Obituaries from Winchester May 8 1969
Funeral services for Mrs Ruth Brown of Front Royal Road are set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville. Burial will follow in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. Robert Lee Gordon 55 of Paris Va died Saturday at Martinsburg VA Center following a long illness. Survived by widow Bertha Jenkins Gordon of Luray and two sons Donald S Gordon of Lexington Neb and Walton Gordon of Luray plus seven grandchildren. Ida Lee Hayes 61 of Paris Va died today. She was born Oct 17 1907 in Fauquier County and was a member of Paris United Methodist Church. Survived by husband John L Hayes four children two sisters and eight grandchildren. Funeral arrangements for Hayes made by Jones Funeral Home.
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Ruth Brown
Front Royal Road
John H. Enders
Berryville
John Kinzie
Edward Campbell
Arthur Fulton
Garfield Royston
Iden Fincham
Everett Fowler
Donald Ross
Green Hill Cemetery
Robert Lee Gordon
Paris
Elkton
Newton D. Baker VA Center
Martinsburg
W.va
Gordon
Robert C
Sarah Seal Gordon
Bertha Jenkins Gordon
Luray
Donald S. Gordon
Lexington
Neb
Walton Gordon
John C. Gorn
Ida Lee Hayes
Hayes
Fauquier County
Claude
Bessie Bettis Hinson
John L. Hayes
Rockville
Duane Derring
Rochester
Minn
Edward Jenkins
Middleburg
Roy Schaeffer
Arelington
Jones Funeral Home
Hubbard party shooting wounds guest in home incident
William M. Hubbard 24 fired a .45 caliber pistol at guest Thomas Myers 24 during a party in Hubbard's home. Myers was shot in both legs as Hubbard displayed the gun and then fired twice.
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Washington (Ap
William M. Hubbard
Thomas Myers
Hubbard
Myers
Shepherd College to hold 96th commencement June 1
The 96th annual commencement at Shepherd College in Shepherdstown West Virginia will take place June 1 at 8 p.m. in the Health and Physical Education Building with John D. Rockfeller IV West Virginia secretary of state as speaker. The day begins with an Emeritus Club luncheon at noon May 31 and a 6 30 p.m. alumni banquet with remarks by college president Dr James A Butcher. Baccalaureate service is June 1 at 2 p.m. with Dr Perry Epler Gresham Bethany College president delivering the sermon.
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Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
W.va
John D. Rockfeller IV
West Virginia
College Alumni Association
James A. Butcher
Perry Epler Gresham
Bethany College
E W Owens Dies in Winchester Memorial Hospital
Emmanuel Shorty Owens 36 of 137 North Loudoun Street died in Winchester Memorial Hospital after being found two days earlier. Doctor Hill, medical examiner, said death was not natural and an autopsy will be performed. Survived by widow Elizabeth McGuire Owens of Leesburg three children a sister and a half brother. services pending at Omps Funeral Home.
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Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Douglass Hill
Emmanuel (Shorty) Woodrow Owens
N. Loudoun St
Byrd
Rebecca Parker Owens
Steuart Perry Quarry
Owens
Elizabeth McGuire Owens
Leesburg
Ernest Dudley
Sunnyside
Elizabeth Ann Owens
Dian Ellen Owens
Loring Light
Gainesboro
Arnold Parker
Gore
Omps Funeral Home
Mills Plans Tax Revision to Cut Rates and Simplify Filing
Rep. Wilbur D. Mills of Arkansas says the Ways and Means Committee is drafting an income tax revision that eliminates most deductions and lowers rates for earners at $10,000 to $20,000. The plan would set individual rates between 5 and 50 percent, require Treasury to model revenue, and remove the standard deduction for those earning $10,000 or less while keeping charitable gifts deductible.
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Washington
Wibur D. Mills
Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Thousand Islands claim count uncertain with many rocks
The article notes no complete census of the Thousand Islands due to small rock points. It estimates at least 1,700 islands lie in the St. Lawrence River, scattered across the group.
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Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence River
Viet Cong Propose 10 Point Peace Plan
The Viet Cong outlines a 10 point peace plan calling for complete U S and allied force withdrawal and international supervision. It mirrors the National Front for Liberation program and envisions a coalition government in South Vietnam and neutral peaceful reunification.
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Viet Cong
National ‘Front For Liberation
Front
South Vietnam
North
Kiem
Sional
U.S
North Vietnam
Kiem’s
United States
Vietnam
Xuang Thuy
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
Lodge
Wall Street stocks rise after weekly loss marks early trading
The Dow up 1.88 to 961.48 at 10:30 a.m. amid mixed prices. Gains in Control Data Phillips Petroleum Leasco Canadian Breweries and Standard Oil of California accompany fractional moves across Occidental Petroleum Getty Oil and other issues as the AP 60 average dips slightly.
