Nixon predicts Virginia GOP upset in 1966 campaign
Richard Nixon toured Virginia promising a Republican upset over Democrats led by Linwood Holton. He pegged GOP strength around 45 percent and praised the Holton Callahan Warriner slate. The trip included a Norfolk breakfast and Arlington dinner amid a Rockwell disruption.
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Norfolk
Richard M. Nixon
Virginia
Linwood Holton
Arlington
Nixon
Hojt
Richard Nixon
State Water Resources Under Study in Virginia
Gov. Harrison backs a legislator committee to coordinate state water resources efforts. A 1966 General Assembly bill likely on general water issues. federal action may pre-empt if Virginia does not act. Chair is State Sen. FitzGerald Bemiss. other members named. Roanoke report notes Edmond H. Brill Jr. becomes president of the Virginia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives succeeding John Kelley.
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Richmond
Harrison
General Assembly
FitzGerald Bemiss
Dels
Matthew G. Anderson
Goochland
John H. Daniel
Charlotte
George M. Cochran
Staunton
Walther B. Fidler
Sharps
Roanoke
Virginia Association of Chamber of Commerce
Edmond H. Brill Jr
Richmond Chamber
John Kelley
Appeal Dropped in Challenge to Tuition Grants Ban
In Richmond AP report, a federal court ban on using tuition grants in segregated schools predominantly funded by those grants will remain in place for now as the final appeal from the three judge district court decision was dropped. The cross appeal was filed by the state and several parties.
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Richmond
Charlottesville
Norfolk
Amelia
Brunswick
Prince Edward
Powhatan
Surry
Warren
York
NAACP
Robert Y. Button
King and Queen
Lurry
Woodstock Lifts Water Use Ban
Woodstock Town Council voted to lift the summer drought restrictions on water use after reservoir levels improved. Mayor William B. Dalke Jr praised the public and local businessmen for cooperation during the restricted period. Additional notes mention Chamber plans to attract tourists via Interstate 81 and possible signage.
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Woodstock
Maryor
William B. Dalke, Jr
William H. Coffman
Minister Held in Virginia Indictment for Obscene Mailings
Richmond AP report says Rev. Arthur Edwin Shelton a Norfolk Methodist minister was indicted by a federal grand jury on nine counts of mailing obscene lewd and lascivious material. He is joined by two other men in a related Houston Texas indictment returned earlier this year.
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George Lincoln Rockwell
Rockwell
American Nazi Party
Virginia
Alan Welch
Arlington
Welch
American Constitutional Party
Nixon
Eisenhower
Richmond
Federal District Court
Arthur Edwin Shelton
Norfolk
Shelton
Houston
Tex
Nixon urges two party unity to beat fringe groups
Nixon warned that effective politics require alignment with one of the two major parties or risk becoming a destroyer. He cited fringe third party movements and noted Virginia’s growing Negro vote could swing the next election, estimating 100,000 votes up for grabs. His itinerary ran from Harrisonburg to Lynchburg Roanoke and Wise County before returning to Washington.
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Nixon
Harrisonburg
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Wise County
Washington
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