Wise County approves total school integration plan
The State Pupil Placement Board orders full integration in Wise County, moving 304 Negro children from two Negro schools to nine white schools and closing the Negro schools. The action, requested by local authorities, aims to align with local desegregation plans and Civil Rights Act requirements. The board also seeks HEW approval and pledges compliance from Floyd Shenandoah and Wythe Counties.
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Richmond
Wise County
Giles
Sheneandoah
Louisa
Franklin
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
State Board of Education
Floyd
Shenandoah
Wythe
Census Indicates Few White Parents Plan School Entry
Prince Edward County Superintendent T J McIlwaine says only a handful of white parents indicated they will send children to county public schools in the fall. The remark came after an informal school census, not yet fully tabulated.
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Farmville
Prince Edward County
Supt
T. J. McIlwaine
Randolph-Macon students protest campus discipline rules
About 450 Randolph-Macon College students held a singing and marching demonstration in Ashland for the second night protesting tightened conduct rules. The marchers moved to the home of Dr. Douglas M. Lawson the dean of men who was away. A college spokesman said conduct rules have been tightened during the current academic session.
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Ashland
Randolph - Macon College
Douglas M. Lawson
Body Found In Wood Shed In Portsmouth
Police await state crime lab report on the death of Asher Salomon a 60 year old insurance collector whose body was found in a wood shed in a Negro residential area seven blocks west of the YMCA salomon had lived there for more than 30 years and was found Monday by officers
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Portsmouth
Asher Salomon
Salomon
YMCA
Realtors Attend Meeting in Richmond and Front Royal
Several members of the Blue Ridge Board of Realtors travel to the Hartford Plan meeting in Richmond today. The group had gathered at the Virginia Gentleman Restaurant in Front Royal. President Oscar Ramsburg spoke on the Virginia Real Estate Association executive session in Staunton. Ed Berlin of Berryville noted Realtor Week across the nation.
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Blue Ridge Board of Realtors
Hartford Plan
Richmond
Virginia Gentleman
Front Royal
Oscar Ramsburg
Virginia Real Estate Association
Staunton
Lightning Fatality Near Danieltown Virginia Farmer Killed
In Brunswick County near Danieltown Virginia 78 year old Robert Lee Daniel was struck by lightning while running to a car during a thunderstorm and died instantly. His companion reached the vehicle first and survived. The accident occurred in a tobacco field on his farm.
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Danieltown
Robert Lee Daniel
Brunswick County
Here
Daniel
Bullet riddled seaman found near Driver Virginia
The beaten and bullet riddled body of Danny Lee Holloway, 34, a merchant seaman from Norfolk, was found in a field near Driver. He had three .32 caliber bullet wounds to the head, chest, and thigh. In Suffolk, Alphonso McClenny, 47, was found shot near the Atlantic and Danville tracks while facing charges set for Friday.
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Norfolk
Nansemond County
Suffolk
Portsmouth
Danny Lee Holloway
Alphonso McClenny
Atlantic and
Danville
Virginia Union College Receives Federal Grant for Project
The federal government awards Virginia Union University 1 092 000 dollars toward a 2 million dollar multi-purpose building. The project is part of a 4 8 million dollar construction program expected to finish by autumn 1956.
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Richmond
Virginia Union University
Negro University
Glen Allen teen drowns in Hanover pond
Donald Joe White, 17, of Glen Allen, Hanover County, drowned Monday afternoon in a pond near Rich mond area. A Patrick Henry High School student, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. White.
Surgeon Dawson Watkins Jr. Dies in Waynesboro
Dr. Dawson Edward Watkins Jr. aged 58, a Waynesboro surgeon and vice president of the Virginia Board of Medical Examiners, died Monday. He previously chaired the board of directors of the Virginia Medical Services Association.
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Waynesboro
Dawson Edward Watkins, Jr
Virginia Board of Medical Examiners
The
Virginia Medical Services Association
County Defers Action After Stormy Hearing
HEW experts argued the ordinance would not discriminate against any industry. Dr Ky Hahn of Virginia Tech urged immediate enactment while lawyer Robert Irons contended the measure infringes constitutional rights amid jeering from attendees during the Montgomery County meeting.
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Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Ky . Hahn
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Robert S. Irons
Montgomery County
Milk Price Control Hears Heated Public Demand in Norfolk
The State Milk Commission in Norfolk faced strong consumer pressure to end price controls with petitions totaling 15 000 to 20 000 signatures from the Norfolk Federation of Civic Leagues. Federation president Howard L Poppin warned of a move to the state legislature if no satisfactory reply in 30 to 60 days is given. Del Warren White threatened a bill to abolish controls here, while producers and distributors argued removal could force many out of business.
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Norfolk Federation of Civic Leagues
Federation
Howard L. Poppin
Norfolk
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