsen Philip Grim Clinton Shiley and Lynwood Lanham. Honorary pallbearers include Albert Nicodemus Bob Hughes Braxton Strode and Monroe Buckley. Burial is in Meade Memorial Episcopal Cemetery at White Post.

Benjamin T. Romine Waterloo Bookman Robert Buckley John Anders Ernest Elsen Philip Grim Clinton Shiley Lynwood Lanham Albert Nicodemus Bob Hughes Braxton Strode Monroe Buckley Meade Memorial Episcopal Cemetery White Post

Policeman Dies Under Barrage Of Bullets

A police pursuit along the harbor ended with Patrolman Vernon J. Owings killed by a bullet as he approached two suspects. Partner Richard A. Brizenbine was wounded in the leg, and a large dragnet led to two prisoners, one with a criminal record including sex offenses.

Lyos Angeles Wegre Vernon J. Owings Richard A. Brizenbine P. Ross Wilson Los Angeles

Johnsonites Press Stop Kennedy Drive

Supporters of Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson intensified their drive to deny Sen. John F. Kennedy the Democratic nomination. Governors at Glacier Park organized a Southern caucus to study Johnson’s chances and counter Kennedy’s bid.

Lyndon B. Johnson Texas John F. Kennedy Massachusetts Glacier National Park Mont Price Daniel Buford Ellington Tennessee Johnson Kennedy Los Angeles Michial V. DiSalle Ohio New York Times New York Oscar Chapman Citizens-for-Johnson Sen. Johnson Paul Butler Milwaukee Wisconsin Indiana Richard M. Nixon

Durfee Arrested After Shootout Near Long Beach Hospital

Warren Durfee, 25, of Burbank, arrested after a shooting at a hospital site near Long Beach following a fistfight with three pursuing officers. Durfee allegedly shot Owings. both men detained on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder.

Long Beach Warren Durfee Burbank

Virginia approves tax and education aid bills voiced in legislature

The legislature passed new taxes to balance Gov. Almond’s budget and raised state grants for education. Private and out of state schools receive higher tuition aid, with elementary grants at 125 and high school at 150, totaling up to 250 and 275 with local amounts. Retirement benefits for state workers and about 70 000 teachers liberalized. A billboard rule bans ads within 660 feet of interstates. Unemployment benefits rise to 35 weekly. Marriage rules for divorced partners shift to permit remarriage after a four month waiting period. the four month wait is repealed. Hunting and fishing license fees increase.

Virginia

Jury finds man guilty in hammer slaying

In Quincy Florida a jury convicts Sie Dawson 49 of first degree murder in the hammer assault that killed a white woman Maggie Clayton 36 and her 2 year old son Alva Downie. Sentencing postponed pending new trial motion.

Quincy, Fla Sie Dawson Hugh Taylor Dawson Roger Glenn Clayton Maggie Clayton Alva Downie Alva Clayton Clayton Taylor Chattahoochee

Smith Named Chief Physical Therapist at Winchester Memorial

K Madison Smith appointed Chief Physical Therapist at Winchester Memorial Hospital succeeding Alfred N Daniel who resigned to pursue postgraduate study. Smith, from the Veterans Administration Hospital Roanoke, a 1956 graduate of the Medical College of Virginia School of Physical Therapy, is unmarried. Daniel had held the post since January 1958 and will teach and study at the University of Pennsylvania.

University of Pennsylvania

Assembly scales budgets for publicity and expansion

Officers outlined salaries totaling sixteen thousand five hundred dollars for staff including an executive secretary and a new member. Publicity budgets were set high to back an expanded public relations program and Apple Week promotion. Delegates discussed a five year plan and more federal Farm Labor rules while a patriotism talk urged national civic participation.

Lloyd Balderston, III Colora John Chandler Sterling Junction Mass NAI Department of Labor Cullen Johnson Richmond Johnson America

Sales Directory Items For Harrisonburg Winchester Clarke County

A sequence of public auctions and real estate sales listed for June 29 to July 9. Includes estate sale at the Kavanaugh Hotel Harrisonburg with James M Kavanaugh Naugh, Denny's Auction near Winchester Route 7, Winchester Purebred Ram Show and Sale by Farmers Livestock Exchange, Clarke County School Board event in Berryville, and Jos A Massie Jr with Thos V Monahan serving as attorneys-in-fact for Gainesboro District real estate sale. Charles R Duvall named auctioneer.

James M. Kavanaugh Kavanaugh Hotel N. Main St Harrisonburg Denny’s Commission Winchester Orndorff and Cole Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc Vaba Sheep Breeders’ Associaon Ue County School Board of Clarke County Larkeounty Ourt House Bertyme Jos County Court House Virginia Flournoy L. Largent, Jr E. T. Snider Frederick County Court House Gainesboro Frederick Count Ginia Dailey, Braithwaite Baker, Strother W. F. Braithwaite J. P. Whitacre Frederick County Henry 8 Alvin Z. Baker Ziler G

Teenagers Can Still Apply For Classes

Applications are being accepted for Teenager Service Center classes starting soon. Students may join drawing, cooking, flower arranging, needlework, French conversation, bridge, and auto mechanics with no fee. Details at Teenage Service Center MO 2 8239 and babysitting info available daily.

Braddock Street Methodist Church Lloyd Martin Northern Virginia Power Co Margaret Flickinger Jack Stern Sacred Heart Church Herbert Solenberger H. W. Butler, Jr Congregational Christian Church Estelle Newlin Leon Slavin Henry Kern Howard Shockey Christ Episcopal Church Civic Improvement Committee Women’s Civic League

British Hiker Reaches West Virginia On Coast-To-Coast Walk

Dr Barbara Moore a 56 year old British vegetarian and former surgeon arrived in Wheeling West Virginia marking the 10th state on her coast to coast trek. She started from a motel near St Clairsville Ohio and completed the last seven miles of Ohio before entering West Virginia.

Wheeling W. Va Barbara Moore West Virginia St. Clairsville Ohio

Overnight walk covers forty miles from Cambridge

A man trekked roughly 40 miles from Cambridge, Ohio, on foot overnight and arrived at an unknown destination.

Cambridge Ohio

Weather forecast and a historical note from Winchester

The report predicts fair cooler conditions tonight with lows around 62 coastal and mid 50s inland. Sunday remains pleasant with highs near 80 in the mountains and low 80s elsewhere, plus sky details for June 25.

Rainfall totals and assorted trivia from past hours

Rainfall during the past hours ending 8 30 a m today totals by month show January 2 42 inches February 2 02 March 2 98 April 3 16 May 3 77 June 3 85 July 3 89 August 3 92 September 2 67 October 3 30 November 2 49 December 2 38 Answers list includes Edward Everett Hale Kitchen Police Two weeks Tuberculosis No to kiss Five grains Six Playwright Frequency Modulation Kentucky

Edward Everett Hale Kentucky

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