Virginia's Off Beat Yarns Highlight 1962
A Virginias year in lighter news features a stubborn cat that delayed a move, a California beauty at Roanoke College who needed a travel loan, a NASA tracker chasing a pet, and a Sigma Chi fundraising dance weekend with 88 cents to spare. Additional notes cover a Thanksgiving dispute with Massachusetts, a Confederate grey color for Capitol shacks, a Key West souvenir sign confiscated in Richmond, a ghost “haunting” in Portsmouth dismissed as non paranormal, a Covington girl rescued from a staged kidnapping, and a Cumberland telephone booth chatty finale.
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Richmond
California
Roanoke College
Eee Rothery
Virginia
Sigma Chi
Roanoke
Brendan Cavanagh
Salem
Cavanagh
Carolee Ream
Brent Riley
Brigham Young University
U. S. 1 Eads
Key West
Fla
Riley
Fire Damages Honaker School in Virginia
Honaker Elementary School in Honaker Virginia suffered smoke and water damage after a fire late yesterday. Departments from Honaker Lebanon and Richlands fought the blaze for about two and a half hours and hopes center on reopening the school in roughly 10 days.
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Honaker
Lebanon
Richlands
Elephants blaze routes through forests and mountains
A historical note traces elephant routes across Africa noting how they blaze paths through diverse terrains and follow instinctive migration corridors linking forests and mountains. This reveals ancient movement patterns guiding early travelers and shaping regional knowledge of elephant behavior.
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Africa
Boy’s Arm Surgery Could Restore Severed Limb
Everett Knowles Jr a 13 year old in Somerville faces a new operation at Massachusetts General Hospital to attempt to reconnect nerves in his completely severed right arm. Doctors warn amputation remains possible if nerve regeneration stalls.
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Boston
Everett Knowles Jr
Ronald Malt
Massachusetts General Hospital
Everett
Young Knowles
Knowles
Somerville
Malt
Everett Knowles
German B girl: Kaiserslautern loses sun town glow
In Kaiserslautern Germany the once lively American town known as sun town has waned as GIs spend less money on bars. Col Fred L Plahte since taking command closed off limit bars and launched recreation programs to curb nightlife and crime while fostering community outreach through joint committees and education.
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Gould
Europe
U.S
Kaiserslautern
Manfred Stichter
Kaiserslautern Police
Col
Plahte
Fred L. Plahte
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Rhine River
United States
Platte
U.S. Army
Christmas Holiday Traffic Toll Hits Six Hundred Forty Six
The National Safety Council reports 646 traffic deaths over the four day Christmas holiday with 107 fires and 85 other accidents in the period. Weather contributed to the toll and safety officials estimate New Year’s weekend fatalities around 410. The final year totals lag behind 1956’s four day Christmas record of 706.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
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Virginia News
NASA
Walter Burton
Oarty
Burton
Mary
John Wicker
Massachusett
Massachusetts
Wicker
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Kennedy
New England
Berkeley Hundred
State Art Commission
Capitol
Portsmouth
Cord
Bhan Yen
Ess
Charles Doneasy
Covington
Cumberland
Rhoda White
Norfolk Area
Morrison Walker
Walker
Men’s & Boy’s
Honaker School
Karen Lee
Orion
Cannon
Terry
Bereavannel
U.S. Route 11
South
Winchester Park & Shop
S. S. Kresge Company
Mylons
Mary Lynne
Wefers
Reams
University of Virginia
Sin Town
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