William M. Smith 81 Dies in Winchester Hospital
William M. Smith 81 of 563 York Ave Kernstown died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born Garrett County Maryland Aug 4 1885 he was the son of John T. and Lucy Buckalew Smith. Survived by wife Lacy Stearn a son Russell E. Smith five siblings and several grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 11 at Jones Funeral Home with Rev H Eugene Baker. Burial in Lacy Springs Cemetery.
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William Morris Smith
York Ave
Kernstown
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mr. Smith
Garrett County
John T
Lucy Buckalew Smith
Lacy Stearn
Maryland
Russell E. Smith
Rockville
Roy Smith, Jr
Springfield
Whitlock Whitlock dies of heart attack in Winchester
B C Whitlock known as Wimpy Whitlock, 48, of 24 Taft Ave, died Tuesday at home from a heart attack. He was born Feb 12 1918 in Win and worked as a driver and dispatcher for Polly's Cab. Survived by widow, step-daughter Patricia Mare Edwards, and two sisters Blanche Reynolds and Georgiana Whitlock. Funeral at Jones Funeral Home Friday at 1 30 conducted by J E T Clark.
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Broaddust
Whitlock
Taft Ave
Mr. Whitlock
Win
Cora E. Whitlock
Polly
Panes
Winchester
Patricia Mare Edwards
Blanche Reynolds
Georgiana Whitlock
Jones Funeral Home
J. E. T. Clark
Jet Near Beer Draws Ire Over Alcohol Content
Shelby County official William Morris warns that a product labeled nonalcoholic brew is too close to real beer. The item, ordered by Morris and marketed as nonalcoholic, was pulled after tests showed 0.28 to 0.31 percent alcohol. A distributor notes sales were weak anyway.
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Memphis
Shelby County
William Morris
Morris
Whitlock and Smith Funeral Notices Set This Week
Framed obituaries announce services for Wimpy Whitlock Friday at 1 30 p m and William Morris Smith Saturday at 11 00 a m Jones Funeral Home conducts the rites with family and friends expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Morris Smith
Golightly Youth Dies. Funeral Arrangements Pending
Michael Mikey Golightly son of Gary and Betty Jean Golightly of Mountain Falls Route died today at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the body at Omps Funeral Home.
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Michael
Mikey) Golightly
Gary
Betty Jean
Richard Golightly
Mountain Falls
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Omps Funeral Home
Forest Wardens Meet Tomorrow At Shawneeland
Forest wardens from Frederick Clarke and Warren counties will meet tomorrow evening at Shawneeland Country Club beginning at 6 30. John Rasmussen district fire chief will speak on latest forest fire control techniques. The event is sponsored by the Division of Forestry and about 30 wardens from the three counties are expected to attend.
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Frederick, Clarke
Warren Counties
Shawneeland Country Club
John Rasmussen
Virginia Division of Forestry
Division of Forestry
Three Countie
Peace Corpsmen Win Allowance Cut Delay
In Nigeria the Peace Corps halted a planned reduction in living allowances after volunteers threatened to strike. Director Jack Hood Vaughn delayed any change until instability subsides as tribal hostilities threaten national unity. About 700 volunteers remain in Lagos and other regions, with Vaughn planning a trip to South Korea after consulting meetings.
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Ibadan
Nigeria
U.S. Peace Corps
Mem Cers
Peace Corps
Jack Hood Vaughn
Mis
Sion
Vaughn
South Korea
Washington
Air Force to add 99 Phantom jets with built in gun
The Pentagon plans to buy 99 Phantom jets designed to gain air superiority over the Soviet MIG21. The 20mm Gatling gun in the Phantom nose fires 6000 rounds a minute thanks to radar miniaturization. Pilots say wing guns were less accurate in air combat.
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Washington
Air
Pentagon
United States
Florida Halts Use of Radar On Highways
Florida Highway Patrol suspends radar devices air to ground surveillance after Attorney General Faircloth calls arrests with spy in the sky devices probably illegal He urges a 1967 law change to allow such methods with revisions Reid Clifton deputy director limits radar electronic timers and airplanes as the opinion deems air information hearsay and not admissible unless prima facie evidence is created.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Highway Patrol
Earl Faircloth
Faircloth
Reid Clifton
Public Fety Department
Florida
Reinforced Police Quiet Negro Youths
In East Oakland gangs of Negro youths bent on rioting attacked stores and vehicles, prompting police to call reinforcements. A 10 pm curfew was ordered and calm returned after about three hours. Deputy Chief Brown linked the disruption to a school boycott. 14 arrests followed.
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Oakland
Calif
East Oakland
Ray Brown
Highland Hospital
Hen hatches six chicks on cardboard in barn rafters
Offerle Kansas AP reports Walter Herrmann found six baby chicks hatched on a cardboard patch nine feet up in his barn. The chicks were grounded and running in good shape, though how they reached the floor remains unclear.
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Kan
Walter Herrmann
Herrmann
Virginia highway toll rises to 853 after double fatalities
Crashes near Lexington and Lynchburg push the yearly toll to 853 from 825. In Lexington two women, Nannette Webb Agnor and Shirley Motley Shelton, died in a two car crash on U S 11 south of the city. In Lynchburg Jane Elizabeth Booth and Erma Bryant Cocke, both teachers at Chatham High School, died in a two car crash on U S 29 south of Lynchburg. A fourth fatality, Bernard Milton Harris Jr., 26, of South Hill, occurred in a collision with a tractor trailer on U S 1 near Warfield.
