Weekend traffic toll rises with seventeen dead
The Associated Press reports seventeen killed in a string of crashes across the state over the weekend, pushing the 1963 highway death toll to 44. Victims span multiple counties including Gloucester, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Richmond, and Fairfax, with names such as Deanna Sours, Cheryn Sours, Arthur Lumpkins, and Cecile Hoyle Reese among the deceased.
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Sorea
Woods Crossroads
U.S. 17
Gloucester County
Deanna Sours
Bethel Road
Hampton
Cheryn Sours
Arthur Lumpkins
Richmond
Prisoner Dies After Historic Lung Transplant
Jackson AP report says John Richard Russell a life sentence inmate whose murder conviction was commuted after a historic lung transplant died from a disorder. He believed to be the first lung transplant patient died 18 days after his cancerous left lung was replaced. University Hospital said the donor lung functioned but cancer progressed too far in the 58-year-old convict.
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Jackson
Miss
John Richard Russell
University Hospital
Romanians arrive in Peking for cultural talks
A Romanian mission reached Peking on Sunday to discuss cultural cooperation with China, according to the New China News Agency. Romania has shown restiveness toward the Soviet Union while pursuing its own industrial development against Soviet economic plans.
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London
Peking
New
China News Agency
Romania
Soviet Union
Fatal Vehicular Crashes Reported in Virginia Areas
A single vehicle crash on U S 301 near Port Royal killed Randolph Tomlin 21 of Buena Vista as his car left the road and burned after a plunge down an embankment. A second wreck near Buena Vista injured Beac h in Rockbridge and killed Ornie Goad 40 of Dugspur in a Virginia tractor incident on Virginia 662 south of Hillsville Carroll County.
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U.S. 301
Port Royal
Aceeressey
Randolph Tomlin
Buena Vista
Virginia
Buena Vista Rockbridge
Telephone Co OKs $76,400 Winchester Cable Project
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. board approves $76,400 for extra cable from the Winchester central office to the American Telephone repeater on Millwood Ave. to handle future growth and more long distance circuits. The company plans statewide spending of $10,860,725 on expansions and $7,246,000 on minor projects, plus $204,050 for 23 passenger cars and 56 trucks in the first half of the year. the fleet totals 1,751 vehicles.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Winchester
Robert L. Heltzel
Heltzel
American Telehone and Telegraph Co
Millwood Ave
One-Vehicle Crash Injures Teen Driver in Front Royal
A 17 year old driver, identified as Tony Lane, was injured when his westbound car skidded off Rt 55, struck a bank and overturned in Front Royal. Passenger Douglas Rosenberry, 17, sustained a possible rib fracture while the driver escaped injury.
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Front Royal
Albow
Tony Lane
Rt. 55
Douglas Rosenberry
Rt. 2
Laing
We Auto
Air Force sergeant found at Sausalito fishing spot
T Sgt Oliver B Cleavenger 35 of the Air Force was found dangling at an isolated beach fishing spot near Ft Baker in Sausalito after a 100 foot rope tied to a tree was seen. Rescuers arrived but his fishing day was spoiled.
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Sausalito
Calif
Air Force
Oliver B. Cleavenger
Ft. Baker
Ragtime Pianist Castle Welk Family Welcomes First Child
Hollywood AP reports Joanne Castle, known for ragtime with Lawrence Welk's band, has given birth to a daughter named Deana Marie. The baby weighs seven pounds and is fathered by Dean Hall, an ABC TV engineer.
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Welk
Hollywood
Joanne Castle
Lawrence Welk
Tra
Dean Hall
Abc-Tv
Deana Marie
King to Speak in Danville Amid Racial Tensions
Danville prepares security for Martin Luther King Jr. visit and rally at Peter's Park on Wednesday at 2 p m EDT. The event coincides with a statewide SCLC protest march targeting desegregation trials and arrests of local activists in recent weeks.
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Danville
T. Edward Temple
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Peter's Park
Virginia
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
L. W. Chase
George B. Anderson
Congress Takes Week Off for July 4 Oratory
Congress closed the first six months of a possible year long session with Independence Day ceremonies and speeches. Leaders show no alarm at slow progress as House and Senate consider mass transit aid, a youth conservation corps, redevelopment expansion, and Mexican farm labor work.
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Congress
Gress
Rae
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
House
Senate
Smith
Youth Conservation Corps
Kennedy
Dent
Oscar
Telon
Knights of Erin Win Parade Honors in Pennsylvania
The Rouss Rights of Erin Drum and Bugle Corps from Winchester claimed $225 in two Pennsylvania parades. Knights of Erin also took $100 for second at Hanover Civil War fete. A Reuss group won first in Washington Virginia with Virginia Lancers placing second. Knights head to Gettysburg Tuesday.
Diamond Identification breakthrough aids theft recovery
Chicago researchers after four years by Leon R Bellis reveal a fingerprint style system for diamonds. The method classifies diamonds so no two stones are alike, helping authorities recover and identify stolen gems.
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Leon R. Bellis
Bellis
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