First Virginia farm opens as recreation area east of Woodstock
The River Bend Ranch 870 acres near the Shenandoah River becomes Virginia’s first farm converted under a government program to subsidize farmers. It offers 35 campsites, water sports, horseback riding, fishing, a shooting range, and dancing. Dennis Williams, manager, notes docks and a five room cabin, wells for campers, and over 20 horses. The site along Wa Rt 758 sits near the George Washington National Forest in the Shenandoah Seven Horseshoe Bends area. first campsite has been taken.
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Woodstock
Virginia
River Bend
Massanutten Mountains
Shenandoah River
Farmers’ Home Administration
Dennis Williams
George Washington National Forest
Lahd
Williams
Wa. Rt. 758
Roanoke Ham Helps 50 States In Eye Search
Roanoker Jim Cole volunteers as an Eye Bank Network representative, coordinating eye donations across states. He contacts Virginia eye banks for emergency cases and helps supply corneas for Roanoke patients. A March law allows next of kin to donate eyes without a donor card, reducing wait times.
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Roanoke
Margie Fisher
Roanoke World News
Virginia
Cole
Daphne Mitchell
Gill Memorial Hospital
Oke
Mitchell
Roanoke Valley Association For
Eye Bank
Administration To Retain Rules Committee Control
The House Rules Committee likely stays under Democratic control in 1965 with two or three new members. Expected vacancies include Rep. Carl Elliott of Alabama and possibly Hoffman of Illinois and Avery of Kansas among Republicans. Claude Pepper of Florida is prominently mentioned as a liberal to replace Hoffman, while Elliott is anticipated to receive a federal post after leaving Congress.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Democrats
Congress
House
Carl Elliott
Alabama
Elmer J. Hoffman
Illinois
William H. Avery
Kansas
Avery
Hoffman
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
William M. Colmer
Mississippi
John B. Anderson
Elliott
Claude Pepper
Flor
Ida
Four Year Old Drives Family Car Stuns Evansville
Evansville police respond to a report of a 4-year-old girl driving a station wagon on the near East Side. Juvenile officer Flores Scales notes the child handled a turn and stop while accompanied by her father and others. Scales cautions limit driving to farms, not city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Charles Henderson
Near East Side
Scales
Athlete's Foot Remedy Ad at Boyd Drug Co
Advertisement for Keratolytic action product T-4-L now available at Boyd Drug Co. Claims sloughs off and dissolves infected skin exposing the deeper infection to the medicine. Relief offered with 48 cent back today.
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Boyd Drug Co
Father Accused Of Doping Sons In Tennessee Case
A Tennessee man James B. Yeorgin was arrested and charged with manufacturing narcotics and contributing to the delinquency of his two teenage sons aged 14 and 16. He allegedly addicted them to an opium compound extracted from a drug purchased at drug stores. Yeorgin is being held on $2,500 bond as the boys remain at Juvenile Court.
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Nashville
Tenn.ap
James B. Yeorgin
Yeorgin
Lea
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Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart Academy
Father Henry Stragisher
Richard McKee
John Jackson
Richard Brown
George
EL Paso
Tex
Crossroads
Andy’ Anderson
Ferne
Mazart
Bulova Chaduatlow Mons
Buova
Rules Committee
Pepper
Senate
Conegress
The
Henderson
Wayne Whitham
Pine Motor
Els
Lemaster “Bil
Rauch Allen Staples
Chuck’’ Pine
Consumer Testing Institute, Inc
Sleep Research Foundation
Beautyrest
Sheraton Hotels
America
Sheraton Comfort
Grant Simmons, Jr
Simmons Company
Mons
Simmons
Meee
Cain Furniture Store
City Hall
Cameron St
Winchester
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