ICC Decision On N and W Inclusion Case Due Thursday
Roanoke AP report says the Interstate Commerce Commission will rule Thursday on Norfolk and Westerns bid to include Erie Lackawanna Boston and Maine and Delaware and Hudson in the N and W system. N and W contends the railroads should join only with the merger with Chesapeake and Ohio. The three carriers face debts and uncertain traffic from potential Penn Central losses.
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Roanoke
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk and Western Railway
Washington
ICC
Eastern
Erie-Lackawanna
Boston & Maine
Delaware & Hudson
N&w
Norfolk and Western - Chesapeake and Ohio
Erie- Lackawanna
New York Central
Minister Relieved From Years of Piles in Gridley
The Reverend E. W. Nestor of Gridley reports relief from hemorrhoids after using Preparation H Ointment and Suppositories. He says it relieved burning itch and pain and began shrinking inflamed tissues quickly, with doctors noting positive test results.
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Gridley
Cal
E. W. Nestor
Rawlings Calls for Clarity on Loyalty Oath Issue
Virginia state lawmaker Del. George C. Rawlings Jr. urged action to resolve the Democratic loyalty oath after Clarke County official Stuart E. Brown Jr. proposed revising or abolishing it. Rawlings warned primaries lose meaning if the oath undermines party choices and voter participation in the 1967 primaries.
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Fredericksburg
del. George C. Rawlings Jr
Virginia
Clarke County
Democratic Committee
Stuart E. Brown Jr
Democratic State Central Committee
Brown
Rawlings
Pleasant Point Resort Sold to SBA for 475000
Pleasant Point Resort near Point Pleasant was sold at the Mason County Courthouse door to the Small Business Administration for 475000. Proceeds after costs would pay a 412607 mortgage at Huntington Trust Bank and settle a 217000 contractor’s lien held by Agsten & Sons.
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Point Pleasant
Pleasant Point
Mason County
Small Business Administration
Milton J. Ferguson
Huntington Trust & Savings Bank
H. B. Agsten & Sons, Inc
Charleston
Agsten
West Virginia Industries Development Corp
Huntington Bank
SBA
Tazewell Va Livestock Market Prices Report
Hogs and veal led the day with 90 hogs and 50 veal sold. Top hogs weighed 195-200 pounds at 20.50 to 21.15 dollars, heavy butchers 235-261 pounds at 19.90 to 21.25, sows 380-555 pounds 16.25 to 18.50, feeder pigs under 60 pounds 7.75 to 11 and 60-100 pounds 14 to 17.75. Veal mainly priced 30 to 37.50 with best at 37.50. Slaughter cattle 90 head: heifers 17.50 to 18.25, utility 14 to 17. cows 12 to 18, bulls 17 to 21.75. Market closures noted for Dec 26 in Tazewell and Dec 20 and 27 in Wytheville.
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Tazewell
Wytheville, Va
Rockefeller to Use Persuasion in Arkansas Governance
Arkansas’s first Republican governor elect Winthrop Rockefeller plans a soft approach in the Democratic General Assembly convening Jan. 9. He seeks legislative cooperation on education, welfare and reform while retaining key state officials and proposing a central office to streamline agencies and cut costs.
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Little Rock
Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Rockefeller
General Assembly
Jim Johnson
Senate
Johnson
Orval E. Faubus
Agricultural Development Commission
Neuter Rooster Could Lay Eggs Says Maryland Scientist
University of Maryland poultry expert Dr. Edward F. Godfrey describes a method injecting young eggs with synthetic female hormones to reverse a rooster’s sex. He envisions genetic males that lay eggs, though final success may take 15 years. He notes sex reversed birds are bullied in flocks and do not crow.
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Edward F. Godfrey
University of Maryland
College Park
Godfrey
Rhode Island
Plymouth Rock
Tourists Flood White House in Early Johnson Era
Nearly two million visitors come to the White House each year and in the early Johnson administration the number rose to well over four million. The figure surpassed the population size at the time of George Washington’s presidency.
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White House
Lyndon B. Jomson
United States
George Washington
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