Obituary of West Point Resident Obitudkies Rodman
Obituary for Obitudkies H. Rodman of West Point Virginia who died at home. Born in Clinton North Carolina he was a son of the late John Franklin and Gertha Rodman. Survived by wife Frances Lewis two sons H Thompson Rodman Jr and George Edward Rodman a daughter Elizabeth Rodman a brother George Edward Rodman and a nephew John Franklin Rodman. Services were held at St John’s Church with burial at Culpeper National Cemetery. Memorial gifts may go to St John’s Church or their own church fund.
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H. Thompson Rodman
West Point
T. Rodman
Clinton
N.C
John Franklin
Gertha Clute Rodman
Mr. Rodmant
Winchester
St. John's
St. John’s Church
Culpeper National Cemetery
Culpeper
Tn Ten
Strike Chances Dwindling For C&P and CWA
In Richmond, optimism grows that a CWA strike against Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. may be avoided as tentative nationwide patterns with Bell System loom. Donald Arnold notes careful, optimistic study of the national pattern. Company spokesmen echo early, mutually acceptable agreement hopes.
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Richmond
Communications Workers of America
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Dwin
C&p
Bell System
Aflcio Communications Workers Union
Virginia
CWA
Donald Arnold
Drug Fair Break-In Reported in Winchester
Police say two men broke into Drug Fair Tuesday night but nothing was stolen. Employees heard upstairs noises. intruders rifled upper level, stacked cigarettes, then fled in a black Cadillac. Officer J A Johnson investigates.
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Winchester Poelice
J. A. Johnson
Cheryl Miller Reveals Cross Eyed Lion On TV Queen’s Show
Cheryl Miller of Daktari explains the cross eyed lion to Dr James A Miller during a TV program at the Queen’s venue.
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Cheryl Miller
James A. Miller
Cross-Eyed Lion
Dr. Miller
Mary Christine Miller
Apple Blossom
Queen Anne Eisenhower
Mary Helen Massie
Apple Blossom Festival Highlights Across Winchester
The 41st Apple Blossom Festival features a grand parade with 27 mayors and celebrities like Fran Tarkenton and Eddie Bracken. A mass band concert, Apple Blossom Jamboree, Teen Age dance, twirling meet, antique car show, and evening dances fill three days from Handley High to Winchester venues.
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Handley High School
Ozark
Ala
George Washington Hotel
Fran Tarkenton
Eddie Bracken
Handley Bowl
James Roberson
Randolph Macon Academy
Winchester Skating Rink
War Memorial
Senseny Park
Dick Curless
Gordon Terry
Craven Edwards
Armory
James Wood High School
Shenandoah Pageant crowns Miss OBrien with grand parade
The sunlit pageant featured Miss Eisenhower escorting Margaret OBrien as queen, with Lyle Talbot unable to attend. Rev. William Lyons opened the coronation, Senator Byrd crowned Shenandoah the 41st, and the finale showcased a giant American flag and balloons as 1400 performers lit up the vast venue. A second item notes Gaza Strip orange exports, with one million crates planned for shipment to Jordan and Europe.
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Miss Eisenhower
Jack Mullaney
Lyle Talbot
Mullaney
William Lyons
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Byrd
Shenandoah
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Gaza Strip
Gaza City
Egypt
Jordan
Israel
Europe
False. Red Sea Coin expert or collector
Two named individuals Madison Monroe Polk Buchanan Garfield are referenced along with Sir Isaac Newton Balboa John Adams Esau. The list includes ten items and centers on historical figures.
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Madison
Monroe
Polk
Buchanan
Garfield
Richmond Woman Dies After Two Vehicle Collision
An elderly Richmond woman, Margaret Kalousdian aged 70, died from injuries after a two car crash at Madison and Main Streets in Richmond. The report lists other fatalities including Lewis Kitt 26 of Low Moor from a 109 foot cliff plunge on U S 220 near Clifton Forge and additional accidents in Suffolk Floyd Norfolk and Greene County among others.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Madison
Main Streets
Margaret Kalousdian
Thurs
Lewis Kitt
Low Moor
U.S. 220
Clifton Forge
Suffolk
Floyd Junious Collins
Virginia
Nansemond County
Stanardsville
Gary Curtis Martin
Alexandria
U.S. 33
Greene County
Greene Rockingham County
Petersburg
Herman Brooks
Rome
West Streets
Chesapeake
Robert Allen Richardson
Forecaster notes cloudy periods with warm weekend
The section reports partly cloudy tonight with a low near 50 and mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers Saturday reaching 75 to 80. An item mentions a sandstone quarry near Aquia in Stafford County Virginia that supplied stone for the U S Capitol and other Washington government buildings.
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Aquia
Virginia
Stafford County
U.S. Capitol
Washington
Rainfall Totals and Averages Over Five and Fifty-Five Years
Rainfall data show 24 hour total to 8:30 a.m. May 4 1968 and year to date 9.04 inches. Five year January to December totals are 33.46 31.63 26.85 33.82 36.48 inches. Monthly averages for 55 years list January 2.41 inches through December 2.34 with a year 55 average of 36.50 inches.
Whitten seeks legal curb on unfair news reports
Rep Jamie L Whitten urges a law to bar media from airing unfair stories about communities He cites a Marks Mississippi TV piece on a Poor People's Campaign march that focused on a run down Negro area and omitted attractive sections CBS defends its framing as not about Marks neighborhoods Secretary of State Dean Rusk gives a cautious progress report on securing the Pueblo crew release after North Korea seized the ship January 23
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Associated Pres. Washington AP
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
House
Whitten
Marks, Miss
Washington, D.C
Washington
Dean Rusk
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
Pueblo
Child Dead at 11 Gives New Hope to Four Persons
Daniel Sochor died after a traffic accident and his parents donated his organs. His kidneys went to Chester Garbacz and Herman Holloway, his skin to a burn victim in Loma Linda, and his spleen to an unnamed patient in Orange County. Both kidney recipients were in good condition. the burn victim was critical.
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Loma Linda
Calif
Daniel Sochor
Daniel
Stanley Sochor
Loma Linda University Hospital
University of California At Los Angeles Medical Center
Chester S. Garbacz
Claremont
Herman Holloway
Los Angeles
Brandon McLane
Gree
Orange County General Hospital
City designates 19 jogging tracks in parks
New York joggers now have 19 marked tracks in parks including Central Park reservoir. August Heckscher, parks commissioner, announced signs indicate starting and half mile points and charts to record progress and attendance, highlighting jogging as a heart healthy in-between pace activity.
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New York
Central Park Reservoir
August Heckscher
First Day Was Hell, Copter Pilot Says
Capt Denny Miner of Harrisburg Pa a helicopter pilot in the 1st Cavalry Division recalls the opening assault into the A Shau Valley April 19 near the Laotian border. He describes intense anti aircraft fire and heavy losses on the first day followed by air bombardment that shifted control to American forces within four days.
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A Shau Valley
Vietnam
Denny Miner
Harrisburg
Miner
1St
Air Cavalry Division
Hell
Navy
Air Force
Marine
A Shau
1St Cavalry
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