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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1968

Page

2

Obituaries in Winchester Star list three local deaths

Obituaries note Mrs Files born June 18 1893 in Shang Hai W Va and died. funeral tomorrow in Martinsburg with burial at Rosedale Cemetery. Edward C Carpenter born June 10 1893 in Frederick County died. services Monday at 1 30 p m with burial at National Cemetery. Ruth Proffitt Henton died March 8 in Charlottesville. funeral at Hill and Irving Funeral Home and burial in Wesley Chapel Cemetery Free Union.

Mrs. Files Shanghai W. Va Amos C Cordelia Long Dunham First Evangelical United Brethren Church of Martinsburg Katherine Files Brown Funeral Home Charles B. Weber Rosedale Cemetery Robert L. Hare Daniel D. Dickenson, Jr National Cemetery Ruth Proffitt Henton Arthur Woodley Henton Charlottesville Hill and Irving Funeral Home Wesley Chapel Free Union

Edward Carpenter Funeral Home Notice

Edward O. Carpenter is scheduled for a Monday service at 1 30 P M at Jones Funeral Home Jones Funeral Home Inc funeral arrangements listed by the family with location and time details.

Michael Hurst Jones Cup Winner at Science Fair

Michael Hurst Jones won the Jones Cup the top award at the Luther S Hale Science Fair held at Handley High School. He led in physics with The Physics of Broadcasting and Receiving Antennas and the Problems Involved in Development. First place in chemistry went to Jim Rhodes, and biology honors to Annette Haines, with many students earning prizes and honorable mentions.

Michael Hurst Jones Cup Science Fair Michael Hurst Handley High School Charles Hurst Handley Jim Rhodes Jeanne Hammer Sarah Dee-Dee) Schroth Walter Erwin Marcy Rhodes Bob Setzer Annette Haines Stephanie Snyder Ed Erwin Joan Lovett Donald Steed Steve Bayliss Will Sager Roger Creager John Troester

Wisconsin Primary Looms as Johnson McCarthy Clash Heats Up

In Milwaukee the April 2 Wisconsin primary tests Johnson against McCarthy with 59 Democratic National Convention votes at stake. Key Wisconsin figures including Nelson Reuss Kastenmeier and La Follette stay neutral amid a crossfire of Vietnam policy and party loyalties. Johnson faces limited Democratic support while McCarthy attracts strong liberal backing and Republican crossovers.

Milwaukee Wis New Hampshire Wisconsin Johnson John F. Kennedy Hubert H. Humphrey Eugene J. McCarthy Richard M. Nixon Michigan George Romney Sen Gaylord Nelson Reps Henry Reuss Robert Kastenmeier Vietnam William Proxmire Bronson C. la Follette Minnesota S Than la Follette Mc. Carthy Donald Peterson Robert F. Kennedy Richard D. Cudlahy Rep Clement Zablocki John Kennedy Humphrey McCarthy

Richmond Crime Totals by City and Type Across Virginia

A continued list details burglary larceny and auto theft tallies for cities including Alexandria Arlington Hampton Newport News Norfolk Portsmouth Richmond Roanoke and Virginia Beach with two-year figures. The figures show shifts in reported crime across regions and offense categories.

Ewport News Orfolk Portsmouth Richmond Roanoke Virginia Beach Alexandria Arlington Hampton Newportews Norfolk Larceny Ia Beach Newport News Oanoke

157 Arrests Made in City Last Month

The Winchester Police Department reports 157 total arrests for February with a 97.3 percent conviction rate. Juvenile charges total 23 including shoplifting trespassing petty larceny and disorderly conduct. Adults face 134 charges with offenses such as speeding drunken behavior assault and battery and bad check violations.

Winchester Police Department

Fairfax Teachers Reach Tentative $6400 Base Pay Agreement

Fairfax County teachers near a tentative contract raising base pay to 6400 dollars a year, up from 5900, after negotiations between the Fairfax Education Association and the county school board. Ratification by delegates and voting by association members are planned, potentially averting a walkout.

Fairfax Fairfax County Fairfax Education Association

Frederick College figures and plans for Virginia measures

Frederick College highlights include Frederick elor earning a Master of Arts from George Peabody College in Nashville and serving as assistant conductor of the All-Student Band, which toured Europe for 30 days under Con servatory sponsorship. Academic Dean Ellerd Hullbert aims to win state approval for privately operated junior and senior courses, meeting Dr. Prince B. Woodlard in Richmond. Central State Hospital Petersburg tops Virginia with over 3,500 beds.

Frederick College

Weather glance for Winchester with mild weekend outlook

Forecast shows clear tonight with a low in the 20s and a partly cloudy Friday in the 50s. Saturday looks mostly cloudy and mild with a chance of showers and overall pleasant spring conditions.

Wall Street Drops Sharply On Credit Worries and Gold Flows

The market opened with broad losses as uncertainty over possible credit restraints grows amid ongoing gold buying in Europe and U S. flows. The Dow fell 8.43 to 833.80 with many blue chips down and traders bracing for Fed rate action Thursday.

New York Europe U.S New York Stock Exchange Dow Jones McDonnell Douglas Monogram Industries Chrysler Ray Gulf & Scraft General Dynamics Benguet Mcintyre Porcupine Federal Reserve Board

First Virginia Mental Hospital Opens in Williamsburg 1773

The first state mental hospital in Virginia and the United States, Eastern State Hospital, opened in Williamsburg on October 12, 1773, marking a landmark in public psychiatric care.

Virginia America Williamsburg

Hearing on Potomac Basin Proposals Scheduled Here

The U S Army Engineers will hold a public hearing March 23 at 10 a m in the Handley School auditorium on Potomac River Basin proposals including six reservoirs to be built in Virginia Maryland and West Virginia The developments are Little Cacapon Morgan County W Va North Mountain Berkeley County W Va Verona Staunton Augusta County Va Town Creek and Sideling Hill Allegany County Md and Sixes Bridge Frederick and Carroll Counties Md The hearing aims to collect updated information to meet water supply needs and recreation goals for the next 20 years All interested parties are invited to attend or present views Written statements are encouraged and may be mailed in advance to the Office of the Chief of Engineers Washington D C Both Winchester and Frederick County officials will participate in the hearing.

U.S. Army Engineers Handley School Potomac River Virginia West Virginia Maryland Little Cacapon Morgan County W. Va North Mountain Berkeley County Verona Staunton Augusta County H. G. Woodbury, Jr Gen. Woodbury Chief of Engineers Public Works Committees Congress Woodbury Department of the Army Washington,d.c Winchester Frederick County

Gunter and Mote Form Law Partnership in Winchester

E. Eugene Gunter and William M. Mote announce the formation of Gunter and Mote with offices in the Kent Building. Gunter, 33, is common wealth Attorney for Frederick County and county attorney, native of Northampton County, Virginia educated at the University of Virginia, and previously with the Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. He was elected commonwealth attorney in November 1967 and is married to Janie Cable with two children. Mote, born August 11 1940 in Dalton Georgia, earned degrees from Wake Forest, admitted to Virginia practice in February 1967, previously with Scully and Woltz in Winchester, and formed the partnership March 1. He is married to Susan Lee Robinson and resides at 406 North Loudoun Street.

E. Eugene Gunter William M. Mote Gunter and Mote Kent Building Mr. Gunter Frederick County Northampton Couny University of Virginia School of Law Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co Winchester Janie Cable Charlottesville Bryan Melody Woodland Ave MA. Mote Dalton Wake Forest College Winston Salemn N. C Wake Forest School of Law Virginia Scully and Woltz Mote Susan Lee Robinson N. Louedoun St

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