Funeral service for Mrs. Bitha Swisher in Winchester
Mrs. Bitha Swisher 87 of 600 Atwell Ave died Tuesday in a Winchester nursing home. Funeral is tomorrow at 11 at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Joseph P. Roby, pallbearers Richard Swisher Glenn Silman Randolph Pingley Holloway Pingley Cecil Teets and Jack Reynolds. Burial in Mt Zion Cemetery near Augusta West Virginia.
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Bitha Swisher
Atwell Ave
Winchester
Jones Funeral Home
Joseph P. Roby
Richard Swisher
Glenn Silman
Randolph Pingley
Holloway Pingley
Cecil Teets
Jack Reynolds
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Augusta
W. Va
Goldie L. Brown
National Ave
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Charles Gerloff
Eugene P. Miller
J. William Hollis
William T. Sullivan, Jr
Charles M. Murphy
J. William Carlisle
Lawrence P. Cole
Sacred Heart Cemetery
R. Bruce Hahn
Highland Ave
Fairview Lutheran Church
Gore
William H. Gray Jr
Harold Gano
Eugene Hahn
Charles Hahn
Bernard Hahn
Robert Hahn
Allen Hahn
Arthur Hewitt
Fairview Cemetery
Giffin
Capon Bridge
Elizabeth Rebecca (Robbie) Poe
Browntown Road
Front Royal
Miss Poe
Warren County
Winterton Dionysius
Sarah Virginia Beaty Poe
Keithen S. Poe
Norah Lawson
Arlington
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Hollie Redman
Maddox Funeral
Obituary notices and services for local residents
Funeral services and burial arrangements are listed for Roger O. Longerbeam aged 27. Goldie L. Brown aged 76. R. Bruce Hahn aged 70. and Elizabeth Rebecca Poe aged 95. Details include dates, times, churches, pallbearers, and burial sites in Shenandoah Memorial Park, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, and Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Beauty contest promoter faces charges in Roanoke
In Roanoke a white promoter of black beauty contests is held on 1200 bond for failing to pay a city admissions tax and staging a promotion without a license. John Paul Rugales 45 refused to answer questions at arraignment. About 70 black girls reportedly took part in the April 27 pageant. Miss Virginia Personality Queen was Sissy Bonds 19 a William Fleming High School senior. An investigator says the pageant appears to be a one man show run by Rugales as he tours.
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Roanoke
John Paul Rugales
Rugales
Sissy Bonds
William Fleming High School
Virginia
Joseph Cunningham
Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office
Many Prominent Riders Expected For Rodeo At Stonewall Club
A featured rodeo hosted by the Stonewall Raritan Club runs Friday through Sunday with top riders like Jim Meyers East Coast champion Jim Holt Bud Fisher Jim Groves Willie Steadham and Carrie Shegan. Events include bull riding bareback calf roping steer wrestling girls barrel racing and bronc riding. Proceeds fund new bleachers at the fairgrounds.
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Stonewall Raritan Club
Jim Meyers
Jim Holt
Bud Fisher
Jim Groves
Willie Steadham
Carrie Shegan
Jim Kniceley
iStonewall Raritan Club
Johnson
North Loudoun
Guess Found Innocent On Manslaughter Charge
A 13 hour Frederick County Circuit Court trial ended with Joseph Edward Guess, 38, of Bloomery Star Route, acquitted of manslaughter in the January crash that killed 19 year old Blanche Marie Butler near Winchester. Witnesses said Butler died of head injuries after the Luttrell vehicle swerved and rolled. Guess testified he stopped, then felt a nudge and did not immediately stop. The other charges remain in county court for May 25.
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Frederick County
Joseph Edward Guess
Bloomery Star Route
Blanche Marie Butler
Winchester
Rt. 7
Guess
Red Bud Road
Conner
Darlene Luttrell
Luttrell
Miss Butler
Miss Luttrell
Anna Mae Renner
Kerner seeks escrow of judge salary during appeal
Former Gov Otto Kerner asks that his $42 500 annual salary as a federal appeals court judge be held in escrow while his appeal of a racetrack stock scandal conviction proceeds. He was sentenced February 19 to three years in prison and fined 50000 dollars on charges of conspiracy mail fraud bribery and income tax evasion.
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Chicago
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Plan Driver Education Class at Howard School
Dowell J. Howard Vocational School will start driver education classes in June with classroom and behind the wheel training. Private-school registration is May 12 at the Vocational School Driving Range from 9 am to 2 pm. public and private school forms available at Clarke County High School John Handley High School James Wood High School and Dowell J. Howard Vocational School. Family members may register a student with a completed application. Call 662-5199 for more information.
