India's Iron Man Patel Dies After Attack
India's Iron Man Vallabhbhai Patel died after an attack triggering national mourning. Plans of half mast flags and business closures spread as police prepared to control mourners at the state funeral in Bombay.
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India
Iron Man
Bombay
Saradar
Congress Party
Mohandas
K. Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Patel
G. D. Birla
Birla
New Delhi
Do Mules Live Longer Than Working Horses
The mule outlives the horse. A Horse and Mule Association study found mules average 18 years, work horses 15 years.
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Horse and Mule Association
Nominations End Tomorrow for Fat Livestock Sale
Tomorrow is the final day to nominate stock for the First Annual Fat Livestock Show and Sale on December 18 at the Farmers Livestock. County Agent I. Fred Stine reported 40 to 50 cattle 25 lambs and 30 hogs expected. weigh in ends 10 a.m. Monday and show starts 11 a.m. with the sale at 7 30 p.m.
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Farmers Livestock County
Fred Stine
George Cather
Frederick Sprinkle
Jack Jenkins
Millard Singhass
Charles Buckman
Douglas Wiley
C. Cc. Funkhouser
Clarke County
Legion Commander Continues His Tour in Virginia
American Legion commander Erle Cocke Jr. campaigns across Virginia on a seven day trip stopping in Richmond Clifton Forge Covington Iron Gate Buchanan Roanoke Bedford Lynchburg and Farmville. He urges full wartime mobilization to confront Soviet Russia and criticizes national leaders for not informing the public about world affairs.
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American Legion
Erle Cocke, Jr
Emporia
Petersburg
Virginia
Cocke
Old Dominion
Boeke
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Russia
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Covington
Iron Gate
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Roanoke
Bedford Lynchburg
Farmville
Legion
Milk price hike sanctioned for Danville area
The State Milk Commission authorized Danville distributors to raise prices from 22 to 23 cents per quart and producers to seek 6.45 dollars per hundred pounds. The authorization took effect at midnight and runs through March 31, 1961.
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Richmond
Danville
State Milk Commission
Three Escapees Recaptured Near Richmond
Three convicts who escaped last Tuesday from a local camp near Societe were recaptured on Petersburg Pike yesterday by Patrolman C. K. Jolly. The men James Inson Geo Cleveland Jr 23 and Charlie Jaby 22 were found driving a stolen car.
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Richmond
Societe
James Inson
Geo Cleveland, Jr
Charlie Jaby
Petersburg Pike
C. K. Jolly
Two Jail Breakers Caught in Norfolk
Norfolk police recaptured two of six jail breakers from the city jail escape. Alex Henderson Tenner and Levy B Ingram Jr were nabbed by Sergeant A W Paris and Patrolman C A Doughty in downtown Norfolk. Two others, Thurman West and William Henry Bowen, remain at large. Huffman alias Hotson Huffman faces FBI and Petersburg warrants over stolen car transport and larceny.
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Alexandria Edward Tenner
Levy B. Ingram, Jr
Rensra
Capoan
H. C. Gornto, Jr
A. W. Paris
C. A. Doughty
Thurman West
William Henry Bowen
Marvin Eere
Charles Witt Huffman
Hotson
Huffman
FBI
Petersburg
Maryland
Gas Seepage Mystery Arises In Lynchburg Sewer
Officials investigate a gasoline seepage in Lynchburg downtown sewer traced to a nearby garage leak last spring. Gasoline entered the sewer at a high rate earlier, then slowed, with the plume cited as an explosion risk while investigators seek proof the same gas from the leak is the source.
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Lynchburg
Eas
Frank L. Bullock
Warwick County considers 1.26 million school bond referendum
The Warwick County Board of Supervisors endorses a county wide petition for a 1 260 000 bond to fund new schools. The petition goes to Warwick County Circuit Court for decision on holding the referendum. If approved by voters the tax rate would rise from 2.85 to 3.15 per hundred. The County School Board has already endorsed the issue.
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Warwick Newport News
Warwick County Board of Advisors
Warwick County
Virginia Draft Quotas Increased for January and February
Virginia's draft quotas for January and February were raised sharply to 80,000 men each month. Col. A. W. Harman, state selective service director, had anticipated an extra 3,058 physicals in December and, with 1,536 already summoned, the January induction quota would be drawn. Harman announced after touring Virginia's 128 draft boards.
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Richmond
Virginia
Army
Col
A. W. Harman
Selective Service
Harman
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