Investigation Looms In Book Ban Battle
In Virginia, a conflict over school library books not on the approved list escalates toward a State Board of Education probe. Hanover County ordered removal of titles not on the list, including To Kill a Mockingbird and 1984, amid fresh controversy over Hubert J. Davis's 1962 The Great Dismal Swamp being rejected for inclusion.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Board of Education
Hanover County
Hanover
Hubert J. Davis
State Board
Davis
Portsmouth
Colgate Darden Jr
Board of Education
Darden
Woodrow W. Wilkerson
Virginia Senate votes to remove seating rule on race
In Richmond the Virginia Senate approved a rule change 37 to 0 to remove segregated seating requirements in the visitors gallery. The move comes amid a muted debate on racial matters in the General Assembly.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Virginia Senate
The
Senate
Whisky by the Drink Faces Cold Reception in Virginia Assembly
The Virginia General Assembly has not yet seen a whisky by the drink bill this session. past support exists mainly from Norfolk Virginia Beach lawmakers but fades in committee. Sen. Kellam urged a better image at a Young Democrats meeting in Richmond, criticizing the term whisky by the drink.
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Richmond
General Assembly
House
General Laws Committee
Norfolk Virginia Beach
William P. Kellam
Virginia Beach
Ex Detective Convicted In 1963 Newport News Robbery
Ex policeman Bruce Martin Hensley was found guilty as an accessory in the Hastings Court trial over the 1963 Blechman home robbery. Four former Newport News officers were convicted or tied to the case with sentences to be set, while others await sentencing.
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Newport News
Bruce Martin Hensley
Hastings Court
Sadge Blechman
Theodore Teets
Peter H. Hart
Michael Ragan
Hensley
Teets
Hart
Ragan
Polic
Blechman
Murder Suspect Caught by FBI in Cobham Area
FBI agents captured 26 year old George S Lewis who fled after the October 3 fatal shooting at a Cobham dance hall. He was found hiding under a blanket behind a refrigerator in a relative’s Keswick home and arrested on a federal unlawful flight warrant.
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Charlottesville
George
Lewis
FBI
Albemarle County
William
A. Henson
Cobham
Keswick
Jeer
Richmond Real Estate Tax Hike Proposed If State Sales Tax Passes
Richmond officials warn a statewide sales tax could force a 19 percent rise in the city real estate tax to cover lost sales tax revenue. City Manager Horace H Edwards said fiscal 1966 67 would see $2,381,950 from the Harrison plan versus $5,639,909 expected from the local 2 percent sales tax. To cover a $3.25 million gap he proposed raising the rate from $1.84 to $2.19 per $100 of assessed value.
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Richmond
Harrison
General Assembly
Horrace H. Edwards
Edwards
Highway Dept OKs Vehicle Sales Tax in Virginia
The Virginia State Highway Commission unanimously endorsed a 2 percent sales tax on motor vehicles to fund highway building. The tax would start Sept 1 and yield $46.8 million of the $63.4 million needed for 1966-68 arterial projects, with $10.3 million in lost revenue from repealed 1964 road measures. Governor Godwin's program relies on general fund money to cover the gap.
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Highway Dept. Oks
Richmond
Godwin
Virginia
State Highway Commission
Harrison
Highway Commission
Richmond Appoints Two Anti Poverty Chiefs
Two welfare experts were named co commanders of Richmonds anti poverty effort with at least 768000 dollars to be spent through June 30 Weston Hare 31 year old Rockingham County Public Welfare superintendent was named program development director earning 1100 dollars monthly Grace Harris who runs a private welfare agency for children was named neighborhood development supervisor earning 888 dollars monthly
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Richmond
Weston Hare
Rockingham County
Department of Public Welfare
Grace Harris
Great kinkajou tail amazes with climbing feat
The kinkajou uses its long tail as a fifth limb able to grip and climb. It can wrap around its own tail to swing or reach. observers note this unusual prehensile tail enables climbing and balance in its arboreal habitat.
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