Byrd Blames NAACP for Prince Edward County School Crisis
Senator Harry F. Byrd asserts the NAACP bears full responsibility for the Prince Edward County school situation. He cites 1,700 colored children kept from quality schools, accuses outside NAACP leaders of intimidation, and notes local white efforts to provide education but claims the NAACP maintains the problem for propaganda and political leverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Prince Edward County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Byrd
Buckingham County
Prince Virginia
Prince Edward
Prince Edward Area
I Schools
Prince Edward Foundation Corp
Oliver Hill
Richmond
Prince County
Court Asked To Reverse Trespass Ruling
In Virginia three sit-in demonstrators seek a federal court to overturn a 1960 anti-trespass law ruling. The special court refused March 24 to deem the statutes unconstitutional, prompting a petition from Len W. Holt after the Virginia Supreme Court upheld the laws on April 24. The action centers on sit-in cases in Lynchburg Hopewell and Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Special Court
Len W. Holt
Norfolk
Lynchburg
Hopewell
Petersburg
Holt
Virginia Supreme Court
Virginia High Court
Din Hickenbedteer
Economists Forecast U S Output At 525 Billion
In Hot Springs Virginia economists predict national output will exceed 525 billion dollars by year end as Commerce Secretary Hodges meets with the Business Advisory Council. The poll shows a broad upturn with shipments lagging orders but inventories likely to be replenished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Luther H. Hodges
Commerce Department
F. R. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Tom Boe
Tea Hot
Hodges
BAC
Lions Seek Advertisers For Program And Charity Drive
Richard Rush named chairman of the Lions Club advertising committee for the touring play The Help Mate to be staged Nov. 13. Proceeds go to the sight conservation committee. the campaign supports local eye care and school vision screenings by club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rush
Lions Club
Jack Ireland
Winchester Lions Club
Hunton Eye Bank
Shawnee VFD Plans Circus Here May 19
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department members met to arrange a May 19 fundraiser featuring the Hoxie Brothers Circus. Fire Chief reported no alarms last month. Wayne McClure won a transistor radio in the meeting’s prize drawing. W. H. Lawrence Jr. was approved as county Civil Defense coordinator. Membership divided into active and inactive groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoxie Brothers Circus
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department
W. H. Lawrence, Jr
Wayne McClure
Carpenter Rigs Phony $687,988 Credit Rating
Attilio Santoro, 47, of Shoreham, New York, used a forged credit letter claiming $687,988 on deposit with the Suffolk County Federal Savings & Loans Association. He bought cars, boats, trips, and sought loans totaling $475,000 while facing debt. He pled guilty to a misdemeanor and received 30 days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk County Federal Savings & Loans Association
Attilio Santoro
Shoreham
N.Y
Rocket Launches Run Hourly for a Day at Elgin Base
Arcas Robin sounding rockets gathered weather data from 16 to 45 miles above Earth at Elgin Air Force Base Florida. Twenty four launches occurred hourly over 24 hours ending at 5 30 p m Wednesday with each eight foot rocket carrying 80 pound instruments telemetering meteorological information to ground stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Air Force Base
Fla
Hodges Promises Briefings on Committee Reports
Aides are the only government officials on hand while newsmen stay outside. Hodges has promised briefings on all committee and other reports to be delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodges
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prince Edward School
Mber
Prince Edward Case
Supreme Court
Richmond Federal District Court
Department For Intervention
toNer 2
Ith
Corgan
S. Loudoun St
Winchester, VA
Safety Joe Says
Place Bros. Tireco
Joe Hershey
Mgr
Winchester
London
John F. Kennedy
America
Kennedys
Paris
Kennedy
Princess Lee Radziwill
By Sterling F. Green
Lions
Bernard F. Groves
New York
Jerry L. Gray
Myron Natwick
Shawnee Vfd
SarEwat
California
Gafew
Chuck Roast
Hussein
Nasser
Amman
Jordan
King Hussein
Gamal Abdel Nasser
The
United
of Arab Unity
Shenandoah Valley
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Stonewall
Stonewall Pta
Cadillac
B & M Chevrolet Sales Company
North
Loudoun Stre
Your
Northern Virginia Power CO
Berryville
Strasburg
Front Royal
Luray
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!