Virginia Assembly Faces Late Session With Budgets and Bills
The Virginia Assembly eyed a late night on the final day with a $602.77 million budget after a cut and a two year Byrd tax plan dispute. House and Senate differed on tax credits and annexation limits as conference committees formed to settle charter, public works, and state employee retirement issues.
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House
Senate
James W. Roberts
Armistead Boothe
Alexandria
Swanson House
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Harry Carter Stuart
Russell
House Committee On Privileges and Elections
Stuart
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Stephens Senate
Literary Fund
Governor Battle
Robert Whitehead
Nelson
Darden
Whitehead
J. H. Bradford
Greensprings revival opens with Rev. Harry Crim as evangelist
Greensprings Mr Pleasant U B Church begins revival services tomorrow led by evangelist Rev Harry M Crim from Strasburg. Birth notice: Mr and Mrs Bradford Shreck welcome daughter Nancy Sharon born March 2. formerly Miss Marjorie Elliott. Red Cross solicitor Mrs Aldus Cooper seeks local donations. Illness updates: Harry Luttrells children with whooping cough, Gary Lee improving. Chester Catlett improving. Dinner guests: Mrs Margaret Luttrell, Gary Lee, and Mrs Goldie Clark at Mrs Hazel Ashton’s last Thursday.
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Green Spring
Pleasant
Gary Lee Luttrell
Chester Catlett
Margaret Luttrell
Gary Lee
Goldie Clark
Hazel Ashton
Why Were Some Schools Called Grammar Schools
In England through the 16th century grammar referred to schools where Latin was taught. Ben Jonson, the dramatist born 1573 and died 1637, compiled an English grammar that was published posthumously.
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England
Efe
Ben Johnson
Papal Chancery
Virginia appoints Parke Brinkley as agriculture commissioner
Governor Battle named 35 year old Parke C Brinkley executive secretary of the Virginia Peanut and Hog Growers Assn as state commissioner of agriculture. Brinkley praised by board head Wampler and VP I president Newman for his record while predecessor L M Walker Jr voiced shock at the move and said no fair explanation was given. Brinkley's appointment quickly confirmed by the General Assembly as Battle's first official family change.
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Richmond
Battle
Parke C. Brinkley
Brinkley
Virginia Peanut and Hog Growers Assn
Nansemond County
Charles W. Wampler
State Board of Agriculture and Immigration
Virginia
Walter S. Newman
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
L. M. Walker Jr
Walker
Gov.nors
General Assembly
Local Student Earns Duke University Dean's List Honor
Elizabeth J. Hurst of Winchester was named to the Duke University Dean's List in Durham, achieving top scholastic honors with a B average requirement noted. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Hurst.
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Durham
N. C
Elizabeth J. Hurst
Winchester
Duke University
All Kinds of Things Mixed Up In the Communist Front Probe
A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee probes McCarthy claims of subversives in the State Department. Democrats push for fair hearings while demanding proof. McCarthy names three alleged associates without presenting full evidence. The debate centers on guilt by association and the political context of an election year.
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Communist Front
Washington
Senate
McCarthy
Wisconsin
State Department
Truman
Acheson
Foreign Relations Committee
Tydings
Maryland
Green
Rhode Island
McMahon
Connecticut
Lodge
Massachusetts
Hickenlooper
Iowa
House of Representatives
No Hope Seen In Transit Strike
Richmond reports a 16.7 percent drop in revenue passengers in February from the prior year, but total income fell only 5.68 percent due to last year’s fare hike. The Virginia Transit Company, now under state control, offered no signs of a wage settlement with the 1,200 employees as it completes its first month.
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Richmond
Eves
Virginia Transit
Oldest U S Lighthouse Debates Sandy Hook Claim
The record notes Sandy Hook Light at Sandy Hook N J erected in 1764 and still standing in substantial form. It also states Boston Light on Brewster Island predated Sandy Hook but its original structure was destroyed in the Revolution and rebuilt in 1783 using some materials from the old building.
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America
Sandy Hook
N. J
Boston
Brewster Island
Boston Harbor
Gas Hearings Reach Close In Virginia Virginia
Virginia and Carolina Natural Gas hearings before the Federal Power Commission nearing completion. Columbia Gas System opposes supplying Commonwealth Natural Gas with boiler fuel gas in Virginia. Commonwealth seeks extra 3.5 to 4 billion cubic feet annually to potentially undersell Piedmont in Virginia.
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Washington
Federal Power Commision
Columbia Gas System
Commonwealth Natural Gas Corp
Virginia
J. W. Partridge
Columbia
FPC
Commonwealth
Piedmont Natural Gas Corporation
Piedmont
J. O. Watts
Lynchburg
Prompt Time For Sunday Musical Program
The notice invites audiences to arrive by 1 30 for a Sunday musical program starting promptly at 1 30. It highlights the schedule and urges early attendance for preferred seating.
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Fairfax
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State Board of Embalmers
State Department of Professional and Occupational Registration
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Ernest Robertson
Roanoke County
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Greensprings
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Mrs. Mary Welch
Hester
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