Virginia Governor defends segregation while acknowledging unequal higher education access
Governor Battle stated Negroes are entitled to equal educational opportunities but admitted that Virginia cannot provide such facilities in medicine law and other professional fields. He upheld segregation in public schools while endorsing gradual changes and cited a Charlottesville tribunal order to admit Swanson to law graduate study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Cela
Virginia
Colgate W. Caren, Jr
University of Virginia
Charleston
C. Darden
Battle
Darden
Charlottesville
Gregory Swanson
Martinsville
Christmas Program at Gainesboro Church Planned
The Young People of Gainesboro Church will stage a Christmas program on December 24 at the church. The ladies will serve lunch during the sale of the late Mrs Minnie Bowden at her Gainesboro home. Various local residents visited relatives and guests over the weekend and Miss Jean Baker spoke on Daniel to the Junior League at the Gainesboro Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgin. Dehaven
Gainesboro
Setatsdams
Co de
Winchester Memorial 1
Minnie Bowen
B. J. Lovett
Theodore Puffinburger
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Elwood Rogers
Harry Foote
Delia Johnson
Winchester
Nathaniel DeHaven
Jean Baker
Frederick County
Daniel
Foreclosure Sale Of 680 Berryville Avenue Winchester Va
Public auction of the property at 12 noon December 16 1950 in front of the County Courthouse. The four bedroom brick dwelling known as 680 Berryville Avenue fronts Berryville Avenue and stretches north along the Grubbs and Dunlap lines with specified boundary lengths. One third payment due day of sale and the remainder in two equal annual installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Sardelis
John P. Allen
Corporation Court
Winchester
Virginia
County Court House
Berryville Avenue
Grubb
Atomic Attack Might Force Moving Washington Agencies
Roger Jones of the budget bureau warned a nuclear strike could require abandoning Washington entirely. He testified for a $190 million plan to build eight new government offices within a 20 mile radius to preserve essential functions and ease downtown congestion. Jess Larson said the outlying offices could house about 40,000 workers. current federal staffing in Washington totals 190,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Jones
Budget Bureau
Jones
House Public Works Committee
Truman
Washington
Jess Larson
General Services Administrator
Larson
Murderer Dies In Electric Chair In Virginia
Ben Franklin Fuller aged 43 was executed in the state penitentiary electric chair for first degree murder in Mecklenburg County. He was pronounced dead at 7 39 a m after being convicted for the December 19 1949 killing of Joe Thompson. Fuller had been sentenced to die in August 1949 and received a temporary delay to await a Supreme Court appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ben Franklin Fuller
Joe Thompson
Mecklenburg County
Yestern
F. W. Smyth
Fuller
M. Thompson
Battle
State Supreme Court
Cross Junction Visitors and Local Social Roundup
Recent visitors to Cross Junction include Maurice Phillips and Curtis Funkhouser with families from Maryland and Fairfax respectively, Alvin Baker of Washington, the DeHaven and Baker families, and Ziler Baker from Washington. Donald Patton and family from Winchester visited A. W. Taylor, Floyd Luttrell hosted Goldie Kiter of Winchester and Roy Stotler of Martinsburg, W Va. Sam Whitacre of the University of Virginia is recuperating at home after surgery. Russell Grove of Arlington recently visited James Grove. Braithwaite family members were home for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldie Kiter
Winchester
Roy Stotler
Martinsburg
W. Va
Sam Whitacre
University of Virginia
Russell Grove
Arlington
James Grove
J.S. Braithwaite
Plans Bids For Capitol Ad Contest Attract Thirteen Sets
Fourteen sets of plans were submitted in response to the Capitol advertisement. The contract was awarded to Dr. William Thornton, a young doctor living in the Virgin Islands, after a competitive bidding process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
United States
William Thornton
Virgin Islands
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