Green Springs area named national historic district
The National Park Service designated Green Springs in Louisa County as a national historic district encompassing about 14 000 acres and 34 buildings. The move, opposed by some state officials over a proposed prison site, could affect preservation grants and federal comment requirements while preserving the landscape from mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Springs
Louisa County
Louisa
Interior Department
National Park Service
Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission
Hiram B. Ely
Linwood Holton
Jerry Rogers
National Register For Historic Places
Toric District
Rogers
Advisory Council
Belted Topper Crochet Pattern Ad from 1973
An Ada courteous advertisement-style listing promotes a belted crochet topper pattern 7000 for misses sizes 8-16 with 4 inch granny squares. It offers pricing 75 cents per pattern plus 25 cents for air mail, and provides ordering through Alice Brooks at the Winchester Evening Star with full mailing details and required name address ZIP pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Man gets 20 years for bludgeon murder of father in Sayreville
Allen Leonard, 22, was sentenced to 20 years in Middlesex County for the June 17 1970 slaying of his father Robert Leonard 41 in the family Sayreville home basement. He pled guilty to murder and conspiracy to murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N.J
Allen Leonard
Sayreville
Middlesex County Court
Abraham S. Schwartz
Leonard
Robert
Linda
Audrey Leonard Ferguson
Middlesex
Richmond
South Amboy
Anti busing candidate sues in Richmond over annexation
In Richmond, anti busing candidate Donald O. Sutton filed a federal suit seeking to void Richmond’s January first 1970 annexation of 23 square miles from Chesterfield County. He also requests nullification of elections since the annexation and a new council election. The action follows three prior suits challenging the current City Council’s legality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
U. S
Donald O. Sutton
Chesterfield County
Curtis Holt Sr
Linwood Corbett
Bus Fares Increase Ahead of Richmond Transit Shutdown
Richmond City Council approved a 5-cent bus fare hike to avert drastic service cuts as Virginia Transit Co faces ending operations by Sept 1. The measure, passed 6-2, takes effect March 19, raising downtown cash fare to 35 cents and outside zones to 40 cents with a new 5-cent transfer fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Transit Co
Nathan J. Ford
Campora Declared Winner as Argentina Elects First Peronist since 1955
Argentina's military government proclaimed Hector J. Campora the presidential winner with 49 percent of the vote as 806 of 55,452 polling stations reported. Gen. Lanusse said Campora would be sworn in May 25 and a runoff would be unnecessary unless the Radicals demanded it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Hector J. Campora
Alejandro Lanusse
Campora
Ricardo Balbin
Radical Civic Union
Lanusse
Arturo Mor Roig
Also Mentioned on This Page
Presidential Advisory Council On Historic Preservation
Louisa County Board of Supervisors
By Ace Brookes
Holt
District of Columbia
U. S. District Court
Robert R. Merhige Jr
Corbett
Coronado
Calif
Chris Jenkins
North Vietnam
Jeannie Lapp
Navy
Harry T. Jenkins
Loudoun St
Winchester
Peronists
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Jimmy
Airport Road
Chippendale
Eska
H.p
Solid State Boat Motor
Jimmy's Commission
Lynn Anderson
Henry Block
South Loudoun
Valley Ave
New Car Dealer
Aoys
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