Obituaries for Blanche Dant and Grace Hollis in regional notices
Blanche McCauley Dant 79 of Spartanburg S C died at Spartanburg General Hospital after weeks of illness. She was widow of Harvey Clement Dant and born in Washington daughter of the late Joseph and Amanda Atkins McCauley. Survived by granddaughter Jeanette Wagner and grandson Robert Standsbury James. Body at Takoma Funeral Home Washington. funeral Friday. Burial Presbyterian Church Cemetery Neva. Grace B Hollis 328 Cameron St died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Funeral Friday 11 AM at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Holland B Clark. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers include Col J Thomas Boyd, Major Francis Funk, Capt Joseph Ritter, Sgt Ernest Stotler. Burial Mount Hebrer Cemetery. Family receiving friends 7 to 9 PM this evening at the funeral home.
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Blanche McCauley Dant
Spartanburg
S.C
Spartanburg General Hospital
Arvey Clement Dant
Dant
Washington
Joseph and
Amanda Cordelia Atkins -McCauley
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Jeanette Wagner
Robert Standsbury James
Silver Spring
Takoma Funeral Home
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Ninevah
Grace B. Hollis
Cameron St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Holland B. Clark
Mass Circulation Magazines Face Postage Surcharge Vote
The House tentatively approved a postage surcharge on mass circulation magazines. Rep. Ken Hechler led the plan, 98 to 50, affecting about 46 publications with circulations over 500000. Publishers would pay an extra 0.3 cents per copy above the threshold, with overall rate increases over three years.
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Ken Hechler
D-W
Hechler Pr l
McNamara Eyes War Duration and Strategy
McNamara says air activity against the North would not have cut South casualties. Senator Byrd asks if the war will be long. McNamara cannot predict duration but hopes for a successful outcome by maintaining pressure and patience.
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Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
McNamara
First Methodist College Founded in 1799 at Augusta
The first Methodist college in the world was established in 1799 at Augusta Kentucky near the Ohio River signaling early expansion of Methodism in higher education.
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First Methodist College
Frankfort, Ky
Augusta
Ohio River
LSD party murders probe widens in Greenwich East Village
Police search coffee houses and taverns in the East Village for more suspects in the deaths of Linda Fitzpatrick and James Hutchinson. Two men face homicide charges. Fred Wright appears in court for rape and robbery linked to the case. Fitzpatrick is buried in Greenwich. Hutchinson is buried in Central Falls.
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New York
Connecticut
Linda Rae Fitzpatrick
James
Central Falls
R.I
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Miss Fitzpatrick
Donald Ramsey
Thomas Dennis
East Village
Tipster Details on Burrage Farm Case Testimony
Witness Cochran described visits to the Burrage farm on August 1 and discussed the origin of an FBI tip. Defense questioned warrants and legality of searches while Judge Cox allowed photographs of exhumed bodies, deeming them admissible despite defense objections.
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FBI
Cochran
Burrage Farm
U.S. Dist
Harold Cox
Mike Watkins
Blackout Clamps Down on Ford Auto Labor Talks
DETROIT AP A 24 hour blackout on Ford UAW negotiations hints at potential movement in the 35 day strike that idled 160000 workers across 25 states. Talks remained secret with no joint session, as Reuther and Ford leaders left the Glass House after late night sessions.
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Detroit
A _ news
Ford Motor Co
Ford
United Auto Workers Union
Glass House
Suburban
Dear
Deputies to Attend 3 Day Traffic School
Sheriff Robert L. DeHaven announced that Deputies Lacy Anderson and Roy R. Hoak Jr will attend a three day traffic school hosted by the Virginia State Sheriffs and City Sergeants Assn. The course runs Saturday through Monday and covers accident investigation motor vehicle code traffic accident reports and practical highway patrolling.
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Virginia Tate Sheriffs
Sniper Rifles Found in Viet Cong Tunnel Complex
U S infantry units report discovering 200 brand new SKS rifles and twelve telescopic sights in a Viet Cong tunnel complex about 30 miles east of Saigon. Col Donald A Selbert stated the find removes arms used against his unit, which has suffered about 25 KIA to Viet Cong snipers in four months.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Donald A. Selbert
College Point
N.Y
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
The Weather Elsewhere
Weather report brief mentions conditions around the globe as compiled by the Associated Press. No specific locations or details available in the fragment.
