Obituaries and Film Note Roll Call in Martinsburg Area
Obituaries report the deaths of Robert C. Burks 26 of Martinsburg and Luther Emmett Harris 96 near Martinsburg with services set in Martinsburg Winchester and Williamsport. A Capon Bridge death and a Silver Spring death are noted along with a Hollywood musical role for Peter Finch in Lost Horizon at Columbia Pictures.
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Luther Emmett Harris
Hyattsville
Henry F. Weaver
Winebrenners Crossroads
Martinsburg
W.va
Williamsport
Mr. Harris
Jefferson County
Charles Emmett
Anna Clarissa Harris
Loudoun County
Bunker Hill
Winchester
Charles Town
Presbyterian Church
Nannie Myers Harris
Roche Wiland
Frank H
Charles L. Harris
Hollywood
Peter Finch
Ross Hunter
Columbia Pictures
Finch
Lugano
Switzerland
Amtrak Seeks $170 Million Rescue Before Review
Amtrak faces a looming cash shortfall faster than Congress anticipated and seeks $170 million in federal aid plus loans to survive until mid 1973. The plan, debated as a funding bill, would require capital investments, revenue boosts from mail and express cargo, and salary limits for executives amid calls for reform.
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Washington
Amtrak
Congress
National Railroad Passenger Corp
iAmtrak
Rules Committee
House Commerce Committee
Staggers
Montreal
Vancouver
Canada
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Grand Counselor to Speak at Winchester UCT Dinner
W C Jerry Montgomery Grand Counselor of United Commercial Travelers for Virginia West Virginia Maryland Kentucky and DC will speak at Handley Council 634 UCT dinner dance at Lee Jackson Restaurant 6 30 p m March 18 Montgomery a Berea College and University of Kentucky educated educator and administrator retired 1971 has long held leadership roles in Kentucky agricultural groups and national education associations with wife Jennie Caudill and two daughters.
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Robert C. Burks
W. Martin St
Martinsburg
W. Va
Medical
Weston
Mr. Burks
Lucinda L. Burks
Jack F. Burks
Mount Zion United
Cynthia Johnson
Gretchen Franklin
Fairbanks
Alaska
Bryan E. Burks
Marshall University
Huntington
Mary C. Burks
Winchester
Elizabeth Phillips
Eogleschatz and Cofman Funeral Home
Kenneth Jackson
Orrick
W.C
Jerry) Montgomery
United Commercial Travelers
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
District of Columbia
Handley Council
UCT
Lee Jackson
MR. Montgomery
Lancaster High School
Lancaster
Berea College
University of Kentucky
Kentucky Association of Future Farmers of America
Montgomery
ACT
Blue Grass Council No. 89
Jennie Caudill
Calvary Baptist Church
Virginia economy climbs again in January
Virginia's economy rose for a third straight month in January with 12 of 18 indicators up from December. Unemployment was 2.9 percent, manufacturing employment up 4 percent year over year, and job openings increased while new business starts, electric power sales, and new car registrations declined.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Employment Commission
J. Gordon Gifford
Commission
Economic Indicators
Gifford
Branded Tramps in Prewar Russia Marked with B
A historical note reports that vagrants in Russia before 1945 were branded on the cheek with the letter B for brodyaga meaning tramp, a stigma used to identify roaming poor.
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Russia
Brodyaga
Open housing measure sails through Senate by wide margin
The open housing bill cleared the Senate 28-7, defeating efforts to require a statewide referendum or local option. Holton called it the best post Civil War legislation to pass the assembly, noting its exemption for individual home sales and its antibusing aim to restore integrated neighborhoods.
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Senate
Holton
Assembly
Weather Summary Northern Virginia and Virginia Today
Showers and possible thunder showers tonight and Tuesday with cooler highs in the 60s north and 70s in the south. Extended forecast through Friday calls for mild conditions with additional showers midweek and late week. rainfall data and monthly averages noted, followed by a miscellaneous trivia list unrelated to weather.
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Northern
Virginia
Juvenile in Stolen Car Crashes With Police Cruiser
A 15 year old juvenile staying at Shalom Et Benedictus center in Stephenson Maryland was apprehended in Ridgeville after evading Winchester Police in a stolen car and colliding with a Maryland State Trooper vehicle on Rt 40 near Carroll City. Trooper Larry Ireland was treated and released. the juvenile was treated and released to state police. The center director noted the youth has a long history of disturbances and had attended a Joy Prayer meeting before the incident.
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Shalom Et Benedictus Center
Stephenson
Ridgeville
Winchester
Maryland
MD. Rt. 40
Carroll City
Fred Hildebrand
Associated Press
Larry Ireland
Rt.40
Ireland
Fort Detrick Hospital
Frederick
Maryland State Police
Hillcrest Heights
Hildebrand
Gary Bolen
East Piccadilly St
Frederick County
Richard Nicholas
Rt. 6
Wolfe St
Heidemann Invested as National Caves Association President
Clara Heidemann of Natural Bridge Caverns becomes president of the National Caves Association after serving five years as regional vice president and chairing the 1968 San Antonio convention. A Newkirk New Mexico native, she has long activity in Texas tourism.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Clara Heidemann
Natural Bridge Caverns
Here
National Caves Association
Heidemann
San Antonio
Newkirk
N.M
Texas
Wall Street Opens Modestly Lower Amid Profit Taking
Wall Street prices edged down as profit taking trimmed gains. The Dow was 2.03 lower at 936.94 at 10 30 a.m. with declines outweighing advances on the New York Stock Exchange by about five to three. Big Board activity remained brisk and analysts cited a mild weeklong slide with little news to spur buying.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Sony
Armco Steel
Eastman Kodak
Lockheed Aircraft
General Motors
Down
Frederick County Tax-Payers Association to Meet
The Frederick County Tax-Payers Association will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. in the Frederick County Courthouse. All Frederick County citizens are invited to attend, a spokesman said.
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Frederick County
Tax-Payers Association
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Donald E. Mantz
Capon Bridge
Giffin
Arthur R. Homer
George Slonaker
Roger Slonaker
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Gerald Kiett
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Jerry Mantz
Timber Ridge
Luther E. Harris
Charles R. Lewis
Silver Spring
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William C. Fewell
Elma W. Lewis
Collins Funeral Home
Mount Olivet
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Elijah Pollard
Boyce
Rebecca Washington
Pollard
Clarke County
Stephen
Lottie Jackson Pollard
Eliza Payne Pollard
Annie Fells
Katherine Pollard
New York City
Roland Pollard
The
Plains
John H. Enders
Berryville
Mr. Freeman C. Boyce
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Our
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E. Boscaw
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Commerce ST
Transportation Department
John G. Schmitz
Calif
Schmitz
United States
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
Dorie H. Moreland
Dorie Herbert Moreland
Paw
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mr. Moreland
Slanesville
Dorie H
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Woodrow Christian Church
Paw Paw
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Geraldine Carter
Thomas William Moreland
Romney
Edward Blake Moreland
Gwendolyn Warder
New Albany
Ind
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Clearwater
Fla
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Yuma
Ariz
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North Canton
Ohio
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McKee
Augusta
Ansel Peer
Mount Union
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Rt. 2
Mr. Boyce
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Old Bethel Methodist Church
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Mamie Everley
Jones Funeral Home
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National Geographic Society
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Braddock Street United Methodist Church
Mr. Molony
S. Brooks Lucas
Keener W. Eutsler
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
J. Frank Loy
Wall Street
Alaize & Bro
N. Cameron St
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