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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1971
Page
2
Twenty five miles of walking past Christ Episcopal Church on Boscawen Street drew cheerful participants. Some carried shoes or walked barefoot, yet the crowd showed happiness and purpose as they endured sole discomfort for a charitable cause.
Funeral services are announced for George W. Ball Jr. in Clarke County with pallbearers named. Roy M. Adams of Stephens City dies aged 82 with burial in Mount Hebron and a life noted in Winchester. Jesse R. Whitacre of Winchester to be buried in Ebenezer Church Cemetery. Mervil Clifton Rogers of Gerrardstown dies aged 69 with services at Mountain Chapel and burial at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Arden. multiple survivors and memorials to local causes.
Harry R Painter Jr 53 of Martinsburg was found dead in his car on S Queen St and pronounced at Kings Daughters Hospital He was born Oct 15 1917 in Washington County Md and served as chief maintenance man for St Josephs Catholic Church and School He was a Church of God member Funeral held at Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg with burial at Pleasant View Memory Gardens He is survived by wife Helen Mae two daughters a nephew three sisters and two brothers.
Virginia and federal officials edge toward agreement on reapportionment questions in Virginia's 1971 acts. Judges will hear Monday arguments on timeliness and district validity with primary timing possible for most districts except those ruled invalid or disputed by Mitchell.
British troops scoured Belfast and countryside in house to house searches after a patrol was ambushed in Cromac Square as gunfire killed a soldier. A village dance hall bombing near Suffolk wounded ten, with authorities linking both incidents to Catholic orientated Republican extremists.
A remodeled coal barge named G W Parke Custis carried an observation balloon to spy on Confederate positions near the Potomac, marking America's first aircraft carrier use in the Civil War.
J Alvin Johnson, a former Winchester police officer, announced he is running for Frederick County Sheriff as an independent and asked for both Republican and Democratic backing. He noted a Frederick County Republican mass meeting urged him to run as a Republican, and he pledged to continue seeking cross party support to ensure a well trained law enforcement team.
The W T Grant Company opens a 59000 square foot Front Royal store in Royal Plaza on Rt 522 featuring mens womens and childrens wear shoes cameras sporting goods major appliances television stereos household goods an auto center and a Bradford House Restaurant seating over 70. General manager James C Pugh leads a 100 person staff with free parking for 1000 cars.
Wes Auger of the 20th Century Reformation Hour will speak at Marvin Chapel Community Church Sunday at 10 50 a m and 7 30 p m He is on the staff of the American Opinion Speaker s Bureau and has appeared at conservative gatherings including the New England Rally for God and Country He helped organize the Marches For Victory in Washington D C in 1970 and has authored books such as John Birch and God and The Great Conspiracy The King of Kings Production Company releases his albums on The Church and Civil Turmoil and Drugs and Religion He lectures for Gary Allen Communications
About 20 people were arrested early this day as students massed on Main Street near Kent State University blocking traffic. It was the fourth straight night of disturbances with 300 to 400 protesters, sparking broken windows and police action as riot-equipped officers moved in from the campus and tavern area.
Clear tonight with lows in the upper 30s and low 40s. Sunny Sunday with highs in the low 70s. Noon high 64, low 50 today. yesterday 73. Sunset 8 25 p m. Sunrise 5 53 a m. Moonrise 4 45 a m tomorrow. No rainfall in past 24 hours. May rainfall 3 57 inches, 1971 year to date 12 97. Five year annual totals shown. average monthly rainfall 58 year period listed.
Two buildings were bombed in Fresno late Friday night with no injuries. A Bank of America branch in the southeast area suffered slight damage from a device placed on a drive in teller window at about 10 45 p m.
A condensed quiz list presents ten items with concise clues and one word answers. The entries cover topics from printing to geography and notable names.
President Nixon, in Austin at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library dedication, says Johnson was a partisan of principle over party. He calls for leaders to act beyond partisan lines on national security and peace, praising the library's vast Johnson papers and its oval office replica.
The article outlines Texas constitutional powers including the reserve to public lands and the authority to subdivide into up to five states. It discusses how these privileges shape the state's governance and potential territorial arrangements.
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