Virginia House Assignments Show No Liberalizing Trend
RICHMOND AP House Speaker E Blackburn Moore announced committee allocations with no evident liberal shift. GOP gains were minimal with Mid dleton placed on General Laws and Education. Butler criticized the speaker while noting urbanization shifts on Finance and Counties committees.
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E. Blackburn Moore
del. Richard I H. Middleton
Charlottesville
del. M. Caldwell Butler
Roanoke
General Assembly
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House
Butler
Virginia
House of Delegates
Senate
Northern
10Th
Privileges & Elections Committee
Finance Committee
Lewis A. McMurran Jr
Newport News
del. Orby L. Cantrell
Pound
Dels
Garnett Moore
Pulaski
Walther B. Fidler
Sharps
J. W. White
Norfolk
George J. Kostel
Clifton Forge
Education
Mary A. Marshall
Arlington
D. French ,Slaughter
Culpeper
Stanley C. Walker
Keith D
Archibald A. Campbell
Wytheville
Carrington Williams
Fairfax
M. Caldwell Butler
Godwin Reappoints Tax Commissioner and Adjutant General
Gov Mills E Godwin Jr reappointed C H Morrisett as State Tax Commissioner and Paul M Booth as Adjutant General. Morrisett, a lawyer, has led the tax office since 1926. Booth, Major General, has been Adjutant General since filling a prior vacancy. The moves reflect appointments at the governor's pleasure.
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Richmond
Mills E. Godwin Jr
C. H. Morris- Sett
Paul M. Booth
State Department
Morrissett
Virginia
Booth
J. Lindsay Almond
State Technical College Faces Dropout Shortfall in Virginia
In Richmond Virginia the first technical college reports too few dropouts instead of too many. President Robert McKee cites 330 full time students vs 500 expected and notes 650 full time and 550 part time winter enrollments. Board approves 139000 in extra funds and studies to align curriculums with regional industrial needs and potential campus expansion.
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Richmond
Virginia
Robert McKee
Northern Virginia Technical College
State Board of Technical Education
Tech
McKee
Dana James
State Department of Technical Education
Norfolk and Portsmouth Fire Ravages Downtown Districts
A Tuesday blaze in Norfolk and Portsmouth caused more than 450000 in damage. Six firefighters were seriously injured as a four alarm fire leveled a four story building at Main and Fayette in Norfolk and damaged a six story office block. The Portsmouth fire destroyed most of Williams Ford Inc. at High and Armstrong Streets. The Norfolk building housed Standard Beauty and Barber Co. and David J. Jacobson and Co.
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Norfolk
Portsmouth
Main and Fayette Streets
Williams Ford Inc
High and
Armstrong Streets
Standard Beauty and Barber Co
David J. Jacobson and Co
U S Denies North Vietnam Helicopter Down Claim
Washington says a New China News Agency report of a U S helicopter shot down near Thanh Hoa Province on January 6 has no basis. The Defense Department notes it does not normally comment on communist propaganda and calls the report unfounded.
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Viet Nam
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New China News Agency
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Thanh Hoa Province
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