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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1967
Page
2
Obituaries list services and burials for Robert Clayton Hoover Mollie R Parlett Emma Virginia Brown Clarence Patrick Taylor Lockhart and John M Hawkins with funeral times locations and burial sites noted. Survivors and pallbearers named. flowers omitted in accord with family requests.
Emmett Ray McCarthy a 34 year old 6 foot 10 inch prisoner led a seven hour seven county flight across Oklahoma taking seven hostages including two police officers and carjacking four vehicles before surrendering at gunpoint in Marietta. He had escaped from McAlester prison while awaiting spinal surgery and faced armed robbery charges in Ardmore Carter County.
Baseball writers have made their final predictions for the home team and now we’ll wait until October to learn how wrong they were. Funeral notices follow with times for service for Mrs Mollier Parlett Mrs Emma Virginia Brown and Robert Clayton Hoover conducted at Jones Funeral Home.
Grover Eugene Shutts, 52, of 143 Featherbed Lane, was found innocent today in Municipal Court of failure to yield right of way. The charge stemmed from an April 26 accident at the Kent and Southwerk Street intersection where a motorcycle skidded and narrowly missed the city bus he was driving.
In Geneva the U S delegation threatens to leave within 24 hours if no progress is shown in grains and tariff talks. William Roth warns of returning to Washington Wednesday morning as deadlock persists with the six Common Market nations and 52 participants seeking broader agreement by week’s end. End of week accord is crucial as President Johnson’s tariff-cut authority expires June 30 and a six week period is needed to finalize terms.
Rev. Ernest K. Emurian, minister of Cherrydale Methodist Church in Arlington, Va., will be guest speaker at the Stephens City Lions Club Ladies Night at the Stephens City Fire Hall. A native of Philadelphia, he holds degrees from Davidson College Union Theological Seminary of Virginia and Princeton Theological Seminary. He has authored 17 books and composed hymns and songs and is active in ASCAP AGO and Lions Club International, lecturing on Practical Hymnology and Religious Drama.
Vietnamese toll climbs to 197 dead with 18 more than earlier figures. Allied losses include 44 Marines killed and 140 U.S. troops wounded, mostly Marines. A troop helicopter went down near Tay Ninh with four injured, and two other choppers were downed northwest of Saigon with one pilot wounded. Viet Cong damaged a petroleum dump at Kien Thanh causing 10,000 gallons loss and attacked Long Hai, killing five development workers and wounding two.
The passage muses that workers devoted to their craft resent reductions in work time and criticizes both their own faults and those of others, with a hint of humility about Santa Fe.
NASA Administrator James E. Webb announced the first manned Apollo flight will occur early next year. He named the three astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr Walter R. Cunningham and Donn F. Eisele, and said a fireproofed spacecraft will be delivered to Cape Kennedy later this year for a launch about three months hence. Webb projected a lunar landing by 1969 with total project cost around 22.7 billion dollars and noted improvements over the January Cape Kennedy fire incident.
The unemployment rate rose to 3.7 percent as the labor force expanded. Employment gains in retail trade services and government offset declines in manufacturing and slow construction. Unemployed individuals fell to 2.7 million, while 885 000 more people counted as jobless due to higher labor force participation.
Forecast for Virginia calls for fair and cool conditions with a low around 40 tonight. Tuesday in Winchester shows a sunset at 8 13 p m and a first quarter moon on May 17 with a sunrise at 6 05 a m.
The county approved repairs including new lights for the clerk's record room and passed unanimously. A plan to move circuit court back to the old courthouse failed for now due to space conflicts. Judge Marshall now presides over both circuit and county courts at Winchester venues. Estimates for the June board meeting were ordered, prompting astonishment at the rapid spending and ongoing courthouse debates.
Rainfall data shows 24 tour total minus .05 at 8:30am and May year to date. County residents shift focus from court house plans to renovating the county office building and continuing court operations, replacing a familiar topic with a new issue.
Wall Street opened with a slight gain in active trading as brokers warned of a pause after an extended climb. The Dow hovered near 910–920 resistance, with the Dow Jones industrial average at noon up 0.83 to 908.80 and the AP 60-stock average at 332.2, while gainers slightly outpaced losers 6 to 5.
The 61-year-old Chinese leader and party, arriving from Langley Air Force Base after a San Francisco flight, toured the palace gardens under a Virginia sun. In the palace kitchen L T Lin pointed out gourds and asked if they were 18th century. Yen wore a grey suit and Mrs Yen a royal blue outfit. they were hatless.
The list provides concise results for ten questions: 1) 160 acres, 2) Florida, 3) TM square feet, 4) Two hours, 5) Appeals from lower courts, 6) 128, 7) Chicago, 8) Rudyard Kipling, 9) Fallow, 10) Commerce.
Edward M. Gilbert, who fled to Brazil in 1962 after allegedly embezzling 1.95 million from a hardwood flooring firm, was sentenced in State Supreme Court to two to four years in state prison. He had earlier received two years in federal prison and a 21,000 dollar fine after pleading guilty to related charges.
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