CONTACT symposium probes today's issues at Washington and Lee
Washington and Lee University hosts the fourth annual CONTACT symposium with six national figures including Barry Goldwater and Senator Thurston Morton. Sessions feature seminars and speeches on the GOP, urban affairs, and political revolutions, plus a Mock Convention in May.
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Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Barry Goldwater
Arizonia
Kentucky
Thurston Morton
Maryland
Theodore R. Samuel Lubell
Robert D. Novak
Stephen Hess
Washington and Lee
Interfraternity Council
Republican Party
Sen. Morton
Congress
Sen
Morton
Hess
Eisenhower
Harvard
John F. Kennedy’ School of Government
Gov. McKeldin
Baltimore
Goldwater
U. S. Senate
Lubell
Columbia University
America
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Novak
Rowland Evans
GOP
Law School
Lee Chapel
Gov. McKeidin
Lee
DuFont
Evans Dining Hall
Luber
Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Marketing Board Explained
Canadian growers oversee the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers Marketing Board created in 1957. It controls production, owns sale facilities, and charges growers one cent per pound. In 1967 profits paid out at one fifth of a cent per pound. The board borrowed over 3 million dollars to build exchanges, later repaid in seven years, with dividends now returned to growers. Virginia Farm Bureau study follows.
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Ontario
Virginia
Marketing Board
Farm Bureau Flavoured Committee
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors
Fire destroys Fayetteville A P grocery in downtown block
A general alarm fire Saturday night destroyed the A P supermarket in the 200 block of Hay Street Fayetteville. The store was closed when the blaze began on the second floor rear. A nearby women’s dress store suffered smoke and water damage and WFLE radio moved equipment but remained on air.
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Fayetteville
N.C
A&p
Hay Street
Carl Hagood
Dick Riddle
Thurman Bishop
WFLE
Miracle Theater
Ninety Chowan Students Gain Recognition at Murfreesboro
Ninety Chowan College students earned high scholastic honors in the fall term. W C Morrisette reported two students on the President's List, 22 on the Dean's List, and 66 on the Honor Roll, with names spanning Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Georgia, Delaware, and beyond.
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Murfreesboro
N. Y
Chowan College
W. C. Morrisette
Frances T. Parker
Ahoskie
Rena Diane Taylor Lee
Smithfield
Mary Ann Barnack
Murtfreesboro
Sue James Blythe
Franklin
Thomas 8. Campbell
Luray
William Carr
Richmond
Linda Norman Davis
Athens
Diane Lynn Dodge
Alexandria
Margaret Shores Farley
Mary Margaret Ferguson
Sandston
Velda Lynn Gardner
Macclesfield
Jeanne Renee Hawthorne
Newport News
Rosa Geraldine Hunt
Roanoke Rapids
Linda Frances Jenkins
Countland
Sydney Lee Lewis
Hampton
Janice Grey Mills
Trenton
Robert J. Moody
Portsmouth
Aimee Jeanne Oatman
Mechnicsville
James F. O'Neill
Wilmington
Del
Loretta Lynn Shockley
Snow Hill
Betty Spring
Edward S. Taylor, Jr
Virginia Beach
Daniel Wayne Walter
Hallwood
Nancy Carol Adams
Petersburg
Irvin J.allcox
Grifton
Teresa Gayle
Batten
Durham
Melving& Beaven
Solomone
Jo Ann Berry
Orange
Scott Promises Open Door Policy for State Government
Durham North Carolina Lt. Gov. Bob Scott pledged that if elected governor he will run a true open door administration. He argued state officials should conduct the people's business openly and favor legislation to prohibit closed legislative sessions except in rare cases such as salary talks or land purchases.
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Durham
N.C
Bob Scott
Scott
North Carolina Heating and
General Assembly
Freeman Aims to Create Rural Jobs in North Carolina
Elizabeth City North Carolina Secretary of Agriculture Freeman told a Junior Chamber banquet that rural Americans should not have to move to cities for work. He said federal efforts under the Johnson administration target rural job creation, education, housing, medical care, and employment to curb urban migration and improve agriculture.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Orville EL
Freeman
Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
North Carolina
Church Plans To Take Part In Urban Crisis
Greensboro AP report says the 12nd annual North Carolina Diocese of the Episcopal Church convention ended with a near unanimous resolution to become involved in the urban crisis. The resolution, sponsored by Rev. Thomas J. C. Smythe of Greensboro, urged the diocesan council to adopt a structure to explore needs within North Carolina.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Episcopal Church
Thomas J. C. Smythe
Diocesan Council
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Rowland
Funeral services for Mrs. Lelia Ashworth Rowland were held Saturday afternoon from the Wrenn Yeatts Chapel with interment in Danville Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Ernest Hogge and Rev. Manson Estes officiated. Pallbearers included John Ashworth Carson Green William Ashworth Ray Ashworth Lawrence Simpson Leroy Lewis Rev. Robert Carty Claude Moore James Ferguson and James Harville.
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Lelia Ashworth Rowland
Wrenn-Yeatts
Danville Memorial Gardens
Ernest Hogge
Manson Estes
John Ashworth
Carson Green
William Ashworth
Ray Ashworth
Lawrence Simpson
Leroy Lewis
Robert Carty
Claude Moore
James Ferguson
James Harville
James S Bragg Final Rites Held
Funeral services for James Sanford Bragg were held in the Swicegood Funeral Home chapel on Saturday afternoon led by Rev. Karl L Crowe. Burial was in Schoolfield Cemetery with pallbearers Jerry Durham Jeffrey Hopkins Gerald Howard Richard Snead McDowell Lowe Irvin Reynolds Ray Lee Reynolds and Jay Lowe.
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James Sanford Bragg
Swicegood Funeral Home
Karl L.crowe
Schoolfield Cemetery
Jerry Durham
Jeffrey Hopkins
Gerald Howard
Richard Snead
McDowell Lowe
Irvin Reynolds
Ray Lee Reynolds
Jay Lowe
Federal Area Aid Increased For Disadvantaged Children
The HEW program lists localities in Virginia under its deferred list for new activities with funds affected. Counties Appomattox Lancaster Northampton Charlotte Essex Mecklenburg Northumberland Southampton Sussex and the city of Franklin are named along with Dinwiddie and Richmond counties. Henrico County plans to forfeit $165,168. Norfolk Richmond Portsmouth Roanoke Newport News Virginia Beach Chesapeake Petersburg Danville and Lynchburg lead in city authorizations with amounts ranging from $257,820 to $2.4 million. Largest county allocations go to Pittsylvania Lee Mecklenburg Halifax Buchanan Tazewell Wise Scott Washington and Russell. Aid is tied to economically deprived families per the 1960 census.
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Appomattox
Lancaster
Northampton
Charlotte
Essex
Mecklenburg
Northumberland
Southampton
Sussex
Franklin
Dinwiddie
Richmond
HEW
Henrico County
Henrico
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Roanoke
Newport News
Virginia Beach
Chesapeake
Lynchburg
Pittsylvania
Lee
Halifax
Buchanan
Tazewell
Wise
Scott
Washington
Russell
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