Milk Price Rise Considered to Aid Virginia Dairies
The State Milk Commission meets in Richmond to discuss a possible retail milk price increase to help drought hit Grade-A dairymen. A one-half to one cent per quart rise would flow to producers. a one cent rise would require distributors to pay producers one cent more per quart. If approved, the change would be temporary from October to March after three weeks of public notice.
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Richmond
State Milk Commission
Virginia
Commission
A. Gordon Willis
Culpeper
Willis
Agriculture
Parke C. Brinkley
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah Valley
Brinkley
Ewells Lead In Father Son Golf Tournament
Dave Ewell Jr and his 67 year old Richmond father won the Tommy Galloway Memorial Father Son Golf Tournament at Hermitage Country Club with a par 73 to finish two strokes ahead of Algie Pulley Sr and Jr of Petersburg. The Ewells previously claimed titles in 1937 1940 1941 and 1952.
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Richmond
Dave Ewell Jr
Tommy Galloway
Ewell
Hermitage Country Club
Algie Pulley Sr
Petersburg
Defending Champs Lose in Pony League Tourney
Salisbury, Md, the defending champions, were upset 8 to 3 by Grundy, Va, in the Region 5 Pony League double elimination. Other scores included Wilmington 4 Linthicum Heights 2, Easton 9 Weirton 5, and Paducah 4 Greensboro 3 as pairings set for today. The winner advances to the Pony League World Series in Washington, Pa this month.
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Salisbury
Grundy
Wilmington
N.C
Linthicum Heights
Easton
Weirton
W. Va
Paducah
Greensboro
Washington
Evening TV schedule snapshot across channels four five seven eleven
A dense listing of daily programs across channels four five seven eleven with times from 5:00 pm to 12:00 am. Notable items include Traffic Court 5:00 pm and Cap. Caravan 5:30 pm on channel four. Mr. District Attorney 6:00 pm and Grand Ole Opry 9:00 pm on channel five. Gunsmoke 9:00 pm and Jimmy Durante Show 7:00 pm on channel seven. various movie slots and news blocks across channels eleven and seventeen.
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B. McEwen
Virginia Firemen End Convention in Charlottesville Parade
The 51st annual Virginia State Firemen’s Assn convention ended after a parade where Charlottesville won 150 dollars for best appearing department with band. Alexandria was runner up with 75 dollars. Other wins included Phoebus 100 dollars for best appearance without band and Luray 75 for best appearance of cities 5 000, plus Harrisonburg 75 for band cities 10 000 to 25 000. Manassas won four man hose, Ed Hammond of Tappahannock won one man hose, Harrisonburg took eight man hose laying, Augusta County claimed best equipped apparatus, and Charlottesville Municipal Band captured the band cup.
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Covington
Charlottesville
Virginia State Firemen’s Assn
Alexandria
Harrisonburg
Norfolk
Augusta County
Manassas
Ed Hammond
Tappahannock
Hot Springs
Divorce by cruelty and desertion in Winchester Court
Betty Mae Paugh Gordon seeks divorce from Jack D. Gordon on cruelty and desertion with custody of three children Dorinda Kaye, Jacqueline Sue, and David Michael Gordon. The defendant, a non resident of Virginia, must appear within ten days after publication. Depositions scheduled Sept 6 1957 with notary in Winchester. publication and mailing of order ordered.
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Wincheser
Virginia
Betty Mae Paugh Gordon
Order OF Publication
Jack D. Gordon
Dorinda Kaye Gordon
Jacqueline Sue Gordon
David Michael Gordon
West Fifth Avenue
Gary
Indiana
Jack D. Gordons
Jessie M. Thompson
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Rouss Avenue
Winchester
Winchester Evening Star
British Car Breaks Six World Marks at Bonneville
An experimental British car driven by Phil Hill and David Ash set six world and 32 American speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The EX179 averaged 132.13 mph over six hours with three hours for each driver, beating Alfa Romeo marks. FIA in Paris must authorize the readings before official recognition. Sterling Moss plans to challenge a class F record on August 21 with an MG EX181.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Phil Hill
Los Angeles
British Motor Corp
David Ash
New York
Sterling Moss
England
Moss
Almond Takes Stand Against Sales Tax
Democratic candidates for Virginia's top offices oppose a sales tax now or in the foreseeable future. Attorney General J Lindsay Almond Jr says the state is in a strong financial condition with a roughly 35 million dollar balance in the general fund at year end and the existing tax system should suffice if the economy keeps expanding.
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Richmond
Atty
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Democratic
Almond
Albertis O “Harrison
Didate
A E.S. Stephens
Virginia General Fund
General Fund
FBI Reveals Fantastical Past Of 51 Year Old Mother
Atlanta report details Janet R. Gray born Margaret Lydia McGlashen Burton with 22 aliases. FBI cites a life spanning Hawaii Georgia Canada and multiple US states ending with a $100000 clinic shortage and a dramatic escape with her show-dog entourage.
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FBI
Atlanta
Hawaii
Georgia
J. K. Mumford
Janet R. Gray
Tientsin
China
Margaret Lydia McGlashen Burton
Virginia official warns against sales tax as state grows
Almond states the general fund surplus by June 30 1958 will be gratifying and expects higher general fund receipts in 1958 60 than 1956 58. He notes 20 years of debate on a sales tax and argues against its imposition given the state’s strong finances and expanding economy.
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Almond
Virginia
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