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New York
Dow Jones
Dow
American Telephone & Telegraph
Phillips Petroleum
Leasco Data Processing
Canadian Breweries
Standard Oil of
California
Occidental Petroleum
Great, Western Financial
CNA Financial
Johns-Manville Corp
Getty Oil
Associated Press
American Stock Exchange
Alamera
Brazilian Light & Power
Gale Industries
British Petroleum
Plume & Atwood
Russell Case Sent to Grand Jury on Molestation Charge
Judge Carle F. Germelman Jr sent David Paul Russell to the grand jury for molesting a child under 14. Russell, 28, of Stephenson, was held after a preliminary hearing in the 7th Regional Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. Bond set at $10,000. attorney is Benjamin M. Butler.
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Carle F. Germelman, Jr
David Paul Russell
Winchester
Russell
Stephenson
Juge Germelman
Germelman
Benjamin M. Butler
Papers Read By Junior Scientists at Virginia Convention
Junior scientists from across the state present research papers at the Virginia Academy of Science junior session. Topics include Electrochemistry and Calorimetry and the relationship between gram molecular weight and solution specific gravity. Over 200 registered. 400 expected today for the two day meeting in Fredericksburg.
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Fredericksburg
Virginia Academy of Science
State Museum of Science
Saigon News Briefs Show Bomb Plot and Viet Cong Attacks
Police seized Communist documents calling for a terrorist campaign between May 7 and May 19 the dates marking Dien Bien Phu’s anniversary and Ho Chi Minh’s birthday. Viet Cong gunners shelled Hue killing two Vietnamese and wounding two civilians. six 100 pound rockets struck the city and hospitals were damaged. Weekly Allied casualty totals listed 205 Americans killed in action last week, 168 government troops and 3,414 of the enemy.
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Saigon
Dien. Bien Phu
Ho Chi Minh
Hue
Largent Commended by Virginia Farm Bureau for Support
Virginia Farm Bureau commends F L Largent Jr of the 24th District for backing agriculture during the Special Session. Walter Ayers notes his affirmative vote on the Stanley Bryan amendment aiding later language to help farm land taxation. Constitutional amendments from the session require next assembly approval and voter ratification.
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del. F. L. Largent, Jr
House of Delegates
Virginia Farm Bureau
Virginia
General Assembly
Walter C. Ayers
VFBF
Stanley Bryan
Ayers
Farm Bureau
Hope to Toast at Republican Dinner in New York City
Bob Hope will serve as toastmaster at the Republican State Committee’s annual fund raising dinner in New York City on June 5. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and former Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will be among speakers. Charles A. Schoeneck said Hope was invited at Rockefeller’s request.
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Albany
N.Y
Bob Hope
Republican State Committee
New York City
Charles A. Schoeneck
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Thomas E. Dewey
Tower on Amestown Church Aided Colonists Against Attacks
The Amestown church tower erected by colonists in 1639 served as protective fortification during Indian attacks.
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Amestown
Weather Today Virginia Outlook With Changing Showers
Scattered showers and thunder showers are expected this afternoon and tonight. Tonight’s low 54 to 60. Friday becomes partly cloudy and cooler with showers ending, high in the 70s. Friday night cooler. Saturday fair and cool. Winchester skies note sun set 8 12 p m and rise 6 05 a m with last quarter moon rising 2 51 a m.
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Winchester
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Gulf Coast
Florida
Appalachian States
New England
Rainfall totals and historic averages 1969 summaries
Rainfall figures cover 24 hours to 8 30 today May 10 1969 with year to date 7 84 inches and May to date 39 hundredths. Averages are shown for each month across 56 years and full year totals for 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 are listed. A note mentions Chinese use of macaroni dating back to 5000 BC.
Stove Short Circuit Triggers Brucetown House Fire
Clearbrook firemen were called to the William Russell residence in Brucetown yesterday at 10 15 a m when an electric stove shorted out. They remained 15 minutes and said only the stove was damaged.
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Clearbrook
William Russell
Brucetown
Answers Quiz: Heart Beat Blood Pressure and More
The quiz item lists ten topics from science history and geography. It includes heart beat and blood pressure, learning, the Treaty of Paris, Florida, World War I, reading as poetry, Classic Greece, a lighthouse, Bulgaria, and the year 1939.
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Florida
Greece
Bulgaria
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