Harrisonburg area plans $5 million college and school build
Madison College will open bids for the first unit of the fine arts building on its northern campus. The Rockingham County School Board will bid May 11 on a $620 000 Bridgewater intermediate school along Va 42, serving Turner Ashby High School. Planned additions to Montevideo and Elkton high schools exceed $450,000. Harrisonburg City School Board plans a $1.5 million three story senior high at Harrisonburg High. Madison College also seeks two brick dormitories costing over $1.2 million with bids in early summer, contingent on a $500,000 General Assembly appropriation. The fine arts building will house music and drama and require razing three sorority houses between Grace Street and campus. Dr G Tyler Miller, president, notes occupancy possible in the first term.
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Harrisonburg
Rockingham County
Madison College
Rockingham County School Board
Bridgewater
Dayton
Turner Ashby
County
In Progress
Montevideo
Elkton
Newman Farm
Virginia General Assembly
South Main
Grace Streets
Grace Street
G. Tyler Miller
Scholarship Fund Formed for Mosby Academy Students
Charles F. Biggs, Warren County Educational Foundation president, announced a new scholarship fund to aid needy students wishing to attend John 8 Mosby Academy, a private segregated school. The fund aims to rework the school's finances so it can operate without state tuition grants, whose use in racially segregated districts has been outlawed by federal courts.
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Front Royal
Charles F. Biggs
Warren County Educational Foundation
John 8. Mosby
Virginia Supreme Court orders retrial in Norfolk death case
The Virginia Supreme Court sent back to Norfolk for retrial the case of Shirley Mae Biddle, convicted of first degree murder in an infant daughter’s starvation death. The justices cited lack of presumption and ordered a re trial in Norfolk Corporation Court Part II. The medical examiner said the child starved for several days.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court
Norfolk
Shirley Mae Biddle
Norfolk Corporation Court
Rites Today For Educator Jones In Virginia
Funeral services were held today for William Jonas Jones 61 longtime Nansemond County educator and Whaleyville High School principal for 37 years He was active in civic fraternal groups and Nansemond County Democratic Executive Committee His wife Mary Lee Godwin Chuckatuck sister of Lt Gov Mills E Godwin Jr died in 1953
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Whaleyville, Va
William Jonas Jones
Nansemond County
Whaleyville High School
Democratic Executive Committee
Mary Lee Godwin
Chuckatuck
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Virginia Per Capita Income Rises 7 Percent in Year
A U S Department of Commerce report shows Virginia with a 7 percent rise in per capita income last year, tying for second in the nation with Maine. Alaska led with a 10 percent increase.
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Richmond
Virginia
U.S. Department of Commerce
Maine
Alaska
Power Shovel Operator Killed in Quarry Collapse
A 30 foot dirt wall collapsed onto a power shovel at a Bell County quarry in Six Miles Bridge area killing 40 year old Aubrey E. Bal of Concord. Bal worked for Rockydale Stone Service Corp which operates the quarry. Damietta city moved pigeons to modern lofts costing 14350 but the birds did not stay deported.
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Lynchburg
Coe
Bell County
Aubrey E. Bal
Concord
Rockydale Stone Service Corp
Nile
Damietta
Mt. Jackson and Luray Men Enter Delegate Race
A Luray lawyer J. Everett Will and Mt. Jackson radio station manager Don Funkhouser, both Republicans, announced their candidacies for the House of Delegates seat held by Republican Del. William Howard Ellifrits of Strasburg, who said he will not seek re election. Ellifritz had represented Shenandoah County in a district now drawing Page and Rockingham counties and Harrisonburg.
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LURAY
Mt. Jackson
House of Delegates
J. Everett Will
Don Funkhouser
Del
William Howard Ellifrits
Strasburg
Ellifritz
Ellifrits
Shenandoah County
Page
Rockingham
Harrisonburg
Valley Dog Ordinance Action at Front Royal Council
The Front Royal town council authorized attorney Duncan C. Gibb to present an ordinance at the next meeting concerning dog regulations. The move follows discussion at last night’s session.
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Front Royal
Front Royall Town Council
Duncan C. Gibb
Fire damages warehouse in bayside area. dogs barred by ordinance
A warehouse in the bayside area was heavily damaged by fire. Two sections, including a new aluminum and steel structure, were destroyed. Firemen had not estimated losses and are investigating the cause. Nearby residents reported running at large dogs are prohibited by city ordinances. The incident occurred as Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County officials discuss regional issues.
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Virginia Beach
M. Sandler & Sons Seafood Front Royal
Bayside
Waynesboro
Waynesboros
Bury Council
Staunton
Tri-Area
Augusta County
Robert F. McBabb
Harrisonburg weighs sales tax to fill 200000 budget gap
City considers a 2 percent sales levy to cover a 200000 shortfall for capital projects and a new high school. City Manager Woodward argues taxes can stay unchanged otherwise. merchants oppose the levy citing potential loss of customers and reduced revenue.
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Woodward
Richmond in Battle Over Haddock Ballot Status
The Richmond Electoral Board seeks Attorney General Button’s ruling on whether Dr. Edward E. Haddock qualifies as a bona fide Democratic candidate for the State Senate. Haddock rewrote a loyalty pledge to support all Democratic nominees last general election who backed party nominees, exempting Satterfield MI. Straight-ticket Democrats back Haddock in challenging the party loyalty oath.
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Richmond
Robert Y. Button
Edward E. Haddock
State Senate
Button
Haddock
David E. Satterfield
Congress
Satterfield
Virginia
Supervisors Must Rescind Pay Raises
Rockingham County supervisors voted themselves $600 raises to $2,400 a year, exceeding the state limit of $1,800 for counties under 50,000. Chairman Thomas F. Stover said the ordinance must be rescinded and the board plans to seek a higher limit with Virginia lawmakers.
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Harrisonburg, Va
Rockingham County Board of Supervisors
Thomas F. Stover
Stover
Rockingham
Tugboat Captain Missing After Turmoil Sinking
Search continued for Capt. Clary Mills of Hampton who vanished after the tug Turmoil sank in Hampton Roads near Norfolk. Survivors Capt. Edward Halde man and William Burke were rescued by the amphibious ship Guam after Turmoil, towing another tug, was struck in the stern and rapidly sank.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Clary Mills
Hampton
Navy
North Carolina
Guam
Edward Haldeman
William Burke
Virgiia Beach
Ministers Elect Negro President at Richmond Meeting
The Richmond Ministers' Association elected Dr Allix B James vice president of Virginia Union University as its president for the coming year He becomes the third Black president in the association's history and was chosen unanimously.
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Richmond
Richmond Ministers’ Association
Allix B. James
Virginia Union University
James
Next Commander Named for Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force
Norfolk AP reports Rear Admiral Charles K. Duncan will become commander of the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force, succeeding Vice Admiral John S. McCain Jr. Duncan, then commander of the fleet cruiser destroyer force, will take effect July 1 with headquarters in Newport Rhode Island.
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Norfolk
Charles K. Duncan
Newport
R. I. Duncan
John 8. McCain Jr
Beecome
Eastern Sea Frontier
United Nations Military Staff Committee
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