Holton Opens Virginia Governor Campaign in Northern Virginia
Republican Linwood Holton plans campaign stops in Northern Virginia’s 10th District and organizing sessions in Richmond as his bid for governor begins. He accuses opponent Mills E. Godwin Jr. of closings schools and cites education as a campaign issue with remarks at Arlington and Richmond events. Co-candidates Vincent F. Callahan and D Dortch Warriner accompany him, with party leaders from around the state.
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Richmond
Linwood Holton
Washington
Virginia
10Th
Hostok
Mills’ E. Godwin Jr
State Central Committee
Holton
Vinecent F. Callahan
McLean
D. Dortch Warriner
Emporia
Godwin
Tangier Island offers a doctor $6500 and free house
Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay seeks a physician with a guaranteed $6500 annual salary a rent free furnished eight room clinic and full equipment. Nine Richmond amateur radio operators broadcast 24 hours to recruit and reached over 1000 contacts after a storm cut air time.
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Tangier Island
Chesapeake Bay
State records three weekend drownings in Virginia
Three Virginians drowned over the weekend. Arnold Agee, 24, of Floyd County, died at Philpott Lake after going under in 15 feet of water 30 feet offshore and was recovered 45 minutes later. Marvin Colbert, 42, of Lynchburg, was found in a small creek behind his home after missing since Friday night. Larry Harding, 19, of Newport News, died skindiving off Hampton after running out of oxygen. a companion reported him sinking 75 yards offshore and surfacing unresponsive.
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Virginia
Arnold Agee
Rt. 1
Floyd
Philpott Lake
Henry County
Agee
Marvin Hunter Colbert
Lynchburg
W. C. McCabe
Bedford County Medical Examiner
Larry Harding
Newport News
Hampton
Harding
Helicopter blade kills Newport News honeymooner
Fletcher A. Manning 22 of Virginia Beach died after a helicopter rented by a Newport News couple struck him with a rotating blade as it set down to take them to Patrick Henry Airport for a honeymoon flight. Manning died instantly.
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Newport News
Fletcher A. Manning
Virginia Beach
Manning
Patrick Henry
Longtime Waynesboro safety chief retires after 45 years
J Guy Rusmiselle will retire June 30 as city public safety engineer in Waynesboro after 45 years serving safety. He handed out 27 000 safety pamphlets and delivered 262 talks. A retirement ceremony and official proclamation by Mayor W Clark Jordan will honor him.
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Waynesboro
J. Guy Rusmiselle
W. Clark Jordan
Rusmiselle
Rights Workers Launch Va. Campaign for Voter Registration
Peters bur AP The SCOPE project in Southside Virginia mobilizes 27 volunteers from California and other states to register Negro voters in five counties and Hopewell. SCLC plans 500 volunteers across five southern states as organizers warn of apathy and years of Byrd machine influence.
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Petersburg
Virginia
California
Southampton
Prince George
Lunenburg
Surry
Amelia
City of
Hopewell
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Herbert V. Coulton
Virginia Scope Project
Coulton
Byrd Machine
Atlanta
Alabbama
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Michigan
New York
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
West Virginia
Ohio
Minnesota
Oregon
Missouri
Sunday church day with donkey gift to sports chapter winners
The record notes a church gathering on Sunday following a Saturday ball event. A luncheon featured a miniature donkey presented to the chapter that won the most sports events.
Finland Grants Women Suffrage in 1906
Finland becomes the first European nation to allow women to vote in 1906, marking a landmark expansion of voting rights and political participation for women in Europe.
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Finland
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