Virginia Firm Barred From Selling Cruises
New York A P reports State Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz obtained a show cause order to bar W W Ventures of Charlottesville Virginia from offering four week bicentennial cruises aboard the United States a refurbished liner. The ship is owned by the U S government and has been mothballed at Newport News Virginia for over two years. The firm may face permanent barring if it cannot show cause by July 31.
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New York
Louis J. Lekfowitz
Virginia
United States
Lefkowitz
Charlottesville
W.W. Ventures
Queen of the American Merchant Marine
State Supreme Court
Hilda Schwartz
Severed Hand Rejected By National Art Show
An Australian art scene dispute centers on Sydney Opera House rejecting a severed hand for a national show while art dealer Clive Evatt and Ivan Durrant plan display. The hand was obtained from a 24 year old medical student for protest art.
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Sydney
Australia
Sydney Opera House
Opera House
Ivan Durrant
Clive Evatt
Durrant
National Gallery
Melbourne
Wiltshire Succeeds Gore on Board in City Council Action
Wiltshire succeeds Gore as a new School Board appointee and joins the Henkel Harris firm leadership. The council approved a nonfunded halfway house concept for alcoholics and a $273 budget allocation to the Regional Ad Hoc Committee on Nutrition and Aging, unlocking $42,000 in state funds. Wiltshire is a Richmond native with WWII service and civic roles.
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Health and Welfare Committee
Ely
Gore
Foreman
Fire and Civil Defense Committee
Whittier Ave
Wiltshire
Henkel- Harris
Lane Cedar Chest Co
Rocky Mount
Henkel-Harris
Richmond
Virginia Mechanics Institute
Fifth Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Pope Declares Independent Write In Run For Supervisor
Front Royal Cedarville resident Robert E. Pope announces campaign as an independent write in candidate for North River District supervisor after ballot ineligibility due to insufficient petition signatures. Pope has long service in local and state roles including planning commission and zoning appeals board.
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Front Royal
Robert E. Pope
Cedarville
North River
Pope
Electoral Board
Warren County Planning Commission
Board of Zoning Appeals
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co
Virginia
American Legion
Supreme Court invalidates anti nudity drive in ordinance
The Supreme Court struck down a Jacksonville drive in ordinance holding owners liable for nude scenes outside theaters, ruling it an unconstitutional restraint on protected speech. Justices Burgers dissent decried the ruling while White warned of nudity in public spaces under different logic. The decision follows a separate ruling on Black Jack zoning and corporate engineering bid practices.
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New York Times
Washington
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Byron R. White
Santa Barbara
Calif
Jacksonville
Fla
Powell
St. Louis
Black Jack
National Society of Professional Engineers
Council Adopts Record Budget With Tax Shift
The council approved a 14.4 percent budget increase to 14,5 million, funded partly by federal revenue sharing. Real estate taxes drop from 3 to 1.15 per 100, reassessment basis shifts to 100 percent value. Capital plans include Loudoun St Mall Whittier Basin War Memorial and Handley Library upgrades. Foreman opposed revised salary ranges and the special tax rate for mall owners changes from 58 to 49 cents per 100 at 100 percent value.
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Council
Loudoun St
Whittier Ave
War Memorial Building
Handley Library
Foreman
Loudoun St. Mall
Wendell L. Seldon
Stephens City Town Office Moves to New School Grounds Facility
Stephens City town office will close Friday and Saturday for moving and reopen Monday at 8 30 a m in a new permanent location on the Stephens City Elementary School grounds. Business through Friday remains at Main Street.
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Stephens City
School St
Main St
Policeman Rescues Fisherman From Verrazano Narrows
In New York a police officer leaped from a helicopter to rescue 56 year old fisherman Carlos Rodriguez who had an epileptic seizure and fell from a Brooklyn pier. Officer Heinz Graumann swam about 200 yards to shore with the man and both were treated for exposure at a hospital.
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New York
Verrazano Narrows
Brooklyn
Carlos Rodriguez
Heinz Graumann
Graumann
Nixon 35th Anniversary Quietly Marked in California
Former President Richard M. Nixon and wife Pat marked their 35th wedding anniversary with no public announcement of celebrations. The couple wed at the Mission Inn in Riverside on June 21, 1940.
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San Clemente
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Mission Inn
Riverside
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Roxana Park
J. Trenton Garber
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Ledyard Farm
Azmi A. Uthman
Wentworth Drive
Handley
Norman Cooper
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Complete Insurance Service
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E. Boscawen ST
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