Celebrezze Heads Complex Agency In HEW Move
Anthony J. Celebrezze becomes head of Health Education and Welfare after Senate confirmation. The department, second in spending among 10 agencies, oversees 112 programs and about 70 000 employees. Ribicoff had proposed splitting the agency.
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Anthony J. Celebrezze
Health, Education and Welfare
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Abraham Ribicoff
Cleveland
Ohio
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Department of Defense
Ribicoff
U.S
Connecticut
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Social Security Administration
Children’s Bureau
Bureau of Federal Credit Unions
Public Health Service
National Institute of Health
National Library of Medicine
Office of Education
Food and Drug Administration
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
$3,000 Steuben Glass Bowl Gift To Virginia
Gov. Harrison weighs display options for a $3,000 Steuben glass bowl presented to the state by a Danville delegation. The 15 inch bowl titled Bowl of Virginia features etchings of George Washington and Mt. Vernon. Harrison attended May 25 dedication of a new Corning glass plant in Danville which produces Steuben ware.
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Harrison
Danville
Capitol
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Virginia
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
Corning
Steuben
Hovercraft Ferry Inauguration Across River Dee Estuary
The world’s first hovercraft ferry began service in Rhyl Wales with 24 paying passengers traveling 17 miles to Wallasey. The craft rises on jets and reaches speeds up to 40 miles per hour driven by rearward-facing propellers.
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Rhyl
Wales
Dee
Beamer Named Head of Virginia Tech Vocational Education
Dr. Rufus W. Beamer, professor of agricultural education at the University of Tennessee, will head Virginia Tech's vocational education department starting September 1. He will succeed Harry W. Sanders, retiring August 31, per VPI president Dr. T. Marshall Hahn Jr.
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Rufus W. Beamer
University of Tennessee
Virginia Tech
T. Marshall Hahn Jr
VPI
Beamer
Harry W. Sanders
Yale Alumni Magazine Prints JFK Speech Amid Grads’ Ire
Yale alumni magazine published President Kennedy’s Yale commencement speech in the July issue despite angry letters from five alumni. Some praised the arts and sciences drive, noting a 52 million dollar goal and a 2.722 million alum fund raise, while others criticized Kennedy’s policies and called the honor misapplied.
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Yale
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Harvard
Accused Gem Thief Draws 7-Year Term
Wytheville AP Robert Eugene Lewis 34 of Mattoon Illinois was found guilty of grand larceny by a Wythe County Circuit Court jury after a 1 hour 38 minute deliberation. He and Ernest Baylor Stanger of Chattanooga Tenn were accused in the theft of a salesman’s sample case containing diamonds valued at 175000. Lewis received seven years in the penitentiary while Stanger had been sentenced to ten years last month.
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Robert Eugene Lewis
Mattoon
Ill
Bluefield
W. Va
Virginia
Wythe County
Ernest Baylor Stanger
Chattoonga
Tenn
Lewis
Stanger
Wythe
Bride Glove Choice Optional At Small Home Wedding
The bride may wear gloves if she wishes or skip them entirely as this wedding is small and informal. The choice remains at her discretion.
Virginia Highway Toll Rises to 445 In Year
The Virginia highway death toll reached 445 with three separate crashes. Norfolk broker Walter L. Renn Sr. 82 died after rear ending a vehicle on Virginia Beach Boulevard at London Bridge. James Barry Spaulding 6 was injured in the same crash. Henry County teen Ronnie Hall 16 died when his bicycle collided with a car on U.S. 58 near Martinsville. Patricia Ann Sample 8 of Daugherty was killed on Virginia 605 near Daugherty.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Henry I
Accomac County
Virginia
Walter L. Renn Sr
Norfolk Stock Brokers
Virginia Beach Boulevard
London Bridge
Katherine Davenport
Renn
22 Filipino Fishermen Rescued Near Manila
The Japanese freighter Kikuko Maru rescued 28 Filipino fishermen after their boat Valentina capsized in the South China Sea about 60 miles south of Manila. They were brought to Manila to recover.
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Manila
South China Sea
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