Steel-Labor Pact Takes Effect Sunday Affects 450000 Workers
The new 1962 steel contracts raise fringe benefits and job protection to aid 450000 workers after a year of layoffs. Benefits include extended vacations, retirement incentives, longer layoff pay, an employee savings plan, and boosted unemployment supplements up to 37.50 weekly plus 1.50 per dependent. A 32 hour minimum ensures job security during layoffs with training time. Wages will be renegotiated next year. The last raise averaged 3.29 an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker
Home Blaze Fatal To Augusta Girl
A four month old Augusta County girl died in a fire that destroyed her four room frame mountain home near Buffalo Gap. The victim was found in the ruins by Churchville and Augusta County firemen. The mother Mrs Daniel Harris was treated for shock at a Staunton hospital. The husband was away at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Gap
Augusta County
Sarah Harris
Churchville
Daniel Harris
Staunton
Police Launch Rabies Drive in Virginia Counties
Virginia police begin a 23 day anti rabies operation in Flu vanna and Spotsylvania with three troopers in Flu vanna and five in Spotsylvania. The drive continues a statewide trapping program begun last year with 12 counties trapped, two counties twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Fluvanna
Spotsylvania
State Health Department
Martin B. Marx
Virginia
Morrill Act of 1890 Grants for Land-Grant Colleges
The second Morrill Act of 1890 authorized a 25 000 dollar annual endowment for each land grant college, establishing ongoing federal support for higher education.
Guardian seeks authority to transfer Bowers estate assets
Notice of hearing before the Winchester Corporation Court on July 23, 1962 at 10:00 am to authorize removal and transfer of cash bonds and other assets held by Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester as guardian of Benjamin F. Bowers incompetent. Bowers was declared incompetent by Cambria County Orphan's Court on June 9, 1962. The First National Bank of Ebensburg, Guardian. Harrison & Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Code of Virginia
Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester
Estes Probers Recall Ex-Agriculture Official
William E Morris, ousted Agriculture Department official, is questioned again behind closed doors over ties to Billie Sol Estes. The House subcommittee under Rep L H Fountain pressed Morris amid a Senate dispute over Murphy's April 20 letter clearing Estes of criminal charges. Freeman defended agency actions and said a DOJ check on cotton allotments and Estes transfers is ongoing as indictments loom.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
William E. Morris
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Morris
House
Senate
Ron
Estes
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Department
Rep
L. H. Fountain
Dn.c
James Naughton
Subcommittee
Asst. Secretary of Agriculture
James T. Ralph
Texas
Ralph
Democratic Party
Charles S. Murphy
Murphy
National Cotton Advisory Committee
Justice Department
Ligon Jones Named Judge in Southside Virginia
Gov. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. selected Ligon L. Jones 45 a Hopewell lawyer and former commonwealth's attorney to lead the 3rd Judicial Circuit. Jones backed by Hopewell Prince George Surry Sussex attorneys and about 100 General Assemblymembers defeated Ralph Slagle for the post to succeed the late J. Jordan Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Ligon L. Jones
Hopewell Commonwealth
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Jones
J. Jordan Temple
Harrison
Greensville
Ralph Slagle
Hopewell
Prince George
Surry
Sussex County
General
Slagle
Brunswick
Fredericksburg
King George, Stafford
Spotsylvania
Spotsylvania Commonwealth
Atty. S. Bernard Coleman
Potatoes on Stove Ignite Prompt Firemen Call
Winchester firemen answered a 5:15 p.m. alarm at 29 S. Purcell Ave. to a skillet of potatoes on a stove that caught fire. The fire was controlled on arrival with no damage reported. South End and Rouss Fire Companies responded.
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Winchester
Robert Woolf
S. Purcell Ave
South End
Rouss
Beef and Beets Embezzlement Case Continues
The Commonwealth presses embezzlement charges against Margaret C. Dean 42 former city school cafeteria official in a $2,587 case. Dean pleads innocent as defense concedes two checks were diverted for personal use from C B. Halsey Co. Two 1957 orders for $1,892 beef and $695 beets are central to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanokeap
Commonwealth
Margaret C. Dean
C B. Halsey Co
Churchill Recovers After Thigh Surgery At London Hospital
Sir Winston Churchill awoke from a restorative sleep after surgery to pin a fractured left thigh. A 11:00 bulletin said his condition was satisfactory and he was comfortable. Doctors expect two weeks in Middlesex Hospital and walking again within a month after release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
Lord Moran
Churchill
Middlesex Hospital
Monte Carlo
Royal Air Force
Burglary Attempt at Haines Coal Yard Offices Fails
City police said an intruder tried to break into the Haines Coal Yard offices on Cork Street but failed. A broken window was found. nothing else was missing or disturbed after investigation.
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Haines
Cork St
Markets summarize hog cattle and sheep week results
US market roundup notes hogs up 25 on barrows and gilts while sows ease. cattle mix shows steers and heifers uneven with cows lower. hogs and sheep quoting ranges with weights and prices for prime to good grades. financial quotes and bond-like listings follow from White, Weld offices and local securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USDA
Farmers Livestock Market Hog and cattle quotes on sale day
Livestock prices posted include Hogs with heavy and light butchers, feeders, and sows. Veal and Lamb price ranges. Slaughter cattle with steers, heifers, cows, bulls. Stock feeder cattle and calves with weights and grade ranges. Prices span 10 to 31 dollars per hundredweight, varying by grade and weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choice
Standard
Utility
Good
Cutter & Utility
Front Royal Livestock Market Hogs and Cattle Prices
Prices from Front Royal Market list hogs with top barrows and gilts at 19.30 and various butcher ranges, veal and sheep values, slaughter cattle by grade, cows and bulls, and stock feeder cattle with yearling steer values. Stronger pricing shown for prime and good categories across hogs, veal, and cattle segments.
Monmouth Man Given Suspended Jail Sentence
Sherman E. Curtiss, 22, of 114 Monmouth, was convicted of assault and battery in Municipal Court. Judge John Rice suspended 30 days of jail time and fined $30.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth St
Sherman E. Curtiss
Curtiss
Monmouth
John Rice
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Augusta
Benjamin F. Bowers
THE
First National Bank OF
Ebensburg
Pennsylvania
P.g
Harrison & Johnston
Estes Probers
Republi
Can
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
Carl T. Curtis
Nebraska
Mundt
Curtis
Ligon Jones
Southside
Phi Beta Kappa and
Omicron Delta Kappa
General Assembly
Hastings Court
Arthur E. Smith
Dean
Pineville
Wilson Blvd
Pine Motor CO. Inc
Sir Winston
Chicago Livestock
White, Weld and Co
S. Winchester
American Furniture
Bank of
Clarke County
Commonwealth Natural Gas
GIS Galt
Ciseake
First Va., Corp.s
George Washington
Piersueen
Green Chemical Co
Life Insurance Co
Middletown State Bank
Nat'l = a Co
O'Sullivan’ Rubber Corp
Potomac Edison
Eeeee
Shenandoah Valley
Victor Prodittscctis
Valley Redi-Mix Corp
Winchester Storage
Winchester Orchard & Farm
Front Royal Livestock Market
United States Congress
John O. Marsh, Jr
Jack Marsh
Congress Committee
Marvin W. Ham
Mgr
Health Dept
Perry Engineering., Inc
Echo Village
Tion
Sewage (Public
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