Urban scramble reshapes Virginia city borders and mergers
Virginia towns push annexations and mergers as suburbs grow rapidly. Arlington converts to urban county. Hampton, Newport News merge. Norfolk expands with annexations while Richmond eyes merger with Henrico. Virginia Beach Princess Anne area plan moves to vote. Fairfax County seeks city status to block future annexations.
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Commonwealth
Richmond
Tidewater
Arlington County
Hampton
Elizabeth City
Newport News
Warwick County
Norfolk
Norfolk County
Princess Anne
Portsmouth
Henrico
Chesterfield
Richmond-Henrico
Princess Anne County
Virginia Beach
Norfolk City
the James
Fairfax County
Fairfax
Alexandria
Falls Church
Employers prepare for workers called to active military service
The Commerce and Industry Association of New York reports a survey of 300 companies employing 1,800,000 people. About 10 percent plan to make up pay gaps, 40 percent maintain some insurance and benefits, and 90 percent credit service time toward pensions. The piece notes this is a starting stance amid cold war anxieties and urges more decisive action.
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Commerce and Industry Association of New York
Take
America
Letters of Thomas Wolfe Revealed in South Atlantic Quarterly
The issue presents hitherto unpublished letters from Thomas Wolfe to his sister Mabel Wheaton. The editor notes their revealing, intimate content about money troubles, work pressures, and personal reflections. Critics debate whether such missives reveal Wolfe’s genius or a troubling private psyche, while some call Wolfe’s letters a candid, unguarded memoir.
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Thomas Wote
Mabel Wheaton
The
South Atlantic Quarterly
Wolfe
Junior
Susie
Elfrieda
Subscription rates and notices in The Danville Register
The Danville Register lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with pricing by city and suburban delivery and postal zones. It notes advance payment, renewal reminders, and affiliation with the Associated Press and National Advertising Representative services.
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Alt
Audit Bureau
Associated Press
John Redd
Dallas
New Orleans
San Francisco
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Seattle
Danville
UNC Botany Gets Welcome Boost
The University of North Carolina adds about 130 acres to its holdings in Chapel Hill for the William Lanier Hunt Botanical Garden and Arboretum. Gifts include 24.5 acres from Hunt adjacent to Mason Farm and 8 acres along Morgan Creek from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gray, with plans to create a major university botanical complex in the Southeast.
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William Lanier Hunt
Hunt
University
Mason
W. C. Coker
Department of Botany
Carolina
Coker
Chapel Hill
Harlem Gambling and Power in Postwar Politics Recalled
The piece reflects on La Guardia and Costello in Harlem amid a history of political corruption and gambling. It notes Prohibition era ties, the role of policy in Harlem, and the shift from Irish to Italian influence as the underworld profits from betting games. It ties Dewey and Kefauver investigations to public attitudes toward gambling and crime.
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la Guardia
Costello
Harlem
Tom Dewey
Chicago
Congress
Harrison Street
Senator'tion
John McClellan
Arkansas
Davey
Crockett Kefauver
Lower Broadway
Thejhone
Clark Street
Madison
MacDonald
Frank Costello
Edward Riley Bradley
Palm Beach
New York
Castells
Reno
Vegas
Wenti
Carlo
Underworld
Mama
Wile Pop
Dear Abby Q and A on priests, mourning, and dating rules
Dear Abby addresses reader concerns about priests swimming with church choirs and wearing casual clothes, whether widows should send cards after a death, and a mother's guidance to a 14 year old girl about dating. Abby explains clergy dress is discretionary, mourning does not bar good wishes, and a girl may refuse or accept dates without marrying pressure.
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Abby
Duap
No Win policy pushed by advocates study in 1961 cited
Washington briefing cites a Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions pamphlet on U S foreign policy and the Soviet Union by Fred Warner Neal. The document argues Soviet defensive aims and warns against equating Moscow with Nazi Germany while criticizing U S militarism.
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D. C
Senate
Senate Preparedness
Publc
U. S
Soviet Union
Tax-Free Fund For the Republic
Center For the Study of Democratic
Santa Barbara
California
White Horse
Richard Nixon
Fred Warner Neal
State Department
USS
Voice of America
Mr. Neal
Nazi Germany
Eastern
Europe
Dean Marx Blocks The National Review At Hunter College
George E. Sokolsky rails at Hunter College Dean Fritz Morstein Marx for banning The National Review from a campus meeting and for objecting to a diverse array of views. He argues freedom of speech requires exposure to multiple viewpoints, not a monolithic campus stance.
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Karl
Mars
Bill Buckley
The
National Review
Dean Marx
Bil Buckley
Land
Hunter Colege
White House
Washington
Kennedy
Valerian A. Zorin
Steppes
TS Queens College
New York
Sia
Ster
United Stat
Vail
Oniv Hkes
Hunter
McGuffey
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Eisenhower
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Coul
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Gression
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