Virginia Collectors Association elects new director
Richard K. Eddy of the Blue Ridge Collection Agency re-elected for a two year term as director. The three day meeting at Mt. Vernon Motel drew over 60 collectors and associates from across Virginia with addresses by Judge Paul H. Coffee Jr and Waldo A. Giulian. A. Mark Dooley of Lynchburg elected president. In Washington, American Airlines Flight 389 marked the start of jet operations at Washington National Airport with FAA noting about 100 daily takeoffs and landings.
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Charlottesville
Richard K. Eddy
Blue Ridge Collection Agency
Winchester
Virginia Collectors Association
Mt. Vernon
Paul H. Coffee, Jr
Lynchburg
Waldo A. Giulian
Beaver Dam
Wis
Washington
Washington National Airport
American Airlines
Chicago
Federal Aviation Agency
Atomic Agency to Get New Insignia
The Defense Atomic Support Agency plans a new insignia replacing the mushroom cloud symbol. The badge will show three golden arrows in a blue shield within a chain linked circle, representing unity of the services and the atomic chain reaction. Some observers note tiny white shapes resembling toadstools near the design.
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Atomic Agency
Washington
Pentagon Atomic Arms Agency
Lsignia
Defense Atomic Support Agency
Earth
Defense Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pills discussed as grounds for optimism in long term use
Dr Gregory Pincus of Worcester Massachusetts presented a progress report for the National Academy of Sciences suggesting long term use of oral birth control pills shows no major adverse effects on reproductive or endocrine systems. He notes potential improvements in womb cervix and breast conditions and possible protection against atherosclerosis. Dr James Shannon cautions that long term cancer risk cannot be ruled out without extended studies.
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Washington
Gregory Pincus
Worcester
Mass
United States
Pincus
Worcester Foundation For Experimental Biology
National Academy of Sciences
James A. Shannon
National Institutes of Health
Mass Killing of Shad Under Investigation
Authorities opened an inquiry into the mass death of shad along a James River bank near Richmond after the tide receded. The State Water Control Board will test a yellowish substance found on the shore and expects findings within a week. Local resident Tollie Quinn noted extensive riverfront holdings. An official said deaths have occurred annually for six years.
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Richmond
James River
State Water Control Board
iTollie Quinn
John H.tackett
Reedy to Leave White House Staff After 15 Years
George E. Reedy will depart from the White House staff after 15 years of service. He has been a presidential assistant since leaving the press secretary office last July and will join an engineering firm.
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Washington
George E. Reedy
Presiderit
fSy
White House
Reedy
Unusual Wisconsin Wedding Ends Family Ties Note
In Dodgeville Wisconsin on Sunday Rev Stanley P Wiese presided over the wedding of his 76 year old mother Etta May Wiese to 82 year old Dr William O Foster both of Clearwater Florida The ceremony was assisted by Rev William Wiese of Appleton Wisconsin, a brother of Wiese’s first husband Carl, a Methodist minister.
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Dodgeville
Wis
Stanley P. Wiese
Methodist Church
Etta May Wiese
William O. Foster
Clearwater, Fla
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Berryville Ave
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George R. Crim
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U. Ib
Edward W. Miller
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Miller
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Los Angeles
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Pete Edwards
Alfred Williams
National Fruit Product Company
Friay
Harry M. Payne
Braddock St
H.B. Pierce, Jr
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