Northern Va. Asks More State Aid for Schools
Northern Virginia residents urged the Virginia Board of Education to boost state aid, focusing on kindergarten programs and bus transport for parochial pupils. The board authorized a committee to study needs and report by August 16 for the next two year budget, amid criticisms of educational inequality.
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Falls Church
Northern Virginia
Virginia Board of Education
Goveror
Colgate W. Darden Jr
Toby J.brooks
Chapeter
The
Congress For Racial Equality
Virginia
Marjorie Boehlert
Mistrial Declared in Rape Case at White House Park
A juror reports Marcus Schurman asked jurors for acquittal in corridor minutes before final instructions. The mistrial ended a three week trial on charges of raping a 12 year old girl at knife point near Lafayette Park across from the White House. Judge John J. Sirica ordered the government to prepare a contempt motion against Schurman.
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Washington
Federal District Court
John J. Sirica
Marcus Schurman
Roanoke
Lafayette Park
White House
Sirica
Schurman
Widow of Richmond Newspapers executive dies at 86
Emily Page Bryan, widow of J St George Bryan a Richmond Newspapers Inc executive, died Tuesday at age 86. A Gloucestershire native and daughter of Perrin Kemp she had been ill for years. Survived by two sons Joseph Bryan II and Lamont Stewart Bryan both of Richmond. Funeral at Emmanuel Episcopal Church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Richmond
Emily Page Bryan
J. St. George Bryan
Richmond Newspapers, Inc
Bryan
Gloucester County
Perrin Kemp
Joseph Bryan
Lamont Stewart Bryan
No Date Set For Session To Redraw Districts
An aide to Gov. Harrison said a special congressional redistricting session date is not yet decided. The Virginia Supreme Court found current districts valid earlier this year. Congressmen asked Harrison to convene the legislature as soon as possible after the July 13 primary, but no meeting date has been set.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Harrison
State Supreme Court
FBI Tests Pistol Found In Norfolk
Nansemond County authorities await an FBI laboratory report on a 9mm Schmidt pistol found by Norfolk police. Sheriff James Knight said the weapon will undergo ballistics analysis at the FBI lab in Washington as part of the probe into the 1963 Deer and Hunt Club robbery and slaying of Myer Jacobson.
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Norfolk
Nansemond County
FBI
Nansemond
James Knight
Portsmouth
Myer Jacobson
Driver
Knight
Washington
Jacobson
Road Toll Up to 480 in Virginia
The Virginia road toll for the year reaches 480 after two separate crashes kill George N Eisele 41 of Harrisonburg on I 81 and William W Reid 38 of Nokesville at the Virginia 123 entrance to Lorton Reformatory.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Harrisonburg
George Newell Eisele
Lorton
William Wade Reid
Nokesville
Lorton Reformatory
Decision Expected Tomorrow on Roanoke Stripper Case
The Virginia ABC Board will decide whether owner George Christofis of Papa Joe's in Roanoke violated lewd conduct rules after a Tuesday hearing on two charges beer served to a minor and a lewd floor show. Del. Nathan Hutcherson argued the act may be mere poor taste and noted the charge hinges on attire and movements. A 30 day license suspension had been proposed after a February preliminary hearing.
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Richmond
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Roanoke
George Christofis
Ppapa Joe’s
Del
Nathan Hutcherson
Christofis
ABC
Grant’s bid for a third term shocks 19th century politics
General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first U.S. president to seek a third term, triggering debate over constitutional limits and political norms amid rising partisan tension.
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Ulysses S. Grant
U.S
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