Women clubs map highway beautification plan
A Tidewater committee of women’s clubs maps a project to plant crape myrtle along Virginia’s major byways from Cape Henry to Jamestown. Co chairmen Frederic C. Huette and Mrs Albert W Crosby head the effort, tying the plan to the Jamestown Festival of 1957 as a lasting memorial to the 1607 settlers.
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Williamsburg
Tidewater
Virginia
Cape Henry
Jamestown
Frederic C. Huette
Virginia Nursery Men’s Assn Plants for Highway Plantings
The Virginia Nursery men’s Association offered to supply plants at cost plus handling charges. Raymond L. Nicar of the State Highway Department said the department would place the plants once available. Huette noted clubs businesses and communities along highways from Cape Henry to James Town would be asked to contribute to begin planting by spring 1956.
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Virginia Nurserymens’ Assn
Raymond L. Nicar
State Highway Department
Huette
Cape Henry
Jamestown
Rita Hayworth Wins Mail Order Divorce Favorable Decree
Reno district judge grants Rita Hayworth a mail order divorce from Dick Haymes with only principals present. Hayworth, in Paris with children, cited extreme mental cruelty in deposition. Haymes touring Las Vegas as proceedings unfold. Her prior husbands include Judson Welles and Aly Khan. Married Sept 24 1953.
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Reno
Rita Hayworth
Dick Haymes
Rita
Paris
France
Haymes
Las Vegas
Nev
Grant L. Bowen
Edward C. Judson
Orson Welles
Prince Aly Khan
Eight Aboard U.S. Plane Die In Mountain Crash
A U S Air Force four engine C54 transport carrying eight airmen crashed in the Rift Mountains near the Spanish Moroccan border. The Kelly Field based crew were flying from Wheelus Field Tripoli to Casablanca en route home when the plane struck a 5000 foot peak and exploded. Spanish border guards reported the loss to Rabat officials in French Morocco.
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Tetuan
Spanish Morocco
U. S
U. S. Air Force
1700 Air Transport Group
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Tex
Gormora
Morocco
Wheelus Field
Tripoli
Casabalanca
United States
Rabat
French Morocco
VFW to Sponsor Salvation Army Christmas Kettle
Post 2123 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars voted at its December meeting to man a Salvation Army kettle at 172 N Loudoun St from 9 am to 5 pm on December 17. The group also plans Pony League baseball sponsorship, Chamber of Commerce membership, Christmas seal donations, and adoption of two local families. Robert McKinney and Bud Cooper won prizes.
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Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Salvation Army
N. Loudoun St
Winchester-Frederick County
The
Loudoun St
Cameron St
Stockholders to Vote on Virginia Bank Merger in December
Stockholders will meet to vote on December 28 on the merger of State Planters Bank and Trust Co and Bank of Commerce and Trust, creating Virginia's largest bank. Directors of both Richmond institutions approved the plan, which would yield total assets of 211.8 million and deposits of 195.7 million in the merged bank, surpassing First and Merchants National Bank as Virginia’s largest.
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Richmond
State Planters Bank and Trust Co
Bank of Commerce and Trust
Richmond Financial Institutions
Consolidated Bank
Virginia
First and Merchants National Bank of Richmond
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Pat Ryan
Miami Beach
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Alaska
Canada
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Guam
Mexico
Philippines
Venezula
Europe
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Bud Cooper
Chrysler
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