Cochran Drops Speaker Bid in Virginia House
Staunton Del George M. Cochran declares he will not seek Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates citing a survey showing insufficient support among delegates. The move clears the way for Berryville Del E Blackburn Moore to seek a fifth term as Speaker as the caucus and election proceed after Gov Almond's inauguration.
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Staunton
George M. Cochran
Virginia
House of Delegates
Cochran
State Gasoline Tax Revenue Up 5.19 Percent
The State Highway Department reports a 519 percent increase in gasoline tax revenue for the year ending last June 3, plus a 12.34 percent rise from motor vehicle license fees. Total state revenue exceeded estimates by 5 245 408, with road-system appropriations and expenditures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Highway Department
Decatur Youths Demonstrate Rocket Launch in Open Field
Four Decatur youths aged 18 to 20 fired a three foot rocket four miles south of Decatur and estimated it reached 4800 feet. The group includes Bobby Clemons 18 Mike Clemons 17 Allen Johns 19 and Roy Mitchell 20. Mitchell works while the others attend school.
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Decatur
Ala
Bobby Clemons
Mike Clemons
Cousins
Allen Johns
Roy Mitchell
Mitchell
Daily Across Puzzle Clues Snapped Into A Word List
A cluttered OCR style puzzle page presents numbered across and down clues with mixed spellings and garbled entries. Readers seek word fits for many terms including Burrows animal Assiat Pass on Gazelle and other entries such as Sembilan Measure Russ Alone Erbium uprising Ever energy conversion device unit of work and more.
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Sembilan
Erbium
Ever
Viper
Evening
Tall
Coastel- Sk
Crossword clues fragment with mixed terms and errors
A puzzling OCR style list presents crossword clues and partial entries including Lolter Needle, Ireland, Sault St. Marie Canals, impertinent terms, and scattered numbers 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 34 37 85. The garbled text blends slang, place names, animal terms, and an apparent list of clues without clear definitions or grid structure.
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Aperture Custom
Ireland
St. Marie Canals
Japan
Assam
NAACP Attacks Placement Act in Virginia Desegregation Case
The NAACP filed a brief in the Arlington County desegregation appeal defending Judge Bryan's order to admit Negroes to Arlington schools. It argues the Pupil Placement Act does not justify the county's segregation and that remedies are inadequate, noting rights to attend non segregated schools existed before the 1955 General Assembly.
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Richmond
Virginia
National Assn
NAACP
Arlington County
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Albert V. Bryan
Charlotte
N.C
Bryan
General Assembly
Worthy Refuses Restricted Passport Case Sparks ACLU Action
William Worthy Jr., Baltimore journalist for the Afro American, rejected a passport restriction barring travel to China and other countries after having defied a travel ban in 1956 and 1957. The ACLU supports his challenge to the State Department's stance on oath compliance and renewal conditions.
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New York
William Worthy Jr
Baltimore
China
American Civil Liberal Union
Worthy
Hungary
U. S
North Korea
State Department
ACLU
Arctic Air Heads Into Mid-Continent
The Associated Press reports a cold Arctic air mass moves into the Mid-Continent spreading across the Central Plains and Great Lakes region. Temperatures drop 6 to 18 degrees in the Dakotas and Upper Mississippi Valley while clear skies persist from the Gulf states to Texas.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Mid-continent
Central Plains
M mid-Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Dakotas
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf States
Texas
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Arthur Knapp
John H. Norwood
Almond
House
Brink Finn
Chicago
Brink's Inc
Canada
Rememe
Rance
God
Maleewan
Pat Atrie
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester
Old — Strong Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The
Diamonds
Moose
Global Mission
Maurice N. Eisendrath
One Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Dr. Eisendrath
Western Hemisphere
Fact
Australia
S. Africa
Arctic
Dacron
DuPont
Vndemors
Cannon Mills
Dad
Grandad
HFC
America
Consumer Finance
Household Finance
Corporation of Winchester
N. Loudoun Street
J.C. Penny
Mohawk
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