Glory Breaks Attendance Records at Williamsburg Drama
In Williamsburg the outdoor drama The Common Glory set attendance marks for the season. On July 17 a crowd of 1,255 attended the 16th birthday performance, surpassing last year’s 1,182 on closing night. Sherman credits strong advance sales and out of state groups. The James Town Corporation presents The Common Glory nightly at 8:45 p.m. except Sundays at Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre.
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Williamsburg
Er Sherman
Sherman
Jamestown Corporation
Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre
Parched Northeast Gets Rain
Rains spread across New Jersey New York Pennsylvania and Connecticut but were too scattered and brief to ease drought. The storm pattern flooded sewers without seeping soil while New York faces an 11 week drought across 32 counties with about 75 percent of farmland affected. Officials warn below normal rainfall for August and diminishing well supplies as drought worsens.
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Associated Press
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
New York State
U.S. Geological Survey
Boy 12 Dies In 150 Foot Fall At Waterfall
Samuel Boyd Trimble Jr. 12 of Independence was killed last week when he slipped from a 150 foot cliff while playing with friends atop a waterfall and landed at the rock studded base.
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Independence
Samuel Boyd
Buddy) Trimble Jr
Virginia awards 391 more tuition grants in 1961 62
Virginia and its localities issued 8 515 tuition grants totaling 2 074 690 in 1961 62 up from 1960 61 despite Prince Edward County bans. Grants funded by state and local treasuries aided 8 296 white and 222 Negro children with 1 300 more possible if not for county school closures.
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Richmond
Virginia
Prince Edward County
State Department of Education
Prince Edward
Treasuries
Norfolk
Warren County
Warren
Thief Steals 22 Ton Tractor In Phoenix Construction Site
Sidney H. Cox reported a 22 ton tractor stolen from a Phoenix construction site. He said the thief used the machine to build a dirt ramp to load it onto a flatbed truck.
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Phenix, Ariz
Sidney H. Cox
Phoenix
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