Virginia-Carolina Chemical May Merge With Socony
Directors of Virginia-Carolina Chemical meet to consider a proposed merger with Socony Mobil Oil. The plan would exchange 1.2 Socony shares for each V-C share, with no relocation of VC’s Richmond offices or staff. Meetings with Socony officials follow in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp
Socony Mobil Oil Co
V-C
Socony
New York
Virginia - Carolina Chemical
Multip Oil Company
V-C’s
New York Stock Exchange
Prebuilt Homes and Jeeps For Sale in Pennsylvania
For sale items include prebuilt or built homes with financing options and of fers travel trailers and jeeps. Located in Shippensburg PA with contact KE 2 6202. Also listed is a 10 room house with two apartments at 522 N Loudoun St asking terms. Includes a near new 6 ft 175 lb item with phone MO 2 5471.
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Kellers
Jeep Sales
Shippensburg
Loudoun St
Washington briefing on tax doubt and trade panel
Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen doubts tax cuts this year despite Kennedy pressure. A joint congressional committee on international trade problems is recommended by Hubert Humphrey amid concerns over scattered committee analysis. Echo I marks its third birthday after almost 500 million miles in orbit, with uncertainty about its atmospheric end.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Congress
Kennedy
Dirksen
Senate Finance Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Echo I
Energetic Honeybee Carries 47 Pounds Pollen Daily
A honeybee can transport up to 47 pounds of pollen to the hive in a single day. This remarkable feat highlights the bee's role in pollination and food production, illustrating the efficiency of its foraging behavior.
Injuries From County Crash Near Cross Junction and Winchester
Two people were injured in a county crash on Rt 703 near Cross Junction when a car veered off the road and hit a tree. Driver Hugh Fenton Brannon 32 Unger WV suffered a knee cut and abrasions. passenger Vermont Crosen Jr. had facial lacerations. Brannon was released from Memorial Hospital and Crosen was to leave hospital today. A separate Winchester weekend crash at Valley Ave and Lambden Ave injured Linda Lou Miller 23 Bethesda Md with a forehead and knee cut. Police report Mrs Frances L Wilson Rt 1 was southbound waiting to turn left when Miller’s car rear ended hers.
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Hugh Fenton Brannon
Unger
W. Va
Memorial Hospital
Vermont Crosen
D Jr
S. L. Lee
Winchester
Linda Lou Miller
Bethesda
Valley Ave
Lambden Ave
Fred Hildebrand
J. Thomas Boyd
Frances L. Wilson
Rt. 1
Skindiver Impaled By His Own Spear At Jones Beach
A 32 year old Westbury man Robert Petit was knocked off his feet by a large wave at Jones Beach State Park and fatally impaled on his spear. Other fishermen called for help and a Coast Guard helicopter transported him to a hospital where he died in the operating room. India leads the world in tea and sugar cane and is second to China in rice.
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Jones Beach
N.Y
Robert Petit
Westbury
Jones Beach State Park
Atlantic Ocean
Coast Guard
Petii
India
China
Auction Listings for August Local Sales and Estates
Sales Directory notes auctions from Denny's Commission Auction east of Winchester on Route 7 offering furniture and appliances. Long Green on Rt 522 North of Winchester hosts antiques glass and china. Nellie Fulk Hill on W. A. Palk farm near Leetown sells dairy cattle and farm gear. Carrie Kanobe estate auction 642 miles south of Winchester on Rt 522 features antiques and household goods.
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Denny’s Commission
Winchester
Orndorff & Cole
Long Green
Winc
Headley’s Auctions
Nellie Fulk Hill
W. A. Palk Farm
Leetown
W.va
Edward
Ned) Morrow
Carrie Kanobe
W. D. Orndorff
Valley Bible Conference Opens at Massanetta Springs
The Valley annual Bible Conference at Massanetta Springs begins tonight with Dr. Frederick W. Speakman of Dayton Ohio as opening speaker and seminar director. Dr. Ralph W. Sockman of New York City joins as a noted Protestant leader. The program runs through Sunday with clergy from England Scotland and Wales. a matching sum is required as part of the project cost totaling 1 124 000 dollars for asphalt streets curbs and gutters funded by the Community Facility Administration under the accelerated Public Works Act.
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Massanetta Springs
Here
Frederick W. Speakman
Dayton
Ohio
Ralph W. Sockman
New York City
United States
England
Scotland
Wales
Community Facility Administration
Woodstock area crashes leave six hospitalized
A weekend of traffic accidents across Shenandoah County left six people hospitalized. Damage was estimated at over 2500 dollars. Two drivers were charged with reckless driving. Injuries ranged from minor to scalp lacerations. Names include Miss Sarah Jane Anders and Miss Linda Roberts from New Market, Jerry Dean Kelly and Robert Donald Keller of Woodstock, Nellie Mayhew and Janet White of Strasburg, and Earl Braden Sager Jr. of Stephens City.
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Woodstock
New Market
Sarah Jane Anders
Linda Roberts
Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
Edinburg
Jerry Dean Kelly
S. Main St
Robert Donald Keller
Main
Keller
Strasburg
Nellie Mayhew
Janet White
Earl Braden Sager, Jr
Stephens City
Post Office Alteration Contract Awarded in Woodstock
Old Dominion Falls Church wins a $40,379 contract for remodeling the Woodstock post office. Work includes air conditioning heating in basement offices lighting a new entrance and both exterior and interior painting. Project expected to take about four months. Postmaster James S. Crowser cannot confirm start date.
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Woodstock
United States Post Office
Old Dominion Falls
H. A. Abersfeller
General Jesa Administration
Abersfeller
James S. Crowser
Street Repair Grant Approved for Martinsburg
A federal grant of 562000 will fund Martinsburg street improvements on a 50 50 matching basis. Senators Jennings Randolph and Robert C Byrd and Rep Harley C Staggers announced the aid.
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STEET
Martinsburg
U. S
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Harley C. Staggers
Pope looks for progress toward world peace at Castel Gandolfo
AP reports Pope Paul VI hopes for ample progress toward world peace as easing Cold War tensions appear reflected in events. He spoke to about 3,000 gathering for a blessing at Castel Gandolfo in Italy.
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Paul VI
Castel Gondolfo
Italy
Hornsby’s 42 Home Runs Still NL Record for Second Basemen
Rogers Hornsby hit 42 homers for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1922, a mark that remains the National League record for a second baseman.
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Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Cardinals
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David K. Wilson
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von Richmond Aequarters
Valley Redi-Mix Co., Inc
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Front Royal
Winchester Evening Star
B. F. Gearich
S. Loudoun St
W. B. Snider & Sons
N. Cameron St
Purcell Ave
Plymouth
B. F. Goodrich
Evening Star
THE
Associated Press
Fred McKee
Bobby Kipps MO
Jim Sandy
George Washington Garage
Lin City
Rt. 703
Cross Junction
Tree
Common Council
City of
Potem Basin
Rouss City Hall
Corps of
B. M. Perrero
Reenee
Hed Brillion
Cobey
Morrispift’s
Berryville Pike
E. W. Armstrong Co
Cameron ‘St
Avinchester
Virginia
Chester
Celeliviian
New Delhi
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
East African Republic
Peking
Moscow
Bangkok
Phoiland
Sirikit
Rangoon
Burma
Thakin Tin
U Nu
N2 Win
Thankin Tin
Bosch
Ransoi Machine
Ranson
W.&va
Charles Town
Continental Homes L. W. Williams Dist
Sarina
Motor CO
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