Roanoke 75th Birthday Jubilee Amplifies Statewide Ties
Roanoke marks its Diamond Jubilee with a seven night pageant at Victory Stadium seating 12 500, featuring Gov Thomas B Stanley Sen Harry F Byrd Sen A Willis Robertson Rep Richard H Poff and J Lindsay Almond plus Ralph Story. Index 1957 a 2 million exhibit showcases 124 displays with 1 500 Roanokers in the cast and a 250 voice chorus and 250 instrumentalists.
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Ralph Story
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Virginia
Tobacco tax proposal from Virginia senator sparks local debt talk
State Sen. Garland Gray argued a 3 cent per pack cigarette tax could fund school construction bonds without broad sales tax. He claimed tobacco tax would not hurt farmers or industry and eyed surplus funds to ease local debt while sparing real estate taxpayers in counties like Halifax from higher levies.
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Navy moves to all missile fleet over battleships
The Navy outlines a shift from 16 inch guns to guided missiles across cruisers frigates destroyers and submarines. It cites manpower cost space for fuel and maneuverability as reasons battleships are obsolete and notes the Boston the first guided missile ship now leads a growing fleet of at least 21 missile ships.
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