VSC Protests Plan to Close Agriculture School
Petersburg AP report says Virginia State College and Virginia Tech propose a merger that would move the agriculture program from VSC to Blacksburg, while VSC focuses on other fields. About 100 residents formed The Statewide Committee of Concerned Citizens and urged officials to keep the program at VSC, citing adequate facilities and instructors.
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VSC
Agriculture Department
House
Senate
Motorboat Aids Texoma Shoreline Worship Reach
The Rev. Thomas E. Arney, a Presbyterian pastor in Denison Texas, uses a motorboat to conduct worship services along the 1250 mile Lake Texoma shoreline. The ecumenical ministry is sponsored by the Oklahoma and Texas Councils of Churches.
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Denison
Tex
Thomas E. Arney
Lake Texoma
Oklahoma
Texas
Bob Hope Viet Televised Christmas Tour Returns
The NBC special highlights Bob Hope’s annual Christmas tour with Raquel Welch Elaine Dunn Madeline Hartog-Bel and Barbara McNair. It showcases 22 shows in 15 days aboard ships and carriers while audiences include thousands of soldiers and sailors. The piece notes improved photography and a moving wrap with visits to wounded in hospitals and a hopeful end for peace. It also mentions TV changes at To Tell the Truth and new hosting plans for Win with the Stars and other Goodson productions.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Bob Hope
Wtsit
Ening
NBC
Hopes
Hope Troupe
Raquel Welch
Elaine Dunn
Madeline Hartog-Bel
Peru
Barbara McNair
Hope and Company
Hope
Communication Gap In Family Life Prompts Abby Letters
A Dear Abby column digest shows readers asking about parenting attention and teen behavior. Letters discuss fathers neglecting children, mothers snooping for privacy, and advice urging better communication and trust within households.
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Abby
Albuquerque
Prairie strip on railroad line to be preserved
Southern Illinois University botanist Robert Muhlenbrook has directed students to a mile long virgin prairie patch near the Illinois Central tracks between Carbondale and Urbana. The 40 yard wide stretch lies beside an abandoned roadbed and SIU will lease it from the railroad for $1 yearly to maintain and protect the area.
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Prairie Mattoon
Ill
Prairie State
Southern Illinois University
Robert Muhlenbrook
Illinois Central
Carbondale
Urbana
The
University
Blazing Beauty Knitwear Pattern Catalog Ad
An old newspaper ad promotes knitwear patterns including shells and wraps with gold and silver bangles. It lists Pattern 7476 for sizes 32 to 38 and offers mail order details with prices and mailing costs. Include address for Alice Brooks at Winchester Evening Star and catalog volumes with multiple pattern titles and prices, reflecting midcentury craft publishing.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester l Evening Star
Needlecraft
Ept
P.O
Old Chelseatation
New York
N.Y
Bocomise
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