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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1965

Page

2

Obituary notes for Miley Byrd and Moreland with labor talk

Obituaries list Lynn Miley of Wardensville 65 a farmer and bank director. funeral planned at Wardensville Methodist Church with burial in Wardensville Cemetery. Also Hammond Miller funeral at Jones Funeral Home, and William Byrd 86 dies in Baltimore with relatives including Senators Byrd. Effie Moreland 75 Berryville dies, tributes continue. The article also covers Wirtz testimony before a House subcommittee on Section 14B Taft-Hartley Act repeal regarding right to work laws.

Lynn Miley Wardensville W. Va Winchester Memorial Hospital John R Annie Pease Miley Capon Valley Bank Ernest Metheny Walter Sigman Wardensville Cemetery William Mathias Thomas Hershman Charles Barney Paul Frye James Baker Elmo Orndorff The Effie E. Baxter Moreland Berryville Lewis Townsend Moreland Moreland Bluemont William and Sarah Catherine Alexander Baxter Ambrose Moreland Lewis T. Moreland, Jr Washington Charles St Winchester Green Hills Wirtz Johnson Congress Subcommittee Frank Thompson Jr de. N.J

Right to Work Debate Highlighted by Wirtz Statement

Wirtz argues the real issue lies beneath the phrase right-to-work which he says is not recognized or advocated by supporters. He contends the debate centers on more than individual liberties and that Wirtz favors permiting tracts of Wirtz land.

Wirtz Ben-Gay

Marines suffer casualties in Da Nang firefight and ambush

In Da Nang area a Marine reportedly killed another Marine by accidental rifle discharge. A 6 year old girl died and another child was wounded in a firefight near Le My as Marines clashed with Viet Cong. A Marine was wounded by a booby trap. In another ambush near Thai Binh 150 miles southwest of Saigon a Viet Cong force stopped a government battalion returning to Khai Quan after days under fire.

da Nang U.S le My Saigon Thai Binh Khai Quan

Hammond Miller Notice at Jones Funeral Home

Mr Hammond Miller slated for service Tuesday at 10 00 a m Eastern Standard Time at Jones Funeral Home Inc Jones Funeral Home Inc listed as the venue for arrangements and memorial details.

Mr. Hammond Miller S.T. Jones Funeral Home

Shifflett Motions Denied in Attempted Murder Case

Defense motions to quash the indictment on an attempted murder charge for Emory Lee Shifflett were denied by Winchester Corporation Court Judge Elliott D. Marshall. Shifflett, convicted in March for the fatal Aug 1964 shooting of Courtney Loring Ashwood, faces a trial for the attempted murder of his estranged wife set for June 22. Meanwhile probation for Carol Jean Wilson, convicted of forgery, was revoked and she received a two year consecutive sentence and was remanded to city custody.

Emory Lee Shifflett Winchester Corporation Court Elliott D. Marshall Shifflett Courtney Loring Ashwood David G. Simpson Harry K. Benham II Corporation Court Southwestern State Hospital Carol Jean Wilson

Fire consumes barn and damages dairy shed in Frederick County

Firefighters battled a blaze at a barn near the Burnt Factory Church road after responding to a fire at the Lockhart property in the early hours. The barn, 100 by 60 feet, with a tin roof, collapsed on arrival. A May 3 fire destroyed a milk parlor and sheep shed on the same farm, with sheriff detectives investigating. The Shawnee Fire Co. remained on scene until about 4:30 AM.

Clearbrook Fire Co Friendship George H. Smith Lockhart Shawnee Fire Co

President Johnson calls for more summer jobs for youths

In Washington, President Johnson urged employers to provide jobs for about 2 million youths seeking summer work. He said a job could determine whether some return to school or dropout, and directed all federal departments to place one trainee per 100 employees, about 25 000 positions.

Washington Johnson Milllion Federal Agencie

Communists claim U S strikes hospital and school in North Vietnam

AP dispatch reports a North Vietnamese claim that U S planes bombed a hospital in Nghia Pan district Nghe An Province and a school at Tu Tru Thanh Hoa Province, resulting in 79 deaths or injuries. London also announces Britain will switch to the metric system sector by sector to align with Europe and aid exports.

Tokyo U.S Viet Nam Peking New China News Agency Thailand Nghia “Pan Nghe An Tu Tru Thanh Hoah London Board of Trade Douglas Jay Britain Europe

Earl Ruby testifies on Jack Ruby insanity claim

Earl Ruby of Detroit testified that he believes his brother Jack Ruby is insane at a hearing to determine the lawyers for the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald. Insanity is pivotal as Ruby’s original attorneys argue he cannot fire them due to mental unsoundness.

Dallas Earl Ruby Detroit Jack Ruby Kennedy Lee Harvey Oswald Beccause

Baseball diamond actually a square with 90 foot base paths

A concise note explains the term baseball diamond as a square field where each base is 90 feet apart. The idea clarifies common confusion about the layout used in the game.

Weather Elsewhere Almanac Clippings

The list appears as brief byline fragments from AP titled Weather Elsewhere. It names places France and Paris and locations in Massachusetts and Kentucky, plus persons James K Polk Sherman Herbert Hoover and a date reference the 20th and a term Imitation. The readable items suggest a roundup of weather notes tied to various places and figures.

France Island Mass James K. Polk Paris 20Th Sherman Herbert Hoover Kentucky Siam

Weather outlook for Virginia with scattered showers

Cloudy with a low around 58 in Virginia tonight. Tuesday mostly cloudy with a high in the 70s. Wednesday warmer with showers likely. The five day forecast shows 2 to 7 degrees above normal. Rainfall totals for May left at 0.76 inches today and 13.91 inches year to date.

Wall Street Cautious As Market Edges Lower At Noon

Wall Street opened with a dull note as a few special situations brighten trading. IBM fell about six points while Due Pont and Boeing dropped, steels autos oils and other groups mixed, drugs and mail order retailers weaker. The AP average of 60 stocks was down 1.0 at 337.1, Dow off 3.60 at 918.41. AMEX prices mixed.

IBM Due Pont Boeing Wall Street Associated Press American Stock Exchange

Biddle to Address Leesburg Kiwanis Dinner Speaker

James Bittle head of the Dis tributive Education Department at James Wood High School will speak at the Leesburg Kiwanis dinner at 6 30 p m tomorrow at the Laurel Brigade Inn Leesburg The DE program has served James Wood and the Winchester area for ten years. GLASGOW Ky AP Elderly farmer drives through red lights after Glasgow traffic lights are installed cites color changes as he is halted by a patrolman.

James Biddle James Wood High School Leesburg Glasgow

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