Law Student, Son Die in Boating Mishap
M Kent Howell aged 28 and his son Michael died in a drowning when their 10 foot aluminum craft filled with water and sank near a 75 foot pier on a Cumberland County lake. Five others were aboard including John Schweitzer and Sally Schweitzer. rescue efforts saved two children and a man.
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M. Kent Howell
Michael Howell
University of Richmond
Howell
Hugh R. Thompson
Richmond
John Schweitzer
Thompson
Elizabeth
Sally Lynn Schweitzer
Jack Schweitzer
Cumberland County
Governor Harrison to speak at Southern Regional summer workshop
About 75 members from 16 southern states will gather in Williamsburg for a three day workshop of the Southern Regional Education Board. Chairman Vir Terry Sanford will speak and the session will implement goals for higher education in the South.
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Williamsburg
Southern Regional Education Board
Vir Terry Sanford
South
Four More Bodies Recovered in River Tragedy
In Taipei Formosa police reported 21 children are now known dead after a trawler carrying about 50 youths capsized while watching a boat race on the Yun River. Ages ranged from 6 to 16 with the death toll possible to rise.
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Taipei
Formosa
Yun River
Tragic drowning ends life of Howell in Cartersville area
A 44 acre parcel in a residential development five miles west of Cartersville is noted as the scene of a drowning tragedy involving Howell. He planned to begin his law practice in Norfolk. Survivors include his widow and daughter Kimberley Ann.
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Cartersville
Howell
Norfolk
Kimberley Ann
Woman Dies In Fire In Meadsville Halifax County
A woman burned to death in a five room frame house in Meadsville Halifax County. Frank Logan, asleep on the front porch, said he woke to a smoke smell and saved his sister in law Bernice Moore but could not rescue his wife. Roof collapsed. cause undetermined.
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Meadsville
Halifax County
Frank Logan
Operation Oyster to restock James River beds
Virginia Fisheries Commission will start Operation Oyster in the James River on Aug. 1. The project will plant 130 000 bushels of shells in seed oyster beds, the first restocking effort by the commission in seven years.
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Newport News
Virginia’s
Fisheries Commission
James River
Commission
Local Elks Set Program For Flag Day
Winchester Elks Lodge 867 enlists residents of Winchester and surrounding counties for Flag Day observances marking the 185th anniversary of the flag’s adoption. Dr. Melton F. Wright will speak on patriotism. Boy Scouts assist in history presentation of the Pine Tree and Rattlesnake flags. Cap. Paul Tourigny heads the event committee and urges flag display at homes and businesses.
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Chester Lodge
Benevolent and Protected Order
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Continental Congress
Melton F. Wright
Frederick County
Elks
Boy Scouts of America
W. E. Deavers
Winchester Elks
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Fred Young
Cap
Paul Tourigny
SVI Board Will Meet Wednesday in Monterey Virginia
Shenandoah Valley Inc. directors meet at the Monterey Hotel to discuss recreation in the Shenandoah Valley. Bruce R. Richardson of the Virginia Trout Co. will address the group. A tour of the Virginia Trout Company's facilities follows the adjournment.
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Bruce R. Richardson
Monterey
Virginia Trout Co., Inc
Highland County
Virginia Trout Company
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Shenandoah National Park
Blue Ridge Parkway
Harpers Ferry National Monument
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Division of Conservation and Economic Development
Rockbridge Center
Natural Bridge
Shenandoah Valley
SVI
Switzerland
Virginia
Valley Judges Reappoint Elkton Judges for Two Years
ElktonTown Council reappoints Porter R Graves police justice and Richard Jackson substitute judge for two year terms. A watchdog group claims to oppose membership while Rubush denies intent to join. A Woodstock circuit court awarded two Luray women 3144 for a December 1957 auto crash involving Dr. George W Parrot. Front Royal reports a head on crash injuring two officers and a Pennsylvania man. Shenandoah County Board tables 250000 school construction loan pending board member Elon Sheetz review.
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Elkton—Town
Porter R. Graves
Richard Jackson
Woodstock
Luray
Ruby Lucas
Ethel Mae Turner
Front Royal
Pennsylvania
S. W. Parker
Ira Cullers
Charles H. S. English
Erie
A. C. Crowder
Here
English
Time the only remedy says Florida Alcohol Rehab Program
The Florida Alcohol Rehabilitation Program states time is the only remedy for a hangover as the body is equipped to rid itself of alcohol at a limited rate.
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Florida Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program
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