Scouts Move Into Colorado For Jamboree
Colorado Springs hosts the Golden Jubilee Jamboree with 55 000 scouts from all states and nearly 70 countries. The first contingents from Ridgefield Connecticut arrive by plane as 3 500 tents go up and mail service gears up for a million pieces. The event runs seven days starting Friday with tours, rodeo, and campfire activities.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
World Boy Scout
Colorado
Ridgefield
Conn
Pike’s Peak
van Nuys
Pasadena
Calif
Japan
Ft. Carson
Air Force Academy
Denver Mint
Behan Comedy The Hostage Opens on Broadway
Brendan Behan's The Hostage is set for Broadway opening on September 20 with the London West End cast. Producer Leonard S. Field says the play criticizes Irish English and American stereotypes in a playful spirit. The comedy leans on tropical news references from current newspapers.
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New York
Brendan Behan
London
West End
Leonard S. Field
Virginia Peach Crop Forecast Reaches 1.8 Million Bushels
Virginia's 1960 peach crop is estimated at 1,800,000 bushels per the Crop Reporting Service, unchanged from June 1. The national forecast totals 73.2 million bushels, slightly below last year, with Southern states producing 15.1 million. Harvests begin in Crozet and Roanoke areas in July and August, Elberta ripening later in Winchester and extreme northern Georgia.
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Virginia
Crop Reporting Service
Crozet
Red Haven
Elberta
Roanoke
Winchester
U.S
California
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Virginia merchants urge support for Sunday blue law
Virginia Retail Merchants Assn executive committee urges members to support and voluntarily abide by the new Sunday blue law until its validity is decided by the state’s highest court. They say a large majority of the 4100 members oppose Sunday selling, with only a small minority seeking economic advantage by opening on Sundays.
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Richmond
Virginia Retail Merchants Assn
VRMA
Congo Riots Cost Mission Group Transit Rebuilding
In Lynchburg AP report the Council of Agencies of the Disciples of Christ hears that Congo unrest damaged missionary facilities and evacuating families could cost up to 250 000 dollars. Dr Virgil Sly of the United Christian Missionary Society presented the figures at the council's closing session.
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Lynchburg
Council of Agencies of the
Disciple of Christ
Congo
Virgil Sly
Division of World Missions
United Christian Missionary Society
Indianapolis
Bassett Dies Former Adviser To Virginia Governors
William M. Bassett 66, longtime business adviser to Virginia governors and head of Bassett Furniture Industries, died of a heart attack in Roanoke. He chaired Bassett Furniture, led First National Bank of Bassett, and served on university and corporate boards. Gov. Almond called him a trusted adviser. Funeral services set for Pocahontas Bassett Baptist Church at 2 p.m. EST with entombment to follow.
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Bassett
William M. Bassett
Virginia
Roanoke
Bassett Furniture Industries Inc
Martinsville
J. D. Bassett Sr
William Bassett
First National Bank of Bassett
Bassett Mirror Co
Valley Veneer Co
University of Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Richmond
Little Stinker Puts Damper On Outing
Nashville Tenn Mrs Turner C Williams went shopping for picnic utensils but found last year’s equipment in the garage. Upon unpacking she discovered a skunk creating a dampening setback for the outing.
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Nashville
Tenn
Turner C. Williams
Bassett Industries to close tomorrow in memory of Bassett
In the family mausoleum Bassett Industries will close its doors tomorrow in memory of Bassett. Survivors include the widow and Bassett's father plus two daughters two sisters and one brother all of Virginia. One sister Mrs Thomas B Stanley of Stanleytown is married to the former Virginia governor.
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Bassett Industries
Bassett
Virginia
Thomas B. Stanley
Stanleytown
Birthday Gift Turns into a String of Bad Luck in Allentown
Mrs. M. J. Leader of Allentown recalls a six hour spurt of misfortune after receiving a black cat for her birthday. She tripped injuring her shin and within five hours broke two cups, misplaced her purse on a bus, argued with her mother in law, and tore her stocking.
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Allentown
M. J. Leader
Long Freight Train Stalls Driver After Sleepover
ST. ABANS VT state police found a car stopped on a road near a Central Vermont Railway crossing. The driver woke to fall from the vehicle claiming he had been fishing all day and dozed waiting for a freight train to pass.
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ST. Abans
Vermont
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