Conrad Library Rites Set for Harrisonburg Bar Association
The Laird L. Conrad Memorial Law Library in the Rockingham County Courthouse will be dedicated Friday July 19 at 11 a.m. Harrisonburg Bar Assn leaders plan the program chaired by George D. Conrad with members Lawrence H. Hoover James R. Sipe Richard Jackson and Thomas Wilson. The library, initially formed with Mrs. Conrad’s gift and George S. Harns berger volumes, will expand with future additions. Judge Hamilton Haas approved the rules and designations, with George W. Kemper in charge. access limited to courts and Bar Association members with library certificates, and books kept locked except for courthouse use.
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Laird L. Conrad
Rockingham County Court House
Harrisonburg
Rockingham County Court Room
Harrisonburg Bar Assn
Conrad
Bar Association
Rockingham County
George W. Kemper
House Passes Bill Keeping Special Taxes
Washington AP The House approved a one year extension of Korean War era taxes on autos and parts cigarettes alcoholic liquor airline tickets general telephone service and corporate income by a 283 91 vote. Treasury revenue loss estimated at 4.2 billion. Rep Mills opposed delaying extension.
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Washington
House
Senate
Treasury
Kennedy
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Valley Deaths and Annual Lawn Party Notice
Valley deaths listed for George Washington Wilkins 81 of Mathias and Thelma Dettra 55 of Fulks Run. For details see Page 7. Annual Lawn Party July 5 6 at Towers School by Sangerville Tow ers Ruritan Club.
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George Washington Wilkins
Mathias
Thelma Dettra
Fulks Run
Towers School
Sangerville Towers Ruritan Club
Virginia Methodist Conference names new associate pastor
The Virginia Methodist Conference announced appointments in Virginia Beach led by Bishop Paul Neff Garber. Rev Linwood E Daniel was named associate minister at Asbury Memorial Church in Harrisonburg after transferring from Edinburg, while the Braddock Street Church in Winchester also received an associate pastor as the Keezletown Fellowship charge was split.
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Asbury Memorial Church
Harrisonburg
Keezletown
Virginia Methodist Conference
Virginia Beach
Paul Neff Garber
Harvey W. Ashby
Linwood
Daniel
Edinburg
Broadway
Asbury Memorial
Braddock Street
Winchester
Linville
Edom
Warren L. Reeves
Blue Ridge
Hugh L. Harris
Furnace
Hensley
E. H. Kyle
Kyle
Chase City
B. W. Johnson
Mr. Smith
Stanley
Rosser P. Edwards
Staunton
Players Will Present Final Play Tonight
The Valley Players close the season with For Love Or Money at Harrisonburg High School Auditorium tonight and tomorrow at 8. Broadway style wit and glamorous settings unfold in a Long Island drawing room as a naive ingénue disrupts a seasoned actor and his circle.
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Valley Player
Harrisonburg High School
F. Hugh Herbert
Long Island
Preston Mitchell
Neil Howard
Betty Leidal
Janet Blake
Mitchell
Lois Poster
Nita Havemeyer
Molly Katzen
Joe Gambill
The
Tremaines
Phil Preston
Tre
Bones Found Near Grottoes Sand and Gravel Site
Human skeleton fragments were uncovered at the Grottoes Sand and Gravel Co site on Thursday afternoon. The Rockingham sheriff's department is conducting the investigation.
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Grottoes
Cabinet split looms over Profumo scandal in Britain
London AP reports two Cabinet ministers weighing resignation amid the Profumo affair as Prime Minister Macmillan faces calls for inquiry. Health Minister Enoch Powell and Education Minister Sir Edward Boyle debated quitting, while Tory supporters push a counteroffensive. Christine Keeler's name figures in the unfolding storm.
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Arthur Gavshon
London
John Profumo
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
All Britain
Enoch Powell
Edward Boyle
Cyril Osborne
Powell
Boyle
Profumo
Christine Keeler
House of Commons
Rockingham County Schools Seek Expanded Vocational Training
Rockingham County School Board asks the Virginia Department of Education to study and recommend broader vocational and technical training for high school students. Superintendent Pence calls for outside input including industry and the governor’s industrial committee, noting rural needs and current focus on agriculture, home economics, industrial arts, and distributive education.
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Rockingham
Wilbur S. Pence
State Department
Hartman Motor Sales Seeks Truck Salesman
Keezletown Light Commission announces a truck salesman job on Route 11 North. Apply at Hartman Motor Sales Inc for candidates who know trucks and enjoy selling.