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Associated Press
Young Cyclist Killed by Car
State Police report a seven year old Chesterfield County boy died after his bicycle was struck by a car at a local intersection. Thomas Carter Stevenson was injured Monday and died Tuesday. The notice also lists other fatal crashes in Fairfax Newport News and Alexandria and notes uses of common persimmon wood for engraving blocks and golf clubs.
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Associated Press
Chesterfield County
Thomas Carter Stevenson
Hampton
Mary Spann Prince
Virginia
U.S
Newport News
Alexandria
Albert Milville Veitch
Mabel
Weather Outlook for Virginia Five Day Forecast
Virginia today fair and cold with frost risk and lows 35 to 40. Thursday mostly sunny and cool, Friday fair and warmer. Winds northwest 10 to 20 mph. Five day outlook shows below normal temperatures with daytime highs in the 60s and nights in the 40s, 35 to 40 in the mountains, little or no precipitation.
Rainfall totals and averages from historical records
Rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. today measured 38. October rainfall to date shows 1967 total 29.79 inches. Five year past totals list 1962 39.73, 1963 33.46, 1964 31.63, 1965 26.85, 1966 33.82 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 54 years by month are Jan 2.44, Feb 2.10, Mar 3.07, Apr 3.16, May 3.64, Jun 3.76, Jul 3.78, Aug 3.72, Sept 2.80, Oct 3.10, Nov 2.54, Dec 2.30 inches.
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Five believed dead in Army plane crash over Potomac
Search continued for five men presumed dead after a single engine Army plane, a V6 Beaver bound for Harrisburg from Ft. Eustis, crashed into the Potomac near Coles Point. Debris recovered by Maryland Marine Police but no bodies found as rough waters hinder further efforts. Names of the five aboard include William J. Francis, 35. Roger C. Fultz, 28. Warren L. Johnson, 27. Capt James P. Perry, 30. and Capt Dennis Wrobleski, 30.
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Ft, Eustis
Potomac River
Washington
Harrisburg
Ft. Eustis
Stoney Bar
Coles Point
Army
CWO
William J. Francis
Morgan B
Francis
Newport News
Spec
Roger C. Fultz
Sam C. Fultz
Nashville
Tenn
Warren L. Johnson
Lewis Johnson
Clayton, N. C
James P. Perry
Joseph F. Perry
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Satellite to Probe the Sun
CAPE KENNEDY FL AP The space agency will launch Oso 4 a solar observatory Oct 18 from Cape Kennedy to study the sun and its effects on Earth. Mariner 5 will complete a 200 million mile voyage to observe Venus within 2,500 miles, following a June 14 launch. Venus 4 from Russia reaches Venus about a day earlier than Mariner 5.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Space Agency
Venus
Cape Kennedy
Earth
America
Mariner 5
Space
Wall Street stocks fall as market opens in heavy trading
The New York market opened with declines as losses outpaced gains by more than two to one. Ling Temco Vought, IBM and Polaroid dropped sharply, while rail shares including Illinois Central and Southern Railway weakened amid bond and rate worries. New York Central edged up while overall sentiment reflected funds taking profits and a weak bond market.
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Ling Temco Vought
IBM
Polaroid
Baxter Laboratories
Goodrich
Boeing
RCA
Ilinois Central
Proctor & Gamble
Texaco
Johns- Manville
Union Carbide
Armour
Falstraff Brewing
Caterpillar
Transition
American Telephone
Chrysler
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Mrs. Harvey Dant
Hollis Service
J. Alvin Johnson, Jr
N. Clay Shull, Jr
James G. Shull
H. Owen Shull
Daniel V. Poppen
William C. Thompson
Col
J. Thomas Boyd
Francis M. Funk
Joseph C. Ritter
Ernest A. Stotler
Mount Hebrer
House
Nation
Maga
Zines
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Onmds Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
D'Al
Ib Golden
Bernari
Ian
Bernard F. Groves
Boscawen St
Winchester
U.S. Weather Bureau
New England
Rockies
Texas
Plains
Carolinas
Greenwich, Conn
Greenwich
Christ Episcopal Church
Hutchinson
Cial
Cox
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Theunion
Denise
UCL
Frost
Re Ae Anderson
E. Boscawen ST
Moose Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
E. Cork St
Moose
David Smallwood
Alson Smith
Arthur McCuffin
Order of Moose
Fairfax
Mary Susan Pool
Miller’s Hardware
Loudoun
Maryland Marine Police
Sylvester Kraft
Wall Street
I, Q
Carpenter
Albert Einstein
C&s Bank
Winchester, Virginia
Foie
Aluminum
Glaize & Bro
Winchester Va
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