Flag-sale drive opens as merchants join VFW and mayor
Raleigh Easter presents a flag to Robert Pitne of the Retail Merchants Assn as Ralph Grim of VFW Post 2123 hands a flag to Mayor Claude B. Smalts Jr. marking the start of the post’s flag sale drive. Ike Allamong was first to sell a flag at 6 15 a.m. on August 3. Flags available from VFW Post 2123 members.
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Raleigh Easter
Robert Pitne
Retail Merchants Assn
Ralph Grim
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Claude B. Smalts
Post
Pizzano
Smalls
Winchester
Ike Allamong
Alvin Johnson
VFW
Jones
Steelwork ers Idle Amid Rising Output and Automation
Thousands of steelworkers remain idle as mills run at about 70 percent capacity in early 1960s data. Production rose while employment growth lagged, with automation cited as a major factor by the United Steelworkers Union and industry leaders.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
USW
David J. McDonald
Nace
Numr
Senate
Defense
Partition by sale ordered in Frederick County Virginia
In the Frederick County Circuit Court Purcell H Bohrer Sr et al v Wallie Watson et al an order of publication directs nonresidents Evelyn Scott and unknown parties to appear within ten days after due publication to protect interests in a 95 acre real estate tract near De Haven Post Office. The suit seeks partition by sale or disposal and notes Adam H Bohrer died seized in 1933. Clerk Lee N Whitacre. Scully and Waltz Winchester Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Virginia
Purcell H. Bohrer
Wallie Watson
de Haven Post Office
Adam H. Bohrer
L. L. Bohrer
Paul Emmett Bohrer
Evelyn Scott
Adam Bohrer
Ernest Bohrer
Russians Get Bleacher Seats for Aurora Borealis
FRANK CAREY reports from Blacksburg that Russians see only bleacher seats for the Northern Lights while Western scientists enjoy grandstand views due to the earths magnetic axis. Dr Sydney Chapman notes the magnetic north pole favors the west, potentially altering auroral visibility for future generations and southern lights in Australia and South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carey
Associated Press
Blacksburg
Mother Nature
Sydney Chapman
University of Colorado
Russia
Soviet Union
Chapman
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
South America
Gomman
Auto Negotiations Could Move Economy
New York AP reports labor talks in the auto industry raise the prospect of a strike if contracts with GM Ford and Chrysler expire August 31. UAW leaders meet in Detroit August 13 amid pressure over price profit studies and profit sharing from American Motors. Industry, labor, and government officials weigh potential impact on production, unemployment, and markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
International Executive Committee
Detroit
American Motors
Arthur J. Goldberg
Almond Names Budget Advisers
Gov. Almond named 11 legislators to the budget advisory committee while dropping three opposed to his sales tax in 1960. The panel will tour state institutions in August and hold hearings in Richmond in September to recommend budget priorities.
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Richmond
Almond
Dels. C. Harrison) Mann
Arlington
Julian H. Rutherfoord Jr
Roanoke
Baldwin G. Locher
Glasgow
E.’ Blackburn Moore
Berryville
del. W. Roy Smith
House
Sen
Garland Gray
Waverly
E. E. Willey
Thomas H. Blanton
Bowling Green
J. D. Hagood
Clover
Dels
Vernon C. Smith
Grundy
Fred G. Pollard
Charles K. Hutchens
Newport News
Howard H. Adams
Eastville
Toy D. Savage Jr
Norfolk
General Assembly
Moore
Harry F. Byrd Jr
State Water Control Board
Gray
State Board of Education
Winchester Public Schools Registration Notice
Between now and August 15 send an official transcript of previous school record to the Principal of the school to be attended. Present an official birth certificate and evidence of successful smallpox vaccination.
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Winchester Public Schools
Winchester
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By Bob Voelker
American Iron and Steel Institute
U.S. Steel Corp
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel
Lee N. Whitacre
Scully and Waltz
Boscawen
Vamants
Rosenberger
Ben Irwin
Irwin
Leonard S. Field
Ffooters Cleaners
W. Amherst
S. Loudoun St
Commerce Department
Antitrust
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Patent Office
Stuart M. Perry
Berryville, Va
Local Safety Council
National Safety Council
The
Advertising Council
B& M
Acie
Corvairs
Evrolet
Chevrolet
Cadillac
Corvair
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