Obituaries include Dillon Jones Fletcher Richmond Roesler
Obituary notices list Mrs Mary Stephenson Dillon 85 of 418 Fairmont Ave died yesterday in Shawnee Springs Nursing Home born Jan 13 1883 in Frederick County member of Centre Friends Meeting husband Linden Dillon died 1927 burial Gainesboro Cemetery. Kenneth K Jones 44 of Berryville died Tuesday services 3 pm tomorrow at Berryville Baptist Church pallbearers include nephews and a cousin. Charles S Fletcher 75 of Winchester died Sunday funeral 1 pm Friday at St Paul A M E Church burial Winchester National Cemetery. Alma Richmond 66 of Mt Rainier Md formerly Winchester died Tuesday at daughter home survivors include two daughters four grandchildren four sisters two brothers and several relatives. Mrs Walter Roesler 80 of Longwood near Boyce widow of Walter Roesler graveside 11 am tomorrow at Old Chapel Cemetery Clarke County. Bodies rest at Enders and John H Enders Home Berryville.
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Mary Stephenson Dillon
Fairmont Ave
Shawnee Springs
Dillon
Frederick County
James W
Sidney Shearer Stephenson
Centre Friends Meeting
Linden Dillon
Omps Funeral Home
Arnold B. Vaught
Roger Koontz
Gainesboro
Harry Baumgardner
Earl Robertson
M. Wood Winans
Edwin Glaize
Wiliam Fraula
Walter Miller
Kenneth K
Tuck) Jones
Walnut Ave
Berryville
Berryville Baptist Church
Julian Orrell
Charles S. Fletcher
Gibbons St
Mr. Fletcher
Virginia
John
Ida Fletcher
Laura Myers
St. Paul A.M.E
Winchester Cold Storage
Fletcher
Ann E. Walker
Washington, D.C
Alma.b Richmond
Mt. Rainier
Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Sally Townsley
New York
John Baugher
Springfield
Dan Baugher
Baden
Richmond
EUB
Church of
Nalley
Elk Run
Elkton
Walter Roesler
Longwood
Boyce
Columbus
Ohio
Henry P. Mitchell
Benjamin Harrison
Old Chapel
Clarke County
Holland Clark
John H. Enders
Raritans Hear Officials On Merger
Four government officials will attend the Stonewall Ruritan Club meeting at 7 30 p m of tonight at Stonewall School to discuss the proposed Winchester Frederick County merger. Dan Shenk will moderate a panel including Del F L Largent Jr Supervisor J Robert Russell Harry L McCann and Thomas Brumback. A question and answer period follows.
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Stonewall Ruritan Club
Stonewall School
Winchester
Frederick County
Dan Shenk
Raritan Club
del. F. L. Largent, Jr
J. Robert Russell
Harry L. McCann
Thomas Brumback
Self-inflicted gunshot wounds leave Spaid in critical condition
Eldon Walter Spaid, 44, of Lehew West Virginia, remains in critical condition at the University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville after a severe face wound from a self-inflicted shotgun blast. The shooting happened Saturday on his father Walter Spaid's Gore premises, according to Frederick County police.
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Eldon Walter Spaid
Lehew
W.va
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
Frederick County
Spaid
Walter Spaid
Gore
Nixon backers split over Haynsworth fight Senate debate delays nomination
The article details mixed reactions to Judge Haynsworth as the nomination stalls in the Judiciary Committee amid Democratic criticism of civil rights rulings and finances. Senator Goodell criticizes privately but stops short of a pledge while Nixon faces pressure from within his party and liberal senators. The committee postponed a vote pending financial records, with Thurmond moving to delay to avert broader hold ups.
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New York
Charles Goodell
Senate
Goodell
Haynsworth
White House
Griffin
Brooke
Nixon
Haynssworth
Judiciary Committee
Mrs William Barney dies in Martinsburg funeral Friday evening
Mrs William Barney 80 of 920 S Raleigh St Martinsburg WV died this morning at City Hospital Martinsburg after long illness. Born Oct 13 1889 in Berkeley County she was a Seventh Day Adventist active in church work. Survived by four sons and six daughters along with 24 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Funeral at Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg Saturday 2 p.m. Burial in Rosedale Cemetery with viewing Friday 7 to 9 p.m.
