Critical Moments of History Reconstructed on TV
ABC's four part series on the American Revolution vividly revived 1775 and 1776 with location shoots in Williamsburg Lexington Concord Boston and Philadelphia. Silhouettes and sound effects conveyed battles and defeats while a single flag and a hat drifted downstream signaling events. The hour proved well crafted and enlightening even for wary history buffs. NBC's Best on Record offered a star studded musical hour with Frank Sinatra Bing Crosby Dean Martin and others. The Grammys for outstanding records were announced by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences without hosting. Recommended tonight Weg on Train ABC 8 30 10 EST features Holly and Tim McIntire with Joan Blondell in The Bleeker Story.
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ABC
Williamsburg
Lexington
Concord
Boston
Philadelphia
NBC
Sundaight
Holly
Tim McIntire
John McIntire
Joan Blondell
Four Road Deaths In Virginia Over Weekend
Four traffic deaths were reported over the weekend in Virginia raising the toll to 908 for the year, with no fatalities on Sunday. Notable cases include Wayne S. Lee 16 of Mathias West Virginia killed in a single car crash on Virginia 259 near Broadway and Conner B. Hawkins 23 of Chesapeake killed in a single vehicle crash on Grassfield Road. Howard Pease Jr 58 of Farmington Maine was struck by a car on U S 15 360 near Keysville.
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Broadway
Wayne S. Lee
Mathias
W.va
Virginia
Rockingham Coun
Chesapeake
Conner B. Hawkins
Grassfield Rd
Keysville
Howard Pease Jr
Farmington
Maine
U.S. 15
Mechanicsville man dies in two car crash near Keysville
ILL- Richard Harvey Watts, 28, of Mechanicsville, died after a two vehicle collision on U S 360 Friday night near Keysville in Hanover County and Charlotte County.
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Richard Harvey Watts
Mechanicsville
U.S
Hanover County
Keysville
Charlotte County
Mechanicsv
Preliminary hearing set for Davis in Virginia slaying case
Bobby Davis 20 of Gray Station Tennessee faces murder charges for the slaying of Conley Babb 46 of Nickelsville Virginia Thursday night. Davis says Babb fired first and he responded with a shotgun.
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Bobby Davis
Gray Station
Tenn
Virginia
Davis
Conley Babb
Nickelsville
Babb
Sere Babb
Noted chemist Otto Eisenschiml dies at 83 in Chicago
Otto Eisenschiml, 83, noted chemist, author and Lincoln Civil War authority, died Saturday in Chicago. He was a prominent scholar and published author on chemistry and 19th century American history.
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Chicago
Otto Eisenschiml
Norfolk adopts desegregation plan for school placement
Norfolk Virginia school board reviews a desegregation plan proposed by Superintendent Edwin L. Lamberth amid a four hour hearing. The plan allows transfer within multi school areas with parental approval and capacity limits, preserves resident rights for current students, and discards test based assignments. The plan aims to curb discrimination while the NAACP petitions to end segregation.
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Norfolk
Norfolk School Board
Sabet
Walter Bolen
Edwin L. Lamberth
Hoffman
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Lamberth
Undersecretary Mashburn Died at Labor Convention
Lloyd A. Mashburn 66 of Silver Spring Maryland a former undersecretary of labor in 1954 and 1958 died suddenly of a heart attack while attending a labor convention in Chicago He was a veteran government official and former labor department official during the Eisenhower era.
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Chicago
Lloyd A. Mashburn
Silver Springs
Firemen Felled In Pulaski Blaze Injuries Across Multiple Departments
Six firefighters were injured and two suffered heart problems during a Pulaski blaze. A wall collapse injured three Pulaski crew including assistant chief Bill Hall while others from Dublin and Pulaski were hospitalized. The fire, started likely in an elevator shaft, caused extensive smoke and water damage with costs in the hundreds of thousands.
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Pulaski, Va
Bill Hall
Roland Cole
Robert Hoback
Pulaski
Robert Lorton
Durwood Smith
Dublin
D. G. Ray
Ray Tilley
Newbern
Draper
Electro Plastics Fabrics Co. Inc
Fatal Shooting Follows Family Argument in Virginia
Robert Albert Bowes 20 of Denniston Halifax County was shot dead after a family argument. His brother Sterling Eugene Bowes is charged with murder and held in Halifax County jail on 5000 bond. A single .22 caliber shot struck Bowes in the chest. No hearing date set.
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Robert Albert Bowes
Denniston
Halifax County
Sterling Eugene Bowes
Robert Bowes
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