Redistricting Meeting Drafts Hopes for 10th District Split
Northern Virginia 10th district among Arlington Alexandria and Fairfax faces final lines. Senate favors adding Fairfax crescent to 8th while House backs 7th. Compromise possible giving parts of Fairfax to both 7th and 8th to avoid overloading Smith and Marsh. Also discusses 2nd district realignments and Eastern Shore shifts before 1966 deadline. Also note Pennsylvania eye level warning bill for public doors.
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Richmond
Virginia
House
Senate
Arlington-Alexandria- Fairfax
New
Capital Beltway
Interstate 495
Fairax
495
Shenandoah Valley
Fairfax Crescent
Howard Smith
Loudoun County
Loudoun
Fairfax
Reps. Smith
John O. Marsh
Harrisburg
William W. Scranton
Allentown
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Governor backs surplus plan for education and public services
Gov. Hare rison shows interest in Del. George Rawlings Jr. plan for distributing Virginia's $72 million general fund surplus. Rawlings proposes $27 million to public schools, $11 million to localities for impact aid replacements, $21 million for college construction, $11.6 million for mental health, and $1.6375 million for state police salaries and troopers.
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Richmond
Harerison
General Assembly
del. George C. Rawlings Jr
Fredericksburg
Rawlings
Assembly
Fire Destroys Main Building at La Crosse Box Plant
Fire swept the La Crosse Manufacturing Co plant in Mecklenburg County destroying its main building. Flames were spotted about 3 a.m. and were brought under control by La Crosse and South Hill firefighters by 6:30 a.m. Over 100 people worked there and the cause was undetermined, with investigators considering lightning or a fallen power line after a storm.
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LA Crosse, Va
la Crosse Manufacturing Co
Mecklenburg County
la Crosse
South Hill
Gr Naena
J.d.jones Jr
Delegate Will Contest Recount in Virginia Primary
Del. T Dix Sutton will appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to challenge a recount that flipped his July 13 Democratic primary victory over Br W Ferguson Reid by 56 votes. The recount attributed the win to Reid based on missing ballots from a precinct envelope, reducing Sutton's margin from 31 to defeat.
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Richmond
del. T. Dix Sutton
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Br. W. Fersguson Reid
Sutton
Virginia Agencies Seek 2.3 Billion Budget For 1966 68
State agencies request budget totals exceeding 2.3 billion dollars for the 1966 68 biennium, a tentative figure reached as agencies submit their requests. Virginia now operates on about 1.7 billion, up from 1.48 billion in 1962 64, with several agencies yet to be heard from.
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Richmond
Virginia
Court Order Enforcement Delayed in Arlington Integration Case
A federal court delay keeps in doubt the Arlington Virginia school merger plan merging an all Negro junior high with two white campuses. Judge Sobeloff noted an appeal setting before school openings would be impractical. Superintendent Reid defended the plan as improving education despite racial balance aims.
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Baltimore
Arlington
Simon E. Sobeloff
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sobeloff
Oren R. Lewis
Alexandria
Arlington School Board
Circuit Court
Ray £. Reid
Lewis
Assembly to lower presumed drunk blood level in Virginia
The Governor's Highway Safety Committee asked the 1966 General Assembly to set the blood alcohol presumption at .10 percent instead of .15. The committee also urged protection for medical personnel from lawsuits when drawing blood from an accused driver.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Governor’s Highway Safety Committee
Assembly
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