Assembly Pruning Committee Faces 27 Million Squeeze
A Virginia subcommittee faces a 27 million squeeze to trim requests for the 1956 58 budget. If surplus funds from proposed moves and a 20 million end balance hold, the panel may allocate 9 to 10 million for new appropriations. The University of Virginia asks 3.08 million and tax plans seek 48 million for construction.
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Assembly
Richmond
Virginia
Gov. Stanley
Appropriations Committee
Howard Adams
Northampton
Dels
John Daniel
Charlotte County
Baldwin Locher
Rockbridge
Taylor Murphy
Warsaw
J. W. Roberts
Norfolk
Harry R. Davis
Princess Anne
Fred Pollard
Adams
Pollard
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Pollad
University of Virginia
Senate Finance Committee
del. W. C. Elliott
House
Senate
State Milk Commission
Del
Robert Whitehead
Nelson
J. Lindsay Almong
Whitehead
How's You RI quiz answers pages 4
Answers listed for quiz questions include Yes Sir centstan No bald or American eagle No The same Yes Shifting of the earths crust Her husbands given name as Mrs John Doe Cloth button and The butcher the baker the candlestick maker.
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Sir Centstan
John Doe
Arlington Board Backs Moncure Bill on School Board
Arlington County Board approved by a 3 to 2 vote a bill by Del. Frank Moncure to abolish the elected Arlington school board and replace it with an appointed one. The measure, opposed as punitive, awaits action in the House as committees scheduled a joint hearing at 10 a.m. Thursday.
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Arlington
Del
Frank Moncure
Arlington County
Arlington County Board
Moncure
Stafford County
Virginia
Wesley Cooper
George Bowzee Jr
Laone Bucholtz
Ralph Kaul
Alan L. Dean
Cooper
del. Roy B. Davis
Halifax County
House
Senate Privileges and Elections Committees
County PTA Council Calls For More Classrooms and Salaries
County council advocates expansion of classrooms to ease Winchester area congestion and align Frederick County with state salary scales. It notes 1954-55 teacher average of 2711 dollars, 54th in state while state average is 3050. Officers urge PTA reps to join and remind meetings are first Wednesday monthly at James Wood School.
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Winchester
James Wood School
Frederick
Talmadge Bucher
Harold Walters
Stephens City
Joseph Bauserman
Bufflick Road
William Thompson
PTA
Farm sale notices list hay cattle furniture and goods
Feb 8 auction at Phillip’s farm Berryville includes 160 tons hay. Feb 11 estate sale Ridgeway West Virginia offers antique modern furniture and garden tractor. Feb 15 sale 35 miles west Winchester hay. Feb 16 Hereford cattle near Broadway. Feb 18 Poca Dot Farms Charles Town bulls. Feb 18 Whitacre sale household goods furniture and farming implements.
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John A. Miller
Phillip
Berryville
Old Chapel
W. D. Orndorff
M. J. Fogle
Ridgeway
W. Va
T. Newton & Garland Cather
Winchester
Hay
C. C. Turner Farms
Broadway Va
Poca Dot Farms
Charles Town
Clark Miller
Whitacre
E. T. Snider
Two-Car Crash on Rt 7 Causes $250 Damage
A two car collision on U S Rt 7 two miles west of Berryville produced $250 in Plymouth damage and $200 in Chevrolet damage. No injuries were reported though an ambulance responded. State Trooper P F Click identified the drivers John Henry Bolling of Pikesville Kentucky and Charles Henry Littleton of Ashland Kentucky.
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Rt. 7
U. S. Rt 7
Berryville
Friendishp
P. F. Click
John Henry Bolling
Pikesville
Charles Henry Littleton
Ashland
Baltimore
William Harold Littleton
Campaign shifts toward campus transfer and new school name
Executive committee plans mark the start by June 1 with a sub committee for transfer details. February 17 sets next meeting to appoint three members, while the Chamber names its trio and the body’s powers and title remain undecided. Bishop Gregory letters push for title clarity, land title, Dayton sale at best price, endowment funds, transfer plans, legal safeguards, and fundraising targets.
