Norfolk-Va Beach liquor bill clears House committee
The Virginia House General Laws Committee sent the Norfolk Virginia Beach local option liquor by the drink bill to the floor by 8-6 after a public hearing. The measure would allow a referendum in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, requiring about 15,000 registered voters to petition for a vote. Supporters argued for local control. opponents warned of broader alcohol problems and linked issues.
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Richmond
House
General Laws Committee
Norfolk- Virginia Beach
del. Bernard Levin
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Del
Guy O. Farley
Fairfax
Virginia
Junie L. Bradshaw
Richmond-Henrico
Arthur H. Richardson
Dinwiddie
Hel
Marshall
Wayne W. Womner
Alcohol Education Council, Inc
W. C. Vaughan
Mavior
Lynchburg
ABC
Theodore Adams
First Baptist Church
Adams
Roy Jarrett
World Women's Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
Jarrett
Sidney S. Kellam
Democratic National
Democratic Party
Kellam
Richardson and Farley
Dels
Robert E. Gibson
Chesapeake
George N. Mec
Math
Onancock
Stanley ¢. Walker
Richard M. Bagley
Hampton
Marion Galland
Alexandria
E. B. Pendleton
James B. Fugate
Gate City
Walther B.fidler
Sharps
Lyman Christian Harrell Jr
Emporia
Richard M. Middleton
Charlottesville
Keith D. Speer
Grundy
James R. Eastwood
Pittsylvania
Lucas Phillips
Leesburg
Robert W. Spessard
Roanoke
Wilbur C. Daniel
Danville
Henry
Hanover
Hanover County
Association For the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Donald G. Pendleton
Senate
James M. Thomson
Sen
William P. Kellam
Four Agencies Seek $13.5 Million More in Budget Request
Four Virginia state agencies asked two legislative committees for about 13.5 million dollars more than the proposed 1966 68 budget. Highlights include 6 million for the Virginia State Ports Authority to fund capital outlays, including 2.4 million for a new Hampton Roads container terminal. Health, rehabilitation, and agriculture programs also sought gains to address hospital beds for alcoholics, cooperative health services, and livestock disease control. Governor Godwin reappointed G Lloyd Nunally as Director of Purchases and Supply and Milton T Hickman as Commissioner of Fisheries.
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Richmond
Senate
House
Virginia State Ports Authority
Hampton Roads
Adm
David H. Clark
The
Ports Authority
Virginia
New York
Mack J. Shanholtz
Department
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
State Health Department
General Funds
Richmon
Newport News
Roanoke
Norfolk
A. Ray Dawson
New
State Board of Vocational Rehabilitation
W. Harry Schwarzschild Jr
State Department of Agrriculture
Godwin
G. Lloyd Nunally
Department of Purchases and Supply
Milton T. Hickman
Painter
Virginia center wins grant for children study unit
A $385,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health will fund a five year project at the Virginia Treatment Center for Children to establish a field unit. The unit will follow up with children treated statewide and include a team visiting Hampton Roads and southwest Virginia in its first year.
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Richmond
Virginia Treatment Center For Children
Children’s Psychiatric Hospital
Douglas F. Powers
Powers
National Institute of Mental Health
Hampton Roads
Virginia
South ‘Side
Question Raised About State Book Policy In Virginia
In Richmond AP report says the State Board of Education was asked to explain who decided to remove stories favorable to Negroes from two Virginia elementary school readers. The probe follows two prior cases and mentions censored passages about Benjamin Banneker and Paul Revere, with claims that publishers first versions were not state approved.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Virginia
Robert Lee Combs
Virginia Council On Human Relations
Benjamin Banneker
Paul Revere
Combs
Dr. Combs
State Department
Harper Lee
Alabama
Hubert J. Davis
Portsmouth
Proposal To Abolish Death Penalty In Virginia
A Virginia General Assembly session piece outlines bills to end capital punishment in the state. Other measures seek tax relief for families, stronger auto insurance protections, sabbatical leaves for teachers, and use of tourist funds for information centers outside Virginia.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
State Department of Conservation and Development
Commonwealth
Scotchtown
Hanover County
Patrick Henry
William R. Durland
Fairfax County
Durland
Senate
Fairfax
Robert C. Fitzgerald
Norfolk
Del
Stanley E. Sacks
Sacks
Donald G. Pendleton
Lynchburg
Pendleton
George M. Warren Jr
Bristol
Conservation Department
Robert R. Gwathmey III
Hanover
Junior Disc Jockey Bufo rd Ga
Buford Ga radio station WDYX has become a family enterprise since Robert P Joseph bought it two years ago. His wife Jacqueline is the chief engineer and their nine year old daughter Kathy runs her own disc jockey show.
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Buford, Ga
WDYX
Robert P. Joseph
Joseph
Jacqueline
Kathy
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