Virginia Farm Crops Value Falls 21 Percent in 1957 Report
The 1957 Virginia crop value is set at 239,439,000 dollars, a 25 percent drop from 1956 and 21 percent below the five year average. Drought and reduced yields hit staples like corn and apples, while tobacco and peanuts show mixed results amid lower acreage overall.
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Virginia
Virginia Department of Agricultural
Blue Ridge Mountains
Burley
North Valley
Agricultural Department
DIATRON promises easy weight loss with money back guarantee
Overweight readers are urged to try DIATRON a hunger curber claimed to reduce portions without dieting or exercise. The ad asserts complete safety and that weight will drop as meals stay similar. A money back guarantee applies if the first package fails, with Millers Drug Store at 107 N Loudoun St handling orders.
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Millers Drug Store
N. Loudoun St
Virginia Teacher Salary Scale to Rise $200 Over Two Years
Governor Stanley proposes a budget raising the Virginia teacher salary scale by 200 dollars, from 2400-3600 to 2600-3800, with no local funding requirement. The plan adds 2231 teaching positions and increases general and special funds for schools, along with a 150 dollar annual increment for teachers.
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Richmond
Virginia
Stanley
Civic Leader Admits $964 Bank Stickup
A Morris civic leader Maynard Davis surrendered and admitted the $964 bank robbery after a fingerprint linked him to the crime. He said debt and fear of creditors drove the act. Davis paid back most of the loot with $757 in cash. An accomplice, Howard Nolan, helped him escape and was paid $15, which may be returned.
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Morris, Tl.p
Morris
Maynard Davis
John Olson
Grundy County
Davis
Morris School Board
Assa
W. Clark Davis
James
Gordon
Chicago
Seneca
Morris Herald
Olson
Howard Nolan
Nolan
Dwvis
Six Publishers Face Anti-Trust Charges in Calif
California Attorney General filed anti trust charges against six school textbook publishers Ginn Macmillan Rand McNally Houghton Mifflin Scott Foresman and American Book Co for conspiring to boycott by refusing to lease printing plates to the state The suit seeks $50 daily fines and court order to compel lease of plates in Sacramento printing plant distribution system named four John Does referenced.
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San Francisco
California
Sacramento
Ginn & Co
Macmillan Co
Rand McNally & Co
Airman Receives Prison Time for Fatal Ko Re Zurich Shooting
Airman Edward L. Young of Philo Ohio is sentenced to three months hard labor and a $90 fine after a general court martial convicted him of assault with a dangerous weapon in the fatal shooting of a Korean girl at a bomb dump in Kunsan Korea.
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Kunsan
Korea
Edward L. Young
Philo
Ohio
Young
Carroll D. Taylor
Cincinnati
Taylor
Tombstone Charlie Smith Steps In For Friday Fight
Waco Texas born boxer Charlie Smith nicknamed Tombstone subbed in for a Friday bout after Yvon Durelle’s food poisoning forced postponement. Smith, in Madison Square Garden, said the nickname came from Navy days and stuck as a distinctive moniker amid many Charlie Smiths.
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Tombstone
Charlie
Tombstone" Smith
Waco
Texas
Los Angeles
Yvon Durelle
Smith
Joe Miceli
Durelle
Tony Anthony
Madison Square Garden
Charlie Smiths
Increase Forecast In Mental Patient Care
Gov. Stanley proposes a 15 percent per patient day rise in mental patient care allowances, moving from 2.87 to 3.30 dollars. Net state cost remains 2.95 as employe prerequisites are removed and patients pay part of maintenance. The 1957-60 general fund plan totals just over 36 million for Mental Hygiene and Hospitals, with 1.84 million for extra personnel to boost hospital services.
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Richmonds
Gov. Stanley
Stanley
Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals
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