Ladies Seek Federal Help in Fight Against Vepco
Norfolk housewives criticize Vepco rate cuts as inadequate and press for federal intervention. Led by Mrs. Emory Dixon, they seek help from Attorney General Robert Kennedy while planning further pickets at the Norfolk Vepco office. The state cut rates by 2.2 million dollars, about 20 cents monthly for the average consumer.
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Vepco
Norfolk
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Robert Kennedy
Emory Dixon
Kennedy
Power Company
Dixon
State Corporation Commission
Ray Price Heads 1963 Shenandoah Country Jubilee
Ray Price appears as headliner for the fourth annual Shenandoah Country Music Jubilee on May 2 at Winchester Armory as part of the Apple Blossom Festival activities. The program includes Shirlee Hunter and Jimmy McCoy with the Cherokee Cowboys, amateur country music contests, and dances on April 30 and May 1, with entries directed to R. J. Alford Jr. in Winchester Virginia. Price, a Grand Ole Opry star, is noted for Burning Memories and Cherokee heritage. the event supports a country music program of performances and dances across two preceding days.
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Ray Price
Mr. Price
Grand Ole Opry
Cherokee Cowboys
Shirlee Hunter
Virginia
Jimmy McCoy
WHPL
Mr. McCoy
R. J. Alford, Jr
Winchester
Mr Price
Nashville
Tenn
Armory
Jean Alford
R.J. Alford, Jr
Branner Ave
Supreme Court to rule on Prince Edward County school shutdown
For five years Prince Edward County Virginia faced a court order to desegregate yet closed its public schools by not funding them. Robert L. Carter argues for reopening on a nondiscriminatory basis with federal support, while Virginia officials maintain the county may shut schools. The case requests that the high court bar tax subsidies or public funds to schools that practice racial discrimination.
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Washington
Prince Edward County
Supreme Court
Robert L. Carter
Prince Edward
R. D. Mcelwaine II
Virginia
McIlwaine
J. Segar Gravatt
County Board of Supervisors
Carter
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Archibald Cox
Seamir Mud Public Service Ad Ends Cooperation
A public service notice credits Seamir Mud and its creators for a cooperative advertising council produced campaign. The brief emphasizes collaboration with The Advertising Council to deliver informational messaging.
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The
Advertising Council
Virginia professors win Guggenheim awards for research
Four University of Virginia scholars are among 312 Guggenheim fellows. Martin C. Battestin and Joseph L. Blotner from English, David M. Bevington from English, and David E. Underdown of History received fellowships. Battestin will edit Fielding novels, Blotner profiles William Faulkner, Bevington studies Renaissance theater, and Underdown conducts English Puritan Revolution politics research. The awards total 1.882 million dollars across 312 recipients.
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New York
University of Virginia
Guggenheim Foundation
Virginia
University
Martin C. Battestin
Joseph L. Blotner
David M. Bevington
David E. Underdown
Battestin
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Huntley Drops Name from Beef Advertising
NBC and Chet Huntley agree to withdraw his name from the high protein beef brand. Advertising and promotion of Chet Huntley’s nature fed beef will end. Huntley will sell cattle from his Stockton New Jersey farm without promotional use of his name.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Chet Huntley
NBC
Huntley
David Brinkley
Stockton
N.J
Morris Grants New York Study Awards for Theatre Writing
The William Morris Agency will fund five annual theater study grants of 1000 dollars each. Recipients from Mount Holyoke College Howard University University of North Carolina Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Cleveland Institute of the Arts will pursue writing acting and staging studies to advance theatrical talents. The program aims to support deserving students across these institutions.
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New York
William Morris Agency
Mount Holyoke College
Howard University
University of North Carolina
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Cleveland Institute of the Nin
Miss Virginia Dorcas Campbell to Attend Apple Blossom Festival
Dorcas Dara Campbell from Fairfield will be a guest in Winahauer during the Apple Blossom Festival April 30 to May 1. She will make several appearances and ride on a float in the Grand Feature Parade. She and other distinguished guests appeared on the Handley High School steps Friday morning.
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Virginia
Dorcas Dara Campbell
Winahauer
Miss Campbell
Fairfield
Handley High School
Winchester Clean Up Week to Aid Residents with Trash Haul
Mayor Claude B. Smalts Jr designates April 13 to 18 as Winchester Clean-Up Week following a statewide program by 4 Beautiful Inc and Gov Albertis Harrison. City crews will collect debris placed at homes on regular pickup days with packing advice to reduce wind scattering. Keep Virginia Beautiful and state leaders urge Virginians to beautify.
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Winchester
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
4 Beautiful, Inc
Albertis
Harrison
Theowners
Coate
E. W. Turner
Keep
Virginia
Multiple Local Officials Announce Reelection Plans
In Valley towns James Jan ney, Robert S. Grubbs Jr and several incumbents enter June 9 municipal races. Mayors and council seats see announced bids including W Clark Jordan in Waynesboro and Julius Ayers plus Raymon Tankin for Woodstock mayor. A Shenandoah County GOP convention set for April 8 precedes primaries. William Wayne Walton of Strasburg also seeks Town Council.
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Woodstock
James Janney
Robert S. Grubbs, Jr
Marvin Renalds
Edward C. Keys
Joseph Daniel Hottle
Nelson Lynn
Waynesboro
W. Clark Jordan
Jordan
House of Delegates
Strasburg
William Wayne Walton
Walton
American Brakeshoe
Hackett to star in first Broadway musical If I Had a Ball
Buddy Hackett, the TV and nightclub comic, signs to star in his first Broadway musical If I Had a Ball about a Coney Island fortune-teller. The show is set for a fall premiere with Jerome Chodorov as author and Jack Lawrence and Stan Freeman on music.
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New York
Buddy Hackett
Coney Island
Jerome Chodorov
Jack Lawrence
Stan Freeman
Hackett
Red Cross Drive Reaches 66 Percent of 1964 Goal
Winchester Frederick County Red Cross drive stands at 66 percent of its 1964 target. A spokesman urged more contributions and provided contact details for the chapter at 248 Braddock Street and MO 2 5412.
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Red Cross
Winchester - Frederick County
Braddock St
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