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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1971
Page
2
Multiple obituaries note services and burials for Henrietta Newlin, James Garner, Edna Garber, and Ernest Brooks. Services held in John and Jones Funeral Homes and Timber Ridge Church with burials at Shenandoah Memorial Park and Mount Hebron Cemetery. Memorials and visitations scheduled in Berryville and Capon Bridge areas.
David Edward Wotherspoon, an aborigine, is issued a liquor license for a hotel about 70 miles north of Sydney. This marks a shift from a period when aborigines were barred from hotel bars and could not be supplied liquor.
Mrs Lula Mae Unger Green 88 of Parma Ohio died yesterday in Parma Hospital born Unger Morgan County West Virginia May 1883 daughter of Beverley and Eliza Unger She is survived by husband Oscar Green son Ralph Miller foster daughter Mitzie Nagey Woods sister Laura B Catlett brothers Guy Unger and Irving Unger The service was held Thursday at 10 am in Parma and burial will be in Parma
In Winchester Frederick area politics heat up as three Democratic and three Republican candidates map schedules. Highlights include a GOP Buck Night tonight, a Democratic joint candidate appearance tomorrow at noon, and a Victory Caravan and Walking Tour for Victory by Republicans Saturday.
Clarke County Board of Supervisors set a hearing for November 1 on a proposed Flood Plain District within the October 1942 Shenandoah River flood line. Article 9 would allow restricted building such as single residences on parcels under 10 acres with time limits, plus defined agricultural, recreational, commercial, and accessary uses to minimize flood damage.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 2.04 to 893.62 at 10:30 a.m. as advances and declines stayed near even on the New York Stock Exchange. Disney faced a delayed opening with a rough start at 99 and Polaroid fluctuated after Monday's decline amid earnings estimates. Major names like Eastman Kodak Mobil Oil RCA and American Telephone showed mixed moves in early trading. Amex listings also posted varied results.
Rich mond attorney says substantial question exists as Judge Coles finds Gunter guilty of unprofessional conduct for signing a threating letter aimed at dissuading a prosecutrix and her parents from returning to Virginia. Supreme Court decision on appeal expected this month.
The 1971 Winchester Fire School closes with banquet and exercises at Friendship Fire Hall starting 6:30 p.m. Diplomas will be presented to about 90 firemen who completed the 30 hour course, and a film on California forest fires from last year will be shown.
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with highs in the mid to upper 70s. Tonight and Wednesday carry a 20 percent chance of rain. extended Thursday to Sunday showers possible then partly cloudy with around 70 daytime highs and 50s nightly lows, cooler in the mountains.
Saigon said 364 North Vietnamese were killed in clashes on the Cambodia South Vietnam frontier, with ground, air and artillery forces targeting Krek and areas near Highway 7. U.S. advisers noted a possible Vietnamese withdrawal as Cambodian troops reported finds of enemy corpses northwest of Phnom Penh.
Mrs Jo Elen Lowery of Stephens City sustained about 800 in damages when her auto was struck from behind while stopped in the traffic lane on Rt 277 two miles east of Stephens City. William Pommier of Winchester drove east and also sustained about 200 in damages as his car landed in a ditch. The Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad reported the Kent Street and Millwood Avenue accident at 7 03 p m Patsy Franklin was treated and released.
The Winchester-Frederick County Association For Retarded Children will hold its next regular meeting on Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Baptist Youth Center meeting room on N. Washington St. It is a planning meeting to plan programs and activities for the coming year. The group is taking orders for Christmas cards. contact Mrs. John Hawse at 662-7284 for information or to place orders.
Willis Ray Wolfe, 52, surrendered at the Frederick County sheriff's office after being charged with five counts of felonious assault. Area Game Warden David Ramsey says Wolfe reported a spotlighting incident on Sept 27 when five men in an open jeep shot near his home. Wolfe is free on $500 bond with a preliminary hearing set for Oct 19 in Frederick County Court.
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