Madison College hosts Industry in Action courses
Two three week social science courses start next week at Madison College. Students, mainly public school teachers, tour eight local plants and take a four state field trip to Maryland Delaware West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The summer session opens June 24 with local visits to Walker Manufacturing Harrisonburg Beacon Feeds Texas Textron units and more.
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Madison College
Madison
Maryland
Delaware
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tax Rate Adopted For Luray Page County Schools Budget
The Page County Board of Supervisors finalized the tentative $5.50 tax rate, increasing by 50 cents per $100 valuation to fund schools. No public attendees at the hearing. Marksville district rate stands at $5.75 with 25 cents allocated to retiring old school bonds.
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Luray
Page County
Board of Supervisors
Marksville
Valley Deaths Highlight Local Veterans and Residents
Maj. Edward M. Brown aged 73 from Endless Caverns, Emery Lewis Coffman 51 of Woodstock Route 1, and James Morris 73 of McGaheysville are listed among recent valley deaths.
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Edward M. Brown
Endless Caverns
Emery Lewis Coffman
Woodstock
James Morris
McGaheysville
Cherries for Sale at Montmorency Orchard
C M Will Orchard in Quicksburg Virginia announces Montmorency sour cherries available for order at 75 cents per gallon. Contact via New Market phone 422 3388 for booking.
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Montmorency
Orchard
C. M. Will
Quicksburg
New Market
ZIP code rollout to start July 1 for post offices
The Post Office department will inaugurate the ZIP system July 1 with five digit codes. Harrisonburg will have 22801 and Madison College station 22802, with others to follow. Endorsed for return addresses to include the ZIP code, aiding faster routing and reducing multiple sortings.
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Post Office Department
Harrisonburg
Madison College
Harrisonburgh
A. B. Heltzel
Virginia
Baltimore
Lincoln Rites In Cemetery Today At 1 15
Markers marking the grave sites of Lincoln's great grandparents and Virginia settlers will be shown to the public in the Lincoln family burial ground north of Edom on Route 42. At 1 15 Mrs. Robert H V Duncan of Alexandria will lay a wreath on the markers joined by three Lincoln descendants who will place flowers. The markers were erected by the Massanutton Chapter D A R.
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Abraham Lincoln
Virginia
Lincoln
Edom
Rt. 42
Robert H. V. Duncan
Alexandria
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Rockingham Civil Defense Plans Summer Center Start
Rockingham CD staff approved plans for a Civil Defense Center in the courthouse basement and seek half the construction cost from CD approval. Region 2 reports cite high activity levels, with 38 shelters planned and training to step up in fall.
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Rockingham CD
J. W. Miller
Civil Defense Center
Court House
Mr. Miller
B. S. McKay
Miller
Every Tuesday Double S and H Green Stamp Day at Sam's Market
The notice announces a weekly event at Sam's Super Market where customers receive double S and H Green Stamps every Tuesday. It emphasizes the promotional stamp issuance and location context for shoppers.
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S&h
Sam’s Super Market
Tuesday Shrimp Buffet At Gulf Stream In Harrisonburg
All you can eat Gulf Stream shrimp offered Tuesday night for 1.60 at Howard Johnson's in Harrisonburg. Local diners can enjoy a value meal with fresh seafood and family-friendly pricing.
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Gulf Stream
Howard Johnson's
Harrisonburg
Spaceflight Update On Bykovsky Tereshkova Mission
Soviet brief details the altitude loss of Lt Col Valery Bykovsky on day four of the joint flight with Valentina Tereshkova. They rest in separate Vostok spacecraft as experts note orbital changes likely due to maneuver. Tereshkova’s first spacework and fatigue signs are mentioned along with scientific remarks on women enduring weightlessness.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Valery Bykovsky
Valentina Tereshkova
Tass
Izvestia
Bykovsky
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Informa
Major Brown of Endless Caverns Dies
Maj Edward M Brown 73 chairman of Endless Caverns Inc died Monday night at Rockingham Memorial Hospital Harrisonburg Born Athens Georgia December 15 1889 son of the late Col Edward T Brown and Mary Mitchell Brown With his father who died in 1933 Brown purchased and developed Endless Caverns in the early 1920s He helped widen the Valley Turnpike now U S Highway 11 He married Esther Smith in 1921 and is survived by Edward M Brown Jr Bliss Glazebrook Kendrick Forrer and Marjorie King The body is at Theis Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
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New Market
Maj
Edward M. Brown
Endless Caverns, Inc
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Harrisonburg
Athens
Col
Edward T
Mary Mitchell Brown
Maj. Brown
Endless Caverns
Old Valley Turnpike
Esther Smith
Edward M. Brown Jr
Harrington Park
N. J
Bliss Glazebrook
Kendrick Forrer
Charlottesville
Marjorie King
Theis Funeral Home
Double S and H Green Stamps at Local Markets
Tuesday promotion at Red Front Supermarket and Mick-or-Mack Supermarket in Harrisonburg offers double S H Green Stamps. Stores open until 9 PM.
