Virginia colleges host long list of 1968 commencement speakers
Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr and Sen. William B. Spong Jr headline Virginia events as 1968 graduates hear calls for responsibility over violence. Edith Green, A. Merrimon Cunninggim, and others urged focus on education amid space and Vietnam concerns across Hampden-Sydney, Lynchburg, Randolph-Macon, Mary Washington, and more.
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Associated Press
Mills E. Godwin Jr
William B. Spong Jr
Virginia
Godwin
Madison College
Harrisonburg
America
United States
Lynchburg College
Edith Green
D.ore
Randolph - Macon Woman’s College
William F. Quillian Jr
Carlisle H. Humelsine
Sweet Briar College
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Lutheran
White Iti
Quillian
Mary Washington
Mary Min
A. Merrimon Cunninglgim
Danforth Foundation
St. Louis
Samuel R. Spencer Jr
Mary Baldwin
PeaceCorps
Lawrence B. Robinson
University of California At
Los Angeles
Virginia Union University
Richmond
Preparation H touted to shrink hemorrhoids and relieve itching
A New York advertisement claims Preparation H relieves pain while shrinking hemorrhoids in many cases. It says the medicine soothes irritated tissue, prevents infection, and is available as ointment or suppository.
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New York, N.Y
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New York cabbies rally for greater police protection
A hearse carrying cab driver Leroy Wright’s coffin led a cortege of 500 taxis circling City Hall in a funeral protest for more police protection. Wright, 50, was killed during a robbery in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, last week and was the fourth cab driver slain in 17 months. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery after the procession.
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New York
City Hall
Bedford Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
Leroy Wright
City Hals
Wright
Evergreen Cemetery
Barber Uses Window to Watch Stock Changes
In Omaha a barber Herman Herr on the 14th floor offers patrons stock market news. Porter Sam Powers walks to a window to view a brokerage display two blocks away and reports changes shown on a window card.
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Omaha
Neb
Herman Herr
Sam Powers
On This Day In History June 3 Highlights
AP recounts events on this date across history including Dunkirk evacuation completion in 1940 with 337000 troops moved to ports in England, 1621 charter of Dutch West India Company for New Netherlands, 1808 birth of Jefferson Davis, 1935 Norman примен Nor mandie speed record, 1962 Paris jetliner crash, 1965 Gemini launch, Khrushchev trade push, Pope John XXIII death, and Boston racial tensions trend.
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Associated Press
Dunkerque
France
England
Dutch West India Company
New Netherlands
New York
Jefferson Davis
Normandie
Atlantic
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Baltimore
Monts
Atlanta
Paris
U.S
James A. McDivitt
Edward 4H. White
Nikita Khrushchev
John XXIII
South Carolina Observes Jefferson Davis Birthday Holiday
The state marks a legal holiday with state, county, and local offices closed. Jefferson Davis born June 3, 1808, is honored as the Confederacy president.
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Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Zucchetto Meaning and Symbol in Catholic Clergy
The zucchetto refers to the small cap worn by prelates in the Roman Catholic Church and serves as a visible symbol of their office. It identifies bishops and higher ranking clergy within church hierarchy and is part of traditional clerical attire.
AFI Tries Wings in Hollywood under Stevens and Peck
The American Film Institute advances in Hollywood after founding last year with $1.3 million grants from the National Council on the Arts Ford Foundation and major film companies. Board members include Gregory Peck and Elizabeth Ashley as observers note progress and institute plans.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
American Film Institute
AFI
Washington, D.C
George Stevens Jr
Production Association
Jack Valenti
Institute
National Council On the Arts
Ford Foundation
East
Elizabeth Ashley
John Ford
Charlton Heston
Lew
I Wasserman
George Stevens Sr
King Victor
Gregory Peck
Stevens
Library of Congress
University of California At Santa Barbara
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