Automated Post Office Units Expand to Shopping Centers
The Post Office Department advances automated self service units to speed mail handling amid five percent annual growth. Trial unit at Austin Texas leads a rollout to Wheaton Maryland Atlanta Georgia Canoga Park and Buena Park California with plans for many more sites.
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Post Office Department
Austin
Tex
Wheaton
Atlanta
Canoga Park
Buena Park
Calif
Deluge Of Bills Hits Both Houses Of State Assembly
In Richmond AP report on the Virginia General Assembly deadline for bill introductions. Seventy six Senate filings bring the session total to 477 and the House records 726 as 142 House bills join eight resolutions. A wide array of measures includes criminal, tax, urban affairs and traffic regulations plus historical license plate phrasing ending with a note on the second Monday in 1968.
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State Assembly
Richmond
General Assembly
Senate
Ben Lacy
House of Delegates
Del
Charles W. Gunn S Jr
W. C. Daniel
Danville
Richard H. Middleton
Charlottesville
Donald G. Pendleton
Amherst
Leslie Campbell Jr
Hanover
Henry E. Howell Jr
Norfolk
U.S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Howell
Virginia League of Women Voters
ABC Board
Fred W. Bateman
Commonwealth
Bateman
State Senate
George Washington
Catawba
Department of Health
Department of Mental Hospitals and Hygiene
Virginia House
Archibald Campbell
Wythe
Roanoke
Bill to Abolish Capital Punishment In Virginia
A Virginia House committee quietly killed a bill to abolish capital punishment. Del. William R. Durland of Fairfax introduced it, and witnesses offered no opposition. the measure did not advance to the floor.
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Richmond
Virginia
House Courts of Justice Committee
Del
William R. Durland
Fairfax
J Committee
House
Durland
Parker
Oor
Robert K. Rushing
Washington
Taelorimae
General Assembly Briefs On Poll Tax Study And Referendum
Virginia moves back to committee on a bill for a study of poll tax laws and an advisory referendum. Senate sent the measure to Finance after concerns about referendum costs. Proposals include a commission to study poll tax laws and a referendum on abolishing poll taxes as a prerequisite to voting. The plan faces further debate and possible constitutional considerations.
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Richmond
Virginia
Senate
Finance Committee
Garland Gray
Privileges and Elections Committee
State Board of Elections
Gray
P&es
Hunter B. Andrews
Hampton
Andrews
Edward L. Breeden Jr
Norfolk
P&e
Breeden
Henry E. Howell Jr
Supreme Court
Howell
Virginia League of Women Voters
Virginia Doctors Urged to Refuse Medicare Participation
Virginia doctors were urged by mail to stay out of the federal Medicare program to preserve medical care quality. AAPS Virginia Committee letter says non participation is legal moral and ethical and that government bureau control would erode care while doctors would still treat patients regardless of ability to pay. The group describes itself as serving medical economics public relations and legislation since 1943.
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Richmond
Virginia
Committee For Virginia
The
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc
Charles A. Young Jr
Roanoke
AAPS
Ha Gu
Dynamiting Ice Jam Rejected by Army Engineers
Davenport Iowa and neighboring Rock Island and Moline face rising Mississippi River ice jam threats after Army Corps of Engineers rejected Mayor Jebens plea to dynamite the 10 mile ice gorge. Brig Gen Roy Dodge said blasting would only create a temporary hole while the jam refills. Governor Hughes criticized the delay and urged precautionary steps as 200 residents flee and floodwaters threaten homes and businesses.
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Davenport
Iowa
Army Corps of Engineers
John Jebens
Roy T. Dodge
North Central Division
Chicocago
Rock Island
Moline
Harold FE. Hughes
Des Moines
Gulf
Corps of Fazineers
Botto
Avenport
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Glenn Yates Jr
Portsmouth
Department of Urban Affairs
del. J. Sargeant Reynalds
Richmond-Henrico
Clye L. Duval II
del. E. B. Pendleton Jr
Henrico County
White House
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
Newsweek Magazine
Bill D. Moyers
Newsweek
Weetian
Beri
Sion
North Viet
Nam
Moyers
State Board of Johnson
Jim Parker
Woodson High School
Fairfax County
United States
Vtsuico
George Mason
Lege
Clinch Valley College
University of Virginia
del. James M. Thomson
Alexandria
George Mann
Southwest Virginia
Clinch Valley
Sen
M. M. Long
Wise County
Long
Senate Education Committee
Thomson
Virginia News
Radford
Radford College
Soffitt, Hall
Walter Carson
Carson
Blacksburg Fap
Wake Forest
Here
Melvin Brown
Brown
Radford (Ap
Blacksburg
Radford Municipal
Richard Davis
Donald Wayne’. Cupp
Cupp
Dana Booth
John B. Spiers Jr
Miss Booth
Jerry Sheppard
Southwestern State Hospital
Marion
Arlington
Association of Virginia Colleges
Mariott Motors Hotel
American Bar Association
Lewis Powell
Logan Wilson
American Council of Higher Education
Ballou Park Shopping Center
N. Union AT the Bridge
Alo
C&p
Cap Telephone Company of
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