New Hearing Ordered In Condemnation Case
Virginia Supreme Court orders a new hearing in a Charlottesville condemnation case after a Daily Progress article published the day before the hearing was found to have prejudicial influence. The city sought 14 636 square feet, paying 12717 already, while owner Elizabeth Siegfried valued the land at 200000 with 200000 more for damages.
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Richmond
Charlottesville
State Supreme Court
Virginia
Siegfried
George M. Coles
Coles
Hareold F. Snead
Supreme Court
Manie Fest
Newse
Needlecraft pattern 7268 jester sweater for teens
Pattern 7268 offers a beginner friendly jester sweater for teens in three strips with seed stitch. Sizes 32 34 and 36 38, sold 35 cents each with 15 cents extra for first class mailing and handling. Include name address and pattern number when ordering from Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept. 127 Old Chelsea Station New York NY 10011. 1965 Needlecraft Catalog promotes 200 designs plus decor and quilt books and more patterns at 25 to 50 cents.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Needlecraft
Fatalities First on Bay Bridge Collision
Four people died in a flaming crash on a Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel section near the Eastern Shore. Victims were Charles F. Musk Jr and Mary Ann Musk of Avon Connecticut and Warren Goodrich Horton and Virginia Lotz Horton of Canton Connecticut.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Charles F. Musk Jr
Mary Ann Musk
Woodhaven Drive
Avon, Conn
Warren Goodrich Horton
Virginia Lotz Horton
Dowd Ave
Canton
Hartford, Conn
Marsden and Wasserman
Williamsburg
Musk
Amemonia
Stanley Man Held in Jail For Murder
Stanley Bernard Cubbage, 22, of Stanley is held without bond in Page County jail on murder charge in the fatal shooting of Earl Smelser, 33, also of Stanley. Smelser was found with a single bullet wound along Virginia 621 on June 7. Cubbage was arrested Monday and a hearing date has not been set.
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Luray
Stanley Bernard Cubbage
Stanley
Page County
Earl Smelser
Shenandoah
Smelser
Virginia
Cabbage
Contempt Conviction Set Aside by State Supreme Court
The Virginia State Supreme Court set aside the contempt of court conviction for S Page Higginbotham, then a defense attorney in another county, remanding to Culpeper County for potential new trial. It also upheld William Leon Barber’s first degree murder conviction and ruled on a Chesterfield deed constraint about a playhouse.
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Comemonwealths
Atty. S. Page Higginbotham
State Supreme Court
High Court
Lawrence W. Snead
C. Champion Bowles
Culpeper County
Bowles
William Leon Barber
Chesterfield County
Higginbotheam
Supreme Court
Barber
Norfolk County
Sadie
Fox control success in Fairfax County reduces rabies threat
Fairfax County health officials report a trapping program started last December eliminated 290 foxes to curb a nine year rabies upsurge. Trappers also killed 211 other wildlife including skunks opossums groundhogs and raccoons under this effort led by Dr. Harold Kennedy.
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Harold Kennedy
Birthday Program At Zion Baptist Church
The Golden Clofs of St. Luke's Baptist Church Berryville will present a birthday program Sunday at Zion Baptist Church Berryville at 8 p.m. to benefit the July Rally for Zion Baptist Church. Mrs. Katie Gaskins is chairman and Rev. Paul W. Brown is pastor.
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St. Luke’s Baptist Church
Berryville
Zion Baptist Church
Prohibitive Costs Bar Collection of Poll Tax
Virginia tax officials told the State Supreme Court that enforcing the $1.50 annual poll tax is costly and lacking legal authority. In depositions, Tax Commissioner Morrissett and Norfolk Treasurer Bell said no duty to collect exists and costs would exceed revenue, while plaintiffs seek more than $10 million in delinquent poll taxes from 1950 to 1959.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Supreme Court
C. H. Morrissett
Norfolk
Alex H. Bell
del. Henry E. Howell Jr
Howell
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High Court
Morrissett
Richard N. Harris
Bell
Chilly Weather and Storms Span Several Regions
Weather stretched across the Midwest into New England with rain in the Southeast and West. Temperatures fell to freezing in Manit Metropolis Michigan and the upper 30s in parts of New York. A tornado hit Loveland Colorado causing injuries but no deaths as storms moved from the South Atlantic to the Missouri and Mississippi valleys.
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New England
Mercury
Marequette
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Upstate
New York
Carolinas
Greenville
South Atlantic
Missouri
Mississippi
Colorado
Loveland
Big Thompson Canyon
Rocky Mountains
Lovee Land
Confederate Monument to Be Unveiled at Gettysburg
A Confederate monument will be unveiled at Gettysburg National Military Park on August 25 with Sen. Sam Ervin Jr. speaking at a pre dedication luncheon. Governors from former Confederate and three border states are invited. The statue was commissioned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans and crafted by Donald DeLeu of New York.
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Richmond
Gettysburg National Military Park
Sam J.ervin Jr
D-N.c
United Daughters of the Confederacy
The
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Donald DeLeu
New York
English Incomprehension A Hanover Born King George I
The British monarch George I, born and raised in Hanover Germany, could not understand the English language. He relied on translators and courtiers to govern and communicate with his subjects.
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George I
Hanover
Germany
Valley moves toward new jail in Woodstock
Shenandoah County Supervisors voted to contact architects for preliminary jail plans with an estimated cost near 200000 to replace the 50 year old Woodstock jail facing possible closure by state authorities. Front Royal eyes electric rights case aims to decide who provides power within town limits after talks with NOVA Power. Strasburg board rejects 20 acre school site as two elementary schools may strain finances.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah
State Department of Welfare and Institutions
Strasburg
Governor Harrison Rejects Proclamation for King Visit
Gov Albertis S Harrison Jr refused to proclaim July 2 Nobel Peace Prize Day in Virginia tied to Dr Martin Luther King Jr addressing the SCLC convention at Virginia State College Petersburg He said official days require historic patriotic significance and declined to attend the session as well A Virginia SCLC leader Curtis W Harris called the decision sad for the commonwealth and noted King’s arrival drawing statewide attention.
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Arequest
Virginia
Martin Luther King
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Virginia State College
Petersburg
Harrison
Plane Crash Investigated Near Chesapeake Bay
The Federal Aviation Administration has begun an investigation into Monday's fatal fish spotting plane crash off Kiptopeke Beach in Chesapeake Bay. Dallas Franklin Bell Jr., 27, of Norfolk, owned and piloted the single engine plane. his body was recovered. Bell was among several pilots hired by Virginia Menhaden Products Co. of Reedville to spot menhaden schools.
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Norfolk
The
Federal Aviation Administration
Dallas Franklin Bell Jr
Bell
Chesapeake Bay
Kiptopeke Beach
Mene Haden
Virginia Menhadeen Products Co
Reedville
Robertson Cited by VFW for outstanding service
Sen. A. Willis Robertson of Virginia received a VFW citation in Washington for outstanding service to the citizens of Virginia and to the nation. The Virginia Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars presented the honor on Monday.
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A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Virginia Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Commonwealth of Virginia
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