Retroactive Grants Withheld in Virginia Case
Federal judge barred Prince Edward County and Virginia from paying retroactive tuition grants to county students until a July 9 hearing in Alexandria. Judge J Spencer Bell cited potential irreparable injury to Black families and issued the injunction after conferring with attorney S W Tucker.
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Richmond
Prince Edward County
J. Spencer Bell
4Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Prince Edward
Alexandria Federal District Court
Red Cross water safety course to be offered locally
Town Chuck Dial will conduct Part 2 of the water safety Instructors Course July 27 31 for 18 plus at Willow Lawn Part 1 is taught locally starting Tuesday at 6 80 p.m. Call 2 5412 for more information.
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Chuck Dial
Eastern Area
Red Cross
Willow Lawn
Congress approves large federal pay hikes while Supreme Court faces cuts
The Senate approved a 564 million pay hike for 1.7 million federal workers and judges, with Supreme Court raises slashed from 7,500 to 2,500 for justices. House and Senate aim to finalize after July 20 recess. Separately, Viet Nam reports guerrilla attacks in three hamlets, capturing weapons and forcing casualties among defenders. A U.N. team will investigate frontier incidents with Cambodia and Vietnam. Manila calls for extending the war into North Vietnam.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Sen
Gordon Allott
R-Cole
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Quang Ngai
Ban Me Thuot
Cau Muong
Kien Phong
U.N
Cambodia
Security Council
Manila
Mauro Mendez
Scranton Attacks Goldwater Farm Proposals in Dakotas Swing
Pennsylvania Gov. William W. Scranton condemned Sen. Barry Goldwater’s farm proposals as courting disaster in the heartland. Scranton, campaigning in the Dakotas with 14 delegate votes, urged termination of the farm subsidy program and drew a large crowd in Sioux Falls as he arrived by air balloon.
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Fargo
N.D
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Scranton
Sioux Falls
S.D
Leggett's Closed Saturday Reopens July 4th
Local shoppers are advised Leggett's will close on Saturday and reopen on July 4th and Sunday with picnic supplies including ice cold watermelons. Willow Lawn Farm market location on Valley Avenue lists availability and seasonal items.
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Willow Lawn Farm
É Valley Avenue
Civil Rights Response Varies After New Law Enacted
Reactions to the civil rights law split among leaders and groups. President Johnson urged unity and justice while Mississippi Governor Paul Johnson warned of real trouble and noncompliance. NAACP chief Roy Wilkins and Martin Luther King Jr. vowed quick testing and court action if needed.
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Associated Press
Johnson
Congress
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Jackson
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Wilkins
AFL - Cio
George Meany
Albert Boutwell
Birmingham
Ala
Ivan Allen Jr
Atlanta
Truman Inaugural Flag Flies at Long Meadows
The William David Simmons family at Long Meadows on Cedar Creek Grade celebrate the Fourth of July by flying a 48 star U S flag. The flag came from the inaugural stand when Truman became president in 1945. Simmons served White House as receptionist for Roosevelt Truman Eisenhower and part of Kennedy's term.
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William David Simmons
Long Meadows
Cedar Creek
Harry S. Truman
Simmons
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
United
Women of Loose Decide to Keep Village Name
The Loose Women's Institute in Kent voted 57 to 3 to keep the village name Loose despite suggestions to change it. Mary Holding presided at the meeting held Thursday, with discussions about the name deriving from streams that lose themselves underground.
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Loose
England
Loose Women’s Institute
Mary Holding
New York Sizzles in Heat Ties Rise to City Turmoil
In a July heat wave New York City endures high temps over 90 degrees with 99s. Teamsters threaten with shorts protests and a Railway Express Agency strike in Brooklyn while Empire State Building tenants withhold July rents awaiting repairs. Heat trips cause blackouts as thousands flee to beaches.
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New York
New York City
Epire State Building
Empire State Building
Four Fourth Weekend Weather and Fireworks Rules
Heat remains for the July Fourth weekend with highs in the 80s and a chance of showers. Government offices and some industries close. Post Office holiday schedule notes no deliveries on Saturday. Police urge safe use of fireworks with an illegal ban on most devices. sparklers allowed only with owner consent. Schenck-Foods Co closes Saturday.
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Wilbur R. Johnston
Mr. Johnston
Johnson Signs Civil Rights Bill Into Law
President Johnson signed the civil rights bill hours after Congress sent it to the White House. Civil rights groups plan immediate testing of desegregation in motels, restaurants, theaters while officials prepare for court challenges and seek more funding for the Justice Department.
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Washington
House
White House
Johnson
Poot
South
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Congress of Racial Equality
Kansas City
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Albany, Ga
Justice Department
Congress
Weather Outlook for Virginia Turns Warmer
Moist tropical air keeps Virginia warm and humid today. A weak cold front to the north drifts across tomorrow lowering temperatures slightly.
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Richmond
Virginia
Holiday schedule delays garbage and buses for July 4
Since Saturday July 4 is a legal holiday no garbage collections or city bus service will occur. Garbage for Saturday July 4 will be collected Wednesday July 8.
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Muehlebach Barbers
John
State Board of Education
Board of Supervisors
Tucker
Bell
Fleet & Company, Inc
Reds
Ceive
A. S
Mike Monroney
Okla
Allott
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Barry
Archie Gubbrud
Leggett
U.S
Robert Glass Simmons
Truman
George Custer
Winchester
Mary Louise Glass
Cherries A&t Packing Corp
Middle Road
Railway Express
Brooklyn
Bermuda
MR. Softee
Oates Lumber Yard
Schenck - Foods Co
LBJ
Boyd’s Drugstore
Court Plaza
Court House
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Winchester Savings & Loan Corner
Boscawen
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