Virginia Potomac Committee Opposes Major Impoundments Plan
The Virginia Potomac Committee delivers a report opposing four large Virginia impounds, favoring small upstream dams and a Virginia Potomac Authority. It urges federal state cooperation, legal clarifications, and careful site review before any nationwide Potomac Basin development proceeds.
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Potomac Basin
Virginia
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Potomac
District of Columbia
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Ned
Citizens Council Association
Brooks Gap
Rockingham Count
Harrisonburg
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Service
Staunton Dam
Middle River
Verona
U.S. Route 11
Staunton
Young Farmers Association
Augusta County
United States
Bald Rock Gorge
Site 26
Corps of Engineers
Chesapeake Bay
Westinghouse Corporation
Delaware River
Potoiaé River
Seneca
Chief of Engineers
Congress
Commonwealth of Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Potomac River
Potomac River Basin Authority
Anti Castro Group Claims Flight To Cuba Existed
The International Anti Communist Brigade says a Florida to Cuba flight occurred despite Pentagon denials calling reports a hoax. The group alleges the plane carried a field hospital and leaflets to Santiago de Cuba and returned to Florida before continuing on. Frank Fiorini allegedly signed a statement under a threat of prison and fines for actions against the Cuban government.
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Miami, Fla
Florida
Cuba
Pentagon
International Anti Communist Brigade
Bahamas
U.S
Santiago de Cuba
Frank Fiorini
Fiorini
Abbitt Bill Would Bar Federal Courts From Tax Levy Orders
Rep. Watkins M. Abbitt of Virginia proposes a bill to prevent federal courts from compelling any legislative body to levy taxes. The Virginia Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties praised the measure as correcting the Supreme Court decision that reopened Prince Edward County schools and restoring constitutional checks and balances. The high court had ruled U S District Court may require county supervisors to levy taxes to operate desegregated schools.
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Virginia
Congress
Richmond
Watkins M. Abbitt
D-Va
Supreme Court
Prince Edward County
High Court
U.S. District Court
Bank Merger Approved in Hampton and Newport News
Directors of Citizens National Bank of Hampton and Citizens Marine Jefferson Bank of Newport News approved a merger. The Hampton directors voted yes yesterday and the deal now goes to the stockholders. The combined bank would hold about 46 million dollars in assets.
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Hampton Va
Citizens National Bank of
Hampton
Citizens Marine Jefferson Bank of
Newport News
Hampton Bank
Newport News Bank
Road Deaths Rise in West Virginia
Traffic accidents near Fairmont and Keyser push West Virginia highway deaths to 185, up 39 from the same point last year.
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Charleston
W. Va
Fairmont
Keyser
West Virginia
Texan Thanksgiving Named Two Thanksgiving Days in Some Years
The Texas legislature passed a law declaring the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day. In years when November has five Thursdays, Texans will observe two Thanksgiving celebrations.
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Texas
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Winchester Evening Star
Virginia Potomac Committee
Washington, D.C
Germany
Roy S. Kelley
American Society of Animal Scientists
Board of Supervisors of
Loudoun
Board of Supervisors
Washington
Baltimore
National Parks Association
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Potomac Estuary
Interstate Commission On
Seneca Reservoir
Commission
Interstate Commission
Winchester
Opequon Creek
Frederick Clarke
Winchester Common Council
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Roy
Kelley
Inter
N. Parks Association
U.S. Army
Opequon
South Fork
Shenandoah River
Shenandoah National Park
Piedmont
General Assembly
Assembly
Commissioner of Water Resources
E. W. Opie
E. W. Lauck
J. Kenneth Robinson
William B. Clagett E. C
Norman Carlton
Massey Frank C
Switzer
Harrison, Jr
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