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Annie Catherine Barney
S. Raleigh St
Martinsburg
W.va
City Hospital
Berkeley County
John W
Eva Lee Everett
Seventh Day Adventist Church
William E. Barney
Charles B. Barney
Paul C. Barney
Cold Spring
William E. Barney, Jr
Florida
Freddie Bowman
George Cordwell
Bruce LeMaster
Riverside
Calif
William Barron
Laurel
Charles Strother
Boonesboro
Norman B. Barney
Ernest Noll
Dave Tyson
Glengary
Robert Jenkins
Winchester
Brown Funeral Home
Rosedale
Complex quiz prompts about places and topics
The item lists scattered quiz style prompts including India True and a sequence of abbreviations and topics such as N H Vt Mass R I Conn Painter Irishmen Surveying Yangtze American Virgin Islands Degas and France.
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Yangtze
American Virgin Islands
Degas
France
British heavy squads formed to break up Northern Ireland riots
The British army creates "heavy squads" of about 10 men armed with two foot nightsticks to enter crowds and arrest leaders. The units include boxing champions and athletes chosen for speed and strength. They will operate without guns to separate combatants and deter stone and gasoline bomb threats amid Protestant Catholic tensions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Rifle Point
Thistle Spraying Could Begin Today in Frederick County
Frederick County farmers may start spraying pastures today to control thistles when temperatures reach 60 degrees or higher. Elmer Venskoske, chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation county committee, said cost share deadlines are extended to Oct 17 for lime spreading and winter cover crops.
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Frederick County
Elmer Venskoske
Agricultural Stabilization and —Conservation County Committee
Stolen Tools From Shumaker Service Station
A break in at Shumaker's American Service Station on Valley Avenue yielded sockets wrenches and a transistor radio worth over 100 dollars. Entry was gained by breaking a south side window between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Deputy McKIlwee of the Frederick County Sheriff's office reported the loss and proprietor Melvin Shumaker noted the missing items.
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Shumaker
Valley Ave
Charles McKilwee
Frederick County
Sheriff’s Office
Melvin Shumaker
Weather Today in Virginia Forecast Heavy Rain and Warmer Friday
The Virginia forecast calls for heavy rain at times ending tonight then partly cloudy and warmer Friday. Lows in the upper 50s to 60s, highs 77 to 80 Friday, with Saturday expected to be fair and warm. Rain chances fade to 40 percent tonight and 10 percent Friday. Winchester skies note sunset at 6 54 p.m. sunrise 7 10 a.m. moonrise 11 10 p.m. last quarter Friday.
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Virginia
Winchester
Rainfall Totals and Averages From Local Weather Bulletin
The report lists rainfall figures for the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. and year to date including October and 1969 totals. It also provides 56 year monthly averages from January to December and five year annual sums 1964 through 1968 with an overall 56 year January–December average.
One-Way Ticket to the Bastille in Letters of Cachet
Up to 1789 a lettre de cachet granted royal imprisonment by name. People of influence could have rivals, competitors, or troublesome relatives jailed simply by filling in a name on the royal order.
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Bastille
Tomato plants tower over Shamokin home this season
Joseph Strahosky of near Shamokin Pennsylvania harvests tomatoes from his second floor window. The plants rise over 15 feet tall and have yielded nearly two bushels per plant, photographed by AP.
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Joseph Strahosky
Shamokin
Demos to Open Campaign Headquarters in Three Counties
The Democratic campaign HQ for Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties opens Thursday October 9 with Andrew P Miller as Attorney General candidate. J Fred Larrick says the mobile unit will tour the city and two counties in the campaign final weeks. The unit may be stationed on Rouss Ave for the opening and will be staffed by area Young Democrats.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Andrew P. Miller
J. Fred Larrick
Mr. Larrick
Rouss Ave
AFL-CIO Hears Dues Increase Backed Amid Union Rift
Frank Fitzsimmons of the Teamsters explains the 7 to 10 cent dues rise, adding 4.6 million to AFL-CIO income to reach about 15.6 million yearly for organizing, lobbying, and labor studies. Reuther aided ousting the Teamsters from the federation, while Meany calls the auto workers Teamsters alliance hostile. The council also urged President Nixon to end racial discrimination nationwide.
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Frank Fitzsimmons
Teamsters
Afl-Cio
Reuther
Chemical Workers
Meany
Auto Workers’teamsters Alliance
Labor Studies Center
Washington
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Nixon
Council of the Labor Federation
Winchester Young Democrats Launch Phone Registration Drive
The Winchester Frederick County Young Democrats announce a telephone campaign to reach unregistered voters in Winchester and the surrounding county. The drive runs through Saturday at 8 p.m. Strother Shiley says volunteers will offer transportation to registrar locations and answer questions about registration. Registrars for Winchester and 21 county precincts will be available Saturday, the final day to register for the November 4 election.
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Winchester-Frederick County
Young Democrats
Itis
Winchester
Frederick County
Strother Shiley
Shiley
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