Dr George Oliver dies former VCU president at 75
WILLIAMSBURG AP Dr George Jeffries Oliver 75 longtime Virginia educator and first president of Virginia Commonwealth University died Friday after a long illness. Oliver steered VCU growth in the 1960s tripling enrollment and expanding its campus. He will be honored with a new educational building named for him in Richmond.
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Holton backs Godwin as GOP ticket in Virginia race
Governor Linwood Holton said he enthusiastically supports Mills E. Godwin Jr. and the Republican gubernatorial ticket. He noted Godwin’s Republican stance, discussed energy policy, desegregation issues, and various state matters while declining to back any potential match with top women players.
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Rogers Heads Textile Group in Southern Textile Assn Meet
The Southern Textile Association elected officers ending its two day convention in Asheville with Carl R. Rogers of Clinton Mills as president and John L. Sherrill of Abney Mills as chairman of the board. E P Schrum and R James Ritter were named first and second vice presidents, about 450 attended the 65th annual gathering. In a separate item, Spivey s Corner NC hosts the fifth annual National Hollerin Contest with a P ossum Festival and the first annual National Conch Shell Blowing Contest drawing several thousand spectators.
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