Rural Retreat FFA Chapter Wins State Award
Virginia's Future Farmers of America opened their 61st annual convention at Virginia Tech naming 173 state degree candidates. Rural Retreat High School won top state prize for efficient dairy production with 62 members and 82 animals producing 684,221 pounds milk last year.
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Virginia
Future Farmers of America
Virginia Tech
Farmer
PFA
Wythe County
Rural Retreat High
FFA
Louisa High School
Louis A. Pardue
Tech
Danny Jes
Bland
Nokensville
Franklin County
Prince George County
Buckingham County
George Wythe
James Wood
Andrew Lewis
State Liquor Control Adds Six New Brands For 70 Slow Sellers
Charleston news item reports six new whisky gin and brandy brands added to state stores to replace over 70 slow sellers. Liquor Commission Chair E Gaujot Bias says fewer types will simplify stock and selection. New brands listed include Grand Old Parr Scotch Usher's Green Stripe Scotch Kentucky Tavern Straight Whisky Five O'Clock Gin Hennessy Three Star Cognac and Old Schenley Bond.
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State Liquor Control
Charleston
Liquor Commission
E. Gaujot Bias
Commission
Hennessy
Beckley Wreck Claims One Life
A 16 year old Glen Daniel youth, George Phillip McGraw, died when a car ran off the road and struck a fence, a telephone pole, and two houses on Beckley western outskirts. Injured were Wayne Clay, 15, in good condition, and Rexford Lee MacMillen in fair condition. Driver John H. Lucas, 20, of Sand Lick, fled the scene and was charged with negligent homicide. a preliminary hearing was set for tomorrow.
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Beckley
Glen Daniel
George Phillip McGraw
Wayne Clay
Rexford Lee MacMillen
John H. Lucas
Sand Lick
Lucas
Earl Ballengee
Sanity Tests Ordered in Clarksburg Child Slaying
James Lee Burkhamer, charged with killing 12 year old Charlene Vilain, will undergo psychiatric exams by Dr. Linwood B. Zinn and Dr. James A. Tho. Judge Arlos J. Harbert set July 8 as a deadline for filing exam results before Burkhamer’s trial, after indictment on June 5.
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Clarksburg
Harrison County
Burkhamer
Grand Jury
Charlene Vilain
North View
Trial postponed in attempt to smuggle pistol to inmates
Preliminary hearing for a state penitentiary guard charged with carrying a 38 caliber revolver and five shells to five dangerous prisoners was postponed at the defense request. Verna Thompson, 54, from Moundsville, was taken into custody at gunpoint after a handoff from a Benwood woman. The case links to a 1949 prison break and notes a possible $100 payment for the weapon delivery.
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Moundsville
Chester A. Burks
James Arnold
Verna Thompson
E. H. Tucker
Marshall County
Herman C. Lass
Thompson
Benwood
Everett G. Cox
Tucker
Cox
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