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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1966
Page
2
Obituaries and funeral notices announce services for Edward V. Wiley James Ward Shoemaker and Holmes J Adams with details on birth death dates and burial places. Survivors listed include Quinlan family members Belford and Phillips families with church and cemetery arrangements. A separate note reports a statistic that four women disappear to every 1000 men.
A volunteer work crew is needed to clean up St John’s Cemetery at Mt Williams Saturday morning. Trustee Harl Himelright asks volunteers to arrive at 9 a.m. and bring power mowers and other tools. Work preps for Memorial Services set for Sunday June 5 at 3 p.m.
Two brush fires were reported in Frederick County yesterday. At 7 p.m. Gainesboro responded to the Connie DeHaven property on Route 681 where wind spread burning brush but the fire was quickly controlled. At 12:15 p.m. Shawnee fought a brush fire on Greenwood Road and were on scene about 20 minutes.
Three people died in Virginia traffic incidents raising the year's highway toll to 374. James Dennis Harris, 20, a Virginia Tech student from Newport News, died in Christiansburg when his car collided on U S 11 and was thrown into a tractor trailer. Betty Forbes, 30, of Rocky Mount, died in a collision involving a cattle truck on U S 220 north of here in Franklin County. Sheila Jean Shaver, 6, of Ripplehead was struck by a car while crossing U S 460 in Ripplehead.
Coast Guard ended the search for the Puffin rowboat and its two sailors John Hoare 29 and David Johnstone 34 who began a 3000 mile voyage from Virginia Beach to England in a 15 foot craft. They were sighted off Virginia coast days earlier but were not located.
USDA cattle receipts around 100 hinder trade tests while hogs at Baltimore show moderate activity. Barrows and gilts mostly 25 cents lower with some sow steadiness. prices for US 1.2 loads at 200-210 lbs around 26.10 and US 1-3 180-240 lbs 25.00-25.75. US 2-3 235-270 lbs 24.25-25.25.
The budget notes higher county administration costs at 134 325 with police fire protection crime prevention and tax administration funded by the county and state shares. New Construction drops to 71668 from 470000 with only one land purchase. Virginia Public Assistance Fund rises to 55000 with federal share up 7000 for a total of 268000. A public hearing is set for June 13 in the supervisor's room.
AP reports mid May 11-20 auto sales totaled 242 407, about 50 000 above early May totals but slightly below last year’s 10 day figure. GM Ford Chrysler and AMC sold more than in early May but less than May 11-20 1965, with calendar year 1966 through May 20 at 3 681 096 units. Dealer inventory surpassed 1.6 million as production nears an 800 000 May quota.
LBJ and a Kennedy ally advocate government integrity while blasting Burns for cronyism that cost millions. Cooper wins Kentucky Senate renomination. John Young Brown and Preston Moore secure Democratic nominations for Senate and Oklahoma governor respectively. Bartlett and Patterson win GOP nods in Oklahoma. Snyder tops four-way House race in Kentucky. McCall and Straub chosen in Oregon.
Dr Henry E Garrett former head of Col umbia University psychology will speak at the Mosby Academy Front Royal graduation Tuesday at 8 p m The Rev J Robert Woodside to deliver baccalaureate Sunday night in the academy gymnasium Registration for 1966 67 session is in progress VMI receives NSF grant for calculators and journals
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with occasional rain tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 55 to 62 degrees, high Thursday 66 to 74, then partly cloudy and cool Friday. Five day outlook shows near to four degrees below normal, cooler Thursday and Friday, warmer weekend, with rain at the start and again Monday.
Rainfall data covers 24 years to 8:30 am today with May total 1.13 inches. Since 1966 yearly total 13.74 inches. 53 year averages show annual 36.56 inches and monthly averages vary: Jan 2.42 Feb 2.18 Mar 3.10 Apr 1.4 May 3.68 Jun 3.79 Aug 3.77 Sep 2.68 Oct 11 Nov 2.55 Dec 2.31.
Republican Gov. George Romney announced in Lansing that he will seek a third term under a new four year constitutional framework. He has no declared GOP opponent as he campaigns in Michigan.
Incumbents George Garber and H. W. Butler face newcomers B. B. Dutton Jr. and Roy W. Bayliss Jr. for three Winchester city council seats. MR. ARMEL, a Handley High School graduate and WWII veteran, is executive VP and GM of Lupton Equipment and serves on multiple boards and clubs.
The stock market closed modestly down after a prior advance with caution in trading. New car sales fell 112 percent year over year while General Motors and Chrysler slipped and Ford held steady.
The article mentions the Lupton family and their marriage to Jean Miller, noting they have a son, J. Ken Armel Jr. It also quotes statistics placing domestic fowl, starlings, and house sparrows among the largest bird population segments in the globe.
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