Bypass Boosts Lexington Land Values, Virginia Study Finds
Virginia study by the Virginia Council of Highway Investigation and Research reports Lexington land values rose about 4 percent after the U S 11 bypass opened in November 1955. It notes insufficient Main Street data due to few sales, but calls the lack of sales a sign of stability and cautions that results are indicative for similar areas.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Lexington
U.S. 11
Virginia
Virginia Council of Highway Investigation and Research
Charlottesville
First Lady Ends Denver Visit
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower wraps up a five day Denver stay with her sister Mars Gordon Moore and physicians, returning to Washington by train. The group visited their mother Mrs. Elivera Doud in frail health as she marked her 80th birthday Tuesday.
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Denver
Mamie Eisenhower
Washington
Eisenhower
Mars H. Gordon Moore
Elivera Doud
Retirements Trigger 11 Road Personnel Changes in Virginia
In Richmond the Virginia State Highway Department announced July 1 retirements of two veteran engineers. R. I. Mount of Fredericksburg and E. H. Cunningham of Bedford. Mount served since 1922 and Cunningham since 1924, with multiple district assignments. Numerous transfers and promotions follow, including replacements from Salem and Wytheville, reshaping district and resident engineer roles across seven districts. Vacancies for assistant resident engineers to be filled soon. In Asunción, Paraguay, women outnumber men two to one.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
R. I. Mount
Fredericksburg
E. H. Cunningham
Bedford
Mount
T. Aichel
Salem
Cunningham
W. D. Bohlken
Wytheville
Are. C. L. Ellington
Culpeper
Aichel
W. M. Jeffress
Lexington
B. W. Butt
Suffolk
W. M. Brown
Appomattox
G. D. Hann
Amherst
G. P. Borel
Leesburg
T. B. Talbott
Frank Fawcett
Tazewell
H. B. Tatum
Wise
J. F. Turner
R. L. Atwood
Lemon and Gold and Silver Birthday Cakes Use Candy Filling
The article describes making a Lemon Birthday Cake using angel food mix with crushed lemon drops and gum drops for decoration, plus a Gold-and-Silver Cake with caramel or spice cake mix and candy fillings. It provides detailed frosting, candy, and assembly steps to serve 8 to 12. It also includes an excerpt on U S policy with President Nixon addressing Latin American nations.
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Sis
Dad
Nixon Faces Enormous Task At End of Riot Marred Tour
Vice President Nixon ends an 18 day Latin America tour in South America with the need to find common ground for U S policy across diverse nations. He aims to report to President Eisenhower and outline guidelines including promoting industrial development and a hemispheric common market while noting nonintervention pacts.
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U.S
Colombia
U. S
Nixon
San Juan
Puerto Rico
South America
Uruguay
Paraguay
Venezela
Bolivia
Latin America
Eisenhower
Argentina
Peru
Elombia
Venetie
United States
Montevideo
Russia
North
Juan Peron
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Marcos Pere
Bloodmobile Visits Berryville Today
Approximately 185 people signed up by 11 a.m. for today’s Bloodmobile visit at the Berryville community building. The unit targets 150 pints. this is its second clinic this year after the January 27 emergency clinic that collected 115 pints without a quota. Col. Graham Dougherty urges new donors ages 18 to 60, with parental consent required for those under 21, every seven weeks.
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Berryville
Graham Dougherty
State Sick Leave Plan Extends to Virginia Localities
The Virginia Education Association says nineteen cities and thirty counties in Virginia supplement school teacher sick leave guaranteed by the state. The state plan for sick leave coverage is described as extended to localities.
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Winchester
Bloodmobile
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