Officials oppose Green Springs prison plan in historic district
Two federal officials urged Gov. Linwood Holton to drop Virginia plans for a state prison at Green Springs Louisa County. They cite National Register listing of the 14 000 acre area and warn that using state funds to bypass federal review sets a dangerous precedent.
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Richmond
Linwood Holton
Green Springs
Louisa County
Holton
Russell E. Train
Council On Environmental Quality
S.K. Stevens
Advisory Council On
Train
Stevens
Hiram Ely
Historic
Green Springs, Inc
Virginia
President
Advisory Council On Historic Preservation
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Department of Interior
Vulcan Materials Co
Louisa County Board of Supervisors
W.R. Grace Co
County Planning Commission
Grace
Pennsylvania Hit By Flash Floods
Heavy thundershowers caused floods and power outages across Wilkes-Barre Bloomsburg and Lancaster County. Four injured near Quarryville as mobile homes toppled by a flooded creek. three homes reported and a man treated for cardiac arrest. Officials link flooding to faulty drainage and last year’s Agnes disaster fears.
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Tom Baldwin
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Wilkes- Barre
Bloomsburg
Lancaster County
Wilkes-Barre
Quarryville
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster Barracks
Agnes
Susquehanna
New Holland
Strasburg
Hessdale
Paradise
Lancaster
Columbia County
Martin Lutz
Pennsylvania Power and Light Co
South Wilkes-Barre
U.S. Weather Service
Danville Man Heads Tobacco Association
William E. Michaels of Danville Virginia was elected president of the Tobacco Association of the United States at its 73rd annual convention in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. Michaels is senior vice president and a director of Dibrell Brothers Inc. Other officers named include William C. Monk of Farmville North Carolina first vice president William A. Goodson Jr of Winston Salem North Carolina second vice president and Hendricks Shelton of Richmond Virginia third vice president. The board also named Charles Albert Carr of Danville emeritus governor and added Robert B. Glenn of Winston Salem and Harry S. Meade Jr of Danville as board members.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
William E. Michaels
Danville
Tobacco Association of United States
Michaels
Dibrell Brothers Inc
E.J. O’brien III
Louisville
William C. Monk
Farmville
N.C
William A. Goodson Jr
Winston- Salem
Hendricks Shelton
Richmond
Charles Albert Carr
Debrill Brothers
Robert B. Glenn
Winston-Salem
Harry S. Meade, Jr
Court Clears Berrigan of 3 Convictions
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia overturned three of four smuggling letter convictions against Rev. Philip Berrigan and also wiped out three similar counts against Sister Elizabeth McAlister. The ruling ends the case against McAlister who recently married Berrigan.
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Court
Berrigan
Philadelphia
Philip Berrigan
3Rd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Elizabeth McAlister
Catonsville
Elizabeth
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington, D.C
U.S
Indochina
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Wool price surge from Japanese buying spree risks fall apparel
World wool prices soar due to unprecedented Japanese purchases, signaling higher costs for wool suits this fall. Hart Schaffner & Marx predicts $10 to $20 higher retail prices. manufacturers lean toward synthetic blends to curb costs as wool supply tightens.
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New York
John D. Gray
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Stanley Blacker
Gray
Australia
U.S
New Zealand
South Africa
Rat Infested Castle in PRAGINS for Sale
Bernard Cornfeld’s run down rat infested castle near Lake Geneva is offered for sale. He paid 500000 dollars three years ago but is now jailed on Swiss fraud charges. A gardener notes Cornfeld never lived there while the 18th century chateau once sheltered Empress Marie Louise.
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Pragins
Switzerland
Bernard Cornfeld
Cornfeld
Lake Geneva
Napoleon
Empress Marie Louise
Moon Diameter Noted as One Fourth of Earth
A historical note states the moon’s diameter is 2,160 miles, about a quarter of Earth’s. This fact highlights relative sizes in the solar system.
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Moon
Earth
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John Ritchie
Danville Man Heads Tobacco Association
Daniel A. Shenk
Vocational Agriculture Department
Frederick County
FCJHS
Virginia Loan
Thrift Corp
West Piccadilly St
The
Shenandoah Valley
Smithfield
Bryce Mountain Resort Inc
Bayse
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