Poll tax voting rule fuels Virginia political clash
The Virginia legislature weighs repeal of the poll tax voting requirement. Repeal would need two sessions and a referendum. Historical pattern shows parties split on the issue, with federal action debated in Congress and state bans evolving since 1953. Only five states still uphold the tax.
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Virginia
Congres
House of Representatives
Senate
Eisenhower
Texas
Arkansas
Alabama
Louisiana
Florida
Georgia
South
Hina
Tennessee
Rubber check passer Pancake nabbed in Hartford
Edward Ray Pancake 42 passed two bad checks on Abbot and Seymour Jewelry stores in Erie area a month ago. He was captured in Hartford Conn and sentenced to 18 months in federal prison at Ashland Kentucky. Also arrested were Harry Leroy Sowell 45 alias Robert G Stubbs who passed checks at Ladies Mart and Karns Atlantic Service. Beatrice Hanna Myers 38 and an unnamed Lowell accomplice await sentencing in St Joseph Missouri. A giraffe birth fact follows.
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Edward Ray Pancake
Abbot and
Seymour Jewelry
Hartford
Conn
Ashland
FBI
James Kinnene
Harry Leroy Sowell
Robert G. Stubbs
Ladies Mart
Karn
Atlantic Service
Lowell
Beatrice Hanna Myers
St. Joseph
Local Truckmen Form Unit Officers Elected in Corry
Twenty years ago in Corry a meeting of truck operators organized a local unit of the American Truckman Association. E M Allen was named chairman W H Merrick vice chairman and Lews E Morrow secretary and treasurer. Sub zero weather followed heavy snow hindering Corry Water Company operations. Snowfall measured eight to twelve inches and temperatures fell to six to twelve below zero. Shea and Walraven store fixtures sold to A B Treat 4 Son of Union City and Cambridge Springs. Marie J Fullom 41 died at Corry Hospital after operation. She had long been with Alexander & Co morticians. Seventy five painters and related craftsmen will gain work under CWA projects for interior redecorating of Corry Public Schools buildings.
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Corry and Vicinity
E. M. Allen
W. H. Merrick
Lews E. Morrow
Corry Water Company
Anea
Shea and Walraven
Blair
Marie J. Fullom
Corry
Corry Hospital
Alexander & Co
CWA
Internal Affairs Department
Permiylvanian District
Concord Township
Forest
Warren Counties
Erie County
Johnson, Gray and Associates of
Erie
Raymond Mfg. Co
James Melntowh
Clarion
Brookville
I Dea
Corry Friends
Maysville
Barbara Ann Elliott
Rogers Elliott
Honolulu
Rogers Tilloth
USN
John Lewis Hopkins
How Smart Are You Quiz from the Times
A quiz asks seven questions on current events and facta of national and international importance. It covers Eden's location, traffic speeds, oil lands rights, health insurance coverage, socialist goals, Jesus language, and Interstate Commerce Commission regulation of rail and bus fares.
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Garden of Eden
Arabia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Syria
Jnome
Jesus
Interstate Commerce Commission
French Beat Off Ambush By Rebels
French Union troops backed by tanks repelled a Vietminh ambush in the Red River Delta. About fifty rebels were killed and nine captured. Vietminh mortar attacks on several posts failed to seize key locations. In Laos, forces near Muong Sai reported no contact with rebels, while Di Vision 308 is believed to be regrouping north and northeast of the area.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red Rver
Laos
Muong Sai
Luan Prabang
Luang Praabng
Vietminh
Greensburg to seek death penalty for turnpike killer
County District Attorney says the state will seek the death penalty for John Wesley Wable 24 of Ohio Pyle charged as the phantom killer in two trucker murders on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Wable goes on trial Monday for the shot deaths of Harry F Pitts in Bowling Green Va and Lester B Woodward in Duncannon Pa with a separate murder charge pending.
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Greensburg
Relauid County
Abersey
Alex L
Scurce
John Wesley Wable
Ohiopyle
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Pitts
Wable
Lester B. Woodward
Duncannon
Woodward
Judge Enforces Ban on Photographs in Westmoreland Court
Judge Edward Bauer stated the court ruling banning photographs will be enforced vigorously. He will preside at the trial as protests from newspaper organizations over the longstanding photo ban resurfaced last week.
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Edward Bauer
Westmoreland County
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