Martinsville race ticket prices and 1960s park updates
The Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway offers infield tickets for five dollars on race day with East and West Grandstand seats at seven to eight dollars, while defending champ Richard Petty battles Lee Roy Yarborough for a share of twenty seven thousand seven hundred dollars. The city plans playground equipment for McCain Park by June 1, including swings, climbers, a Merry-Flyer, and benches. Also explains the Sam Browne belt origin and use in military and police uniforms.
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Martinsville Speedway
East Grandstand
West Grandstand
Southern Motor Sports Journal
Richard Petty
Lee Roy Yarborough
McCain Park
C. A
Fair City
E. Lexington Park
Sam Browne
Sir Sam Browne
U.S
City Drive-In Shoe Repair Lords Offer Free Glove Repair
Barney Blevins of City Drive-In Shoe Repair provides free lacing and glove repair for Little League and Pony League players. He has offered the service in High Point for two years after expanding from West Virginia and Kentucky. Members can present team caption notes to receive expert repairs at no charge.
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Barney Blevins
M. A
Blevins
Virginia
Kentucky
High Point
Barney
Downtown Restroom Complaint Sparks Harsh Reply
A sales worker responds to Mrs W's restrooms complaint by accusing customers of vandalism and theft. The letter defends store cleanliness, notes lack of cleanup staff, and blames the public for unruly behavior, ending with a defiant note against the accuser.
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Anon
Ball to Succeed Goldberg as U.N. Ambassador
President Johnson named George W. Ball to replace Arthur Goldberg as U.N. ambassador signaling a push for negotiated Vietnam settlement. Ball, 58, a former State Department official and Vietnam critic, returns amid hopes for a fruitful nine months in office. Goldberg resigns after 33 months, saying private life will better serve peace aims.
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Washington
Johnson
State Department
George W. Ball
Arthur Goldberg
United Nations
Ball
Goldberg
John
Son
U.S
U.N
Supreme Court
World Organization
New York
Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
B52s Strike Near Saigon as Offensive Looms
US B52 bombers raided targets within 26 miles of Saigon hitting bunkers and troop concentrations west of Ben Cat as South Vietnamese police searched boats and vehicles for arms. Reports say Viet Cong may plan another attack on Saigon while North Vietnamese forces concentrate in the A Shau Valley threatening Hue.
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Saigon
Earier
Trations
Ben Cat
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
A Shau
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Loc
Hue
Most Powerful H-Bomb Sets Off in U S at Nevada Test Site
An experimental hydrogen bomb, the most powerful tested in the United States, exploded 3800 feet underground at the Nevada Test Site 100 miles from Las Vegas. The resulting 6.5 magnitude shock rolled for 90 seconds, felt across the region with no radiation reported, despite protests. Buildings swayed in Las Vegas and alarms flooded the area as seismologists noted the quake-like blast.
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Las Vegas
Nev
United States
Nevada Test Site
Here
Atomic Energy Commission
Los Angeles
AEC
March sees best rise in living costs in eight months
Living costs climbed four tenths of one percent in March, the steepest gain in eight months, with 43 million workers getting higher wages yet still losing purchasing power as costs rise faster than pay. The consumer price index advanced to 119.5, needing 11.95 for a typical basket versus 10 in 1957-59.
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Washington
Vietnam
Chase
Prices rise while wholesale index hints at lasting increases
The report shows clothing up 0.7 percent and general price rises of 0.4 percent. The wholesale price index climbs 0.2 percent, seen as a sign of permanent price increases, with April preliminaries also up 0.2 percent. Average wages for 43 million workers rise to $104.43 per week and 1.0 percent per hour in March.
Columbia University Bows To Militant Student Protest
Columbia University suspends construction of a gymnasium after a four day campus sit in by several hundred students demanding amnesty. University closes until Monday for talks with Mayor Lindsay faculty and officials as Grayson Kirk rejects amnesty, warning it would destroy the university community.
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NEW York
Columbia University
Ivy League University
Columbia
Morningside Heights
Harlem
Morningside Park
University
John V. Lindsay
David B. Truman
Low Memorial Library
Truman
Lindsay
Grayson Kirk
Protest clashes as SDS fights Columbia gym protest
An hour before a Columbia University speech by Truman a line of about 20 plainclothes police moved past faculty at the library door. A woman was knocked down and a French instructor was clubbed, treated for a scalp cut and released. Demonstrators had gathered to oppose Harlem gym construction.
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Truman
Students For A Democratic Society
Harlem
Morningside
Romanian Communist Denounces Gheorghiu-Dej in 1950s Trial Tangle
A Romanian central committee commission denounces Gheorghiu-Dej posthumously over the 1954 Patrascanu trial, accusing him of pulling strings. Incumbent Alexandru Draghici and others lose party roles, with removal from the cabinet recommended. Nicolae Ceausescu now holds top party and state posts.
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Bucharest
Romania
Stalin
Soviet Union
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Central Committee
Gheorghiu-Dej
Lucretiu Patrascanu
Alexandru Draghici
Patrascanu
Students Protest War and Racism Across NYC Colleges
Demonstrations and boycotts sweep six city colleges and at least 20 high schools as part of a one day strike against war and racism. Linda Morse of the Student Mobilization Committee predicted some campuses would close while others hold teaching, rallies, and antiwar events.
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New York City
Linda Morse
New York
Board of Education
Dutchess Commu
Nity College
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
U.S
Europe
Latin America
Asia
Africa
Central Park
Kipp Dawson
Johnson
Hanoi
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Eeeereens
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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