Hydroplane driver Bill Brow killed in Tampa regatta
Bill Brow 41 a Seattle dairy distributor and noted hydroplane driver died after his Miss Budweiser flipped during the Tampa Suncoast Cup Regatta first heat. He had led at 110 mph before the crash, with Coast Guard救 and hospital efforts failing. Brow previously survived a 1959 disintegration and earned the nickname world fastest milkman.
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Fla
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Seattle
Wash
Lake Couer d'Alene
Idaho
Pasco
Ed O'Halloran
Virginia vegetable outlook improves after cool spell
The Virginia Department of Agriculture reports modest gains in prospects for selected crops on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Tomatoes show better weather but mid July harvests. snap beans and cucumbers trail schedule with reduced June supplies. cabbage and sweet corn show mixed gains while overall output remains down from last year.
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Virginia Department of Agriculture
Maryland
Delaware
North Carolina
Governor Godwin urges graduates to choose varied life paths at VPI
Governor Godwin spoke to about 10,000 graduates at Virginia Tech urging five life choices from comfortable prejudices to total involvement and the uncomfortable path of being one's own best. He urged thought and action, praised students for healing and hope, as Dr. Hahn announced 1,146 bachelors 248 masters and 77 doctorates in the largest VPI class to date.
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T. Marshall Hahn JR
VPI
Negro Doctor Weds Countess Daughter in English Style
In SAXMUNDHAM England Dr Sidney Letanka a 29 year old South African black doctor wed 27 year old Lady Christina Gathorne Hardy daughter of the Earl and Countess of Cranbrook in All Saints church The 25 minute ceremony featured a white water silk dress garnet jewelry and a dark blue suit with a red rose The couple may face prosecution under South Africa racial laws but plan future Africa visits
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England
Sidney Letanka
Christina Gathorne-Hardy
All Saints Church
Cranbrooke
Dr. Letanka
South Africa
Africa
Brooklyn teen charged in London hotel slaying
Richard Henry Geffken, 18, of Brooklyn New York, is charged with the slaying of Shannon Gay Love 20 in London. He is held without bail in London authorities report. Miss Love is daughter of playwright Edmund Love and was found slain in a London hotel last Thursday.
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Richard Henry Geffken
Brooklyn
N. Y
Shannon Gay Love
London
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Bullock Carts Carry Freight Despite Ban in New Delhi
A New Delhi newspaper reports bullock carts still carry as much freight as Indian railways. The 1967 National Railways budget was delivered to Parliament by bullock cart despite a ban on such vehicles in the area.
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Indian Railways
National Railways
Wheeler Speaks To VMI Grads At Commencement
General Earle G. Wheeler, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addressed 225 Virginia Military Institute graduates at the commencement. He urged global leadership, warned external issues arise from internal problems, and praised disciplined dissent. Shell awarded commissions to 180 graduates across Army Air Force and Marine Corps.
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George R. E. Shell
VMI
Army
Air Force
Marine Corps
Graham Student Second Among Creative Writers
Graham High School student David Dunkle placed second in the Virginia High School League Creative Writing contest for his essay Music in the Shakespearean Drama. Judge William Robinson praised his handling of information and praised his skillful writing.
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David Dunkle
Virginia High School League
Clark M. Brown
Dunkler
William Robinson
University of Virginia
Virginia
Graham and
Tazewell High Schools
Roanoke
Buck Dedicates Opportunity Center in Seoul
Pearl Buck dedicates a $1 million opportunity center in Seoul for Korean American mixed-blood children as a birthday gift. She plans similar welfare facilities in six other Asian countries including the Philippines, Nationalist China, Japan, Okinawa, Thailand, and South Vietnam.
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South Korea
Pearl Buck
Writter
Asia
Phillippines
China
Japan
Okinawa
Thailand
South Vietnam
Cardinal Ruffini Dies After Heart Attack at 79 in Palermo
Cardinal Ernesto Ruffini archbishop of Palermo dies of a heart attack at 79. He was the second cardinal to die in two days and his death reduces the College of Cardinals to 91 members. He opposed many Vatican II reforms though he supported the church.
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Cardinal Ruffini
Palermo
Joseph Cardinal Ritter
St. Louis
College of Cardinals
Paul VI
Ruffini
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