Obituary for John Nixon 80 of Amherst Street
John Nixon 80 of 1010 Amherst Street died Thursday in a Charlottesville nursing home. Born October 20 1891 in Capon Bridge West Virginia he was married to Nell Kerns and worked at a coal broker before retiring in 1966. He was a Capon Bridge Presbyterian Church member survived by wife three daughters and two grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 3 30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. The body arrives Sunday evening and the family receives friends Sunday 7 to 9 p.m.
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John Nixon
Amherst St
Charlottesville
Mr. Nixon
Capon Bridge
W.va
Cody
Annie E. Gray Nixon
Nell Kerns
Capon Bridge Presbyterian Church
Nixon
John
Evelyn) Heltzel
Clyde
Betty Jeanne) Emschler
Lynchburg
Janet Mildred Nixon
Washington, D.C
Jones Funeral Home
Raymond Womeldorf
Robert V. Householder, Jr
David Kerns
Ralph Kerns
John Heltzel
Clyde Emschler
Douglas Haines
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Jaycee Chapter Formed Among Inmates at Troutville Camp
Inmates at Troutville prison camp in the southern Shenandoah Valley establish a Jaycee chapter. The group aims to engage in community service and self improvement activities while serving their sentences.
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Troutville
Shenandoah Valley
Different Styles of Housing Production Demonstrated
In Sacramento and eight nationwide sites under Operation Breakthrough the HUD program showcases varied low cost homes priced 14 500 to 24 850. Demonstrations include fiberglass plastic and sandwich panel construction with modules prefabrication and a nine story 126 unit building. Up to 402 Sacramento units will be ready for sale or rent starting May 1 at the former state fairgrounds 34 miles from the state Capitol.
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Sacramento
Calif
Sacramento Project
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Theodore R. Britton
HUD
State Fairground
State Capitol
Seattle
Wash
Macon
Jerusalem Trip Slides at Elm Street Church Event
Wendell Cover will show slides from his Jerusalem trip at Elm Street Full Gospel Assembly of God Church Sunday at 7 30 p.m. He will discuss The Battle of Armageddon and the program is open to the public.
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Wendell Cover
Jerusalem
Elm St
Full Gospel Assembly of God
Berlinguer Becomes Italy's Communist Party Secretary
Enrico Berlinguer, a reserved 49 year old, was elected secretary of Italy's Communist party at Milan's 13th congress. He succeeds Luigi Longo, pledging electoral strategy to win power via elections while courting non Communist left and Catholic forces.
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Enrico Berlinguer
Italy
Communist Party
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West
NATO
Giorgio Amendola
Pietro Ingrao
Milan
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Palmiro Togliatti
Luigi Longo
Pompidou Heads to London Talks Amid Referendum Strain
French President Georges Pompidou arrived in London for a summit with Prime Minister Edward Heath at Chequers. Demonstrators protested Britain’s entry to the European Community as Pompidou weighed a surprise referendum call seen as signaling a shift away from de Gaulle era policy.
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Georges Pompidou
Edward Heath
Pompidou
Britain
Heath
Charles de Gaulle
Chequers
Europe
One Man Dead Another Hurt In Plane Crash
A single engine plane crashed near Crewe in Nottoway County injuring one man and killing another. The two men were trapped about an hour before they were freed and taken to the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond where one died en route.
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Crewe
Nottoway County
Richmond
Medical College of Virginia
Floods Leave Philippine Provinces Homeless and Crops Destroyed
In Davao and Bukidnon floods made thousands homeless and damaged crops and livestock, with 12 foot floodwaters blocking aid in several towns. Bukidnon hosts the Del Monte pineapple plantation along the Rio Grande route.
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Bukidnon
Red Cross
del Monte
Rio Grande
Philippines
Durham Jury Deliberates After Closing in 1967 Murder Trial
Defense attorney B J Tisinger urged the jury to accept the statement as the sole evidence and labeled the prosecution’s case as flawed. Prosecutor Ambrogi argued the confession is credible proof beyond a reasonable doubt as jurors weighed first or second degree murder, accessory after the fact, or innocence.
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Massie
Durham
David G. Simpson
Luther Durham
Ambrogi
George S. Whitley
Tisinger
Otha Howard
Howard
Hoover
George F. Whitley
Supreme Court
Whitley
Testimony Begins March 27 In Angela Davis Trial
After a long jury selection process, testimony in the Angela Davis murder kidnap conspiracy trial starts March 27 in San Jose California. A regular juror was excused and four alternates were chosen Mary Titcomb and Michelle Savage replaced by John Tittle and others to complete an all white jury.
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San Jose
Calif
Superior Court
Richard E. Arnason
Mary W. Titcomb
Michelle Savage
Mrs. Titcomb
Miss Savage
John Tittle
West Valley Junior College
Engineers Seek Cause of Mariner 9 Malfunction
Engineers at Pasadena study data from Mariner 9 to find why the spacecraft shut down its cameras and instruments after a routine status check. The issue raised fears of a computer or system fault, ending a mapping mission that had completed 85 percent of Mars and yielded about 7 000 images.
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Calif
Mariner 9
Mars
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Market Window Broken in Night at Corner Market
Winchester Police report a window was broken at the Corner Market 9 S. Kent St last night in what Lt. Fred Hildebrand calls vandalism. No entry gained.
Pastor H William Vassey resigns for Raleigh church
The Rev H William Vassey pastor of College Presbyterian Church and Hampden Sydney College chaplain resigns effective March 31 to lead St Giles Presbyterian Church in Raleigh North Carolina. Vassey 36, previously a professional entertainer, is a Southwestern at Memphis and Louisville graduate with seminary training and postgraduate work at the University of St Andrews Scotland.
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N.C
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Louisville
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Scotland
Pat Nixon Celebrates 60th Birthday in occasion
Pat Nixon marks her 60th birthday with a lunch in Cambridge Massachusetts at daughter Tricia Nixon Coxs apartment and a White House dinner. She flies in from Washington and is joined by President Nixon, Tricia, Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Helene Crown. The date falls on St Patrick’s Day though her actual birthday was Thursday.
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Pat Nixon
St. Patrick’s Day
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White House
Helene Crown
Los Angeles
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Mrs. Nixon
Bridge Tourney In Final Round
In Cincinnati AP report Jack Blair of Tulsa and Paul Swanson of Morgantown led 30 couples with 41014 points into final rounds of open pairs at the 15th Spring National Championships of the ACBL. Hal Mouser and R C Koopman took second with 393. Joe and Mickie Kivel were third. An entry of 732 pairs began qualifications Friday. Lila Grubner topped the individual standings with 326 over Abe Linder 321. The 10 day event ends March 26 with seven major titles decided.
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Jack Blair
Tulsa
Okla
Paul Swanson
Morgantown
W.va
Hal Mouser
Worthington
Ohio
R. C. Koopman
Columbus
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Mickie Kivel
Bethesda
Weather and rainfall details for Winchester skies
Fair tonight and Sunday with lows in the 20s and Sunday highs in the 40s. Outlook Monday through Wednesday shows fair to cool Monday, then warmer with a chance of rain Tuesday and mild Wednesday. Daytime highs reach the 60s with overnight lows in the 40s Tuesday and Wednesday. Rainfall and monthly totals are listed for recent periods.
Virginia Business Sees Mixed 1971 Results
Economic surveys indicate overall healthy activity in Virginia in 1971 but still below the peak levels of several preceding years. The report notes varied gains across sectors and highlights ongoing adjustments in markets and employment.
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Virginia
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