Carper Burial Follows Weston Death in Green Hill Cemetery
H ern Carper a Bakerton W V resident died May 13 at Weston Hospital. A Berryville native son of John R. and Sallie Levi Carper he lived in W ilson about 50 years. He managed Bethesda branch Julius Lansburgh Furniture and later worked at Peoples Duty Stores. He belonged to W Centennial Lodge 14 AF and AM Silver Spring. Survived by wife Bessie Whitmore Carper and many nieces and nephews. Burial at St James Cemetery with pallbearers Walter Vance Jr David Vance Donald Spitler Elmer Spitler James Vance Roy Vance. Friends may call Jones Funeral Home.
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Hern
Braxton
Weston
W. Va
Green Hill Cemetery
Bakerton
Carper
Berryville
John R
Sallie Levi Carper
Wi On
Bethesda
Julius Lansburgh Furniture Company
Peoples Duty Stores
W. Centennial Lodge
Af&am
Silver Spring
Bessie Whitmore Carper
Nerces
Funeral service for Mrs. Sadie Catherine Vance
The funeral for Mrs. Sadie Catherine Vance of Kerns Town Lane will be held Sunday afternoon. Friends and relatives meet at Jones Funeral Home at 1 o clock for a short service conducted by Rev. Joseph S. Duckwall before the remains are moved to St.
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Sadie Catherine Vance
Kernstown Lane
Jones Funeral Home
Joseph S. Duckwall
Vance Funeral Service at Jones Funeral Home
Mrs. Sadie Catherine Vance will be at Jones Funeral Home and escorted to St. James Lutheran Church Sunday at 1 15 PM for service on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Catherine Vance
Funeral service for Bessie Farr Hummer in Berryville
Bessie May Farr Hummer died Wednesday. The funeral is set for tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Enders Funeral Home Berryville with Rev. William N. Raney officiating. Burial follows in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers include Anthony Palombo Nicholas Palombo Robert Hummer Charles Hummer Ep Hummer and Russell Rauzel.
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Bessie May Farr Hummer
Enders
Hue
Berryville
William N. Raney
Green Hill Cemetery
Anthony Palombo
Nicholas Palombo
Robert Hummer
Charles Hummer
Ep Hummer
Russell Rauzel
Enders Funeral Home
Man Uses Plastic Bag To Kill Self In New York
The body of 60 year old Theodore Evant was found in his bed with a plastic bag over his head tied around his neck. The death is ruled a suicide using a common bag.
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New York
Theodore Evant
Houdini Began Career as Trapeze Performer
The famed American magician Harry Houdini started his stage work as a trapeze performer before mastering escape acts. He later rose to fame as a legendary illusionist and escape artist, shaping modern magic.
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Harry Houdini
Big Four ministers press for split level talks on Berlin
Western delegates move toward secret lunch and dinner negotiations with Andrei Gromyko as the Berlin issue dominates the Palace of Nations session. Herter Lloyd Couve de Murville and Von Brentano plan patient bargaining while Khrushchev’s May 27 withdrawal deadline looms unresolved.
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Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
Berlin
East Germany
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
von Brentano
Palace of Nations
Gromyko
Herter
Couve de Murville
Lloyd
West
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Germany
Pope Receives Greek Monarchs at Vatican Audience
Pope John XXIII received King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece in a 15 minute audience marking the first Greek royal visit to the Vatican since 1439. The couple concluded a three day state visit to Italy during which the meeting occurred. An unrelated statistic notes roughly 20 million tons of fish are caught worldwide each year for commerce.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Paul
Frederika
Greece
Vatican
Italy
Weather outlook for Virginia shows heat and humid showers
Variable cloudiness with warm humid conditions and scattered afternoon thunderstorms today and tonight. Temperatures today near 81 high and 69 low west 62-66 east. Saturday mainly cloudy with more thundershowers and continued warmth. Five day forecast points to above normal temperatures 3-6 degrees with showers possible through the period. Sunset and sunrise times noted for Winchester.
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Virginia
Winchester
Fidel Castro Says Family to Lose Sugar Lands
In Havana Cuba Fidel Castro declares his family will be affected by the agrarian reform law reducing their 2178 acres of sugar land to about 1000 acres. He spoke to newsmen outlining the impact of the reform on his relatives estates.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Starkweather stay granted in habeas case and legacy
Starkweather remained in custody as a writ for habeas corpus was denied after 4:22 a.m. order staying execution. The case centers on his claimed rights and his lifelong notoriety from 1958 crime spree with Caril Fugate, eleven confirmed deaths, trial outcomes, and ongoing appeals.
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Starkweather
Robinson
Greenholtz
U.S
Jurge van Pelt
Caril Ann Fugate
Lincoln
Caril
Douglas
Wyo
Wyoming
Bennet, Neb
Robert Jensen
Carol King
Jensen
State Supreme Court
James Reinhardt
University of Nebraska
State Board of Pardons
Strike Enters Second Week at Missile Center
A union carpenters strike at the missile test center has stretched into a second week with no settlement. Federal mediator John A. Kenney of Tampa arranged separate meetings with carpenters and contractors to bridge gaps after unproductive talks. About 115 workers walked out Friday over wages, with no missile launchings affected.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Missile Test Center
John A. Kenney
Tampa
Patrick Air Force Base
Farm price supports and parity debate on wheat policy
The piece explains a $35,000 port price set at not less than 75 percent of parity and the need for Senate and House agreement on a new program by June 1. It notes wheat production limits, penalties for overplanting, and excess supply held by the government, with Benson proposing three year reductions and gradual lifting of acreage controls.
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Senate
House
Benson
Capehart
Senators Debate Wheat Price Supports and Alternatives
Lawmakers consider shifting from parity based price supports to averaging three year market prices. Dirksen backs a substitute bill, while Bry Carlson and Capehart push varied plans from 75 to 85 percent parity, or ending supports and liquidating government stock. A two year stopgap program remains under Senate Agriculture Committee review.
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Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
GOP
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Hubert H. Bry
Dminn
Midwest Wheat
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Homer E. Capehart
Rind
Auctions and sale listings across Winchester area May and June
A May to June catalog lists auctions in Winchester and Frederick areas. Items include furniture, hardware, novelties, electrical appliances, farm machinery, antiques, jewelry, and household goods. multiple auctions led by W. D. Orndorff, George W. Clowser, Clay Sales Inc, and others with dates from May 23 to June 6.
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Haun’s Auction House
Paper Mill Road
W. D. Orndorff
George W. Clowser
Clark S
Winchester
KE. T. Snider
Clay Sales, Inc
Frederick
Grace
Inez Fries
North Ave
Charles R. Duvall
A. S. Robinson
Clearbrook
Brucetown
Summit Point
Harry Loy
Capon River
Ernest C. Dove
Fairview Ave
Dennis T. Cole
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Hugh B. Carper
Vance Service
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Snellings
N. Braddock St
Albin
Miller’s Flower Shop
E. Piccadilly St
Paper Mill
W. D. “Buck’’ Orndorff
Sandra Haun
H. L. Mills
Castro
Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Anchorage
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fort Worth
Helena
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington
Missile Center
Frederick County
David Link Jr
Elizabeth Link
Circuit Court
al A. M
Back Creek
Virgin
Joseph B. Newlin
E. T. Snider
Mutts
Ard Ambulance Service
Glaize & Bro
Pittsburgh Paints
Johi
F. Hoover
Agrico
Wyck St
Company Mohawk
American Agricultural Chemical Co
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