Secrecy Lid Clamped on Agriculture Violations
A congressional committee directed the Agriculture Department to stop publicizing complaints under the Packers and Stockyards Act about livestock and meat violations. The move excludes grain and perishable commodities, prompting concerns that policing of markets will weaken.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Te Eetani L. F Nan
Andolive- Freeman
Clare
Colorado
House Appropriations Committee
Jamie L. Whitten
D Miss
Packers and Stockyards Act
Whitten
Agricultural Appropriations Subcommittee
Appropriations Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Food and Drug Administration
Richmond Restaurants Desegregated in Local Accord
Negroes were served at about 35 Richmond restaurants and lunch counters on Tuesday, joining 25 to 30 that had desegregated in two years. The effort, arranged through the Richmond Citizens Advisory Council, saw mixed teams of whites and Negroes welcomed with courtesy. Rupert Picott, leading a 129-member committee, thanked restaurant owners while noting no one was turned away. downtown theaters had begun admitting African Americans two weeks earlier.
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Richmond (Ap
Richmond Citizens Advisory Committee
Rupert Picott
Committee Scien Seid
Picott
Richmond
Virginia Industries urged to join in Exposition
Gov. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. urged Virginia industries to participate in the state wide Industrial Exposition Index 63 in Roanoke October 2 5. The governor called it a tremendous value and said it will spur industrial development, with some 150 exhibits plus national space and military displays. The event is part of Roanoke Harvest Festival offering public free access and related events at Victory Stadium.
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Albertis S. Harrison, Jr
Virginia
Roanoke
Commonwealth
National Aeronautics Space Administration
Armed Forces
Virginia Colleges and Universities
Old Dominion i Nea
Old Dominion Industrial Exposition, Inc
Victory Stadium
Virginia Public School Authority sells first bond issue
The Virginia Public School Authority sold its initial $15 million bond issue to finance local school construction. Lehman Bros and Phelps Fenn Co of New York and F. W. Craigie of Richmond made the low bid at 2.9346 percent. Moody’s Dave Ellenwood called the bid fair value amid Southern market distortions.
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Richmond
Virginia Public School Authority
Lehman Bros. and Phelps Fenn and Co
New York
F. W. Craigie
Moody’s Investors Service
Dave Ellenwood
Soviet cosmonauts Valentina and Valery orbit world first for women
Valentina Tereshkova circled the globe more than 48 times while Valery Bykovsky logged 81 orbits in 119 hours. They landed in the Kazakh region near Kustanai amid praise from Tass and Soviet officials.
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Soviet Union
Valentina Tereshkova
Valery Bykovsky
Siberia
Tass
Valentina
Karanganda
Bykovsky
Kustanai
Kazakhstan
Moscow
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
City council flags dispute over United Nations banner height
A city council meeting addressed a flag height issue with the United Nations banner. The U N flag was raised higher than the American flag by inches and a portion of the staff was cut.
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Joseph City
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