Prince Edward County to reopen public schools next fall
Prince Edward County supervisors plan a brief meeting early next week to formalize compliance with a federal court order to reopen public schools this fall. Officials expect funds sufficient to run for about 1,600 pupils, with most white students likely to stay in private segregated schools.
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Prince Edward
Farmville
Prince Edwrd
U.S
Oren R. Lewis
Farmville Herald
Prince Edward County
J. Barrye Wall
Herald
Wall
Commonwealthy
William F. Watkins
Board of Supervisors
Lewis
John Stack
Watkins
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Harrison
Chhildren
Bishop Bayne Eyes overseas role to end church fragmentation
Right Rev. Stephen F. Bayne, poised to lead the Episcopal Church's 16 overseas dioceses, argues for merging ecclesiastical factions to tackle social issues. He recalls doubling, then tripling, Olympia diocese growth and led ecumenical talks after the Lambeth conference.
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Baltimore
Stephen. F. Bayne
Bayne
Protestant Episcopal Church
John Bentley
Arthur Lichtenberger
America
Olympia
Wash
Anglican Communion
Tts
United States
New York
Ambherst
Wall Street
Towing Firm Buys Ferries In Newport News Sale
The last two of seven ferries once serving Norfolk and Virginia's Eastern Shore were sold for about $200000 to Tidewater Towing Co. of Norfolk. The contract was signed under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission. One ferry will be sold, the other retained for excursions.
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Newport News
Norfolk
Virginia
Northampton
Old Point J
Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission
Tidewater Towing Co
Time capsule buried at 1939 New York World's Fair site
A granite monument marks a time capsule buried during the 1939 New York World's Fair. Another capsule will be buried at the same site when the current World's Fair closes in October 1965.
Farmers Livestock Market Prices by Weight and Type
Livestock market report lists hogs veal lambs slaughter cattle and stock feeder cattle with price ranges by weight class and quality. Cattle categories include steers heifers cows bulls and yearling classes with values from 10 to 21 per hundredweight and up to 25 for veal prime, reflecting market activity.
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Choice
Cutter & Utility
Space rocketry accuracy tightens to micrometers
The National Bureau of Standards pushes stricter space vehicle part measurements. Steel gage blocks must be accurate to one ten-millionth of an inch, per Steelways Magazine. An error of one-millionth in a gyroscope bore could miss the moon by thousands of miles.
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Washington
National Bureau of Standards
Steelways Magazine
American Iron and Steel Institute
Moon
Smithsonian Showcases Campaign Buttons Through History
A Smithsonian display in the Hall of Historic Americans at the Museum of History and Technology features the 1964 campaign button phenomenon. Curator Herbert Collins and donor Ralph Becker illuminate political paraphernalia from Tippecanoe to Lincoln, highlighting hooplas and civic ritual across eras.
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U.S
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
New Museum of History and Tecnology
Herbert Collins
Ralph E. Becker
National Geographic Society
Athens
Alexander the Great
B.C
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Abraham Lincoln
Two Escaped Convicts Recaptured Near Dublin Virginia
Police recaptured the last two of six North Carolina escapees, Albert Ledford and Joe Cochren, at the U S 11 and Va 100 intersection near Pulaski. They allegedly pistol whipped and tied up the guard, foreman, and three prisoners before fleeing in a state truck. The suspects had taken a car and Overpowered a guard during the escape.
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Dublin
North Carolina
Albert Junior Ledford
Gastonia
N. C
Joe Lee Cochren
Winston-Salem
U.S. 11
Pulaski
Ledford
Cocheran
Frances Penn Witherspoon
Wytheville
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Miller’s Hardware
Loudoniste
Winchester
Lambeth Conference of Episcopal Bishops
St. Louis
Columbia University
Goodyear
Goodyear Tire Service
Buncutter Tire CO
Braddock
Becker
Sherwin-Williams
Cadtyg
Mary
Sherwin-Williams CO
Loudoun St
Win G. Egopark & Shop
van Hester Park
Miller Anders
E.boscawen ST
The
Mer Park & Sho
General Electric
Dealer
Chants of Winchester
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