Deaths and Funerals Mrs Florence Prather Ridgeway W Va
Mrs Florence Winona Prather of Ridgeway West Virginia died at her home yesterday. She was born in Frederick County to the late George W Jones and Eliza Collins Jones and was the widow of Julian Prather who died January 5 2087. Surviving are a sister Mrs Ida Brown of Ridgeway who lived with her and a brother at OT PR Atha. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. DST at Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg West Virginia with Rev W M Strickland. Burial will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery Winchester.
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Florence Winona Prather
Ridgeway
W. Va
Prather
Frederick County
George W. and
Eliza Collins Jones
Julian Prather
Survig
Ida Brown
Brown Funeral Home
Martinsburg
W. M. Strickland
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Winchester
Ten Die as Building Falls in Seoul Slum Area
A four story building under repair collapsed in a Seoul slum, killing at least 10 people and seriously injuring about 20 others. Firefighters and local crews of around 206 searched the debris for additional victims, with most victims residents of adjacent shacks. about a quarter of the rear portion collapsed.
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Seoul
South Korea
President Johnson Attend Virginia Coronation in Winchester
President Johnson visited Handley High School in Winchester to witness Luci B. Johnson crowned Queen during the Festival. Gen Curtis LeMay crowned Luci, then Johnson addressed the crowd in a light mist as Byrd and other dignitaries looked on. He praised Luci and expressed pride as a father.
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AIR Force
Curtis LeMay
Gen. LeMay
Lid
Mr. Johnson
Luci
Virginia
Mrs. Johnson
Winchester
Handley High School
James Wood High School
Loudoun St
Coronation Queen Shenandoah Leads Winchester Parade
Crowds flocked to Winchester as Queen Shenandoah XXXVI rode a long white gown parade route through Handley Street and Handley High School. President Johnson attended portions of the festivities and Lucille Ball served as grand marshal amid festival crowds.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Handley Owl
Lucille Ball
Toni Smith
Susan Custer
Handley High School
War Memorial
Queen Shenandoah
Massanutte Military Academy
Johnson
Stafford Hutchinson
Everett Hutchinson
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Apple Blossom Queen charms crowds amid stormy festival crowds
Red mistress of the Apple Blossom Twirling meet entertained thousands at Handley amid grim weather. She signed hundreds of autographs from the royal reviewing stand as the pageant Wonderland of Spring proceeded. A Stag luncheon drew several hundred, including Gen. Curtis LeMay. The festival closed with a country music show and banquet in Shenandoah region circles. Meanwhile the Card, a four vessel naval ship, battled flood and possible sabotage in the Atlantic theater after a wartime mission.
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James Wood
Washington
Handley
Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
Ray Price
Armory
Lee Jackson Restaurant
Shenandoah
Automobie
Goff and Barry
Tile Club of America
U.S
Atlantic
Waterford Girl Wins Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom Contest
Waterford Virginia resident Caroline Lee Blake won the Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom Beauty and Personality Contest held at Quarles School. Norman G. Dyhrenfurth presented the top prize a week long Palm Beach vacation. Ruth Marie Shives and Ann Clifton were runners up.
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Caroline Lee Blake
Waterford
Quarles School
Norman G. Dyhrenfurth
Everest
Miss Blake
Holiday Inn
Palm Beach
Ruth Marie Shives
Hancock
Ann Clifton
Front Royal
Dyherenfurth
Enties
Dottie West
Edgar E. Rohr
Manassas
Antique Automobile Club of America
NAACP May Call Work Stoppage Over Civil Rights Bill
Alfred Baker Lewis, NAACP treasurer and board member, says the group may call a national one day work stoppage and prayer vigil if Congress does not pass a civil rights bill soon. The timing will be set by Roy Wilkins, the executive secretary.
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New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress
Alfred Baker Lewis
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Lewis
Firemen Medal Awards At District Contest
Contest results list winners from Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia. Les Saints and Optimists Drum and Bugle Corps earn top plaques with cash prizes. Falls Church Fire Co. displays oldest equipment. Individual honors go to Robert Parker and Cindy Mellotta with Langlotz Golden Majorettes.
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Les Saints
Lake Okeechobee Feeds Water to Everglades National Park
Lake Okeechobee serves as the source of water for Everglades National Park, supplying the essential reservoir that sustains the park's hydrology and wetland ecosystems.
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Lake Okeechobee
the Everglades National Park
Man Admits Slaying Boy in Florida Case
Joseph Francis Bryan Jr. who faced kidnapping charges in Tennessee and South Carolina confessed to killing 7 year old Lewis Wilson. Police said the FBI in New Orleans notified St. Petersburg officials of the confession. The boy's body was found in a Venice palmetto thicket about 40 miles south of St. Petersburg.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Joseph Francis Bryan Jr
Tennessee
South Carolina
Walter Tipton
FBI
Bryan
New Orleans
Tipton
Lewis Wilson
Venice
Weather Outlook for Virginia in Early May
Mostly cloudy and cool tonight with lows in the 40s. Sunday brings more clouds and a warmer high in the 60s. Monday features partly cloudy skies and a bit warmer conditions. Sunset today is 7 07 p.m.
Rainfall figures and stray data from 1964 notes
The snippet lists rainfall amounts over 48 hours ending 8:30 am today and year to date. It includes averages for 51 years, monthly rainfall by month, and scattered entries such as references to Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson and a line about 78 percent, giving a fragmented snapshot of historical weather data and unrelated items.
Policeman Fatally Struck in Brooklyn Street Incident
In New York a plainclothes officer and a passenger were struck when a driver ran them down on a Brooklyn street Friday night. The driver then crashed into a bus, killing the officer and fatally injuring the car passenger before fleeing.
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New York
Brooklyn
Edmond G. Schrempf
Cornelius Blackshear
Driver charged after fatal hit and run in Brooklyn
A car fleeing a prior incident dragged Schrempf for several blocks then struck a bus injuring a 20 year old passenger Adrian Valentine. He died at a hospital. The driver Oscar Vazquez, 22, Brooklyn, was charged with vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated.
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Schrempf
Adrian Valentine
Brooklyn
Oscar Vazquez
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