Sutton Pays Own Way to Viet to Entertain GIs
Hollywood AP report says Frank Sutton paid his own travel to Saigon to entertain Marines with 56 solo shows in eight days. He urged fellow performers to keep material clean and avoid blue humor, noting Marines enjoyed his routine despite war-zone travel.
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Sutton
Viet
Gene Handsaker
Hollywood
Frank Sutton
Viet Nam
Jim Nabors
Gomer Pyle
USMC
Larry Hovis
California
Camp Pendleton
Button
Boyd to resign as Virginia State AFL-CIO president
Harold B. Boyd, longtime Virginia State AFL-CIO president since 1956, will resign at the Roanoke convention on August 29 to take another job. If not replaced, vice president Julian F. Carper of Middletown would serve as interim president until Boyd’s term ends next summer. Boyd has held multiple labor roles including business manager of Local No. 10 and Richmond labor councils.
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Richmond
Afl-Cio
Roanoke
Harold B. Boyd
Boyd
Virginia State
Julian F. Carper
Middletown
Virginia State Federation of Labor
CIO
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 10
Central Labor Union of
The
Richmond Building Trades Council
Labor League For Political Education
Changes Made At Va. Tech
Virginia Tech announces a series of leadership reshuffles to boost services and long range planning. Stuart K. Cassell becomes vice president for administration and Warren W. Brandt moves to vice president for academic affairs, both effective Aug. 1. H. P. C. Vandenburg is named director of physical plant planning. Further appointments to lead new divisions and offices will be announced.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
Tech
T. Marshall Hahn Jr
Stuart K. Cassell
Warren W. Brandt
H. P. C. Vandenburg
Hahn
Burton Heads Vay Sheriffs Association
Dinwiddie County Sheriff A Hill Burton was elevated to president of the Virginia State Sheriffs and City Sergeants Association. Hanover Sheriff John B Vaughan Jr became first vice president and City Sgt Raymond Pace of Charlottesville moved to second vice president. Plans cited civilian review boards as a threat to law enforcement while Del W C Daniel urged a public campaign to stop insinuations of police brutality.
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Roanoke
Dinwiddie County
A. Hill Burton
Virginia State Sheriffs’ and City Sergeants’ Association
Association
Hanover
John B. Vaughan Jr
Raymond Pace
Charlottesville
Richmond
James H. Young
Virginia Beach City
John E. Marr
del W. C
Dan) Daniel
Danville
Daniel
Birds Across puzzle clues
Across clues list single word answers for common crossword items including small singing bird plant part heating device court and more. Down answers include several abbreviations and common terms such as rotogravure ab and ellipsoidal.
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New York City
Ireland
Omaha League leader remarks on racial disorders and effort
Douglas Stewart of the Omaha Urban League criticizes how America shows care to youths amid racial disorders. A coach comments on harsh conditions at a Busch Stadium event noting the heat despite cool temperatures.
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America
Douglas Stewart
The
Omaha Urban League
Omaha
Asey Stengel
Busch Stadium
Fairfax Leader Receives Six Month Tax Conviction Sentence
Fairfax political and civic figure Donald L. Wilkins was convicted of filing fraudulent tax returns for 1960–1963. He understated income by 85000 dollars and underpaid taxes by 27000 dollars, receiving a total six month prison term after concurrent suspensions.
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Alexandria
Fairfax County
Donald L. Wilkins
Survivors Recall Worst Space Missile Tragedy
In Searky Arkansas Gary Lay recalls the Titan II silo disaster one year later. Lay and Hubert Saunders survived with burns as 53 workers died when a welder's torch ignited a fuel line. The incident at the Arkansan Titan site is described as the worst in the nation's space and missile history.
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United States
Arkansas
Lay
Saunders
Titan
Morriston
Psychiatric Exam Ordered in Norfolk Murder Case
A 13 year old, Paul Edward Patterson, faces murder charges for fatally stabbing 17 year old Janet Marie Bunting in Norfolk Industrial Park. Judge E A Henry ordered a psychiatric evaluation and social background study with a final hearing set for August 30. A motorist saw a boy near the scene and alerted police.
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Norfolk
Paul Edward Patterson
Juvenile Court
E. A. Henry
Henry
Patterson
Janet Marie Bunting
Out of Date but Out of Debt Jalopy Seen Downtown
An elderly car long parked in the downtown area bears the slogan Out of Date but Out of Debt painted on its trunk lid. The relic draws attention from passersby and locals who recall its history and peculiar message.
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Louisville
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Vay Sheriffs’ Association
Secret Society
Sir Oakes
Sir Sydney Oakes
Nassau
Bahamas
Sydney
Bahamas Speed Weeks
Bahamas Automobile Club
Fairfax Man
District Court
Oren R. Lewis
Lewis
Wilkins
Fairfax County Planning Commission
County Federation of Citizens’ Association
Fairfax County Hospital and Health Center Commission
South Loudoun Street
Winchester
Virginia
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