Student Delegates Blast U S Foreign Aid Plan
Williamsburg II delegates from 40 nations condemned U S aid policy at the Williamsburg International Assembly. They urged an international pool for borrowing money and technical help, critiqued American private investment, and warned against turning other regions into economic colonies. Local leaders and economists spoke on prosperity and the ethical path to a broader good life.
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Williamsburg
United States
Willamsburg
Trilachan
Bakshi
India
Co- Jerdal Williamsburg
Frank P. Graham
United Nations
Joseph Lomotey
U.N
Ghana
Achmad Djamal Padang
Indonesia
Stephen H. Lok
Canada
Philip H. Coombs
Ford Foundation
Ralph D. Painey
Fortune Magazine
Julius A. Thomas
National Urban League
Coombs
America
Amerlica
Board Orders Investigation of Eye Injury in Prison Camp
The State Board of Welfare and Institutions ordered an inquiry into an eye injury suffered by inmate J. W. Corvin, 32, at a Prince William County camp after guard Florida Ebbert fired a tear gas shell into Corvin’s solitary cell on May 13. Corvin, held for second degree murder in Wythe County, had been placed in solitary May 9 for refusing to work. Corvin alleged gas contact with his eyes after rubbing them. officials say eye damage may not be permanent. Some board members argued Corvin should have been moved to maximum security earlier to avoid gas use.
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Richmond
State Board of Welfare and Institutions
J. W. Corvin
Max Meadows
Wythe County
FL. Ebbert
Prince William County
Io Corvin
Ebbert
Corvin
Housing Tops Budget in Farm Spending Survey
A Agriculture Department survey shows housing costs lead 1955 farm family expenses at 868 dollars of the 3309 total, with food 193, clothing 427, and transportation 398. Jamestown celebration remarks by Gov. Thomas B. Stanley mark the 450th anniversary of the first British colony. Bermudan guests attend.
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Agriculture Department
Jamestown
Dem
Bet
Muda
United States
Dnte
John Woodall
Betrue
Nuda
Sir
New World
Gov. Thomas
Ab B. Stanley
Virginia
Stanley
Scholastic Honors List 403 ETSC Students
East Tennessee State College named 403 spring quarter honorees. 35 made Dean's List, 72 earned First Honor Roll, and 280 qualified for Second Honor Roll with minimum 14 academic hours and high GPAs. Local names include Sullivan County residents such as Blessing, Hamilton, Warrington, Heck, and others across Kingsport, Bristol, Bluff City, and nearby towns.
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Johnson City
East Tennessee State College
Sullivan County Area
Dean
Liesl
Louise M. Blessing
Kingsport
Marvin A. Buzard
Arthur
Hamilton
Bluff City
John A. Warrington
Bristol
Bobby Gene Heck
Gary Lyon Jessee
Charles G. Morrell
Robert Wayne Hobbs
Mary Frances Long
Georgia
Mays
Selwa Mire
Lin
Rhodgrass
James Edward Skeen
Ben E. Allen
Bruce Evan Anderson
Roy Marvin Arnold
Marjorie G. Barnes
Alounville
Jane Blankenbecter
W. 8. Bledsoy
Charles William Bendley
Donald Frank Bradley
Parker William Britts
Janis Louise Brown
Pal Branch
Maryin F. Bryar
Paula Jean Carr
Blaunyville
Nancy Jane Carron
Mary Lou Carter
Grady Clark Jr
Paul Clark
Ralph Lee Clark
Robert D. Coleman
Bobby Earl Cox
Juff City
Marjorie 3B
Creech
Mountain Home
Jack Carlos Orum
Fred Crumsey Jr
Elland
Cunningham
Eawin L. Daugherty Jr
Judith Mae Duncan
Rosemary Ferguson
Clari_ee Ford
Andrew A. Francis
Nancy Faye Greene
Bert Lynn Griffin
Fred Edward Haga
Donald W. Harkleroad
Vera A. Hackertin
Boyd Ray Headrick
Maxwelly, Hickman
Max Donald Hickman
Coy
Thomas Holmes
Robert T. Hoover
Leif Gardner Hurley
David Leonard
Clara R. Lovelace
Ira T. Luster
Vernon Don McCroskey
Carl N. Marcum
Jom Edward Mays
Fall Branch
Michael Jones Milter
Charles Edward Mise
Kingspo
Marietta L. Mitchell
Sonia Gay Morelock
John Francis Morton
Voting Fluctuations Mark Virginia Municipal Elections
In Virginia on Tuesday, cities and towns held off year elections with mixed results. Incumbents faced defeats and write in candidates showed strength in several local races, including Appomattox, Gretna, Goshen, Warwick, and Bristol areas. voter turnout reached high levels in some towns, while women and independents scored notable bids in select districts. Leaders and newcomers battled for mayor and council seats amid a dense page of write ins and party line contrasts.
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FRESS
Chant
Willian F
Herndon
Graham James
Virginia
Hampton
Lewis
Serman
Appomattox
Charles T. Moses Jr
Charles I. Moses
Richard D. Robinson
Paul S. Ward
Warwick
Holland
L. E. Mathews
Maurice Hoffman
B. E. Coffey
Gretna
County voters approve school and sewage bonds in recent elections
Reamke County voters approved a 2.6 million school reconstruction bond amid council concerns. Iron Gate in Ales Gnany County also approved a 40 dollar bond for a sewage disposal plant construction.
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Lune Wie
Reamke
Iron Gate
Alesgnany
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ETSC
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Prince Willian
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Seid
Fair Sex
Ww. G. Tuberman
Joseph C. Mumpower
Paul Kerwin Nelson
Melda E. Nottingham
Elmer Ray Osborne
Woodrow W. Pardue
Charlotte Pendleton
Frances B. Reed
Frank James Rheton
Elizabeth A. Rodeler
Blountville
Mary Elizabeth Rogers
Nancy S. Rutherford
Joh Cc. Salyers
Judith A. Shradey
Kenneth W. Simonds
Helen Louise Sims
Kingspot
Katherine D. Sproles
Stanley W. Still
Dana Cleve Strickler
Fair Franch
Doris Mary Styles
Betty C. Sutherland
Vada Page Tomlingen
Dickle L. Warren
Sue Ellen Widener
Helen P. Winebarger
John N. Wininger Jr
Indian Springs
Samuel W Wright
William Edgar York
Southwest Virginia
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Wise
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Gate City
Barbara Alice Stokes
David Hale Taylor
Richard H. Lawrence
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