Virginia Reports New Traffic Law Changes Promoted
State Police disseminates 750000 leaflets and 25000 posters to inform motorists of 1952 Virginia traffic law changes effective midnight June 27 28. Materials warn speeding penalties drunken driving accident reporting school bus stopping improper passing and more with out of state conviction reporting to home states. Troopers will hand out materials as drivers enter Virginia at 26 locations.
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Richmond
C. W Woodson
Governor's Highway Safety Committee
Virginia
General Assembly
State plans border entry push and stricter driving penalties
Posters will be placed at borders to recruit public service space for tourists. Troopers will distribute materials through Governor's Highway Safety Committee channels. Major changes include 19 day jail terms for license revocation driving, hearings to test driver fitness, mandatory re-exams after two violations or one injurious incident, making unauthorized car use a felony, and raising open road speed to 55 with trucks limited to 45.
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Governor's Highway Safety Committee
Woodson
Division of Motor Vehicle
Cross Roads Festival and church news from Capon Bridge
The Ladies Aid of Capon Bridge Christian Church plans a festival on the church grounds Saturday at 6 p.m. Home cooked food will be served to support the new church. Regular services were held at Fairview Lutheran with two new members joining.
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Cross Roads
Ladies Aid
Capon Bridge
Kenneth
Kee
Michael
Kirby
W. Va
W. J. Line
Esther McKee
Robert McKee
Gore
Karen Line
Potomac Edison Expands With New Lots and Substations
At a Frederick board meeting, Potomac Edison reports two new lots in Winchester and the south end of the city for future suburban substations. A 330 volt breaker is installed near the American Brake Blok Plant. The Double Toll Gate line was converted to 132 ky operation in April, with a new substation erected. Company notes 125 miles of rural line built so far this year and 2,300 new customers, totaling 137,000.
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The
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick
R. Paul Smith
Rockingham Poultry Cooperative
N. Kent Street
Andrew J. Bowen
Northern Virginia Power Company
John Gold
Kent Street
Millville
Williamsport
Potomac Edison
Car Shortage Seen In Coming Weeks Across Auto Market
Detroit reports say factory sales outpace production as steel shortages bite. Dealers warn a car shortage could spread in weeks, with delivery delays for certain makes. Strong demand pressures inventories and may curb June production plans. Buyers frustrated, seeking alternates as stock dwindles.
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David J. Wilkie
Detroit
eAlready
Steel shutdown To Disrupt 1953 Auto Model Output
The steel shortage threatens auto production as manufacturers face July shortages and exhausted supplier inventories. Plants delaying 1953 model introductions risk waste from unfinished parts and disrupted schedules while continuing with 1952 outputs until allocations end.
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Ity
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