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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1969
Page
2
Funeral services and burials are set for Wayne D Cooper Madison Douglas Haden Jr Patrick Cleveland Madigan William Wade Kline. Services take place in Hebron Lutheran Concord Church Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church and Jones Funeral Home with family call times listed.
President Nixon rejects calls for a fixed Vietnam withdrawal date and backs Judge Haynsworth's Senate confirmation. He defends school desegregation policies and argues federal funding cuts should be a last resort to enforce integration.
Funeral notices list graveside services for Madison Douglas Haden Jr. at Concord Cemetery in Virginia on Saturday at 2 00 PM. Patrick Cleveland Madigan will have a service at Jones Funeral Home Sunday at 4 00 PM. Ernest Cline Willard’s services are in Greensboro North Carolina.
New York stocks opened with declines led by the Dow Jones average slipping to 828.60 at 10 30 am down 1 32. Occidental Petroleum moved 14 300 shares at 26 while Atlantic Richfield traded 6 000 at 103 down fraction, Union Carbide 4 100 at 41 5 up, GE 3 100 at 85 4 up, Mobil Oil 73 900 at 55 up.
Holton argues for a sales tax remedy and savings of 100 million annually by eliminating duplications and using modern management. He cites 95 agencies reporting to the Governor and proposes task forces with business experts to streamline government and reduce costs. The Winchester rally drew a record Republican turnout of 350 attendees with vibrant pageantry and 425 tickets sold.
Cumberland reports the sighting of Mrs. Peugeot's green and white Pontiac GTO was false. The manhunt for Stanley B. Hoss, a convicted rapist and alleged kidnapper, continues as authorities debunk several leads in the disappearance of Mrs. Peugeot and her two year old daughter Lori Mae while tracking a stolen car and other alleged crimes linked to Hoss.
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Linwood Holton urged Virginia leaders to raise recreational development on the 1970 General Assembly agenda. Speaking at the George Washington Hotel after the Winchester Rotary Club luncheon, he cited opportunities for cooperative efforts between Richmond and Washington and highlighted outdoor recreation and tourism as key issues facing the state.
Ernest C. Willard 57 of Mountain Falls Route died Thursday. Born June 12 1912 in Yadkin County NC he married Goldie Yost in 1962. Survived by children Thomas Margaret Irene Fount and others. funeral and burial planned in Greensboro. Body moved from Jones to Lambreth Troxler Funeral Home Greensboro.
The 14th Four-State and DC Autumn AA Get Together at the War Memorial Building will be open to the public tomorrow and Sunday, a spokesman said today.
Investigators searched the 31 story Civic Center after a device containing 17 sticks of dynamite was found on an upper floor. A telephone company clerk discovered the bomb two hours before its planned detonation, wired to a battery pack and alarm clock in a ground floor area near a courtroom.
The forecast covers Saturday to Wednesday with temperatures below normal. Day highs 70 to 75 degrees, 65 to 70 in the mountains. nights 50 to 55, range in the mountains middle 40s. A gradual cooldown and about one inch of rain likely around Tuesday.
Rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8 30 today shows none. September rainfall to date is 2 13 inches with 1969 year to date at 27 52 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 56 years is listed by month. Five year January to December totals are 31 63 26 85 33 82 36 48 32 56. The long term Jan to Dec average is 36 43 inches.
Tomorrow in Winchester elementary students join Kiwanis events starting with a free 10 30 a m screening of The Roadrunner Festival at Plaza Theatre. At 1 30 p m a three division parade forms at Recreation Park and travels past the War Memorial Building for judging, followed by games and refreshments.
Earl Leon Farmer 61 of Fairfax Inn was convicted of driving under the influence for a September 12 seven car crash on W Boscawen Street that injured a woman and caused about 2975 dollars in damages. Judge John W. Rice fined him 200 dollars plus 20.75 costs, gave a 30 day suspended sentence and ordered a one year license suspension.
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