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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1966
Page
14
Per Kronval reports from Peking on the cultural revolution where politics outranks exams in schools as Maoist works are studied in workers meetings. Teachers face persecution, student protests erupt, and time is split between production and political study as officials claim progress.
Roanoke AP Gov Godwin will address the opening session of the Virginia AFL-CIO convention August 29 to 31 amid internal resignations and political races. The event features Harold B Boyd stepping down as state AFL CIO president and possible election of a new president while watchdogs eye Byrd Jr. vs Tray lor Carter and Bryaman contests. The labor group may endorse Byrd as well as three Democrats in state races and backed Godwin in his 1950s gubernatorial bid.
A 1568 earthquake near Providence Rhode Island was later relayed to Roger Williams by several Native Americans as a 70 year old recollection. The account, cited by historians, marks the earliest dated seismic event reported in colonial America.
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