Heat and Humidity Grip Nation From Rockies to Atlantic
Heat and humidity wilted most of the nation with temperatures in the 70s and 80s overnight east of the Rockies and 90s in the east during the day. Milwaukee to Chicago saw 91 degrees and 82 percent humidity as storms sparked tornadoes in Wisconsin and Lower Michigan.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Atlantic
New England
New York
Mercury
Chicago
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pacific Coast
Houston
Maine
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Atlanta
Miami
Detroit
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Membership Day for SS marks 45th anniversary in Winchester
The Southern States Cooperative hosts its 45th Anniversary Membership Day Friday at 447 Amherst St. The meeting opens at 10 a.m. with a 3 p.m. business session. nominees for the board of directors and Farm Home Advisory Committee are listed and special recognitions planned including a Leadership Award for retiring board members.
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Southern, States Cooperative
Amherst St
Farm Home Advisory Committee
Winchester
Lewis D. W. Hott
James I. Brumback
Hott
William E. Hopkins
Board of
Clyde J. Brumback
White Post
Alfred L. Snapp, Jr
F. Wilson Travers
Berryville
William Lee Whitacre
Whitacre
Ralph Bauserman
Roy McDonald
Stephens City
A.E. Belford
John P. Good
Ray N. Cather
Clarence L. Williams
Nigeria Biafra Open Peace Talks in Addis Ababa
In Addis Ababa, Nigeria and Biafra opened peace talks as thousands of refugees starve amid the civil war. Ojukwu and Enahoro stated their positions, with Haile Selassie presiding. A World Council of Churches doctor reported about 6,000 daily Biafra refugee deaths, and Johnson urged renewed aid. Air relief faces Nigerian airspace risks. Biafrans reject overland routes, fearing poisoning of food.
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Adds
Ababa
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Biafra
Addis Ababa
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Anthony Enahoro
Enahoro
Kampala
Uganda
League of Nations
World Council of Churches
H. J. Middlekoop
Governor Invited to Poverty Tour Faces Schedule Clash
Virginia Governor Mills E Godwin Jr and lawmakers were invited to tour the impoverished We community in Waverly as part of a SCLC poverty outreach. Godwin declined due to a prior commitment, while the plan sought to connect municipal state and federal leaders with the poor and to hold a town meeting to address poverty measures.
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Richmond
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Virginia
Waverly
Godwin
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Curtis W. Harris
SCLC
Sussex County
Harris
Yard Party And Auction Gross $1,952
Thurman Brumback, president of Shawnee Fire Company, announced the yard party and auction at the fire hall on July 27 grossed $1,952.59. The Auxiliary served a chicken and ham dinner to about 400 people. Mrs. Hilda Ritenour won the door prize, a 1963 Rambler automobile.
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Thurman Brumback
Shawnee Fire Company
Brumback
Hilda Ritenour
Front Royal
National party conventions pass through cities since 1856
Since 1856 major parties have held conventions in 15 cities. Chicago has hosted 24 times and will host the Democratic gathering on August 26. The Republicans will meet in Miami Beach for the first time.
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Chicago
Miami Beach
Shoddy Auditing Hobbles Latin American Aid Plan
A House Government Operations report faults sloppy bookkeeping and planning in the Alliance for Progress. It cites Brazil as a warning example where in Piaui state only 18 percent of classrooms started after three years and most schools require maintenance.
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Washington
House
House Committee On Government Operations
Brazi
Agency For International Development Funds
Fru
Piaui
Brazil
U.S
Alliance
Two Virginians Die in Vietnam War Casualties
The Defense Department reported the deaths of Army Sgt. Hugh M. Davis of Portsmouth and Marine Pfc. Charles H. Millner of Roanoke, marking the latest Virginia servicemen killed in Vietnam.
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Washington
Portsmouth
Roanoke
Virginia
Defense Depo
Army
Hugh M. Davis
Charles H. Millner
Virginia Civil War Governor John Letcher
John Letcher served as Virginia's governor during the Civil War era, steering the state through secession and wartime governance with political and military stress.
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John Letcher
Virginia
Farm Cooperatives Are Urged to Unite
The American Institute of Cooperation urged farm co-ops to merge to avoid service duplication and resist pro potash tariff legislation. R R Baxter warned tariffs on Canadian potash would raise fertilizer costs, while Glenn S Fox urged consolidation to reduce overlap. Gov. Mills Godwin Jr called for law and order and education access protections.
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Blacksburg
American Institute of Cooperation
R.R. Baxter
Central Farmers Fertilizer Co
Chicago
AIC
Canada
U.S
Baxter
Congress
Baster
Glenn S. Fox
Far-Mar Co
Fox
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Godwin
Oldest Steam Locomotive In Australia At Frankston
A Belgian built Decauville locomotive from 1890 remains in operation at Frankston amusement park near Melbourne. It hauled coal for Melbourne’s gas works from 1890 to 1940 and now ferries up to 70 passengers on a 2 foot 6 inch track. The locomotive is regarded as the oldest of its type still running in Australia, with about 6,000 riders in six months. Two more carriages are under construction.
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Melbourne
Australia
Frankston
Metropolitan Gas Works
Jack Griffiths
Light Railways Research Society
Byrd Warns Violence Undermines Free Society
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. told Virginia sheriffs and city sergeants that the United States will cease to be free if violence is accepted as legitimate. He cited rising riots and disorders as a gravest domestic crisis, saying such acts create fear and insecurity.
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Arlington
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
United States
Cill
Byrd
Virginia State Sheriffs and City Sergeants’ Association
U.S
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Democratic
Resurrection City
State Capitol
Pigrish Acne Anyon
Howaard Johnsons
George Washington Hotel
John E. Moss
Jack Neilly
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Winchester Evening Star
Raymond E. Finn
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