Bandit robs Varina Bank in Richmond area heist
State and federal authorities seek the identity of a man who robbed the Varina branch of the Bank of Virginia on State Route 5 in Henrico County. He used a green tool kit concealing a sawed off shotgun and escaped after forcing the tellers to fill a sack with cash.
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Richmond
Varina
Bank of Virginia
State Rt. 5
Henrico County
Patricia T. Clay
George Talley
Talley
Andrews
Mrs. Clay
Beautify Your Bathroom with Decorative Applique
Decorative applique for bathrooms features rose and floral pockets to hold washcloths. Pattern 7395 offers two motifs, priced 35 cents each with 15 cents extra for first class mailing. Send name address ZIP pattern number to Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept New York.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Two Injured In One-Car Accident At Royal Drive-In
Mrs. Katherine Kreiger 55 of Cleveland Ohio suffered severe facial lacerations and a possible broken arm after a one car crash at the Rt 522 50 intersection with I 81. Her husband the driver had contusions to the left cheek. The Winchester Rescue Squad took Mrs. Kreiger to Winchester Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. Early reports said the car crossed the intersection struck the curb and reflector posts before stopping at the Royal Drive In Theater.
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Katherine Kreiger
Cleveland
Ohio
Winchester Volunteer Rescue
Kreiger
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Royal Drive-In Theater
Ionesco Tops Abroad as France’s Most Popular Playwright
Paris reports Eugene Ionesco as France’s most popular playwright abroad based on 31 foreign language translations last year. Sartre and Anouilh trailed him. In Paris his works rank fifth in local favor according to the Society of Authors.
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Paris
Eugene Ionesco
France
Society of Authors
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean Anouilh
Ionesco
County ASC Allocates 12000 for Emergency Grass Seeding
Frederick County receives 12000 from the Virginia State Agriculture Stabilization Committee to reseed drought damaged grasses and legumes. The county committee will start accepting farmer applications now with a recommended seeding deadline of September 30, and cost share covers lime fertilizer and approved seeds such as alfalfa ladino clover with orchard grass Kentucky blue grass orchard grass and white Dutch clover.
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Frederick County
Virginia State Agriculture Stabilization Committee
Frederick
Virginia
Department of Agriculture
ASC
Faith Menaces Leeward Islands as Hurricane Approaches
Hurricane Faith nears the Leeward Islands with 90 mph winds and 400 mile gale zones. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands receive hurricane watches while 375000 residents are urged to evacuate flood-prone areas and brace for heavy rains and power outages. Forecasters predict increasing winds and a late night peak, with Dominica’s mountains unlikely to lessen the storm’s intensity.
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Caribbean
Dominica
Atlantic
Hurricane Hunter
Guadeloupe
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Weather Bureau
Virgin Islands
Faith
Leeward Islands
Arnold Sugg
Miami Weather Bureau
Projects Approved by Stephens City Council
At a special meeting the Stephens City Town Council approved contracts for water and sewer projects on Green Street Main Street and Route 641. Buckley and Lages of Winchester handled four contracts and E. R. Neff Excavating Co. of Stephens City handled the Green Street sewer line project. Net cost to the town is 6552 dollars with 1335 dollars paid by property owners. A final audit is due August 30.
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Stephens City
Green St
Main St
Main
School Sts
Buckley and Lages
Winchester
E. R. Neff Excavating Co
Wellington power failure halts elevators buses and radio
In Wellington the capital's power outage disrupted elevators and electric buses and cut lights and two radio stations for nearly an hour. In Mexico City U Thant arrived for the first stop of his Latin American tour after a U.N. General Secretary visit.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Encephalitis Toll Rises to 173 in Korea
Seoul health ministry reports 43 more deaths from encephalitis, raising the toll since early this month to 173 with total cases at 885.
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Seoul
Korea
Health Social Affairs Ministry
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