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Associated Press
Lexington
Lynchburg
Nannette Webb Agnor
Guy B. Agnor
Shirley Motley Shelton
Jack Shelton
U.S. 11
Jane Elizabeth Booth
Piney River
Erma Bryant Cocke
Chatham
Chatham High School
U.S. 29
Warfield
Bernard Milton Harris, Jr
South Hill
U.S.1
Robbery at Peoples Drug Store in Berkeley Plaza
State Police investigate a $5000 robbery and safe cracking at Peoples Drug Store in Berkeley Plaza Shopping Center, Berkeley County, tied to similar recent robberies in Maryland and Virginia. Staunton reports Upper Valley Regional Park Authority reelects officers with Warren Brown named president. Augusta County joins the authority as its newest member.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Peoples Drug
Berkeley Plaza
Maryland
Virginia
Staunton
Upper Valley Regional Park Authority
Warren Brown
Harrisonburg
Augusta County
Augusta
Highland
Page
Rockingham
Weather Today and Five Day Forecast Summary
Weather today cool with variable winds shifting to northwest. Five day forecast shows near normal temperatures Thursday to Monday with 2 to 4 degrees cooler in southern Virginia and little or no precipitation. Rainfall figures are listed for past 24 hours and monthly totals across years.
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New England
Central Appalachians
Pacific Northwest
Southern Lakes Region
Gulf Coast
Virginia
Yars
Knighting Released on 3000 Dollar Bond
Manuel Lee Knighting Jr., 20, of Stephenson was released on a 3000 dollar bond after being arrested on charges including abduction and attempted sodomy. Originally set at 13000 dollars, the bond was reduced by Substitute Judge David Simpson during a Monday hearing. Knighting faces charges of abduction, attempted sodomy, hit and run with personal injury, and assault for an attack on a 57-year-old Winchester man Saturday night. a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Friday in Frederick County Court.
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Manuel Lee Knighting, Jr
Stephenson
Frederick County
David Simpson
Knighting
Winchester
Marsh Backs Amendment to Limit U S Funds for Iron Curtain Projects
Rep John O Marsh Jr says he is strongly in support of an amendment limiting American funds for industrial ventures in Iron Curtain nations. The Virginia Republican on the House Appropriations Committee backed a floor amendment on Export Import Bank loan policies, arguing it makes economic power serve U S interests and avoids strengthening the Soviet bloc.
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Washington, D.C
John O. Marsh, Jr
Iron Curtain
Marsh
Virginia
House Appropriations Committee
Soviet Union
Radio Operators To Meet Here
About 100 ham radio operators expected for the Virginia State Citizen Band Radio Club Association meeting hosted by Winchester Frederick County Citizen Band Radio Club at the George Washington Hotel. Business session Sunday at 10 30 lunch 12 to 1 30 then afternoon sessions. Lee Holler president invites all area operators.
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Virginia State Citizen Band Radio Club Association
Winchester - Frederick County
Citizen Band Radio Club, Inc
George Washington Hotel
Lee Holler
Citizen Band
Wall Street Opens Higher as GE Leads Rally
Wall Street moved into a steady session with General Electric rising about 1 percent as government intervention continued to counter a union walkout. Major indexes showed gains while railroad stocks fell on merger delays, and groups across airlines autos steels oils and building materials advanced.
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NEW York
General Electric
New York Central and
Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court
Anaconda
IBM
Southern Railway
American
Eastern Airlines
U.S
Gypsum
Chrysler
U.S. Steel
Texaco
Zenith
International Harvester
Combustion Engineering
AMP, Inc
Republic Steel
Honeywell
American Telephone
Associated Press
American Stock Exchange
First Post Office West of Alleghenies Opened in 1792 Latre
The report notes the first post office west of the Alleghenies established in 1792 at Latre and states the original building still stands. Included are scattered asides referencing I Q Answers Luther Burbank Napoleon St Paul Mercury Mudville Heat and a ladder.
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Frankfort
Alleghany Mountains
Lat Re
I. Q
Luther Burbank
Napoleon
of the
St. Paul
Mercury
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William M. Smith
B.C. Whitlock
Noah Randall Long Sr
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Reginal A. Mercer
Arthur Honesty
David Thomas
Joseph Ransom
Herman Connley
Floyd Taper
Robert Burks
William Brown
Arthur Gaithers
Thomas Green
Charles Togans
Pitcher Burks
George Monroe
Gordon Curry
Orrick
Serice
Cartwright Funeral Home
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
ODS Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
Michael Golightly
Shawneeland
Gwrdons, Inc
Winchester Mercury
COMET
Continental Mag
Austin Healey
Pete
U.S. Weather Bureau
Blurrios
Lecel
Peace
Joe Foster
Carmel
Carol C. Laise
State Department
Johnson
Nepal
Dean Rusk
Hubert H. Humphrey
Laise
United Nations
New Delhi
India
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Norway
Denmark
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Manila
John W. Rosenberger
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Pairbanks
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City
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San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Winnipeg
Probe Safe Robbery
Park Authority
Wall Street
First Post Office
Mudville
Daea
Rthur, Inc
Boscawen St
Glastze
BRO
N. Cameron St
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