Obituaries for Coy Hacker and Cecil Merritt in Winchester
Coy Jennings Hacker 68 of Route 2 River Park Bluemont died yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital. He was born October 10 1898 in West Virginia and is survived by two daughters a brother and six grandchildren. Cecil E Merritt 47 of Stephens City died yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital born March 1 1930 in Hampshire County West Virginia son of Vernie L and Hannah Merritt. He married Cordilia Kelican May 6 1944 in Boyce and was a driver for 21 years with Novick Transfer Co. Inc. He is survived by his widow four children a half sister and five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements: Hacker service Monday morning at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville with graveside in Clarksburg. Merritt service tomorrow at Jones Funeral Home at 2:30 pm with burial Shenandoah Memorial Park.
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Coy Jennings Hacker
River Park
Bluemont
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hacker
West Virginia
Eckert and
Magget Kweéch Hacker
Richard E. Young
Robert R. Jenkins
Clarksburg
W. Va
Prince Hacker
John H. Enders
Berryville
Cecil E. Merritt
Stephens City
Mr. Merritt
Hampshire County
Vernie L
Hannah Helman Merritt
Cordilia Kelican
Boyce
United Brethren Church
Stephens City Fire Company
Novick Transfer Co., Inc
Thomas E. Merritt
Joseph M.weaver
John H. Miller
Pearly R. Mogle
Charles E. Cheshire
Frederick Wisecarver
Herbert F. White
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Bertha L. Chapman
B. Frank Chapman
West 18Th St
Front Royal
Chapman
Warren County
William E
Lelia L. Anderson Athey
Mae Rosenberry
Gerald Chapman
Howellsville
Hazel Vines
Frances Robinson
Edward Chapman
Alexandria
Minnie Cameron
Markham
Hollie Redman
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Funeral Notices and Obituary Highlights
Obituary notices for Mrs. Bertha L. Chapman aged 74 of Front Royal with services in Berryville and burial at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Also funeral details for Pauline H. Larrick 77 Chambersville and James Nathaniel Lockley Berryville with burial in Mount Hebron and Little Chapel cemeteries. Short note mentions Medicine Hat Alberta named for a hill shaped like a medicine man's hat.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Canada
Rio Grande begins slow drop toward Gulf after Beulah flood
The Rio Grande at the Brownsville area mouth neared flood crest as Beulah's devastation lingered. Upstream cleanup started while many homes faced water damage and silty yards. National Guard and Army air support aided relief as Johnson declared 24 Texas counties major disaster areas.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande
Gulf of Mexico
Beulah
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande City
Matamoros
Mexico
Weather Bureau
Harlingen
International Boundary and Water Commission
Progreso
National Guardseven
Three Rivers
Alice
Ft. Benning
Raymondville
Texas
U.S
Johnson
Floyd R. Finley Jr Funeral Monday at Mt Carmel Baptist
Funeral service for Floyd R. Finley Jr. conducted by Rev. J. G. Scott at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Monday at 3 p.m. Body to church one hour prior. Burial in Orrick Cemetery. Pallbearers are nephews. Calling hours at Cartwright Funeral Home tomorrow 5 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd R. Finley Jr
J. G. Scott
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Orrick Cemetery
Cartwright Funeral Home
Police Break Up Anti Thieu Protests in Saigon Square
Police dispersed a student anti government demonstration outside Saigon's National Assembly as it debated Thieu's presidential election. About 1000 Buddhist monks and nuns staged a separate sit down at government buildings, led by Tri Quang, who vowed to stay until demands are met. U S Ambassador Bunker met Thieu and Ky amid calls over the election's legitimacy.
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Saigon
National Assembly
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thick
Tri Quang
Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Bunker
Central Election Council
Special Election Committee
Vietnam
Colorado larger than combined areas of three eastern states
A regional comparison states Colorado covers more land than the total area of New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania combined. The claim highlights Colorado as a notably expansive state relative to the trio.
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Colorado
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Answers From I Q A Set Show Diverse Topics
A compact list presents answers across categories including percentages, states, colors, instruments, song title, weather, a person, a desert, a yes/no, a number and a place. Identified items include Mrs. Mary Surratt and Troy among the scattered references.
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Ohio
Mich
N. Y
Old Kentucky
Mary Surratt
Sahara
Troy
Heavy shelling and jet losses near DMZ in Vietnam action
U S forces reported continued bombardment of Con Thien near the DMZ with about 128 Communist rounds hitting American posts. B52s and jets pounded gun positions as a Marine Phantom was shot down, with two pilots rescued after parachuting into the Tonkin Gulf.
