Boothe Claims $150000 in Contributions for Senate Bid
Former Virginia state senator Armistead L. Boothe announced that his campaign has raised about $150,000, including $65,000 from Boothe and family. He borrowed $50,000 for TV time and cited $12,000 from organized labor among $85,000 from other sources. He criticized Byrd Jr. on reapportionment and voting in the Dirksen amendment while predicting victory in the upcoming primary and suggesting possible gains in several districts.
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Armistead L. Boothe
U.S. Senate
Boothe
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Virginia
Harry Byrd Jr
General Assembly
U. S. Senate
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Lynchburg Training School
Richmond
Bryd
Prince Edward County
Foney
Robertson predicted future for naval air station amid 1958 closure
Merritt, on Chincoteague, cites Sen A Willis Robertson’s ads promising a bright future for the NAS two months before the Navy announced its 1958 closure. Merritt says Robertson’s letter and denial misled Eastern Shore leaders, who faced a blow to the local economy.
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Paul B. Merritt
Accomack
Sen
Robertson
Merritt
Eastern Shore
Robertson warns cuts to fund Vietnam war in tense Virginia race
U S Sen A Willis Robertson urges reductions in domestic programs including War on Poverty to sustain war funding amid a tightening economy. He cites a possible $2 billion monthly war cost and opposes in the Democratic primary by William B Spong Jr. Local campaign claims swirl over a Virginia Beach treasurer and a Senate employee campaigning on the federal payroll.
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U. S
Willis Robertson
Robertson
Viet Nam
William B. Spong Jr
Johnson
Haiphong
Southeast Asia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Virginia
Edward E. Willey
Richmond
Spong
Virginia Beach
Willey
Jack Ethridge
U.S. Senate
R. Oral Lambert
Lambert
Joint Committee On Defense Production
Mr. Spong
Spong says rival wrong on VA federal aid credit
Virginia state Senator William B. Spong Jr accused his Democratic primary opponent of taking undeserved credit for federal money received by Virginia. Spong defended officials who helped develop programs and argued the opponent would not have enacted or hindered them and that much aid was available to Virginia. The dispute centers on credit for federal education funds and other programs since 1933.
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William B. Spong Jr
Virginia
Spong
A. Willis Robertson
Wirginia
House of Representatives
Robertson
Duke Power plans atomic steam plant in South Carolina
Gov. McNair hailed Duke Power’s Tuesday announcement of a $207 million atomic steam electric station planned for Lake Keowee in Oconee County South Carolina The project tied to the Keowee Toxaway project aims to use two nuclear reactors producing 822000 kilowatts each The first unit could be operating by May 1971 and the second about a year later Licensing delays involve the Federal Power Commission and opposition from North Carolina Georgia co-ops South Carolina cooperatives have withdrawn their opposition Rep Dorn said the plant will secure the district and state’s nuclear future with cheap electricity and tax gains.
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S.C
Robert McNair
Duke Power Company
Oconee County
South Carolina
Los Angeles
McNair
Duke
Lake Keowee
North Carolina
W. B. McGuire
Charlotte
McGuire
Federal Power Commission
U.S. Department of Interior and Electric Cooperatives
Georgia
Savannah River
Aiken
Navy
Charleston
J. W. Bryan Dorn
Ds.c
Oconee
Richmond Democrat rebukes labor funding claim in Senate race
Reynolds of Richmond rebuked campaign chair Willey for implying union money aided Spong. Willey cited $13,000 from AFL-CIO CPAC to Virginia campaigns. Harold Boyd invited Reynolds and others to inspect books. Reynolds declined, defending Spong's funding.
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Sup
Willis Robertson
Organized Labor
Robertson
del. J. Sargeant Reynolds
E. E. Willey
Boyd
Reynolds
Bill Spong
Sen
Willey
Spong
Sen. Robertson
Arson Probe Sought In Elon Old East Dorm Fire
Elon College officials asked the state fire marshal to investigate a Monday night blaze that heavily damaged Old East Dormitory. No injuries were reported. damage estimated at about $125,000 to the building and to chemical supplies. The fire began about 8 PM and was controlled in two hours. A burning desk found in the West Building aided the arson theory. Old East, built in 1890, was last of the original campus structures still standing.
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N.C
Old East
Elon College Fire Department
Old Fast
Ing
Elon
J. Earl Danieley
Mumps Vaccine Not Yet Available to Public
RALEIGH AP Dr Ronald Levine staff epidemiologist with the State Board of Health said Tuesday it would be some time before a recently announced mumps vaccine became available in North Carolina. He noted the vaccine was in preliminary development and more testing would be needed before general circulation. Dr Maurice R Hilleman announced discovery of the vaccine at an American Therapeutics Society meeting and said it had 98 percent effectiveness when given to 500 Pennsylvania children. Levine added first reports look promising but more research is required.
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Raleigh
Ronald Levine
State Board of Health
North Carolina
Levine
Maurice R. Hilleman
West Point
American T Therapeutics Society
Pennsylvania
Popejoy keeps UNM family tradition with diploma
From Albuquerque New Mexico AP Tom L Popejoy Jr earned his UNM diploma continuing a family line. His father earned a degree in 1925 and his mother in 1929 with sister Jean in 1964. The father serves as university president.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Tom L. Popejoy, Jr
University of New Mexico
Imother
Jean
Tom
Duke Power seeks license for station before FPC
Dorn says he will appear before the Federal Power Commission on August 16 to urge grant of the license for the station to Duke Power Co. and to emphasize availability to the counties involved in the project.
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Duke Power Co
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