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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1972
Page
2
Obituary notices detail funeral plans for Roy W. Reynolds Sr. and other local residents. Service times, burial sites, survivor lists, and pallbearers are included for Reynolds and several related notices with varied locations in Virginia and West Virginia.
The Commerce Department reports a February merchandise trade deficit of 597.6 million dollars, the second highest ever, with imports exceeding exports. The leading economic indicators rose for the eighth straight month by 0.5 percent, the smallest gain in five months, while the trade gap worsens the balance of payments outlook.
Robert P. Lewis of 202 Buck Marsh Street Berryville died in Winchester Memorial Hospital on Sunday. He was a Clarke County native World War I veteran and member of St Marys Episcopal Church. He is survived by a stepson, a stepdaughter, 42 nieces and nephews, and other relatives. Funeral service will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at St Marys Church Culpeper burial in the National Cemetery. Friends may call Cartwright Funeral Home Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Dora Bell Fitzwater 71 of Berryville died Sunday. Funeral tomorrow at 2 p.m. at John H. Enders Funeral Home Berryville Rev M C Cook officiating. Active pallbearers named and burial at Green Hill Cemetery. A graveside service for Caroline Phoebe Taylor 83 of 18 E Monmouth St Winchester died Sunday held at Mount Hebron Cemetery Rev Virgil A Moyer Jr officiating.
The clippings report multiple obituaries from Hagerstown and Berryville, naming Howard Fuller and others with funeral details, plus a separate Washington deficit news item noting February trade shortfall at 916.4 million dollars, the post dock strike context, and mixed domestic indicators. The articles reference Willow, Rose Hill Cemetery, and the John H Enders Funeral Home.
Mrs. Lena B. Welsh 71 of 237 Kern St. died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. She leaves four children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral service was held Friday at Berryville with Rev. Jesse E. Tate Jr. presiding. burial in Meade Memorial Churchyard, White Post. Visitation Thursday 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica notes there are about two distinguishable degrees of pain intensity.
The Dow 30 rose 1.73 to 941.45 in early trading with heavy volume. Advances outpaced declines on the NYSE as analysts cite late-session firmness from short covering and cautious investor optimism. The Commerce Department reports a larger US trade deficit and a 0.5 percent February rise in the leading indicators.
President William Henry Harrison began his presidency on March 4, 1841 and died in office on April 4, 1841. His one month in the White House marked the shortest presidential term in U.S. history.
Partly cloudy tonight with a low in the 30s and a Wednesday of mostly cloudy skies and a 20 percent rain chance. Virginia sees showers likely in the southwest with overcast skies and highs 55 to 65, followed by a Thursday through Saturday forecast of more rain on Thursday and Saturday, with milder daytime highs in the 50s and nightly lows around 30s. Rainfall totals and historical figures are listed, noting noon readings and future calendar notes.
Yugoslav envoy Toma Granfil, Ambassador Extraordinary from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, will headline the Winchester Lions Club Platform of Understanding on April 4 at the George Washington Hotel. The talk, originally set for March 1 and postponed due to White House duties, opens to the public at 12 45 p.m. The appearance marks the 10th program in the Lions series following the Viet Nam Charge d Affaires Nguyen Hoan.
Virginia Attorney General Andrew P. Miller announced that the six month residency requirement for voting is unenforceable after a recent Supreme Court ruling. The opinion follows a case invalidating durational residency for election purposes while upholding registration book closures and domicile verification. The decision implies states may not enforce six month residency or require 30 days in a precinct before registration closes.
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