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U.S. Ma
Dmz
Con Thien
Air Force
U.S
Tonkin Gulf
Virginia Weather Today and Weekend Outlook
Forecast for Virginia shows fair conditions with a high near the upper 90s and a low in the middle 90s tonight. Sunday will be partly cloudy with highs between 55 and 64, then Monday turns fair and warmer. Winds today from the southwest to west at 10 to 20 mph. Also includes Sheridan Winchester station data for Saturday September 30 with sunset 6 58 pm and sunrise 7 08 am as well as moonrise 4 12 am and notes New Moon on Oct 3.
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Winchester
Rainfall totals and five year history summarized
Rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8 30 today totals 1 83 inches with September year to date 2 52 inches and 1967 year to date 28 62 inches. Five year past December rainfall figures show 1962 99 73 inches 1968 33 46 inches 1964 31 63 inches 1965 26 85 inches 1966 33 82 inches. Average monthly rainfall across 54 years is January 2 44 February 2 10 March 3 07 April 3 16 May 3 64 June 3 76 July 3 76 August 3 72 September 2 80 October 3 10 November 2 54 December 2 30.
Johnson on Vietnam War Resolve and Belief in Endurance
Johnson argued North Vietnam persists in war because Americans may not see the struggle through. He warned Hanoi misreads dissent for disloyalty and warned that the United States will provide all that brave men require to finish the job. He stressed Americans have strength and perseverance.
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Johnson
North Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
Duckworth Named to Road Board
Former Norfolk Mayor W. Fred Duckworth is named to fill the unexpired term on the State Highway Commission for the Suffolk Highway District until June 30, 1969. He will replace Richard S. Holland, who was dismissed after a conflict of interest probe, and will also serve on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Commission.
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Richmond
Norfolk
W. Fred Duckworth
State Highway Commission
Richard S. Holland
Virginia Beach
Godwin
Duckworth
Motor Company
Suffolk Highway District
Holland
Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Tunnel Commission
Norfolk Corporation Court
The
Highway Commission
Man Charged With Leaving Scene In Cork Street Crash
City police report Kenneth Campbell is charged with leaving the scene after a vehicle on E Cork Street struck a parked car, pushing it into another and into a porch at 124 E Cork Street. Damages totaled 675 dollars. Court date pending.
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Kenneth Campbell
E. Cork St
Cuban Refugees Here to Stay in U S Says UM Report
A University of Miami study says Cuban refugees arriving at about 4,000 per month are likely to remain in the United States. The 200 page report prepared for Health, Education and Welfare discusses costs of aid, potential phasing down, and the long term contributions of Cubans, with exile estimates around 400,000 and no exact count available.
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Miami
Fla
United States
University of Miami
U.S
Cuba
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Fidel Castro
Wallace Denounces Virginia School Ban On Rally
Former Alabama Governor George Wallace campaigns through Virginia urging a 1968 run as a third party and defending Albemarle School Board for denying use of Albemarle High School field. He draws thousands in Charlottesville and Danville while pledging to carry Virginia if he runs.
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Blacksburg
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Virginia
Dulles International
Leesburg
Charlottesville
Danville
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Coliseum
Roanoke College
Norfolk
Dulles
Wallace
Albemarle County
Albemarle High School
Polo Field
HEW
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Lane High School
Sniper Fire Breaks Calm In Truck Strike
AP reports a sniper fired five shots at a trucker defying a six week old boycott as calm returned on roads. Jimmy Acton, 35, of Lynn Indiana, was cut by windshield glass on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Eaton Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Eaton
Ohio
Jimmy Acton
Lynn
Ind
Pennsylvania
Ohio Line
Gary
Michigan
Illinois
Kentucky
West Virginia
New York
Edr
Teamsters Union
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Winchester Evening Star
Coy J. Hacker
Cecil Merritt
B. F. Chapman
Larrick Service
Pauline H. Larrick
Chamebersville
Jones Funeral Home
G. Rayemond Womeldorf
Maurice W. Perry
Warren L, Driver, Jr
Albert B
Pingley
Strother E, Carper
Floyd L
Earl
Earl L. Cather
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Lockley
James Nathaniel Lockley
St. Luke’s Baptist Church
Lawrence M. Grimes
David H. Grimes
George N. Lockley
Charles Lockley, Jr
James M. Lockley
James B. Burns
Little Chapel Cemetery
Clarke County
OMS Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
Vice
Aues
Bernard F.groves
Boscawen St
C&s Bank
M. J
Pat
Duffey
U.S. Weather Bureau
Great Basin
Central Rockies
Plateau
Florida
Gulf
F. L. Finley, Jr
Aiiller
Loudoun St
I, Q
Campbell
Crider & Shockey
Iwallpapen
N. Cameron St
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