Virginia News Briefs Roundup of Holiday Traffic Toll
Virginia travelers faced heavy weekend congestion with several fatal crashes during a 78 hour Memorial Day period. Victims ranged from a 15 year old girl near Annandale to drivers in Virginia Beach, Stanley, Gargaha, Boydton, and Mecklen burg County. State officials urged action on hospital care, funding, and safety measures as lawmakers weighed emergency remedies and campus neutrality comments. Norfork and Williamsburg items note political timing and Revolution celebration planning. West Point cadet Paul Drake of Fairfax died in a Route 92 collision near Tomkins Cove New York. another Norfolk delegation urged postponement of legislative session pending Supreme Court redistricting ruling.
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Associated Press
Linwood Holton
Virginia
Barbara L. Fitzrotin
Centerville
Fairfax
Annandale
Albert Arthur Brown
Virginia Beach
Page County
Allen Franklin Lucas Jr
Stanley
U. S. 240
Luray
Tomkins Cove
N.Y
West Point
Paul Drake
Here
Rockland County
Air Force
Harry Drake
Susan Rourke
Manchester
Mass
Ramapo General Hospital
Drake
Army
Military Academy
Traveling Teeth and Lib: A Global Tour of Oddities
AP report sketches a chaotic travel scene with Dutch girls seeking abortions and false teeth, Canadians chasing dental plates, and Irish women declaring contraceptives at Belfast. The piece threads social shifts, costed tours, and border laxities through chaotic airport and railway encounters across Britain and Ireland.
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Inau
Abert
Holland
Heathstoredrow
London
Canada
Dublin
Connolly
Irish Women's Liberation
Belfast
Nughla
Mulligan
Kenya
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Moscow
Southend
Rotterdam
Netherlands ‘Association For Sexual Reform
Weather Bureau Has Problem
In Richmond Virginia the National Weather Service predicted clear Memorial Day weekend weather but rain continued. Forecasters blamed lingering low pressure off the Carolina coast and eastern Tennessee. The agency warned its credibility was at risk as the forecast failed to match conditions.
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Richmond
National Weather Service
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Grand Canyon
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Robert Lee Huffman
Pocomoke City
U.S. 13
Accomack County
Gargaha
Charles Edward Garnett
Boydton
Richmond Hospital
U.S. 58
Mecklenburg County
Norfolk
Henry E. Howell Jr
General Assembly
Central State Hospital
Waltham, Mass
College of William and Mary
Tomas A. Graves Jr
Williamsburg
Bentley College
Tel Raves
Ukeves
Graves
Harvard Business School
Howell
Omer
U.S
William B. Spong Jr
D-Va
Tidewater Area
Iene
Harvard
Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission
House of Delegates
Linwood Aolton
Andrew P. Miller
U.S. Supreme Court
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Hampton
Portsmouth
Newport News
Stanley ©. Walker
Thomas M. iMoss Jr
Thomas R. McNamara
John R. Sears Jr
J. Warren White Jr
William P. Robinson
Walter B. Martin Jr
First Savings
Danville
Federal Loan Association
Henry Street
Gretna
Rep
Benjamin
Rosenthal
Dn.y
Washington
House
Nixon
Lourdes
Harley Street
Toronto
Her Majesty
National Health Service
Irish Health Ministry
Customs Service
Dental Association
Stern
Jerane
Catholic Ireland
Protestant Ireland
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Holiday Inn Restaurant
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