Ten-year-old Teddy Wilson Drowns While Fishing
BASSETT Virginia AP Teddy Lee Wilson aged 10 drowned while fishing in the South River near North Bassett Bridge after being reported missing. He had fished previously with his cousin Michael Wilson 9 and returned home safely. His parents David and ______ Wilson were visiting relatives nearby. he could not swim.
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Bassett
Teddy Lee Wilson
South River
Teddy
Michael Wilson
North Bassett Bridge
David Wilson
Axton
North Bassett
Lee Hollandsworth
Nine Governors to Visit Soviet Union for Regional Gov Study
Nine governors from Florida, Utah, North Dakota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois and West Virginia will tour the Soviet Union for three weeks starting June 23. They will visit Moscow Leningrad Kiev Tiflis and Tashkent to study regional government and discuss an exchange program for officials. Funding comes from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Alfred P Sloan Foundation.
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New York
Soviet Union
Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Tiflis
Tashkent
The
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Leroy Collins
Florida
George D. Clyde
Utah
John E. Davis
North Dakota
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Stephen L. R. McNichols
Colorado
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Traffic Toll Stands at 279 in Virginia
Virginia's 1959 traffic toll stood at 279 today after six weekend fatalities. The report lists victims including Thomas A. Frith 58 of Chesterfield County and six other deaths on State Routes 33 175 U.S. 11 and in areas near Staunton Verona and Pulaski. Also notes livestock market prices and broiler prices across several states with regional price movements.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Thomas A. Frith
Chesterfield County
Richmond
State Rt. 33
West Point
Terry Adams
East Side
Chincoteague
Maxwell
Nelson Goodloe
Staunton
Ernest David White
Pulaski
Jerry Gus Poe
Amonate
Tazewell County
Poe
Kay M. Shackelford
Reisterstown
Arlington
U.S. 15
Prince William County
Virginia Farm Price Outlook Warns of Stable Hog Markets
The Virginia Department of Agriculture foresees hog prices rising modestly over the next two to three weeks with a peak around July and a gradual uptick into summer. August remains good, with a downturn into fall, cushioned by earlier farrowings. Feeder pig marketing now could capture mid-summer gains and fall pricing may dip less sharply. Hog markets were steady to higher this week while Virginia Auctions' receipts fell about five percent.
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Virginia
Chicago
St. Louis
Baltimore
North Carolina
Georgia
Delmarva
Richmond
Teen Pattern 4597 Promises Easy Sew Bouffant Dress
Voted Most Popular Teen pattern shows a sleeveless bouffant shirtdress with eyelet or lace sissy-front ruffles. Pattern 4597 fits Teens sizes 10 12 14 16 with yardage 4 yards 35 inch fabric for size 12. Send 35 cents plus 10 cents per pattern for first class mail to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star pattern dept New York.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Victory Is an Upset at Norman Flower Show
Mrs. N. J. Dikeman upset her rival arrangement twice on the way to the flower show and then won a blue ribbon at the Norman event.
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Norman, Okla
N. J. Dikeman
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