Battle Is Said Pondering Race Against Robertson
Richmond AP report notes 44 year old Charlottesville lawyer William C. Battle might challenge Sen. A. Willis Robertson next year. Battle says talks exist but it's early. observers doubt change from Robertson's conservative stance. Robertson, 78, has served 32 years and heads the Banking and Currency Committee. moderates see Battle needing urban and Negro support, with other names floated like Junie Bradshaw and William Spong Jr.
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Richmond
William C. Battle
U.S
Charlottesville
A. Willis Robertson
Battle
Virginia
Australia
Kennedy
National Democratic Party
National Party
Virginia Democrats
Robertson
Associated Press
Tidewater
Congress
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Liberate
Crats
del. Junie Bradshaw
Richmond- Henrico
William B. Spong Jr
Portsmouth
Districting compromise proposal includes Fairfax split
Del. Paul W. Manns proposed a compromise by placing part of Fairfax County in both the 7th and 8th districts to bridge the Senate and House redistricting plans. The Senate would assign about 120,000 people to the 8th District while the House would keep them in the 7th. Manns argued the growing county makes this split a workable concession.
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Fredericksburg
Paul W. Manns
Bowling Green
Senate
House
Fairfax County
General Assembly
Manns
Grand Jury Re convenes over missing Skipwith ballots
In Henrico County Skipwith Precinct a seven man grand jury reconvenes to probe missing July 13 ballots that altered the outcome of the Democratic primary. Dr William Ferguson Reid allegedly lost by 82 to 216 to Del T Dix Sutton based on unofficial canvass claims.
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Richmond
Henrico County
Skipwith
William Ferguson Reid
del. T. Dix Sutton
Sutton
Milton A. Reid
Peetersburg
Milton Reid
Reid
Seventeen Die on Virginia Roads During Weekend
Weekend traffic in Virginia claimed seventeen lives across multiple counties including Floyd, Warren, Richmond, Shenandoah, Caroline, and Montgomery. Fatal crashes occurred on Va 754 Va 673 Jahnke Road U S 17 U S 11 and U S 460, involving drivers Willa Huff Barry Hammond and Clyde Cooley among others.
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Virginia
Associated Press
Floyd — Rickle Willa Huff
Indian Valley
Floyd County
Warrenton
Paul Ashby Russell
Fatequier
Richmond
Lewis Dart
Jahnke Road
Chesterfield County
MT. Clifton
Steven Rane Dle Whetzel
Rt. 3
Edinburg
Clyde William Cooley
Shenanedoah County
Fredericksburg
Poe
Jesse Hammond
Box
Tappahannock
Barry
Caroline County
Hammond
U.S. 17
MT. Jackson
Samuel Lee Green
Rt. 4
Freehold
N.J
Shenandoah County
U.S. 11
Rocky Mount
B. A. Arrington
Man Slain By Daughter In Carroll County Shooting
In Galax Virginia an elderly man Arlie Wilmouth was shot four times with a .25 caliber pistol after telling his daughter Shirley Jean Wilmouth 26 she could not leave home. She surrendered to authorities and faces murder charges.
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Galax
Carroll County
Arlie Wilmouth
G. W. Duncan
Wilmouth
Shirley Jean Wilmouth
Duncan
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Imous
Mary Joe Kellam
Virginia Beach
Joseph
Asbury Park
William P. Kellam
House of Delegates
Shenandoah
Arrington
Riner
Larry Lee Hall
Christiansburg
Va. 8
Montgomery County
Appomattox
Marie Scott Reed
John Steward Gilman Jr
Roanoke
U.S. 460
Piccadilly St
Kresge
Kring
Electr Weatir
Lectric Company
NTI Nc
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