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Dowell J. Howard
Clarke County High
John Handley High School
James Wood High School
Dowell J. Howard VocationalSchool
Driver Education Department
Deadlock Broken in East West Talks on Central Europe
In Vienna AP reports a three month deadlock ends as NATO and Warsaw Pact 19 representatives plan their first plenary session Monday. A communique is expected. Hungary gains observer status for substantive talks while its position may be reconsidered once negotiations begin in the fall.
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Vienna
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Hungary
Man Indicted For Willful Income Tax Evasion
A federal grand jury in Roanoke indicted Roy Riley Boyce Jr. of Clearbrook for willful income tax evasion in 1968. He allegedly reported 1500 plus dollars of adjusted gross income with no tax due, vs 40481.95 income and 12031.39 tax. Arraignment in Harrisonburg Federal Court scheduled May 29.
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Roanoke
Mondas
Roy Riley Boyce Jr
Clearbrook
Boyce
Internal Revenue Service
Harrisonburg
Intelligence Division
U.S
Western Judicial District of Virginia
Leigh B. Hanes, Jr
Ronald D. Hodges
Watergate echoes in Senate probes and cabinet turmoil
Sen. Henry M. Jackson denounces violations of the 1947 National Security Act as the Watergate affair widens. Sen. McClellan eyes expanded inquiries. The Times reports impending indictments of ex-attorney general John Mitchell and Maurice Stans, with Vesco cash links. Senate hearings on Elliott Richardson and Packard replacement unfold while Hunt faces restricted classified requests. Royal Canadian Mounted Police laboratories are noted in Ottawa and Regina.
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Henry M. Jackson
D.wash
House
White House
John L. McClellan
Senate Appropriations Committee
New York Times Today
New York
Nixon
the Times
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Robert L. Vesco
Securities and Exchange Commission
Senate Judiciary Committee
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Pentagon
Administration
Defense
David M. Packard
Schlesinger
Atomic Energy Commission
CIA
State Department
Hunt
Weather Snapshot and Rainfall Records for Winchester Skies
Partly cloudy conditions with a chance of thundershowers tonight and Friday across the state with highs in the 70s to 80s and lows in the 40s to 60s. The extended forecast calls for cooler, drier days through Monday with little rain. Rainfall figures include 13.64 inches year to date through today and historic May and monthly averages. The Winchester skies section notes sunset at 8 14 p.m. and a full moon next Wednesday.
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Winchester
I Q Answers Windfall in France and Across Cities
Short item notes an unexpected gain connected to France with mentions of Portland Oregon Lisbon Hilo Hawaii and Idaho. It references tuberculosis and a geographic spread across multiple locales with a terse true Solomon linkage implied.
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France
Portland
Oregon
Lisbon
Hilo
Hawaii
Tuberculosis
Idaho
True
Solomon
Wall Street slides as Middle East tensions weigh on market
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 4.9 percent to 943.11 at 10:30 a.m. amid weak trading and more declines on the New York Stock Exchange. Analysts cited spillover from Middle East tensions, oil disruption in Lebanon, inflation fear, and Watergate distractions as factors depressing investor confidence. Suave Shoe and major oil stocks led losses with several issues slipping further on the Big Board.
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New York
Wall Street
Middle East
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Dow
Lebanon
Monte Gordon
Dreyfus Corp
Washington
Gulf
Texaco
Royal Dutch
Exxon
Standard of California
Grackle long-tailed bird widely known as crow blackbird
A note explains that the grackle, a long-tailed bird, is commonly identified as a crow blackbird in general conversation. It clarifies naming differences and common usage among readers.
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Swisher Service
Longerbeam
Roger O. Longerbeam
Haines Drive
Faith Revival Center
Neil Brenner
James Thompson
Marvin Orndorff
John Myers
Ronald Lockhart
Larry McDonald
J. R. Anderson
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Brown Service
Hahn Service
Miss Elizabeth Poe
Sheriff’s Office
J.S. Conner
Escrow
the Order
Amherst ST
DIAL
Smalts Florists, Inc
S. Braddock St
Congregational Christian Church
Bernard If
Groves Monuments
Winchester Co-Operative
Amhers
Stephens City
Stephens City, Va
Circe Rodeo
Alvin Johnson
Roger Koontz
Frederick County Fairgrounds
Clear
David B. Grim
Howard School
Watergate
The
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa
Regina
Gulf of Mexico
I.Q. Answers
Joly
Pittsburgh’ Paints
Cameron St
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