Obituaries Roy White Jr and Clayton Costello
Funeral services are announced for Roy Melvin White Jr 43 of 723 S Cameron St who died Tuesday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Services 3 p.m. tomorrow at Omps Funeral Home with burial at Macedonia Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Also services for Clayton E Costello 68 of 208 East Lane who died Monday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Service 11 a.m. tomorrow at Omps Funeral Home with burial at Shenandoah Memorial Park. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Melvin White, Jr
S. Cameron St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Omps
Edward J. Taylor
Clayton E. Costello
East Lane
E.T. Clark
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Clark Kerns
Franklin Cain
Bob Jenkins
Charles Newlin
Joe S. Bayliss
Jesse F. Loy
Maddonia Cemetery
Nixon to Pull Regiments from Vietnam by December 15
U.S. forces began withdrawal as Nixon announces the second phase of pullout. Twenty four Marines evacuated casualties as 12 Americans die in a helicopter collision near Saigon. The 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne will be among units returning home, with others reassigned in Vietnam. Casualty totals rise with 143 American combat deaths and 529 South Vietnamese soldiers killed in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
Saigon
82Nd Airborne Division
United States
Drug Charge Lodged Against Local Man
A Winchester man Gary Eugene McIntyre 21 of 1324 Handley Ave was arrested at 5 15 p m at his home on a feloniously delivering a forged prescription to obtain Dexedrine The warrant was brought by Winchester Police Officer Herbert Holliday and Prince William County authorities Complainant is Deputy Sheriff W C Garrison of Prince William County Sheriff s Department McIntyre is free on $1000 bond and faces a Prince William County Court hearing October 14 Further details were not immediately available
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Prince William County
Gary Eugene McIntyre
Handley Ave
Herbert Holliday
McIntyre
W. C. Garrison
Light voting in Clarke ASC election draws low turnout
Clarke ASC community committee results show only 224 ballots cast from 608 eligible voters. In Battletown H C McGehee is chairman with William B Clagett as vice chair. in Chapel David R Donovan chairs with Richard E Dole as vice. Greenway Samuel R Buckley chairs with Arthur L Shiley as vice. Longmarsh Ray N Cather chairs with F Wilson Travers as vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Community Committee
ASCS
Dorothy Emmart
Battletown
H. C. McGehee
William B. Clagett
Kenneth S. Shenk
Cecil P. Wolfe
Blanton Allen
Chapel
David R. Donovan
Richard E. Dole
B. Burch McKay
Wilson L. Bowles
Donald Levi
Greenway
Samuel R. Buckley
Arthur L. Shiley
Floyd R. Hoff
Roland G. Mitchell
Philip T. McIntire
Longmarsh
Ray N
Johnson Proclaims National Day of Mourning for Kennedy
The first proclamation by President Lyndon B. Johnson on November 23 1963 declared a day of national mourning on November 25 in tribute to his predecessor John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon B. Johnson
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Missing Sportsman Prompts Newfoundland Search Party
A search party is planned for Billy O. Cornwell of Winchester Virginia after a hunting trip in Newfoundland when rough water and bad weather left him missing. The tale follows Cornwell and Jim Turnbull with guide Ben Childs as they crossed a lake in a small boat. Turnbull and Childs returned, Cornwell remained missing as Royal Canadian Mounted Police pursue the case amid cold, wet conditions. Donations to fund the search are being accepted by David Fahnestock at the local Sports Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor
Newfoundland
Canada
Billy O. Cornwell
Rt. 5
Cornwell’s
Turnbull
Mr. Cornwell
Berryville Ave
David Fahnestock
Mr. Turnbull
Ben Childs
Cornwell
Childs
Royal Mounted Police
Nixon urges UN action to push Vietnam peace talks
President Nixon tells the UN that practical peace steps exist and urges 126 member nations to press Handi toward serious negotiations to end the Vietnam War. He criticizes the Soviet Union for stalling arms talks and calls for an August start, while stressing a stable peace in the Middle East and adherence to ceasefire resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bes
Handi
