Bus and Train Collision Injures Arlington Students
Twenty eight junior high students from Arlington escape with bumps and bruises after a runaway school bus crashes into a moving freight train near the Pentagon on Shirley Highway. The bus, a military vehicle from Ft McNair, struck four cars before a car was dragged into the train. flames were extinguished and students were taken to nearby hospitals for observation.
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Arlington
Shirley Highway
Randolph Shutt
Washington and Old Dominion
Ft. McNair
Banaker Junior High School
Pentagon
Northern Virginia Yearling Sale Set at Farm Farmers Exchange
The Northern Virginia Livestock Producers Association will hold a Summer Yearling Sale Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Farmers Livestock Exchange, featuring 631 consigned yearlings from Hereford, Angus and Shorthorn breeds. Health rules are lax except for heifers, and consignors hail from Frederick Clarke and Fauquier counties and nearby West Virginia. Fred Stine is sale manager with deliveries starting Wednesday afternoon. Similar sales are planned in Durbin Roanoke and Staunton on subsequent days.
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Northern Virginia Livestock Producers Association
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Association
Winchester
Frederick, Clarke
Fauquier
West Virginia
Frederick
Clarke County
T. C. Powers
Nelson W. Martin
Hill and Dale Farm
Ellerslie Farm
Cecil P. Wolfe
Donald W. Luttrell
Ruth R. Rhodes
R. Roland Snapp
Carlton Emmart
Fred Stine
Livestock Exchange
Durbin
Roanoke
Staunton
Johnson’s airline strike gamble yields political backlash
AP analysis notes President Johnson’s attempt to mediate a strike settlement failed to take off. His public push contrasted with his current refusal to advise on congressional solutions, tarnishing his record of uniting unions and industry.
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Jack Bell
Johnson
Consola
Congress
White House
Two youths drown in separate Virginia swimming accidents
In Richmond area two teens died in distinct incidents. Samuel W. Clark Jr., 18, of Richmond drowned during a church outing at Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield County. Guy Mason, 15, of Charlottesville drowned while swimming off Mayo Island in the James River with friends.
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Richmond (Ap
Samuel W. Clark Jr
Richmond
Guy Mason
Charelottesville
Mason
Mayo’s Island
James River
Clark
Pocahontas State Park
Chesterfield County
Slot Machines in Las Vegas in 1965
In 1965 Las Vegas housed about 10,000 slot machines, roughly one per seven residents. Owners paid a $250 federal tax per machine and a state income-based tax.
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Vegas
Primaries Shape 1966 Michigan Kansas and Tennessee Contests
Michigan voters choose between former Gov. G. Mennen Williams and Detroit Mayor Jerome Cav anagh for Senate with Griffin awaiting the winner. In Kansas Pearson Ellsworth clash. Idaho Smylie seeks fourth term. Missouri sees three incumbents challenged. Tennessee sets Thursday primary amid governor race.
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Associated Press
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Detroit
Jerome Cavanagh
Senate
Kansas
James B. Pearson
Robert Ellsworth
Idaho
Robert E. Smylie
Don Samuelson
Missouri
Durward G. Hall
Richard Schord
Paul C. Jones
Cave
Sive Broadcasting
Zolton A. Ferency
Democratic Party
Romney
Pearson-Ellsworth
Wichita
William D. Tarrant
Ava A. Anderson
Concordia
Democratic Senate
J. Floyd Breeding
Harold 8. Herd
Leigh Warner
K. L. Smith
William H. Avery
Robert Docking
Docking
Arkansas
George Docking
Tennessee
Jury Report for Corporation Court Wednesday
Twenty persons on Wednesday's Corporation Court jury are ordered to report at 9 50 AM at City hall. The named potential jurors include Patricia E Boxwell Marshall E Clevenger Jacob H Yost Jr Louise P Speakman John L Wiltshire James F Gearing Harry F Carper Ronald L Adams Robert S Castleman Charlotte Macowsky William C Thompson Jr Kenneth E Burks John A Boyd Roy L Ambrose Kenneth E Stervous Grafton A Bierlein Sr Ray E Bowers Dora G Rosenberger Frederick R Young Finas W Danley.
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Corporation Court
City Hall
Patricia E. Boxwell
Marshall E. Clevenger
Jacob H. Yost, Jr
Louise P. Speakman
John L. Wiltshire
James F. Gearing
Harry F. Carper
Ronald L. Adams
Robert S. Castleman
Charlotte Macowsky
William C. Thompson, Jr
Kenneth E. Burks
John A. Boyd
Roy L. Ambrose
Kenneth E. Stervous
Grafton A. Bierlein, Sr
Ray E. Bowers
Dora G. Rosenberger
Frederick R. Young
Finas W. Danley
Quick quiz prompts on grafting and international language
A quiz item notes bud grafting commonly propagates stone fruits such as peach plum and cherry trees. It also mentions a proposed international language Frendo created by a Spaniard with five vowels and twelve consonants claimed simpler and more logical than Esperanto.
Monroe Business College Set to Open September 26
Monroe Business College in Middletown moves toward opening as the first building nears roof completion. A Frederick County permit for 138 762 funds a brick 168 by 62 foot facility east of the city near I 81, with total campus cost projected at 1.5 million over 10 years. About 150 students have registered for fall term and seven instructors are hired for the first year.
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Middletown
Monroe Business College
Howard G. Wilbur
Completon
Frederick County
Wilbur
Wayside Inn
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Airline Union
Willard Wirtz
Senate Labor Committee
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Speck
Richard Speck
Cook County
Winchester Evening Star
Anagh
Robert P. Griffin
Griffin
George Romney
Patrick V. McNamara
Ciider & Shockey
Loudoun Street
Virginia
Arkla
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