Prince Edward County Repaid Tuition Grants Recouped
The Prince Edward County treasury reports $125 000 repaid toward the $180 000 in tuition grants paid nearly three years ago to 720 parents of children at the county whites only private schools. The countys board of supervisors seeks 15 more days to complete repayment. The actions trace to desegregation orders and appellate rulings through U S courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Prince Edward County
Board of Supervisors
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chtren
Federal
Circuit Court
Maurice S. Dean
Supreme Court
Expo 67 pageant to spur church outreach through arts
New York AP reports church leaders will use Expo 67 in Montreal as a testing ground for innovative faith communication. The interdenominational conference will gather about 250 specialists in drama, television, film, and education to explore nonverbal and improvised means of presenting Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Blaine J. Fister
National Council of Churches
Montreal
Fister
National Council
Division of Christian Education
Interchurch Cooperative Agency
McGill University
Three Children Die After Being Struck On Railroad Tracks
In Blackstone, Nottoway County, three Blackstone children Darnell and Dennis Epes aged about 8 and 10 and Bertha Merrette 7 were killed when a westbound freight train struck them after they briefly returned to the tracks. An eastbound passenger train approached as the engineer blew the whistle but the children did not hear. The accident occurred around 2:30 p.m. and involved the families of the Epes and Merrette households.
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Blackstone
Norfolk and Western Railway
Itreight
Darnell
Dennis Epes
Bertha Merrette
Richard Baine
Nottoway County
Gilbert Epes
Sidney Merrette
Richmond youth flees prison work detail in Prince William
State Police hunt a 19 year old Richmond man Michael D. Scott after he escaped Thursday from a work detail at Prison Camp Six near Woodbridge. He is serving a two year term for breaking and entering, police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbridge
Richmond
Prince William County
Michael D. Scott
Worldwide Time Zone Shift Proposed by NASA Official
NASA space official Leonard Jaffe foresees a single world time zone with a 23 hour 56 minute day as global communications and a June 25 TV event illustrate the need. He argues clocks would diverge from sun time but enable three shifts of road use, schools, and factories worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Leonard Jaffe
National Aeronautics Andpace Administration
New York
Jaffe
Tokyo
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
Eight Utilities Form Power Reliability Pact
In Richmond eight regional utilities including Virginia Electric and Power, Duke Power, Carolina Power and Light, and Georgia Power joined to pool information and interconnect to prevent regional blackouts. The plan aims to minimize the risk that a single incident causes a wider outage and to share data with adjacent systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Iwi
Vepco
Duke Power Co
Carolina Power & Light Co
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
Gulf Power Co
Alabama
Isbesiop Power Co
Georgia Power Co
Rites Held for Norfolk Surgeon Dr Eugene L Lowenberg
Funeral service conducted in Norfolk today for Dr Eugene L Lowenberg 68 senior surgeon at Norfolk General Hospital and chief of peripheral vascular surgery He died Thursday survived by widow and two sons Burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery follows a 4 pm service at Chet Sholom Temple Also noted Sugar history mentions sugar cane origins and long standing importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Eugene L. Lowenberg
Norfolk General Hospital
Lowenberg
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Norfolk General
Forrest Lawn
Chet Sholom Temple
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Susanne Husy
U.S. Naval Academy
Chicago
Buttinger
Service
U.S. Supreme Court
Mission of
San Juan Capistrano
Winchester Evening Star
Santa
Clement Moore
Vladivostok
Scandinavia
Australia
Intelsat
Pacific
Asian
WEFG
Roger Powell
Pam Bell
Beloit
Loudoun St
DODGE
Polara
Mercury
GW Motors
Goodyear
Goodyear Tire Service
Buncutter Tire Co., Inc
S. Braddock St
Winchester
Va. Va
Beloit M
Woodlands
Martinsburg Pike
Rt. 11
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