Roanoke Becomes 15th Virginia City To Adopt Sales Tax
The Roanoke City Council approved a 2 percent sales tax to take effect March 1 making Roanoke the 15th Virginia city to adopt the levy after lengthy debate. Mayor Benton Dillard and Councilman Robert Garland opposed. Exemptions include barbers beauticians retirees and businessmen. physician prescribed drugs also exempted.
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Roanoke
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Benton
Dillard
Robert Garland
William B. Hopkins
Council
Freight Derailment Probed Near Rocky Mount
Norfolk and Western Railway officials probed the derailment of a 51 car train six miles south of Rocky Mount. Five diesel engines and 27 cars left the tracks after a collision causing damage near 400000 dollars. Four crewmen escaped uninjured as fires followed the pileup.
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Rocky Mount
Norfolk & Western Railway
Here
N&w
Winston- Salem
N.C
Roanoke
Bus Strike Looms in Norfolk and Richmond
Union officials count secret votes by Virginia Transit Co. drivers and maintenance workers in Richmond and Norfolk on a two year contract. A majority rejection could trigger a midnight strike tomorrow..IO
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Richmond
Norfol
Virginia Transit Co
VTC
Ings
Archie V. Iddings
Richmond - Norfolk
Amalgamated Transit Union
Norfolk
WTC
Dear Abby column excerpt observes polite refusals and card aversion
A composite Dear Abby column fragment from 1966 presents readers who decline kitchen cleanup help with a poem titled on a kitchen wall. It also covers a card-averse respondent who dislikes bridge and a pricing dispute with neighbors, advising fair practice and friendship. The note ends with Abby’s guidance and a request for letters.
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Abby
Susan Sawyer
Ao Aiweoiing
Seed Oysters Said Best in Eight Years
Newport News AP reports James River seed oysters are described as the best in eight years and generating revenue well above last season. Through November the value of oysters from public rocks reached 957 738 dollars, with 280 056 bushels harvested. Prices top at 1 35 dollars per bushel this season versus 1 50 last season.
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Newport News
James River
Virginia Commission of Fisheries
Public Rocks
Commission
Latitude degree length varies with Earth's flattening
The length of a degree of latitude changes because the Earth is flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator, making meridians slightly longer near the poles and shorter near the equator.
Doubts Rise Over Richmond Sales Tax Attack
Rich Menders paid the citys new 2 percent sales tax as doubts grew it could be attacked in the General Assembly. State Sen E E Willey announced a plan to suspend it when the Assembly opens Jan 15, drawing sharp city criticism from Mayor Merrill Crowe and City Atty Elliott Dunnard. Willey later called his plan a trial balloon amid silence from most local House members.
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Richmond
E.E. Willey
Foull
Merrill Crowe
Elliott Dunnard
Richmond-Henrico
Willey
Rockwell Loses Suit Over IRS Seizure
ALEXANDRIA AP American Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell lost his 100000 suit against the Internal Revenue Service. Judge Oren R. Lewis dismissed the suit and upheld the seizure of party property for back taxes. The court may consider returning 260 dollars worth of items such as stationery and an addressing machine before an auction date.
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Alexandria
George Lincoln Rockwell
Flash Fire Probed at Radford Army Plant
Officials investigate a flash fire at the Radford Army Ammunition plant injurying three workers. Olen O Robinson 37 of Woodlawn is in critical condition with burns over 80 percent. James R Nelson 44 of Max Meadows is in serious condition with second and third degree burns. Charles E Whitten 20 of Wytheville is lightly injured with facial and body burns.
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Radford
Radford Army Ammunition Plant
Olen O. Robinson
Rt. 1
Woodlawn
James R. Nelson
Max Meadows
Charles E. Whitten
Wytheville
Missing Mail Truck and Driver Near Richmond
A privately owned mail tractor trailer and its driver William L. Vicx have been missing since Saturday after leaving Petersburg on a Norfolk to Washington run. Authorities say no mail was believed aboard. the truck was to stop for service at a Richmond garage but did not arrive. It belonged to Merchants Trucking Co. of Norfolk.
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Richmond
William L. Vicx
Petersburg
Norfolk
Washington, D.C
Merchants Trucking Co
Poisonous Fluid Kills 5 Prisoners at Farm in Virginia
Chemical tests sought to identify the poison that killed 21 year old Jesse Joe Joyce of Virginia Beach and sickened four others at Southampton Prison Farm near Capron. Two more inmates hospitalized for observation showed no illness, while six men were brought to the hospital. Investigators said fluid used to clean duplicating machines may have been involved and that victims drank it on Saturday New Year’s Day.
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Richmond
Southampton
Jesse Joe Joyce
Virginia Beach
Capron
State Penitentiary Hospital
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