Navy Names Vessel for Black Hero of WWII
Portmouth Virginia AP reports Petty Officer Doris Miller will have a Navy escort vessel named in his honor. The ship is scheduled for commissioning at Norfolk Naval Shipyard with Miller lauded for his actions aboard the West Virginia during Pearl Harbor and his Navy Cross award. Miller was later lost when Liscome Bay was sunk in 1943.
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Portsmouth
Doris Miller
U.S. Navy
Miller
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Waco
Tex
Dorie
Navy
West Virginia
Pearl Harbor
Indianapolis
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Liscome Bay
Bechamps to Speak on Cancer on WHPL Radio
Dr. Gerald Bechamps of Winchester Surgical Clinic will discuss Cancer of the Stomach on WHPL Sunday at 1 15 p m. He will be interviewed by Harry L Lovett, chairman of the public information committee for the Winchester Frederick County unit of the American Cancer Society.
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Gerald Bechamps
Winchester Surgical Clinic
WHPL
Harry L. Lovett
Winchester-Frederick County
Unit
American Cancer Society
Three Cases Sent to Warren Grand Jury in Virginia
In Warren County Court three men were ordered held for a grand jury meeting Monday. Two others, Simon J. Funk and Donald D. Funk, were each sentenced to 30 days in jail for aiding and abetting the escape of Lyle E. Franklin from Warren County jail on May 20. Albert G. Funk was ordered held for a grand jury on a aiding and abetting escape charge. Albert Funk’s manslaughter hearing in the death of Bedford Funk was postponed to July 10. Charles Leroy Parker and Manuel L. Payne were also held for grand jury after preliminary hearings. Parker faced two homes breaking and entering charges, Payne a break in and larceny case.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Lyle E. Franklin
Simon J. Funk
Donald D. Funk
Rt. 1
Donald Funk
Edward Greco
Albert G. Funk
Franklin
Albert Funk
Bedford Albert Funk
Charles Leroy Parker
Manuel L. Payne
Woodstock
Parker
Bentonville
Payne
LeHew
Youth Dies After Beating in Virginia Trail Fight
Douglas Baughman, 17, of Arlington, died after nine youths beat him on a county bike trail. He fell into a coma and died days later. Victims, ages 13 to 18, were identified. arrests pending as investigators probe the incident.
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Arlington
Douglas Baughman
Baughman
Warren Sanitary Landfill Fire Smolders Along Deep Dump
Firefighters battled a long burning dump in Warren County's Fork District as smoke hung over the town. Assistant Chief Durston McIntosh said the fire runs 50 to 100 feet deep and cannot be drowned with water, requiring excavation to extinguish.
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Durston McIntosh
Fork
Warren County
McIntosh
Seas Treasures Hidden In Ocean Water
Scattered through Earth's vast oceans are estimated reserves of gold totaling 10 million tons silver 500 million tons and uranium 20 billion tons. The figures illustrate the ocean's potential as a vast mineral repository.
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Earth
Widow of Former POW Plans to File Lawsuit
Sandra Kavanaugh, widow of Marine Sgt. Abel Larry Kavanaugh, plans to sue Col. Theodore W. Guy and others in the military, alleging wrongful death from charges against Kavanaugh while a prisoner in Indochina. Officials have not ruled his death a direct act, and a coroner’s inquest may follow autopsy results.
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Denver
Pentagon
Sandra Kavanaugh
Theodore W. Guy
Tucson
Ariz
Guy
Hanoi
Kavanaugh
Joan Temko
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Company Yard Party Gross
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Company grossed 4108.34 dollars at a yard party held at Stonewall School. Firemen report the sandwich supper and auction drew the largest crowd ever.
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Clearbrook
Stonewall School
Lever
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Calif
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Judy Garland
Gregory Peck
Richard Burton
Marlene Dietrich
Shenandoah River
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State Air Pollution Control Board
Colonel Guy
Vietnam
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Ray Middleton
Wffv-Fm
RCA
S. Cameron St
Television Sales & Service
Kingswood
Chevrolet
Fallbrook Motor Home
B&m
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Winchester
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