New Attack Mounted Against Automation-Caused Idleness
President Kennedy orders a comprehensive commission to study automation and unemployment. The piece highlights industry responses from Kaiser Steel and Pacific shippers, new retraining programs, extended vacations, and the push for job security in contracts amid rising automation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kennedy
Kaiser Steel Co
Fontana
Maritime Union
Pacific Shippers
Kaiser
Wey Dockts
White Hall News Briefs Highlight Birthday Gathering
A surprise birthday event marked a 68th celebration at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David of Bunker Hill. Attendees included multiple local families, with visits from Mae Steele, Naomi Luttrell, and others around White Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Bunker Hill
Martin Carter
North
Gordon Kitts
Fred Kitts
Charleston
Ood Mare
Bill Kitts
Stephenson
Joe Kitts
Clearbrook
Mr. Kitts
Helen
Betty
Larry
Nasser Condemns Syrian Baath Regime Blocking Unity
Cairo reports President Gamal Abdel Nasser denounces Syria's Baathist leadership as a barrier to democratic Arab unity while leaving room for cooperation with other Baathist elements. He pledges to protect Arab nationalism and Palestine amid tensions over the United Arab Republic project.
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Nasser
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Iraq
Syria
Ba'ath Socialist Party
Tania
Naser Gocared Mows
United Arab Republic
Ne ‘Er
Bitar
Palestine
Israel
Progress in Virginia Federal Aid Highways Construction
An analysis shows Virginia has 226.8 miles of federally aided highways open, with 43.2 miles below 1975 standards. E W Ford of CIT Corp notes 476.6 more miles are underway, and 90 percent of interstate costs tied to rising vehicle totals. Public road capacity must expand to handle about 100 million vehicles by 1972.
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E. W. Ford
C.I.T. Corp
C.lt. Financial Corp
Virginia
U.S
Ford
Virginia to contest 60 of 140 Assembly seats in November
The Virginia State Board of Elections released candidates for the November general election. Contests will occur in 12 Senate and 25 House districts, with 14 Senate and 46 House seats at stake and 26 Senate and 54 House seats unopposed. Independent and Republican candidates appear in several districts, including a three-way slate for Norfolk’s House seats. Democratic candidates may face each other in some districts due to 1962 redistricting.
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Virginia General Assembly
State Board of Elections
Senate
House
Norfolk
Pony Auction Opens At Chincoteague
Wild ponies from Assateague Island are sold to the highest bidder in Chincoteague as the annual pony penning event draws crowds under sunny skies. Firemen drove 120 to 150 ponies to town and penned them at the carnival grounds for the auction.
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Chincoteague
Assateague Island
Assateague Barrier Reef
Slaying of First Circus Elephant Com memorated
In ALFRED Maine AP historians note 1816 killing of Old Bet America's first circus elephant. Daniel Davis shot the animal after anger over paying to view her. A plaque dedication by Circus Fans of America and Sanford Alfred Historical Society marks the event. Old Bet reportedly drank 30 bottles of port daily.
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Alfred, Maine
America
Daniel Davis
Shapleigh
Elephant
Circus Fans of America
The
Sanford-Alfred Historical Society
Water Spout Strikes Pensacola Beaches Causing Damages
A water spout over the Gulf battered beaches near the Pensacola area with winds above 100 mph. It stranded at least nine people temporarily and destroyed about a dozen boats while fishing shacks were blown in. Damage estimates range from 80 000 to 150 000 dollars. No injuries were reported.
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Pensacola
Fila
Gulf of Mexico
Brucetown Briefs Highlights Local Visitors and Church Service
Brucetown News Briefs note Brucetown Methodist Church will hold a 10 a.m. service with worship at 11:15 led by Rev. R. E. Couch. Items record visits from Mrs. Carl Ellis near Clear Brook, Mr. and Mrs. Aronold Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Kerfoot Marshall, and Earl Wise of Rawson. hospitalizations for Mrs. Ollie Schreck and Dick Miller. dinners with Mrs. Kate Marshall. and car accident injuries of Walter Affleck and spouse.
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Brucetown — Church
Brucetown Methodist Church
R. E. Couch
Carl Ellis
Near Clearbrook
E. V. Gleisner
Aronold Gordan
Gordon
Boyd West
Front Royal
Kerfoot Marshall
Earl Wise
Rawson
W.va
Mr. Marshall
Kate Marshall
Ollie Schreck
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Martin Adams
Calvin Adams
Brooknell
Roy Clowser
Mr. Clowser
Gilbert Clowser
Hillsboro
W. Va
Gilbert, Clowser
Andy Whitacre
Charles Shull
Jamil
Winchester
Charles Dains
Annandale
Dick Miller
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Roger Jobe
Rites Friday For Ex State Sen Gardner
Funeral service set for former State Senator James Earle Gardner 63 who died in Richmond. Native of South Carolina he moved to Richmond in 1930 and is survived by his wife six daughters a foster child and eight grandchildren.
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Richmond
James Earle Gardner Gardner
South Carolina
Kernstown News Briefs Highlight Local Social Visits
Lynchburg guests stay with Wayne Warren and daughter. Richmond visitors A F Britow and daughters Ann and Pam. Reverends Moore and Dettra visit Kernstown and Broadway friends. Families host and travel to Dulles Airport Ocean City and Patuxent Maryland. Kernstown MYF hosts July 28.
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Lynchburg
Wayne Warren
A. F. Britow
Ann
Pam
Richmond
Albert Tusing
R. B. Moore
Grottoes
Austin White
W. W. Lupton
Ene Clem
Donnie
Dulles
Lucille Bennett
Robert Carter
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jesse Story
Norfolk
Woodrow Tusing
Hagersnd
Albert Mdin Cae
Rosa Pannett
Grace Ritter
Carroll Goodridge
Middleburg
Eugene Clem
Fairview Beach
Amos Ritter
Kenneth Dick
C.S.C
Douglas Ritter
Patuxent, Md
Year Round Roses Applique Quilt Pattern Sale
A vintage needlecraft ad offers Pattern 7031 for a roses appliqué quilt with two rose shades and green leaves plus pillows. Price is 35 cents with 15 cents extra for mailing. Send name address zone and pattern number to Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star New York. Also advertises 1963 Needlecraft Show and catalog with over 200 designs and a free pattern for 25 cents.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
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White Hall
Mae Steele
Visi
Carter Luttrells
Lloyd Trell
Welltown Pike
Naomi Luttrell
Mrs
Garnett Anderson
Curtis Jenkins
Earl Whitacre
Eeeee Fairfax
Albert Whitacre
Rickey Phillips
Ernest Milburn
Brook Taylor
Grimes
Wards
Wal
Rpose Credit Plan
Aetone
Gumhurriya
Farouk
Aikenan
Milton A Reid
Petersburg
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
John H. Temple
J. W. Childs
Warrenton
Del
Tom Frost
Fauquier - Rappahannock
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Brucetown News
Sen
Gardner
Kernstown
Place Bros. Tire Co., Inc
Ace Brookes
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