Legislators Tour VMI Highlights Faculty Pay Concerns
Seven members of the State Legislature visited Virginia Military Institute in Lexington as part of a Western Virginia facility tour. Maj. Gen. George R. E. Shell spoke on VMI’s education philosophy and urged reviewing state college faculty pay scales to stay competitive with national rates.
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Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia
VMI
Robert S. Burruss
Lynchburg
Dell
Marian G. Galland
Alexandria
Dorothy S. Mediarmid
Fairfax
M. Caldwell Butler
Roanoke
Willis M. Anderson
D. Henry Almond
Charles W. Gunn Jr
Rockbridge
George R. E. Shell
Tory
Shell
State College
Judges Deny Osborn New Hearing in Hoffa Case
Two federal judges in Nashville rejected Z. T. Osborn Jr.'s bid for a new hearing on his disbarment from federal court. Osborn, once Hoffa's lawyer, was disbarred for offering a bribe to a juror in a Hoffa jury tampering case, tied to Hoffa's January trial and the Taft-Hartley Act conspiracy charges from his earlier trial.
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Nashville, Tenn
Z. T. Osborn Jr
James R. Hoffa
Osborn
William FE. Miller
Frank Gray Jr
Hoffa
Teamster Union
CoLonaip Introduces Colonic Nerve Stimulant Tablet
An advertising claim for CoLonaip tablets says tense nerves block bowel impulses causing constipation. The product combines a colonic nerve stimulant with bulking action to restore regularity overnight and relieve constipation, with an introductory size of 434.
State Employees Warned Over Traffic Tickets
Gov. Barron urged law abiding conduct after it emerged that two State Road Commission cars filed 118 parking tickets in Charleston since last June. City records show one car received 66 tickets and the other 52. officials vow to tow illegally parked state vehicles while departments cooperate with city authorities to settle the issue.
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State Road Commission
Charleston
Vincent Reishman
Barron
Virginia proposes Mount Rogers State Park plan
The State Conservation Department urged creation of a 6,000 acre Mount Rogers State Park in Graystone County with a 1.5 million six year program. First funding of 625000 to be requested from the General Assembly for land purchase roads and equipment as conservationists pursue the site described as a museum of Virginia flora fauna and mountain life with spruce fir forests high elevations and rugged rock formations.
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Richmond
State Conservation Department
Virginia
Mount Rogers State Park
General Assembly
Grayson County
UN pushes worldwide arms embargo on South Africa
The UN Security Council, in a rare show of unanimity, called for a global arms embargo to curb apartheid and end shipments to South Africa's arms industry. The resolution, backed by Adlai Stevenson, also urged release of prisoners and proposed a UN expert committee to assist a peaceful multiracial transition.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
South Africa
All Nations
U.S
Adlai FE Stevenson
United States
U.N
Virginians Back House Bill Extending Farm Labor Imports
The Senate approved the house version of a one year extension to the importation law for farm labor from Mexico by a 50-36 roll call. Democrats for Byrd of Virginia and Robertson of Virginia supported the measure.
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Washington
Senate
House
Mexico
Byrd
Robertson
Rail personnel cut at Oslo and modernisation plan
The Norwegian State Railways trims staff by 5 000 to 23 500 in the first third of a 1960 modernization program.
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Oslo
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