Money items loom in Virginia General Assembly action
In Richmond AP reports a busy week ahead as the Virginia House debates restoring the sales tax escalator clause, advances the auto titling tax, and moves the $2.2 billion appropriations bill toward debate. Committees warn bills not reported may fail, with DST observance and time standards bills resurfacing.
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Virginia General Assembly
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Senate
Hmeal Tame
House General Laws Committee
Agents Raid Student Apartment In Charlottesville
Federal narcotics agents raided a Charlottesville student apartment over the weekend and arrested Michael Minick 21 of Albany New York a University of Virginia third year student for illegal possession of marijuana. Police say several other arrests are expected and an undetermined amount of marijuana was confiscated. Minick posted $1000 bond and faces a March 11 preliminary hearing.
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Charlottesville
Michael Minick
Albany
University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences
J.e.,adams
Minick
Weather Shift Bright Spot Amid Rainy Day
Heavy rain drenched the area today with clearing skies and warmer temperatures expected tomorrow. A low is forecast tonight and the high tomorrow should reach the 50s. Mrs Flora Coffman of Virginia Ave notes her star carrier boy as a bright spot on a stormy day.
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Flora Coffman
Virginia Ave
Blossom Fete Review Tonight Plans Review at Shenandoah Apple Festival
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival moves into a planning session tonight at 7 30 p m hosted by Festival president Alson H Smith and Mrs Smith at their Fox Drive home. Department directors and executive committee members will present reports, discuss problems, and coordinate festival activities for April 28 30.
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Alson H. Smith
John T. Solenberger
Apple
Robert 8. Barbour
Wayne McClure
Hubert T. Stratton
InsTown
C. W. Huntsberry
Lester Singhass
Robert W. Pierce
Harry M. Patterson
Robert N. Taylor
B. B. Dutton, Jr
E. E
Public Safety and Service
Joseph C. Pas
Albright
R. J. Alford
Korea Cabinet Votes to Send 20000 Troops to Viet Nam
The South Korean Cabinet approved a plan to deploy about 20000 more soldiers to South Viet Nam. A regiment would go in April and a division in July, adding to the 20000 already there. The government seeks National Assembly approval for the troop movement.
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Seoul, Korea
South Viet Nam
South Korea
National Assembly
Propane Gas Truck Explodes in Martinsville
An explosion at a propane storage site in Martinsville near the North Carolina line injured two men and caused a blaze that rose to 150 feet. Firefighters contained the flames within an hour as rain helped. The blast damaged propane and natural gas tanks and a nearby building. investigators planned to enter the area once safe.
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Martinsville
North Carolina
Ken Martin
Weather Update Ahead of Northeast Move
A low pressure area racing northeast across Virginia brings rainfall and mild temperatures to most of the state. The system impacts daily plans as showers spread from west to east with temperatures staying comfortable for late season conditions.
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Richmond
Virginia
Parents Lose 9th Child in Infancy in Philadelphia
Philadelphia AP report details the Noe family facing the funeral of Catherine their ninth infant loss since 1949. Arethur Noe a warehouseman and his wife Marie speak of despair and contemplating speaking to their pastor about more children amid repeated infant deaths. Medical tests planned to determine cause though several prior deaths remain undiagnosed with heart and bronchial pneumonia blamed for some. Catherine appeared healthy before a stillbirth earlier and prior infants died within hours to six months.
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Philadelphia
Arethur T. Noe
Noe
Warehouseman
Marie
Catherine
Senate Viet Nam Bills Move Toward Showdown
The Senate nears a showdown over Viet Nam legislation as administration allies push two key bills through foreign aid and military authorization. A proposed Gulf of Tonkin resolution reversal may surface, with Morse and Russell trading amendments while Kennedy and Humphrey clash on Viet Nam policy and possible Viet Cong roles.
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Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gulf of Tonkin
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
New York
Viet Nam
United States
ABC
Lara
Hoe
Brayy Deyn
Marines Battle Main Force Communist Forces Near Hue
Marines deployed three companies by helicopter to engage a Viet Cong main-force unit 55 miles from the North Viet Nam border. After six hours of fighting, 40 Communists were reported killed while Marines lost few men and captured 40 weapons including a crew served weapon. Separate operations around Quang Tri Province reported heavy fighting with 344 Communist dead since last Tuesday, as South Vietnamese troops encircled 200 Viet Cong and the U.S. 7th Fleet shelled targets along the coast.
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South Viet Nam
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Hue
Car Thief Evades Deputies After High Speed Chase
A stolen 1954 Chevrolet fled through Ward's Plaza and Winchester on Rt 522, reaching 70 mph as deputies followed. The driver bailed out near a woods three miles south of Winchester, escaping on foot with no shots fired and police continuing the search.
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Winchester
Rt. 522
Frederick County
Douglas D. Orndorff
Stephens City
Lacy Anderson
Middle Road
Miller Owens
Paper Mill Rd
Anderson
Depty Owens
Owens
Rise in consumer prices halted in January
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index leveled off at 111 percent of the 1957-59 average in January, same as December, marking a 1.9 percent rise from the previous year.
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Washington
Labor Department
Colonels Clash With Mason For NW Crown Tonight
James Wood's Cinderella basketball team meets George Mason at 6 p.m. at Frederick County Junior High in a Northwestern League showdown. Mason won the first meeting 189-63 at Falls Church and finished 13-1, while Wood is 13-7 after tourney wins over Handley and Loudoun County. Handley fell 48-44 to Wood in Saturday’s semifinal, eliminated by the Colonels.
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James Wood
George Mason
Frederick County Junior High School
Falls Church
Mason
Wood
Handley
Loudoun County
Gemini 9 Crew Killed in St Louis Plane Crash
Astronauts Elliot M. Lee Jr. and Charlies A. Bassett 11, assigned to the Gemini 9 mission, died in a McDonnell Aircraft plant crash during an instrument landing in fog. Lee, 38, from Dallas, was a Navy pilot and a 1962 astronaut selectee. Bassett, 34, of Dayton, Ohio, a 1963 selectee, leaves two widows and several children.
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Dallas
Tex
Navy
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Air Force
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Ohio
T ‘Technological College
Lubbock
Marilyn J. Denahy
Georgetown
Sally
Carolyn
David
Jan M. Martin
Hesperia
Calif
Karen
Peter
Belle James Bassett
Royal Oaks
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See
Eliot M. See
Two US astronauts killed in McDonnell crash at St Louis
A T38 trainer split a building roof during an instrument approach at McDonnell Aircraft Corp. in St Louis. Two US astronauts died and about ten workers on a Phantom jet line were injured. the second T38 landed safely. Cause under investigation by the FAA.
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