Bland County Schools Hopeful Aid With Conditions
The Virginia State Board of Education may provide 16000 dollars from discretionary funds to Bland County to keep seven schools operating this spring. The county must boost local tax support and improve efficiency, such as consolidating rural schools, and show earnest progress for future funding.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Bland County
Bland School Board
Department of Education
J. G. Blount
Board of Education
Bland
Colgate W. Darden
Education Board
Vogue
Roanoke County Man Drowns While Searching Creek
An 83-year-old Roanoke County man, John Wesley Baker, drowned in three feet of water in Dry Hollow Creek while trying to retrieve a missing pocket knife from a pair of overalls. His wife says he believed a knife was in the overalls, which had been placed in the creek to be laundered.
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Salem
Roanoke County
John Wesley Baker
Dry Hollow Creek
Baker
Tass Reports Failure of U.S. Moonshot
Moscow dispatch summarizes a U.S. moonshot failure with brief Tass coverage quoting Cape Canaveral reports and offering no commentary on the attempt.
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Tass
U.S
Moscow
Cape Canaveral
Dairymen elect Harrisonburg leaders at Roanoke meeting
The Valley Dairymen elected J Owen Beard of Edom as director and Harold W Hollar of Harrisonburg as secretary treasurer at their annual meeting in Roanoke. The election confirms their positions with the Virginia State Dairymen’s Assn.剑
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Harrisonburg
J. Owen Beard
Edom
Harold W. Hollar
Virginia State Dairymen’s Assn
Roanoke
Martinsburg Youth Confesses to Six Robberies
A 15 year old boy told Martinsburg police he robbed six businesses on Wednesday night and also stole from a bakery truck weeks earlier. He is held for juvenile court.
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Martinsburg
Luray approves new high school gym plans bids set Feb 14
Supt J K Samples says the Luray High School gym and field house project is approved with bids due February 14. The gym floor measures 84 by 100 feet excluding bleacher space for about 800, and total cost is estimated around 140000. Separately Ella Painter of Harpers Ferry is reported in satisfactory condition at Charles Town General Hospital after injuries from a train incident.
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Luray
Luray High School
J. K
Charles Town
Ella Painter
Harpers Ferry
Charles Town General Hospital
New Trial Granted in Richmond Gambling Probe Perjury Case
Clarence Samuel Beach won a new trial after a jury in the 1960 Richmond gambling syndicate probe sought an extension cord to operate added machines in an adjoining room during deliberations. U S District Judge Oren R. Lewis ruled the jury had no right to use the extension cord. Beach had been convicted of perjury for testimony about the raid.
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Richmond
Clarence Samuel Beach
U. S
Oren R. Lewis
Beach
Museum Established at Ford Theater Building 1931
A museum opened on the first floor of the reconstructed Ford Theater building in Washington D C in 1931 highlighting local history and the venue's legacy.
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Ford Theater
Washington, D. C
Dear Abby Readers Argue Over Truthful Jokes And Beauty Boundaries
A letter from a reader worries about correcting jokes in crowds and preferring kindness over frankness. Abby endorses politeness over blunt truth. Another writer asks about eyebrow makeup after a quarrel over subtle enhancement and a partner’s hostile reaction. Abby advises dropping the pencil and ending the issue. A third reader describes a jealous, abusive fiancé who accuses her of misdeeds. Abby warns the man is sick and urges leaving the relationship.
19 year old patient claims three killings at hospital
Huntington State Hospital guards a 19 year old patient after he told police he strangled three fellow inmates. One man, Kessell Blair 29, died earlier with autopsy inconclusive. The other two victims Herman Sansom 32 and Troy Barnett unknown counties were found dead as investigators review the claim.
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Huntington
W. Va
Huntington State Hospital
Kessell Blair
E. B. J. Whitmore
Raymond Blake
Blair
Herman Sansom
Cameron
Troy Barnett
Logan
U.S. to Hear Moscow Radio English News
Six Gordon McLendon stations will air Moscow radio English news for one week starting February 1. The Oakland station KABL said the broadcasts will begin each regularly scheduled newscast, with others in Dallas Houston San Antonio Shreveport and Buffalo. McLendon explains the move to study the enemy.
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Oakland
Calif
Gordon McLendon
KABL
McLendon
Moscow
KLIF
Dallas
KILT
Houston
KTLA
San Antonio
KEEL
Shreveport
WYSL
Buffalo
N. Y
Wine Cellars Converted to Atomic Shelters
Oxford England AP report states Mer on College plans to convert 13 century wine cellars into atomic shelters. Warden G R G Mure notes the project aims to prepare for a possible nuclear war while avoiding panic.
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Oxford
England
Meron College
G. R. G. Mure
Oxford University College
Mure
Peacock's Imperial Creme promises wrinkle and blemish miracles
A dated advert claims a white substance with quicksilver in Peacock's Imperial Creme will reduce wrinkles and brown spots in six days. It vows oil lubricants help blackheads and pimples vanish without squeezing and offers a full refund if not delighted.
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New York
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