Virginia Runoff Primary Question Splits Gubernatorial Field
Five potential Virginia governors in 1963 weigh a runoff primary. Senator Harry Whitehead supports it with reservations while Thomas Stanley opposes. Attorney General J Lindsay Almond Jr and Lt. Gov L Preston Collins show mixed views as the state party debates procedural changes.
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Congress Needs Public's Confidence Says Rayburn in Martinsville
House Speaker Sam Rayburn argues Americans will strengthen the nation to deter warmongers and dictators. He says congressmen largely want to enact laws to keep the country free and great while dedicating markers for his Stanton ancestors in Henry County.
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Man shoots teen bride then kills himself in Virginia
Deputy Sheriff witness Conley Fields saw Irvin Johnson shoot his 15 year old wife May Edwards Johnson of Lawrence Indiana on a Lebanon Virginia porch. Johnson then killed himself with a German pistol ending the deadly incident three hours later.
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Dormitory Fire Damages St. Catherine’s School
A three-story dormitory at St. Catherine’s School in Richmond suffered severe damage on the top floor from a three-alarm blaze believed to have started yesterday in the attic. All occupants were away on a picnic. The fire followed a December 22 blaze that destroyed the old gym and adjacent staff dormitory.
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Three Are Killed In One Mishap As Road Toll Rises
Virginia 1951 traffic fatality toll reaches 269 as six die in accidents over the weekend. North Carolina residents Cecil Atkins 22 and N Eugene Dixon 33 from Mebane perish in a crash on Route 360 eight miles south of Keysville Charlotte County. Brenda Dixon six months dies in a separate incident. Newton Miller 26 of Rose Hill and Judith Holland 6 of Virginia die in crashes on Route 29 and Route 189. Virginia L Brown 26 of Washington also dies in Route 11 crash near New Market Rockingham County with two injured.
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Time Running Out for McGee in Mississippi Clemency Case
Gov Fielding Wright and the clemency plea stood under advisement as Justice awaited. McGee, a 37 year old grocery truck driver, faces execution in Mississippi's electric chair at Laure on the morrow after three rape convictions involving a Laurel house wife on November 2 1945. A civil rights suit filed in U S court seeks damages and an injunction delaying the execution until the case is resolved, with Judge Sidney Mize setting a hearing for this afternoon.
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Author of the Week highlights Maedioee life and works
The piece profiles Maedioee known for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes now 25 years old and still discussed on stage and screen. It notes a second novel A Mouse Is a Fabulous Baby, references Lollywood, and recalls her early screen writing before 1920 and continued output since 1925 including plays and magazine pieces.
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District meet draws 750 home demonstration members
About 750 Home Demonstration members from 12 counties attended the District Federation meeting at James Wood High School on May 1 in observance of National Home Demonstration Week. The event, the district's largest, was chaired by Mrs. Charles Bass with talks by Mrs. C. E. Myers and Miss Mary Louise Ge.
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Shenandoah County
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Warren County
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Mrs Louisa Place dies at 81 in Frederick County
Mrs. Louisa Victoria Place 81 widow of T J Place of Cross Junction died at her daughter's home on the Middle Road Frederick County yesterday morning at 2 o'clock after years of illness. Born May 2 1869 she was a daughter of Michael and Rosie Fearnow Widmeyer of Morgan County West Virginia. She and her husband farmed at Cross Junction for years until his death March 16 1932. She belonged to Whitacre Methodist Church and is survived by four sons Ronalds Store Joshua and Michael Place of Gainesboro two daughters Mrs Clyde Grove of Winchester and the daughter at home. Funeral services Wednesday at 3 PM at Whitacre Methodist Church with Rev C A York and Rev Grover Jenkins officiating. Burial in Redland Cemetery.
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Average teachers workweek and airship types
About thirty two hours on duty and nearly forty eight hours with grading and prep. Lighter-than-air craft in use include balloons and airships such as free balloons kite balloons captive balloons semi rigid air ships and others.
Western powers set to press Russia on Big Four meeting
The United States Britain and France plan to tell Russia today that it is up to Moscow to decide if a Big Four Foreign Ministers Meeting on peace and disarmament will proceed. The three allies say they have gone as far as possible in seeking Russian terms for an agenda.
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