Redistricting Deliberations Start Aug 17 in Virginia
Richmond Aug 17 set for start of redistricting deliberations by the Virginia House and Senate committees. Del. John Warren Cooke said panels will meet in the state capitol to redraw the 10 congressional districts with hearings possibly before or during the Aug 31 special session. The move follows a Supreme Court voiding of the current apportionment after population inequities.
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Richmond
Del
John Warren Cooke
House
Privilleges and Elections Committee
Harrison
Senate
Virginia
General Assembly
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Old Dominion
House of Representatives
GOP Charges Demo Force Used on Hahn
AP report says GOP candidate Dortch Warriner accused Democrats of pressuring Virginia Tech President T Marshall Hahn to oppose emergency construction funding. Warriner asserted Hahn was told to resist or Tech would face consequences at the General Assembly. Hahn said funds would be scarce until January and building plans would not be ready before then.
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General Assembly
Hahn
Tech
Mills Godwin
Sidney Kellam
Fred Pollard Ware
Warriner
School Plans Readied for Resubmission in Virginia
In Richmond 45 Virginia localities prepared revised desegregation plans for final federal approval. Civil Rights Act specialists concluded three days of superintendent consultations. Deputy Office of Education official David Barns said plans should be acted on before September if submitted within two weeks.
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Richmond
Virginia
U.S. Office of Education
Rbd. Com. Its
David N. Barns
Wis
Office For Education
Equal Opportunity Division
Barns
Office of Education
Jamestown First Assembly Marks Beginning of Representative Government
Jamestown Island in 1619 hosted 22 burgesses from 11 settlements for the first American representative assembly. Sir George Yeardley presided as oath taking and charter laws shaped early governance, with the body petitioning the Virginia Company to approve or reject colonial laws.
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Associated Press
Jamestown
Jamestown Island
James River
Virginia Colony
George Yeardley
Council of Estates of the
Virginia Company of London
Richard Bucke
James
America
Virginia Company
New World
Yeardley
Flying at 16 Grimes earns pilot license in Wausau
Patrick Grimm, age 16, becomes a licensed pilot in Wausau as a family of aviators makes the milestone routine. His mother flew solo at 16, his grandmother held a license, and his father, grandfather, brother and sisters are all connected to aviation.
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Wausau
Wis
Patrick Grimm
Archie Tow
W Consin
Lyle Gun
Charles
Georgia
Jean
Detour Via Viet Nam Delays Grove City Letter
Mrs. Alfred Hall of Grove City wonders why a Columbus department store did not receive her mailed check. A Viet Nam letter from Marine Cpl. Walter Ranke Jr. explains the delay, stating her letter with the check likely slipped into an unsealed envelope addressed to him.
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Viet Nam
Grove City
Ohio
Alfred Hall
Columbus
Ifenes
Cpl
Walter Ranke Jr
Ponies Return to Island as Chincoteague Auction Ends
On Chincoteague Island 65 ponies sold at the annual pony auction while 155 ponies swim back to Assateague. About 15,000 spectators watched as firemen guided ponies onto the platform amid overcast skies and a crowd of oyster sandwiches and bidding children.
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Chincoteague
Assateague
Road Toll Rises to 554 in Virginia Area
The Associated Press reports three fatal accidents in Virginia. Norfolk man Fred Lehman Childress, 26, died after his motorcycle left Sparrow Road in Chesapeake and hit a tree. Fredericksburg boy Russell Lee Baylor, 10, was killed when hit by a pickup at a Fredericksburg intersection. Newport News man Raymond Aloysious Shutt, 38, from Fort Eustis, died when his car struck a utility pole on Yorktown Road.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Fred Lehman Childress
Sparrow Road
Chesapeake
Fredericksburg
Russell Lee Baylor
Newport News
Raymond Aloysious Shutt
Ft. Eustis
Noport News
Yorktown Road
Pearisburg Station Owner Sentenced to Four Months
William J. Turner owner of a Pearisburg service station was sentenced to four months in prison after pleading guilty in U S District Court to failing to file 24 892 in excise tax returns on diesel fuel sales.
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Richmond
William J. Turner
Pearisburg
Turner
U.S
Cancer Policy No 99000 Promises Broad Hospital Benefits
Policy titled Cancer Policy No 99000 offers extensive hospital expenses and other benefits subject to schedules and provisions. The text references high costs and broad coverage as key features of the plan.
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