Virginia Leaders Split Over Special Session Goals
Gov Harrisons plan to focus the August special session on redistricting faces questions. Virginia Tech president Hahn questions immediate funding remedies for college finances. Delegate Richardson urges statewide sales tax consideration at the session to aid cities and rural areas.
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Fairfax to vote on second school bond plan
Fairfax County board delays decision on a May referendum for a $58.5 million school bond. If approved, funds would build four new high schools and additions, five intermediate schools and four additions, plus twenty one elementary schools and eleven additions, continuing the county's school expansion.
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Record GOP candidate surge in Virginia elections
The Virginia State Board of Elections lists 50 Republicans running for the 100 member House of Delegates and 12 for the 40 member Senate, the highest Republican slate since Reconstruction. Democratic contenders outnumber Republicans, with one unopposed Republican in the Senate and five independents running for the House and four for the Senate.
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VA Attorney General Advises Registration Rule Change
Virginia Attorney General Robert Y. Button informally advised two registrars that poll tax payment is not required six months before an election to register. A registrant who has paid the tax at any time may register when books open if qualified, but may not vote for state officials until tax paid for three years with at least six months before the election. Sussex and Prince George registrars reported the guidance after ongoing Negro voter registration drives.
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Locust Invasion Describes Moroccan Crop Devastation 1954
In 1954 a 200 mile long and 15 mile wide cloud of locusts swept into Morocco destroying grain crops and large orange groves. Reports say some locusts attacked children and animals during the invasion.
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Pearls station owner gets four year term in tax case
RICHMOND AP A Pearls service station owner was sentenced to four years in prison for failing to file 24892 in excise tax returns on diesel fuel sales and pleaded guilty. He was also placed on three years probation by U.S. District Judge John D. Butzner Jr. on Wednesday. Turner was given until August 31 to settle business affairs before starting the term.
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Rights Leaders Plan Sussex Protest At Courthouse
Civil rights activists plan a second Sussex County voter registration demonstration at the courthouse on Saturday. Organizer Herbert Coulton says the event may be a non stop protest with about 28 SCOPE workers and two top SCLC officials Dr Milton A Reid and Rev Curtis W Harris among demonstrators. County officials deny any registration denial and cite no citizen complaints.
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Ponies Sell For Fire Service in Chincoteague Carnival
A portion of the Assateague wild pony herd goes up for sale at Chincoteague to fund the island’s volunteer fire department and its rescue squad. Auction runs 9 a.m. to noon during the Firemen’s Carnival. Unsold ponies return across the channel to await next year’s sale. ponies crossed in four minutes with firemen guiding in boats.
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Kedrova to star in Cherry Orchard Broadway revival
Lila Kedrova, Oscar winner for Zorba the Greek, signs for a Broadway revival of The Cherry Orchard. Michael Cacoyannis will direct after finishing The Devils, due on Broadway November 9.
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Conferences End on School Integration in Virginia
Federal education experts wrap up a series of private meetings with 45 Virginia district superintendents over unacceptable desegregation plans. The team flagged pupil registration procedures and zoning control as common defects, with Henrico County facing major redrafting to meet federal guidelines. In New York, a family affair surrounds Shakespeare in the Park with Robert Burr in the title role and his son making a stage debut as the general's son.
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Warpath claims major edge over DDT in roach control
A magazine review reports that the new aerosol insecticide Warpath kills roaches up to 50 times more effectively than DDT. It promises long-lasting action, dries into a solid residue, and works in hard to reach places. The product also claims effectiveness against silverfish.
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