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Keezletown
Hartman Motor Sales Inc
WAMPLER'S FEED INC CLOSING NOTICE
WAMPLER'S FEED INC announces closure for Monday June 17 for an employees fishing trip.
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Wampler’s Feed Inc
Police Break Up Danville Negro Vigil With Hoses
In Danville Virginia police dispersed a nightlong vigil of about 100 Black residents on the municipal building steps. Chief Eugene McCain ordered the crowd to move and led reporters from the third floor as officers surrounded the area and prepared to enforce exits toward Almergo.
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Danville
Eugene McCain
McCain
Almergo
Municipal Hall
Lawn Party Headlines and Chicken Bar-B-Que Listings
A series of community notices list lawn parties and fundraisers. Events include a June 22 gathering at Lacey Spring Herwin Church on the old school grounds with ham and Gulf Stream Shrimp at $1.60, and an annual lawn party on July 26 at Cross Keys Mill Creek Raritan Montevideo Grounds. A June 22 chicken bar-b-que is slated at Turner Ashby High School hosted by the Dayton Ruritan Club.
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Lacey Spring
Herwin
Gulf Stream
Howard Johnson
Harrisonburg
Cross Keys
Mill Creek Raritan
Montevideo Grounds
Turner Ashby High School
Dayton Ruritan Club
Third Negro Enrolls Quietly At University Of Alabama
A NASA Flight Center scientist in Huntsville becomes the third Black student to enroll at the University of Alabama this week. Dave Mack McGlathery, 27, registered for a postgrad night course in higher mathematics at the Extension Center, paid 60 dollars, and returned to work within an hour. Authorities kept a sparse presence outside the two story building as Miss Vivian Malone and James Hood previously registered at Tuscaloosa amid major scenes.
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Huntsville
Ala
University of Alabama
Dave Mack McGlathery
University Extension Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Flight Center
Tuscaloosa
Fea
George C. Wallace
Vivian Malone
James A. Hood
Alabama
Wallace
Mississippi Police Seek Slayer of Medgar Evers
Police pursue leads in the murder of Medgar Evers head of the NAACP Mississippi chapter. A fingerprint was lifted from a .30.06 Enfield rifle found in a honeysuckle thicket. A $24,350 reward is offered. A funeral is planned for Saturday at the Masonic Temple NAACP HQ with dignitaries invited.
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Jackson
Miss
Medgar Evers
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Evers
Masonic Temple
NAACP
Gloster Current of
New York
Miles Music Co Chicken Bar-B-Que June 15 at Fairgrounds
The Miles Music Co hosts a barbecue by the Queta Club at the Rock Co. Fairgrounds on June 15 from 5 to 8 p.m. The venue will close Saturdays at 1 00 p.m. during summer and be open all day Wednesday and until 9 00 p.m. on Thursday.
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Miles Music CO
Rock. Co. Fairgrounds
Queta Club
Kennedy Presses unions on jobs for Negroes civil rights plan
President Kennedy met with more than 280 union representatives to seek ideas on creating jobs for African Americans and conferred with congressional leaders on civil rights proposals. Former President Truman joined later. no agreement was reported, and Kennedy outlined five requests to AFL-CIO for a broad drive against job discrimination this summer across multiple cities.
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Stanley Meisler Washington
Kennedy
White House
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Federal Fair Employment Practices Commission
Congress
Afl-Cio
Trade Union Movement
Harrison Accepts JFKs Invitation
Richmond Virginia Gov. Albert S Harrison Jr has accepted President Kennedy s invitation to confer with the president and other governors at the White House on June 18. The 1 pm EDT conference will discuss handling racial problems that have multiplied nationwide. The telegram gave no number of other governors invited.
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Richmond
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Kennedy
White House
Harrison
Session Next Week Steel Pact Guesses Run Gamut
Pittsburgh report on the United Steelworkers Wage Policy Committee session next week. Sources vary from immediate settlement to reopening contracts with no guaranteed wage increase. Informal talks have continued in the Human Relations Committee while Washington and Wall Street media offer conflicting views.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Joint
Labor-Management Human Relations Committee
The
Iron Age
Washington
Associated Press
Wall Street Journal
Cake Walk June 15 Eggs Wanted at Mt Pleasant Church
Mt Pleasant Church hosts a cake walk at 8 00 p m seeking eggs for the event in Harrisonburg. Raish Produce on Dayton Pike Mt Valley EUB Church near Raritan Club participates with Mt Valley Raritan Club assisting.
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Mt. Pleasant Church
Harrisonburg
Raish
Dayton Pike
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