VPI Boom Continues Into 1962 At Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech reports 1961 as a banner year with record enrollment of 5315 and 1061 graduates. Dr Wal ter S Newman retires in June after 15 years leading the university alongside new buildings including a million-dollar Biochemistry Microbiology and Nutrition Center and a three floor Civil Engineering addition. The Roanoke Technical Institute becomes part of the Tech system as a division. The regimental band wins first place at a presidential inaugural parade for the third straight time.
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Blacksburg
Vir Polytechnic Institute
Walter S. Newman
Tech
Roanoke Technical Institute
VPI School of Engineering and Architecture
Business
School of Applied Science and Business Administration
School of Science and General Studies
H. H. Mitchell
John M. Devine
M. W. Sche
Rice Joins Attorneys Rice Hannis and Rice
Larel Rice Jr has joined the Martinsburg law firm Rice Hannis and Rice with senior members his father and Herbert E Hannis. A Virginia and Princeton graduate, he has practiced five years in the area.
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Rice
Martinsburg
Larel Rice, Jr
Rice, Hannis and Rice
Herbert E. Hannis
University of Virginia
Princeton
Decatur H. Rodgers, Jr
Charles A. Kiser
Rodgers and Kiser
The
Peoples Trust Company
Rodgers
Rice, Hannis and
Kiser
337 Die in New Year Holiday Traffic and Fires
Chicago reports 337 traffic deaths over a 78 hour New Year weekend, exceeding safety forecasts. Fires killed 93 and miscellaneous accidents 59, totaling 479 fatalities. The period ran from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, with fire deaths setting a postwar record.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Earthquakes Hit Global Plate Boundaries Annually
Scientists report as many as one million earthquakes occur worldwide each year, driven by plate tectonics along major boundaries. Minor tremors outnumber stronger quakes, with activity concentrated in regions like the Pacific and Mediterranean belts.
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Star
City Gas and Water
Denny’s Comm
Winchester
Wilson Welding Supply CO
Pine Motor Co
Braddock St
Split Rock
Winchester Concrete Products
Welltown Pike
Donald E. Athey
Dan It
SEARS
N. Loudoun
King Features
Wyndiente, Inc
Davey Yager
Cedarmeade
Paper Mill Road
Raymond Jenkins
Cadillac
Aubrey Waters
Wadesville
E. P. Berlin
Berryville 422
White Post Supply Co
White Post
Phone Boyce
LeMaster
A. L. Waters
van Buren St
Falls Church
Cather’s Farm Market
Route 50 West
Don Haines
S. Cameron
Northern Virginia Power Co
Buick
Maytag
General Electric
Loudoun St
Berryville
Olga Stoker
W. B. Snider Sons
N. Cameron St
Holliday
Floyd Lofton
Boyce
Robinson Apartments, Inc
Hables Real Estate
Hunt
Call Boyce
Call
S. Stewart
Valley Ave
Clearbrook
Bath
Queda
Berryville Ave
Winchester Evening Star
Miller
Riner’s ServiCenter
Fairfax
Garvin Walter
Union Life Insurance Co
W. Boscawen St
McDonald's
Stephens City
Leggett’s
Miller's Howe
Riley Real Estate Agency
E. Boscawen St
Hoye L. Riley
E. Piccadilly St
Crider & Shockey Winchester
Loudoun
Kernstown
M. MO
Miller's
VPI
Harrisonburg
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Parkers
Aldhizer
Bank Post
G. Raymond Aldhizer
Rockingham National Bank
Earl G. Creps, Jr
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Calvary Lutheran Church
Wilkinsburg
John Robert Stiff
First Baptist Church
Hillsboro Baptist Church
Crozet
Everett A. Hellmuth, Jr
Falling Waters
Hedgesville
Tomahawk
Presbyterian
Corbin
Strasburg
Harry Berriman
Johnstown
J. Ray Miller
Charles Horn
Alther
Ernest C. Alther
Berkeley
Edmond Williams
Elbert Solenberger
Rockingham County
Pleasant Valley Road
Belle Meade
Southern Motor Inns, Inc
Lynchburg
Garber
Howard Johnson
Rt. 81
Tommy Tucker
South Cameron St
Penney’s
Moya Mreek
Opequon Creek
Naylor Nay
Virginia
West Virginia
H. Harris Tavenner
Edward T. Tavenner Associates
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Martha Washington
East Piccadilly St
Ralph Charles Grimm
A. L. Purtlebaugh
Gore, Va
Senseny Road
Leonard Riley
Boscawen
Fox Drive
Bryan Stotler
S. Stewart Street
B. M. Sullivan
Rouss Avenue
Mohawk
Handley Ave
Shenandoah Hills
L. W. Williams
Rport
L. A
Virginia L. Davis
N. Braddock St
G. V. Talkington
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