Virginia Candidates Oppose Gas Tax and License Fee Hikes
Virginia governor race rivals Almond Jr. and Ted Dalton publicly oppose increases to the gasoline tax and auto license fees. Almond rejects any bond financing for highways, while Dalton hints at exploring bonds if needed. VALC report recommended higher gas taxes, license fees, and a $2.18 billion road program, but Virginia’s attorney general says current revenues suffice for a large construction plan.
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Almond
Dalton
Richmond
Virginia
Almond Jr
Ted Dalton
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
VALC
Parsons
Brinckerhoff
Hall
Mcdonald
Highway Department
Department of
Graceful dress patterns offered by Anne Adams
Printed Pattern 4620 for Misses lines 15 16 18 20 40 42 44 46 48 priced at thirty five cents with add on 5 cents for best mailing. Includes low neckline for evening and high neck with sleeves for day wear. Send name address size zone and style number to Pattern Dept Winchester Evening Star New York NY.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
Highways Plan for Larger Construction Program
Statement asserts highways can demonstrate capacity to plan and supervise a large construction program funded by a proposed increase. Emphasizes need for well equipped agencies and robust supervision to manage extensive infrastructural work.
Cooler Air Brings Rain Across Mid-Atlantic Region
Cooler air spreads from the northern Plains through the Great Lakes to the mid-Atlantic as Canadian air moves in. Scattered showers and thunderstorms follow the cooler air into the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic, while the Gulf to central Plains stay warm and humid with scattered showers. The tail end of tropical storm Bertha dissipated in northeast Texas, bringing beneficial rains and crop damage reports.
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Plains
mid-Mississippi Valley
Ohao Valley
Great Lakes
mid-Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Gulf States
Central Plains
Bertha
Texas
Daffodil versus Narcissus in Plant Naming
Narcissus is the group name for spring flowering bulbous plants. Daffodil correctly refers to several hardy varieties, especially large trumpet sorts, while daffodils is often misused for any narcissus. Jonquil is a separate narcissus variety.
Television Schedule Highlights by Channel and Time
A dense list of programming across channels detailing show names and start times from morning to late night. Notable entries include City Detective News Weather Sam & Friends Death Valley Days Georgia Gibbs Sheriff of Cochise Tonight and Amos etc across Channels 5 4 1 with a mix of dramas game shows films and music programs.
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Georgia Gibbs
Charles Farrell
Arthur Murray
Cochise
TV Guide Schedule for Valliant Dayline
The lineup lists programs from 11:00 to 4:30 including Valliant Lady Search for Tomorrow Theater of Stars Our Miss Brooks House Party Big Payoff Bob Crosby Pick Temple's Ranch Amos and Andy My Little Margie with sequential half hour slots.
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Miss Brooks
Bob Crosby
Amos and Andy
Boston Strike Keeps City Newspapers Silent
Boston observes a third day without most newspapers as 6 of 7 dailies suspend publication due to a strike by 300 International Typographical Union mailers seeking higher pay. About 5,000 workers are affected. talks planned between publishers and the union aim for a quick return to work and republication.
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Boston
John B. Hynes
New Zealand Prime Minister Plans Retirement and Possible Successor
Wellington reports Prime Minister Sidney Holland intends to retire at the end of the current parliamentary session in October. Keith Holyoake, deputy prime minister and agriculture minister, is expected to succeed Holland and likely named tomorrow as leader of the National party at its conference.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Sidney G. Holland
Keith Holyoake
Holland
Holyoake
National Party
Fire damages kitchen in Pine Street home
A Saturday evening blaze at the William Braithwaite residence 226 Pine St damaged the kitchen and caused smoke and water damage. Fire crews from Friendship and South End stopped the fire in about 15 minutes. cause under investigation. No injuries reported. the family was away. A second small fire at Penny’s Store area on Boscawden Street was quickly extinguished.
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William Braithwaite
Pine St
William N. Godenour
Friendship
South End
Delegates Jam Tokyo Gymnasium to Protest Bomb
More than 5 000 delegates filled the steamy Metropolitan Gymnasium for the World Convention Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs. Delegates from 22 countries heard speakers including Homer A Jack urging a ban on manufacture and testing of nuclear weapons.
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Tokyo
Homer A. Jack
Evanston
America
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Americans Visit China After World Youth Festival
About 150 Americans attended the World Youth Festival in Moscow and 47 began turning over passports for visas to visit China as guests of Peiping authorities. Some may withdraw under U. S. pressure and risk violating passport rules while others head home or to Western Europe.
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Moscow
Eutire
Lenin Stadium
Bruno Bernini
World Federation of Democratic Youth
State Department
Africa
Asia
Soviet Union
China
Peiping
U.S
Wwere
Europe
Free World
West
Hungary
Liner President Cleveland Sails On Schedule After Fire
The 15,437 ton liner President Cleveland sailed from Yokohama with 425 passengers for Manila and Hong Kong after an early morning fire burned three first class cabins. Flames were spotted near Yokosuka as the ship neared Tokyo Bay and were fought by the crew in about an hour with no injuries reported.
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Yokohama
Japan
President Cleveland
Manila
Hong Kong
U.S
Yokosuka
Tokyo Bay
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Spotlight
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Burns & Allen
Whitingirl
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Frankie Laine
Record Hop
Channel 1
Public Defender
Eddie Cantor
W. Hart St
Variety Store
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Braddock ST
Handley School
Sylvania
Sanitary Plumbing & Heating Co
Stephens City
Leo
Grrmric
Lee Calhoun
Gwendolyn Bannister
Calhoun
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Tokyo Gymnasium
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