Judge sets October 13 for trial in Hughes conspiracy case
Mrs. Hughes pleads innocent to a conspiracy indictment as Judge Woltz keeps a $10,000 bond and schedules arraignment. Attorney Berry seeks a demurrer and a bill of particulars while Trenary waives preliminary hearing and moves to grand jury action. Both defendants remain free on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Berry
Hughes
Berry
Woltz
Trenary
Staunton Teens Die In Verona Car Crash
Three Staunton youths died when their car left a rain slick curve at the U S 11 and Va 854 intersection in Verona Augusta County. The driver Ronald L Armstrong 19 was injured and hospitalized in fair condition with a shoulder fracture and cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Staunton
Verona
Daniel Lee Warner
Danny Joseph Botkin
Daniel Wayne Mottesheard
Ronald L. Armstrong
Armstrong
U.S. 11
Augusta County
Chamber Board Hears Visitor From Ecuador
Wagner Abril a television radio executive from Ambato Ecuador spoke at a Winchester Frederick County Chamber board dinner through an interpreter. He is visiting to study local customs economy and culture and writes articles for Ecuador weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner Abril
Winchester
Ambato
Ecuador
Winchester-Frederick County
Abril
Chamber
William M. Battaile
Murder Trial Set For Oct 30 31 In Frederick County
John W Brown III of Front Royal Road faces a pistol slaying charge in the death of his wife Ruth Osborne Brown. The trial in Frederick County Circuit Court was rescheduled by Judge Robert K Woltz to October 30 and 31 after the Commonwealth sought time for a psychiatric examination of the defendant. Brown, 41, was indicted May 19 by a grand jury with David G Simpson listed as his attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Brown III
Front Royal Road
Ruth Osborne Brown
Frederick County
Robert K. Woltz
Commonwealth
Mr. Brown
David G.simpson
Wall Street Opens Mixed As Dow Rises Small Amount
The stock market shows a mixed early tone with the Dow Jones industrial average up 1.85 to 828.41 at 10 30 a.m. Declines edge advances, and block trades include American Telephone at 51 up 4 and RCA at 41 up while Standard Oil of California and Atlantic Richfield slip slightly. Royal Industries and Transamerica Corp move modestly higher on larger lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Telephone & Telegraph
Control Data
RCA
Standard Oil
California
Atlantic Richfield
N.J
Royal Industries
Transamerica Corp
Weather forecast for Virginia with modest temperatures
Mostly cloudy tonight with a low in the low 50s. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and highs in the 60s to low 70s. Saturday looks fair and cool. Today's noon high is 62 and low 55, compared with 50 yesterday and 88 the year before.
Rainfall Totals and Averages Across Years
Rainfall data shows 02 September value 1.35 and 1969 to date 26.74. Average monthly rainfall over 56 years listed by month, with nine months detailed and September at 2.81. Five year Jan to Dec totals given from 1964 to 1968, plus long term average 36.43.
Peanut Peculiarity: Pods Form Underground After Bloom
The peanut plant shows a unique fruiting habit as after petals drop the flower stalk bends downward and pushes the developing pods into the soil where they ripen underground.
Crossword Style Quiz Remains Unsolved
Five clues list a unit area a Norse deity a gas mixture ship sails and color clues. Answers likely include GLA, THOR, WATER, CANVAS terms and a shade. The puzzle reads like a vocabulary test with terse hints and requires filling in standard terms.
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Winchester Evening Star
White Service
Macedonia Cemetery
Dayton Easter
Jim McCoy
Daryl Copeland
Edward Ritenour
Benjamin Brown
Dan Kremer
Costello Service
Cmds Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
the Order
Bernard
Oves
Raers
Bernard F. Groves
Boscawen
Stephens City
N. Main Street
Stephens City, Va
Lorist, Inc
Dodge
Clarke County Motors
Ious
Clarke Asc
Winchester - Frederick County
U.N
Soviet Union
Middle East
Russia
A&n Stores
N. Loudoun
Winchester, Va
Woodstock Shopping Center
Woodstock, Va
Lawrence R. Ambrogi
Chamber Board
Wall Street
Virginia
Great Lakes
Q. Answers
Seattle
Washington
Mercy Killing
Central Intelligence Agency
Bushel
Beeld
Krauser-Lupton Equipment Co., Inc
N. Loudoun St
N. Cameron St
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