Virginia Governor Closes Woodlands East of Blue Ridge
Governor Harrison bans access to all Virginia woodlands east of the Blue Ridge due to extraordinary fire hazard. The measure lasts until further notice and halts the hunting season from Nov 18 to Jan 30 east of the mountains. Exceptions apply to landowners and timber workers. smoking and burning leaves near woods are prohibited within 300 feet.
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Richmond
AL. Harrison Jr
Virginia
Blue Ridge
Harrison
Superintendent denies prisoner died hungry in Norfolk case
Norfolk AP report says Superintendent Guley Perry admitted one rule violation in placing 16 year old Francis Ricardo West in solitary but denied hunger death claims. West hanged in cell after nine days in isolation following refusal to work at city prison farm. Perry noted meals given, disputed hunger assertion.
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Norfolk
City
Guley Perry
Advisory Commission
Director of Public Welfare
Francis Ricardo West
West
Perry
Es. West
Appalachian Road Program is Started
Bulldozer groundbreaking marks the first Virginia section of the Appalachian Development Highway. The project lies below Keen Mountain on U S 460 near the Buchanan Tazewell county line and opens 156.5 miles of qualifying routes Rs 23 and 25E at an estimated cost of 76 million dollars. Participants include Rep W Pat Jennings Appalachian Regional Commission member John L Sweeney State highway commissioner Douglas B Fugate and Joseph G Ham Tick director of Industrial Development and Planning.
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Tazewell
Virginia
Keen Mountain
U.S. 460
Buchanan - Tazewell County Line
Rep
W. Pat Jennings
John L. Sweeney
Appalachian Reggional Commission
Douglas B. Fugate
Joseph G. Ham- Tick
Division of Industrial Development and Planning
Special Courses Plans Approved for Deprived Children in Virginia
The Virginia State Department of Education announced Colonial Heights has received approval to establish special courses for educationally deprived children under the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Colonial Heights is the first Virginia community to gain department approval, with the U.S. Office of Education to review the first 13 approved applications before continuing at ten‑day intervals.
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Richmond
State Department of Education
Colonial Heights
Colonial Hi
U.S. Office of Education
Bar Seeks Virginia Ratification of Presidential Disability Amendment
Virginia’s legal profession plans to push the proposed constitutional amendment on presidential disability to the General Assembly. The Virginia State Bar and the Virginia State Bar Association will ask Courts of Justice committees to sponsor ratification resolutions. The amendment, approved by Congress in July, requires three fourths of states to ratify and defines when the vice president may assume duties if a president is disabled.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Virginia State Bar
Virginia State Bar Association
Courts of Justice
Congress
Grist Mill Converted Into Dinner Theater
Three young couples transform a 302 year old grist mill in Colonial Heights into the Swift Creek Mill Playhouse a weekend dinner theater with 250 seats. Walter Callahan Dr Louis Rubin and Wesley Richardson lead with wives Sally Betty Fran assisting. Construction included jacking up the structure and removing granite to fit a kitchen addition. Buffet dining on two levels precedes performances in a curtainless Greek amphitheater style stage.
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Colonial Heights
Swift Creek Mill Playhouse
Walter Callahan
Louis Rubin
Petersburg
Wesley Richardson
Sally Richardson
Court Hears School Plan Challenge
In Richmond the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took under advisement a challenge by white Arlington County parents to a desegregation plan. The plan merged a Negro junior high with two white schools amid bids to comply with the law.
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Richmond
4Th
U.s.circuit Court of Appeals
Arlington County School Board
E. D. Campbell
LeRoy Batchelor
Arlington
Batchelor
4Th Circuit
U.S
Oren R. Lewis
Virginia Bases Affected by Military Order
Several Virginia congressmen say the order to shut down or consolidate 149 bases could aid the economy but threaten national defense. Virginia bases affected include the Army Aviation Material Laboratory at Ft. Eustis transferring to Biggs AFB in El Paso and a Marine Corps Reserve training center in Charlottesville closing. The lab employs about 230 civilians and 100 military. the center 9 military personnel and leases 25,000 square feet. Estimated annual savings are $63,500. Rep. William Tuck and Rep. Richard Poff support restraint on spending but oppose undermining efforts in Vietnam. Rep. Watkins Abbitt opposes abandonment of essential defense for higher spending.
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Richmond
Virginia
Army Aviation Material Laboratory
Ft. Eustis
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Tex
Marine Corps Reserve Training Center
Charlottesville
Apple variety diversity exceeds four thousand types
The article notes the existence of more than 4,000 distinct apple varieties. It highlights the vast genetic and culinary diversity within the apple family and suggests ongoing cultivation and selection efforts across regions.
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