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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1964
Page
2
State obituary notices continued from page one list local residents who died recently with brief biographical notes and service details.
Funeral services for Robert Brill who died Wednesday will be held tomorrow at 11 am at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Marion Brill officiating. Burial is in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Firefighters battled a blocked flue at Buzzella's Shop at 126 N Loudoun St for over 15 minutes causing anxious moments for store owners and tenants. South End and Friendship units assisted at 5 10 pm yesterday at 512 Jefferson St where a small blaze caused no damages. Investigators continued probing the prior Heatwole Building fire on N Braddock St, with Fire Inspector Gochenour commenting on the ongoing inquiry.
Funeral services for Robert Brill were set at 11:00 a.m. at Jones Home with Mrs. Ruby Bi, Coates, and a 1:30 p.m. service at Jones Funeral Home.
Two parked autos on N Braddock Street were damaged when a tow tractor cab broke loose from a wrecker and sideswiped them. Damage exceeded 1000 dollars. The tow truck operator was Vernon Warren Joseph, 40, of Front Royal.
The King Hiram Lodge No. 53 Free and Accepted Masons of Winchester will hold a communication at Elks Home 414 N. Kent St tomorrow at 8 p.m. on the Degree of Enter Apprentice. Members are urged to attend.
Variable cloudiness and cooler tonight and Friday. Low tonight 44 to 48. High Friday in the upper 60s. Saturday outlook fair and cool.
A summary of rainfall figures shows September to date 2.77 inches, 1964 year-to-date 24.30 inches, and 51 year averages with monthly values. The text also notes the Earth’s rotation slowing by about 1 hundredth of a second per century.
Mr Rowland protests a Virginia highway sign installed near his front window claiming it creates a roadside park with litter and noise. He argues for removal or relocation while engineers say the sign will stay and the highway department will maintain it.
Shenandoah County deputies plan to return Mauldin within two weeks for temporary release. Mauldin, serving 15 years in Raleigh Central Prison for breaking and entering auto larceny and escape, was chased last May 7 in a crime spree across Page and Shenandoah counties involving a stolen car and two rural store robberies totaling about $1,300. Mauldin denies involvement in the Page County robberies or car theft.
A U S Navy craft, a revolutionary vessel, glides over water on a cushion of compressed air. The airborne support layer reduces friction, enabling swift travel across the surface. The innovation signals potential for faster, more efficient naval operations.
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