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Double S & H
Double S&h
Harrisonburg
Macmillan Wins Grudging Confidence Vote in Scandal Debate
London AP report says Prime Minister Harold Macmillan won a 321 to 252 confidence vote after a fierce opposition attack over the Profumo Keeler sex and security scandal and defections within the Conservative party. The vote margin reflected discontent and a prediction he may resign soon to allow a younger leader.
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Macmillan
Harold Macmillan
Admiralty House
London
Mac
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Britain
John Profumo
Profumo
Christine Keeler
Stephen Ward
Kennedy Proposes Interfaith Racial Committee
President Kennedy suggested creating an interfaith panel to improve race relations on a community by community basis. Rev Dan Potter said the White House meeting with about 250 religious leaders drew an enthusiastic response. Two Southern demonstrators criticized the idea, saying the committee may not address core issues.
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Washington
Kennedy
Dan Potter
The
Protestant Council
City of
New York
White House
Congress
Potter
South
Negroes Honor Slain Leader Medgar Evers in Washington
Hundreds of Negroes, young and old, turned out Monday to honor Medgar Evers in Washington joining a procession from Union Station to a funeral home and viewing a white flag draped coffin. The event drew civil rights leaders and calls for swift congressional action amid grief and demands for equal justice under the law.
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Washington
Medgar W. Evers
Union Station
Evers
Arnold Felman
American Veterans Committee
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Clarence Mitchell
Supreme Court Bans Bible Reading in Public Schools
The Supreme Court ruled that reading Bible passages and reciting the Lord's Prayer in public school classrooms as part of daily exercises is unconstitutional. The decision, in cases from Maryland and Pennsylvania, directs neutrality in state matters and affects opening procedures in schools nationwide. Justice Potter Stewart dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Tom C. Clark
Congress
Potter Stewart
No Prayer Policy Observed By Local Schools
The Supreme Court ruling banning state required Bible readings and the Lord's Prayer will have no effect on opening exercises in Harrisonburg and Rockingham schools. Superintendents Bell and Pence say no district mandates exist and teachers decide locally. The decision allows objective religious study within secular education.
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Supreme Court
Harrisonburg
Rockingham
M. H. Bell
Wilbur S. Pence
Minor C. Miller
Bridgewater
Denville Negro Leaders Meet Mayor's Racial Advisers
Danville leaders meet with the mayor's all white advisory committee to halt street demonstrations. A Justice Department attorney says tensions will ease and progress is made as talks proceed. The Negro group demands include charges dropped, fair city employment, desegregation of public places in 30 days, and a bicameral timetable for school and hospital desegregation. The mayor plans another statement and a nominee from the Negro community may join the committee.
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Danvile
Danville
William L. Geoghegan
Justice Department
Julian R. Stinson
Danville Christian Progressive Association
Bridgewater Parkview Out of Town This Week
Note announces Parkview and Bridgewater locations not in town this week with promotions for Double S&H Green Stamps Tuesday. Mentions Henry P. Deyerle M.D. in listing.
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Bridgewater
Mick
Mack
Dwight
Parkview
S&h
Henry P. Deyerle
M.D
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Walker Manufacturing Company
Beacon Feeds
Textron
Broadway
Marval Poultry Company
Dayton
Thuma Manufacturing Company
Pridgewater
General Electric Corporation
Waynesboro
Westinghouse Corporation
Verona
American Safety Razor Company
Reynolds Metals Company
Grottoes
Gary Shaw
Harrisonburg - Rockingham
Post Office Dept
Massanutton Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Rockingham Civil Defense Chiefs of Services
Rockingham Bank
By George Syvertsen
Major Brown
House of Commons
Millan
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