State weighs moving trucks with new electronic scale
The Virginia State Highway Department installed the first east coast electronic scale for weighing moving trucks on US 1 near Woodbridge in Prince William County. The device weighs trucks in motion, screens overloads, records traffic data, and uses red and green signals to direct vehicles to the pit scale if overloaded.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Woodbridge
Prince William County
Highway Department
US S. Bureau of Public Roads
J. P. Mills Jr
Mills
U.S. 1
Rag Weed Prisoner Found Rolling Rags in Jail Block
Police found a prisoner in the Ponca City station house jail block rolling his own tobacco from rags after smelling burning clothes. No tobacco was present. rags were used as improvised rolling material.
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Ponca City
Okla
Hankin Directing Little Theatre Play This Week
Wally Hankin directs The Silver Cord at the Winchester Little Theatre with performances Thursday through Saturday at 8 15. May 23 24 and 25 follow the same times. Tickets from Miss Marjorie Duncan City Hall Shen Val Music J A Emmerth or O Connell s.
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Wally Hankin
Marjorie Duncan
Shen Val Music Company
O'Connell
J. A. Emmerth
S. Braddock
Seagulls Peck Caulking in Vancouver Apartment
In Vancouver a new apartment project leaked due to metal framed windows. Contractors applied caulking compound but it only helped briefly. A keen resident found the problem seagulls pecking at the caulking as winter food pressure rose.
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Vancouver
B.C. i
Man Commutes 55 Miles by Rowing Across Ohio River
Robert Workman spends hours daily crossing the Ohio River by rowing from Augusta Kentucky to Ohio to reach his workplace. For three years he has used this river trip to join a car pool on the Ohio side, arriving at his desk two hours after departure.
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Augusta
Robert Workman
Ohio River
Ohio
Liberace and Maureen O Hara Face Confidential Magazine Probe
Los Angeles grand jury begins criminal libel investigation into Confidential Magazine with Liberace and Maureen O’Hara reportedly set to testify voluntarily. Liberace plans a 25 million dollar damage suit after testimony. Prosecutors say about 20 witnesses were subpoenaed, none confirmed as stars. Attorney General Brown notes a rejected offer to drop the case in exchange for California edition cleanup.
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Los Angeles
Liberace
Maureen O’hara
John R. Jacobs Jr
Miss O’hara
Hollywood
Atty
Edmund G. Brown
Confidential
California
Brown
Dep
Adolph Alexander
Robert Harrison
9 Year Old Girl Abducted and Fatally Injured Near Bristol
Brenda Jane Doucette, a nine year old third grader from Bristol, was abducted on her way to school and found dead in nearby woods. An autopsy found fatal injuries with no evidence of sexual assault. a sleeveless sweater was wrapped around her neck.
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Bristol
Conn
Brenda Jane Doucette
Frank Healey
Brenda
Baxter Doucette
Billy Graham to Dedicate Madison Square Garden Tonight
Evangelist Billy Graham will dedicate Madison Square Garden as a place of God in a private ceremony tonight and begin a six week New York crusade. The 38 year old North Carolina preacher will speak each night before an estimated 18 000 attendees with additional overflow measures and police staffing.
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New York
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
Christ
Graham
North Carolina
New York Stock Exchange
Abbott, Proctor & Paine
New Warrenton
Translux
Dow- Jones
Richmond
Surgeons Elect Dr Harrison President of Virginia Surgical Society
Surgeons at a state meeting in Williams elected Dr Harrison of Burg as president of the Virginia Surgical Society. Dr Carrington Harrison and Dr Guy Horsely named to senior posts as officers.
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Dr. Harrison
The
Virginia Surgical Society
Pr. Harrison
Williams
Carrington Harrison
Burg
Guy Horsely
Rich
Winchester
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