Voices Echo Through Virginia Capitol at Night
Richmond AP reports whispers and footsteps within the Capitol and Governor’s Mansion. Officers debate ghosts versus wind while anecdotes recount a 1870 collapse and a pre dawn radio clock incident in the Capitol snack bar.
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Capitol Halls
Richmond
Virginia
Capitol
Governor’s Mansion
Governor
Philip W.mckinney
H E
Andrew Jackson Monroe
John Garland Pollard
Mansion
Supreme Court
John Weigel
Richmond News Leader
Exhaust Fumes Smells Like Flowers Trial Planned
DETROIT AP The Detroit municipal bus system plans an odor control trial using a chemical that makes exhaust fumes smell like flowers. General manager Lucas S. Miel cites Santa Monica California where the chemical is used with success and notes a free grant change.
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Detroit
Reaesons Lucas S. Miel
Miel
Santa Monica
Calif
Negro Likely Heads New Housing and Urban Development Dept
Washington AP reports the Senate is close to passing the cabinet level Housing and Urban Development bill within a month. Rob ert Weaver, head of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, is the educated guess for first secretary if confirmed. House approved the measure 217 184 with strong party splits reflecting debates over agency consolidation and housing policy.
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Washington
Senate
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
John F. Kennedy
Colonel Returns 12 Medals Over Beatles Award Row
Colonel Frederick Wagg 74 a two time world war veteran set a record by returning 12 medals to Queen Elizabeth II in protest of the M B E honor for the Beatles He left the Labour Party and canceled a 33600 bequest He kept the Croix de Lorraine from General de Gaulle and sent back foreign awards amid broad anti Beatles sentiment.
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Frederick Wagg
M.B.E
Order
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Thas
Buckingham Palace
Wage
Wilson
Charles de Gaulle
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