American Mother of 1960 Receives Title at New York Conference
Mrs Emerald Lucy Barman Ar bogast of Los Angeles, 72, is named The American Mother of 1960 at the Mothers conference in New York. Mrs Daniel A Poling, president of the mothers committee, announced the honor. Ar bogast, born in Chehalis Washington, raised in Wisconsin, is mother to six, grandmother to ten, and great grandmother to four.
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Emerald Lucy Barman Arbogast
Los Angeles
New York
Daniel A. Poling
Mothers’ Committee
Arbogast
Chehalis
Wash
Wiscon
Sin
Piedmont Federal
Piedmont
Chessmans Death Touched Daughter Says Attorney
San Francisco AP Daryl Chessmans attorney says the condemned man chose the gas chamber at San Quentin over risking his 17 year old daughters safety by naming the real kidnap rape case suspect. George T Davis notes Chessman feared underworld reprisals against his sole survivor.
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San Francisco
Daryl Chessman
San Quentin
George T. Davis
Chessman
Underworld
Los Angeles
Daryl
Davis
Seven Indicted In Car Thefts Across States
A federal grand jury indicted seven individuals on transporting and selling stolen cars. The scheme reportedly moved vehicles from Miami Boston and Buffalo to Norfolk and Franklin Virginia and from Franklin to Raleigh Rich Square and High Point North Carolina and included victims Alphonse Ferri Frederick Anthony Ward Samuel Ruffin and Joseph George Gardion from various locations.
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Norfolk
Florida
Massachusetts
Miami
Boston
Buffalo
Franklin
Raleigh
Rich Square
High Point
North Carolina
Hornc Eee Beach
Alphonse Ferri
Frederick Anthony Ward
Chessman’s marital turmoil disclosed amid public silence
The record notes Chessman divorced and remarried twice. The first wife and a daughter remained secret until now as Davis refused to name them or the mother, who has since remarried. The second wife also remarried and now lives in Victorville California.
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Chessman
Davis
Victorville
Calif
Highway bids sought for 11 road projects statewide
The Virginia State Highway Department invites bids on 11 projects including Shenandoah County grading and surfacing on Rt. 604, Fairfax County Rt. 611 paving, Henry County Smith River bridge and approach, Campbell County Rt. 24 reconstruction, Rockingham I 81 signs on the Harrisonburg Bypass, and related work. An historical note mentions early English Channel tunnel plans halted in the 1880s by British fears of invasion.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Shenandoah County
Woodstock
Alonzaville
Fairfax County
Pohick
Pullman Store
Henry County
Smith River
Philpott
Campbell County
Rustburg
N&w
Rockingham County
Harrisonburg
England
France
Continent
Victoria Station
Medical Care Plan for Aged Seen a Lot Less Than Ideal
James Marlow analyzes the Eisenhower administration proposal for aging Americans medical care. Many seniors would pay enrollment fees and substantial out of pocket costs before any federal state aid, with exclusions for higher incomes and those on public assistance. The document highlights estimates from a 1957 survey showing typical elderly expenses and who benefits most from the plan.
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James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington
Eight Negroes Seek Admission to White Schools in Virginia
Eight Negro high school students from Grayson County and Galax filed suit in federal court to order admission to white schools. They currently travel 90 to 100 miles daily to Scott Memorial High in Wytheville since there is no Negro high school in Grayson. Defendants include Grayson and Galax school boards and superintendents plus the State Pupil Placement Board.
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Roanoke
Grayson County
Galax
Scott Memorial High
Wytheville
Grayson
Grayson and
Bard
Prisoner Burt Gamble Fined for Borrowing Warden Car
Montgomery Alabama. Prison trusty Burt Gamble confessed to taking the warden's car to visit his girlfriend and was fined $100. The incident reflects a lapse in security and a brief court action resulting in the penalty.
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Montgomery
Ala
Burt Gamble
Distillery Stock Sold to Lefcourt Realty for 19.75 Million
Lefcourt Realty Corp purchases the stock and lands of A. Smith Bowman and Sons Inc for 19 million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars. The Fairfax County distillery and more than 6600 acres known as Sunset Hills Farm transfer ownership while the Bowmans remain as chief executives.
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Bowmans
Distillery
Woodberry Forest Headmaster Leaves Estate After Departure
Estate worth 570000 dollars splits between two sons and several relatives. Mrs Walter W Craigie of Darien Conn Coleman Carter Walker and Robert Walker III of Darien Conn receive portions of the Woodberry Forest headmaster's estate after his departure.
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Woodberry Forest
Walter W. Craigie
Coleman Carter Walker
Robert &. Walker III
Darien, Conn
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