Auto Damage Insurance Boost Goes Unopposed
Virginia motorists face higher auto damage premiums after the Virginia Insurance Rating Bureau sought an average increase of 6.12 percent. The State Corporation Commission heard the proposal unopposed and staff supported a two million dollar allocation and distribution method. Most premiums would rise, with the largest jump about 40 percent for unmarried male under 25 hot rod class drivers.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Insurance Rating Bureau
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Insurance Bureau
First Race Held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The debut race occurred August 19, 1909 on a non paved track. It was resurfaced with brick and reopened in December of that year. Ray Harroun won the first 500 mile race on May 30, 1911, establishing Memorial Day as the classic date.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Ray Harroun
Esso President To Survey Damage Of Oil Terminal
Esso Stand ard Oil Co chief Stanley C. Hope was to survey the burned Newport News deepwater terminal. Officials put damage at one to two million dollars with seven of 21 tanks unharmed and 11 million gallons of bunker oil and diesel in undamaged tanks. The blaze began from an electrical panel explosion near 11 a.m. Wednesday and was fought by 700 firefighters until it was contained after foam operations smothered the last tank fires.
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Newport News
Stanley C. Hope
Esso Standard Oil Co
New York
Esso
Attorneys Seek New Trial For Carpenter
Defense lawyers will press for a new trial for Russell Wayne Carpenter who was found guilty of kidnaping and auto theft in a Washington tavern shooting spree that left three dead and led to a nationwide manhunt. He faces possible life in prison on the felonies and still faces first degree murder charges in Washington.
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Alexandria
Russell Wayne Carpenter
Washington
Dim the Handsome
Husky Carpenter
Federal District Court
Carpenter
Albert V. Bryan
Henry Clay Overton
Overton
Georgia
Florida
Charles N. Ray
High Point
N C. Carpenter
Larry Lee Monteith
Doris Mattingly
Virginia
Monteith
Arsenia Gillman
Richmond
Chicago Livestock Market Numbers Report Weekly Totals
Chicago livestock totals for the week show hogs 100 head with prices around 19 to 21.25 and cattle at 200 head with steers and heifers in the 19 to 35 dollar range for various grades. Sheep totals reach 100 with lambs priced from 19 to 24.50 and ewes 6.50 to 9.50.
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Chicago
USDA
Five Children Perish in Fire in Erie East End
Five young children died when a two story frame home in Erie’s East End burned late last night. Two other youngsters were burned, one critically, as neighbors formed a human chain to rescue victims. The fire was ruled started by an overheated kerosene heater in a home occupied by Mrs. Anna Williams and her four daughters.
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Erie
Edward Knight
Chester Wizikowski
Wizikowski
Anna Williams
Marvin
Terena
Alphurse
Rosetta
Sherod
Hamot Hospital
Lewis William
Larcenia
James Wood Wins Awards at School Press Convention
James Wood High School captured two Group 2 awards at the 29th Southern Interscholastic Press Association convention held at Washington and Lee in Lexington. The Wood Post and Woodbine yearbooks received notices in the Achievement Award Group, among about 1,100 delegates from 15 schools.
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James Wood
James Wood High School
Southern Interscholastic Press Association
Washington and Lee
Lexington
The
Wood Post
Woodbine
North Carolina
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