Virginia Won’t Appeal Censorship Ruling on Film Obscenity
Richmond Circuit Court struck down Virginia’s movie censorship law in a May ruling on Traveling Light. The state will not appeal within the 60 day window, citing the Mar i’s censorship ruling as applicable. Judge Knowles found the film objectionable but allowed its showing under Supreme Court precedent. Localities must prove obscenity in court to block screenings while criminal penalties remain for possession or showing obscene films.
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Richmond
Virginia
Robert Y. Button
Button
U.S. Supreme Court
Old Dominion
John Wingo Knowles
Knowles
Supreme Court
Michigan State to Face Tulane in Basketball Next Season
Michigan State announces a first time basketball meeting with Tulane scheduled for next season. The matchup marks a new nonconference contest between the two programs as they prepare for upcoming schedules and events.
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Michigan State
Tulane
Industrial Expansion May Be Decided in Tests
In Vicksburg Mississippi an Army Corps of Engineers model of the James River from Richmond to the Atlantic will test deepening the river to 25 to 35 feet to accommodate ocean-going ships. The model, housed in a large estuary shelter, covers 800 square miles and includes Richmond and Norfolk. Officials seek to gauge effects on oyster seedbeds and coastal ecology as water flow and salinity change.
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James River
Richmond
Atlantic
Virginia
Norfolk
Aast
W. J. Marsgis Jr
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Hargis
Dan River Sues Ex-Workers Over Trade Secrets
Dan River Mills sues former Marco Co. employees Kurt Kueng and John Barnett for stealing trade secrets. The suit claims they published a pamphlet proposing a new velour firm in South Boston with about 45 jobs and seeks 200000 dollars in punitive damages plus actual damages.
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Lloyd P. Smith
Boston
Dan River
Barnett and Kueng
Virginia Lawmakers Await Governor Before Redistricting Talks
Virginia lawmakers plan no joint date on redistricting until they confer with Gov Harrison and key leaders. A special session is set for Aug 31 as the Virginia Supreme Court orders redistricting under the one man one vote ruling.
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Richmond
Virginia General, Assembly
Privileges and Elections Committees
Harrison
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Knitting Pattern and Gun Legislation Mentioned in Briefs
A knitting catalog offers pattern 7139 for sizes 4 6 8 10 with mail order details and a note on a 1966 issue. In Washington the head of International Armament Corp. urged caution on a firearms import ban and mail order limits during a Senate subcommittee hearing.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Washington
Samuel Cummings
International Armament Corp
Alexandria
Senate
Cummings
Husbands Horn Wives Die in Fairfax County Wreck
Two women Frances Do Goff and Gladys T Trivett died when their car left a Fairfax County road near Burke Lake as a car carrying their husbands passed. The husbands honked as they traveled behind, and the toll for the year rose to 549.
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Fairfax County
Frances Do. Goff
Lorton
Gladys T. Trivett
Fairfax
Burke Lake
Pairefax County
Henry Terry
Ellaville
Virginia
Oyster
North
Charlottesville youth drowns in North Carolina pond
A 16-year-old Charlottesville boy Morris Kelly drowned when he stepped into deep water at a farm pond 14 miles north of Henderson North Carolina He was visiting relatives and the body was recovered by the Vance Rescue Squad Sheriff Linwood Falkner reported the incident.
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Henderson
N.C
Charlottesville
Vance County
Linwood B. Falkner
Morris Kelly
Vance Rescue Squad
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Waverly
Del
John Warren Cooke
Mathews
Minnesota
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Lewis
Northern Virginia Wholesalers Association
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Premium Distributing Co
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John W. Gibson
Northern Virginia Beverage Co
James S. Russell
Globe Distributing Co
Morton L. Kann
Tony Guiffre Distributing Co
Dewey Distributing Co
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Poce Broek
Husbands Toot Horn
Potomac
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Guly. Boree Co, Inc
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