Virginia Adjutant General Crump Promoted on 75th Birthday
Virginia's adjutant general Sheppard Crump received a promotion from brigadier to major general as a birthday surprise. Governor Stanley presented the commission in a brief Richmond ceremony attended by Mrs. Crump and several officials including Col. Henry Holt and Col. Paul Booth. Crump, connected with the office since 1926, became adjutant general on February 15, 1956, succeeding the late Gen. G. Gardner Waller.
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Richmond
Virginia
Sheppard Crump
Gov
Stanley
Crump
Governor's Office
Adjutant General's Office
Henry W. Holt
Paul M. Booth
United States
Gardner Waller
Brownie Troop Fly-Up Ceremony At War Memorial
Brownie Troop 1 held a fly-up ceremony and covered dish supper at the War Memorial Building with 57 attendees. The event featured a pantomime How Laws Were Written and an investiture as 16 Brownies received their wings from leaders Mrs. Roland White and Mrs. John Knight.
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War Memorial Building
Roland White
John Knight
Elmer Trusiow
Howard Cain
Sahara Desert Temperature Range
The overall range runs from 133 degrees Fahrenheit to 11 degrees above zero, with nights sometimes about 60 degrees cooler than daytime shade. Clear skies keep humidity very low, occasionally below ten percent.
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Sahara Desert
Small Dams Hit In Talk Before Potomac Group
Carl B Brown of Washington told a Staunton crowd that small upstream dams cannot substitute for major flood control or multipurpose reservoirs on main river channels. He warned the controversy over small versus big dams is overblown and urged focus on total storage and watershed control. Rep. Harrison said the soil bank is not a substitute for price supports and described a double payment issue.
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Staunton
Carl B. Brown
Washington
Soil Conservation Service
Brown
Interstate Commission On
Potomac River Basin
Rep
Harrison
D-Va
Sol Bank
Congress
Benson
Soil Bank
Joint Committee Warns Spending May Exceed Estimates
A joint Senate House Economic Committee expects spending to top Eisenhower estimates in both fiscal 1958 and 1959 while revenues may rise enough to cover the gap. The panel says deficits could grow despite a planned economy drive on Capitol Hill.
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Eisenhower
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House Economic Committee
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Joint Committee
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Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate House
Wolverine fur resists matting and freezing at extreme lows
Eskimos trim parka hoods with wolverine fur because it stays unmatted and unfrozen at temperatures 60 to 70 degrees below zero. It is also used in aviators clothing for the same reason.
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Skeeter
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By Wally Bishop
Bunion
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Patent
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Chic Young
Mel Grar
Baron Yon
Pils
Washington Hotel
Cammer Tire CO
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American Finance Corp
Fumarce Corporation
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Brownie Troop
Page White
Joyce Truslow
Bonnie Cain
Deanna Oates
Donna Brumback
Joan Anderson
Becky Lillard
Ann Troister
JoAnn Dorsey
Penny McFarland
Linda Reynolds
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