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Executive Committee
Chamber
David T. Gregory
E. U. B Church
Dayton
Winchester
Gutenberg Bible Print Run Estimated at Two Hundred Copies
The edition is thought to total around 200 copies, mainly on paper with a few on vellum. The Latin text accompanies the historic print run.
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JJ. A
Make-It-Yourself Paris Fashions Start From 15
Paris fashions shown at the spring season end feature Gaston de Paris creations priced from about 15 dollars. The line targets American home sewers with precut dresses suits and coats and trims. Serge Kogan designed them after years with Dior Le Long and Lily Dache. Models at Maxim's showcased 19 new cotton and silk designs including jackets dresses coats and a cape ensemble.
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Paris
United States
Gaston de Paris
Philip Gelb
Serge Kogan
Dior
le Long
Lily Dache
New York
Maxim'sr
Virginia bill to require speed governors faces opposition
A House Roads Committee hearing on a bill to require speed governors for drivers with suspended licenses drew opposition from State Police Superintendent Col. C. W. Woodson and Automobile Club of Virginia officials. They argued governors are impractical and won’t curb city speeding. The measure was referred to a subcommittee for recommendation.
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Richmond
Superintendent of
State Police
Automobile Club of Virginia
del W. Griffith Purcell
House Roads Committee
Virginia
Purcell
Col. C. W. Woodson
G. Qise Wescott
Chester H. Lamb
Lamb
del. V. C. Smith
Grundy
Felix Edmunds
Waynesboro
Orby Cantrell
Wise
John Daniel
Charlotte
Half Pint Liquor Sales Move Clears Virginia House
In Richmond the House backed Del. John Rixey of Norfolk a bill to require the State ABC Board to test half pint liquor sales. The measure now heads for final passage as supporters say it would promote temperance while critics warn of increased public drinking and bootlegging risks.
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Richmond
State
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Keey
Del
John Rixey
Norfolk
ABC Board
Rixey
del. W. C. Russell
Rix
John Hardy
Clarke siow planning rules trigger county law if not acted
Clarke siow planning regulations within two miles of Berryville become county law if the County Supervisors do not act within 45 days after town adoption. They may veto within 45 days, rendering the ordinance ineffective inside town limits. Tonight’s Berryville Council meeting will not adopt the ordinance. Public hearing is set for Monday night Feb. 13. Attending yesterday’s meeting were four supervisors and County Clerk Loring C. Kackley. Also present was District Highway Engineer R. V. Lancaster II of Lu Rav
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Siow
Berryville
Loring C. Kackley
Wm. H. Fenton
Hobson C. McGehee
Edward B. Lee
Robert L. Withers
R. V. Lancaster, II
Lurav
Notice of Sheriff's Sale in Frederick County Virginia
A distress warrant for rent in the case of N. B. Shingleton against K. C. Miller funds a sheriff sale planned for February 18 1956 at 1 30 PM at Big Cup Millers Frozen Custard Route 522 near Winchester Virginia. The sale includes multiple appliances and misc items to satisfy an $860 debt plus costs.
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Millers
Route
Winchester
Virginia
York
Navy
Prigidaire
Savage
Viking
Trial Justice Court of
Frederick County
Navy to send Neptune bomber to aid Antarctic search
Rear Adm. George J. Dufek approved a plan for a Navy patrol aircraft to fly from Patuxent Naval Air Station Maryland to Little America V in Antarctica to join the search for a missing De Havilland Otter with seven men aboard. The mission follows an SOS reception and a helicopter sighting of a wreck later determined to be an old Fokker from 1929.
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Arne Boother
New Zealand
George J. Dufek
U.S
Marie Byrd Land
Little America
Ameb
Dufek
Antarctica
Rockefeller Mountains
Richard E. Byrd
Arneb
Byrd
Fokker
Bernt Balchen
Harold June
Lawrence Gould
U.S. Committee For the
International Geophysical Year
Mt. Helen Washington
Balchen
June
Gould
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