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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1966
Page
2
Burta Hockman will be laid to rest in Mount Hebron Cemetery. The notice lists Herndon and Max Hockman as the deceased with burial details and dates indicated by the aged OCR fragments.
William Russell Schell 68 a Lost River carpenter and veteran of World War I died suddenly at home. Survived by widow Esther Hawse Schell, siblings Bruce and Thomas, six sisters. funeral at Lost City Baptist Church with Loy Funeral Home arrangements. Also funeral planned for Vellet W. Johnson 51 of Spring Crest Ave died in Winchester Memorial Hospital with service at Jones Funeral Home and an Eastern Star Memorial Service for the public.
Mrs Etta D Pennington age 86 of Winchester and formerly of Lehew West Virginia died today at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body lies at Griffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge West Virginia.
A Maryland couple Talmadge William Clayton 45 and Beulah Clayton 45 of Joppa and Virginia resident Fred Douglas Young 45 of Dublin were killed in a late Thursday head-on collision on Interstate 81 two miles south of Pulaski.
Police were in a high speed pursuit through Winchester early Wednesday morning. The pursued car vanished after several blocks but was found at 413 Courtfield Ave by 12:55 p.m. The owner, John W. Hansel of Romney, W. Va, was identified. Mary Hansel arrived to retrieve the stolen auto as investigators continue.
A historic note identifies the first Indian reservation in North America at Brother Ton New Jersey, now called Indian. The fragment preserves the placement of the early effort and its modern name.
Two indictments were dismissed after nolle prosequi due to inadmissible confessions and witness unavailability. Wayne P. Shipe, 18, of Bluefield Va, faced break ing and entering and petty larceny charges but the case was dropped. Lawrence W. Strosnider faced unauthorized use of an automobile. his case dismissed because the witness was at sea. Fred Lee Webb stood indicted for forgery. arraignment entered a plea of not guilty and trial set for November 18 with bond $3,000.
The report details 14 barges and four antiaircraft sites and a bold Viet Cong raid on Tan Thoi village voting office 30 miles northwest of Saigon. A mine wounded villagers. a bus was mined near Saigon. 12 people died. Viet Cong casualties and U.S. actions follow, with several attacks within 18 miles of Saigon.
Former U.S. Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, aged 62, died of a heart attack at his Narragansett summer home. The Democratic figure led the DNC during Truman era and later headed the Justice Department. He also served Rhode Island governor and U.S. senator, survived by widow Estelle and son David. Ottawa trains resume after week-long strike ends for about 118000 workers.
The Senate met and adjourned in 18 seconds to grant a four day holiday weekend. Only the presiding officer Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. and Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel attended the token session, which followed a record two second session on Dec 27 1963.
Forecast for Virginia calls for fair tonight with lows 62 to 67. Saturday mostly sunny with highs 64 to 90 and NW winds 6 to 15 mph. Sunday partly cloudy and warm with a chance of few showers and a 5 day trend toward near normal temperatures. Rainfall past 24 hours none. September rainfall to date and averages noted.
Airlines and other glamor stocks slid in a mixed early session as heavy jet plane commitments weighed on investors. Transworld Airlines fell to 58, KLM to 120, Northwest to 87, Pan American to 51, and Continental to 57.5.
Gore chiefs John J. Hawa of Rouss Fire Company and Norman E. Pope of South End head the list. Wardens for one year include Thomas Sing, John F. Morrison, Linden Clevenger, Sarah Zane, and Richard A. Comer, named by their fire companies. New York’s Metropolitan Opera House opened October 22, 1883.
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