Brakeman Dies in Atlantic Coast Line Train Crash
JARRATT AP A 46 year old Atlantic Coast Line brakeman Miles C Butler of Richmond was crushed when a tank car plunged down an eight foot embankment and landed on him while on the main line near Jarratt. The derailment occurred around 6 am and his body was freed about 10 am. Northbound traffic resumed by 9 am.
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Jarratt
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Richmond
Miles C. Butler
Butler
Norfolk and Western Railway
New Virginia Hog Cholera Rules Take Effect April First
The Virginia State Agriculture Department announced stricter hog cholera controls begin April 1. Regulations require vaccination and orange ear tags for pigs sold at markets not for immediate slaughter. Interstate shipments after Virginia markets must undergo 21 days isolation unless the state veterinarian authorizes otherwise.
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Richmond
State Agriculture Department
W. L. Bendix
Virginia
Hidden Cat Reward Sparks Grim Truth in Florence
A Florence man seeking his lost cat offered a $100 reward in a Florence Herald advertisement. When the clerk objected to the steep reward, the man revealed he had already drowned the cat, exposing a grim motive behind the plea.
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Florence
Ala
Florence Hearald
Wardrobe Pattern Sale for Child Teen Model Doll
Printed Pattern 4891 targets an 11 percent teen fashion model doll. Use glamorous scraps, cost pennies, send 50 cents plus mailing and handling, address to Anne Adams in Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept. Include name address zone size and style. Catalog promo offers 304 design ideas and a coupon for a free pattern.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
Wet 7Th St
New York
N.Y
New York Stock Exchange Explains Black Monday Crash
The New York Stock Exchange details the May 28 1962 crash and May 29 31 recovery. It notes 35 million shares traded, public investors selling on declines and buying on rises while institutions ducked trends. Margin sales, income-based buying, and female investors' selling activity are outlined.
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NEW York
The
New York Stock Exchange
Itme
Soss
Exchange
Keith Funston
Financial Institutions
Com
Actress McCambridge Treated After Sleeping Pills Overdose
Mercedes McCambridge, 1950 best supporting actress for All the King's Men, was found unconscious in her West Los Angeles apartment and treated for an overdose of sleeping pills. Police labeled it attempted death by own action. Her son John L. Markle, 21, found her Saturday night. Miss McCambridge separated from her second husband Fletcher Markle, with whom she divorced last June.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Mercedes McCambridge
Los Angeles
John L. Markle
Miss She
McCambridge
Fletcher Markle
Miss McCambridge
Contractor registrar Rhodes probes termite damage in office wall
Allen Rhodes as registrar of contractors must enforce proper construction. An investigation found termites had eaten an area around a window pane, causing part of the wall in Rhodes' own office to fail.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Allen Rhodes
Rhodes
Highway safety measure targets new cars with 75 mph cap
North Carolina lawmakers consider a highway safety bill requiring speed limiting devices on all new motor vehicles registered after September 1 1964 and capping speed at 75 miles per hour. The House panel also debates renaming North Carolina State College to North Carolina State University at Raleigh and reviews absentee ballot reform.
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Raleigh
N. C
Senate
S“Assembly
Lunsford Crew
North Carolina State College
House Higher Education Committee
North Carolina State
University of North Carolina At Raleigh
Senate Higher Education Committee
House
Eight Die in Weekend Highway Slaughter
Weekend highway crashes in Virginia killed eight people and brought the state toll to 174. Victims include Mrs. Curtis Margaret Williams of Richmond in Nelson County and James Cephas Doyle of Richmond in Sussex County, with other fatalities and serious injuries across Fairfax, Norfolk, Suffolk, Floyd, and nearby areas.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Curtis Margaret Williams
Richmond
U.S. 60
Providence
Nelson County
Tyre
James Cephas Doyle
Jarratt
Sussex Co
William L. Schuehle
Faribault
Minn
U.S. 1
Alexandria
Fairfax County
Larry Wayne Jones
Henrico County
Safety Council Leaders Meet
The Winchester Frederick County Safety Council executive committee will meet in the War Memorial Building at 7 30 p m this evening. All members are urged to attend. The council is a group formed by public spirited citizens to improve traffic safety.
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Winchester - Frederick County
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Suffolk
U.S. 460
William Ernest Hyman
Chesapeake
Norfolk
Jacqueline Ann Agnew
Floyd
Safety Council
Perry Engineering Co., Inc
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