Homage Paid Von Steuben at Yorktown Day
German Baron Baron von Steuben honored at Yorktown Day ceremony in Yorktown as defender of American liberty. German Ambassador Knappstein says Steuben joined Washington’s army via Franklin and led siege tactics. About 3,000 people attended.
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Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
Battle of
Baron von Steuben
Heinrich Knappstein
Knappstein
von Steuben
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
France
Washington
Middle Belt Tobacco Prices Rise While Other Belts Fall
Middle Belt prices gain an average of 1 to 3 dollars per 100 pounds while Eastern and Old Belts slip. Volume ranges light to medium with poor quality. Eastern belts fall 1 to 4 dollars, Old Belt declines 1 to 5 dollars. A basket of fine orange wrappers sold for 123 dollars per 100 pounds. The Old Belt set a new daily peak Monday with over 12.7 million pounds at 67.97 dollars average.
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Middle Belt
Prisoner Escapes From Petersburg Reformatory
James Taylor Ogle aged 20 of Knoxville Tennessee who was serving a three year term for auto theft escaped Tuesday from a reformatory work detail at Petersburg. Custodian C H Blevins said Ogle walked into the woods and left and is not considered dangerous. He remains at large today.
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Petersburg
Federal Reformatory
James Taylor Ogle
Knoxville
Tenn
C. H. Blevins
Ogle
Blevins
Navy to End Extended Enlistments
Admiral David L. McDonald announced that extended involuntary Navy enlistments will end at the close of the current fiscal year. He noted a shortage earlier and said voluntary enlistment rates are improving, projecting Vietnam to continue for years and a regional police force to aid pacification efforts.
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McDonald
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Richmond
Viet Nam
Ku Klux Klan Units Listed in House Records
The House Committee on Un American Activities lists Virginia Klan units with counties and towns. The entries include Klaverns of the United Klans of America in Lunenburg Victoria Mecklenburg Chase City and other local groups such as Norfolk Portsmouth Newport News and Warwick with associated clubs.
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Washington
Ku Klux Klan
Virginia
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Klaverns
The
United Klans of America, Inc
Lunenburg
Victoria
Mecklenburg
Chase City
Farms Decline in Virginia as Income Rises per Farm
A Virginia Department of Agriculture report shows farms in the state fell by about a third from 954 to 965, while net income per farm rose roughly 34 percent. Total farming income in 1964 was about 10 percent below the level of 10 years earlier.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Holton Attacks Fees Tied to Kellam in Virginia Campaign
Republican Linwood Holton accused Edwin C. Kellam of Kellam & Kellam of receiving 114918 in state legal fees for work for the State Highway Department between July 1964 and October 1965. Kellam defended the arrangement as proper and questioned Holton's claim of conflict. Holton pledged a conflict of interest law and proposed executive action to end such state contracting.
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Holton
Edwin Kellam
Associated Press
Virginia
Linwood Holton
Edwin C. Kellam
Norfolk
Kellam & Kellam
Sidney S. Kellam
Richmond Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kellam
State Highway Department
GOP
Highway Department
William P. Kellam
House of Delegates
Virginia Senate
William H. Hodges
Hodges
Senate
Virginia Republican Advisory Legislative Council
General Assembly
Shareholders Approve Merger of Banks in Norfolk
Virginia National Bank of Norfolk along with two Hampton Banks win shareholder approval for a merger. The path forward rests with federal Comptroller of the Currency approval, after August board authorizations by all three banks.
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Norfolk
Virginia National Bank of Norfolk
Hampton
Ike Attends Culpeper Cattle Sale
Former President Eisenhower visits Culpeper for an angus cattle sale by Brandy Rock Farm and Eisenhower Farms. He condemns Viet Nam protesters as ignorant and says he supports the President and policy, praising free speech but deeming demonstrations misguided. He notes the sale is hosted by Brandy Rock Farm owner Lewis L. Straus and his own Eisenhower Farms.
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Culpeper
Eisenhower
U.S
Viet Nam
Angus Cate Tle
Brandy Rock
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis L. Straus
Eisenhower Farms
Motorists say insurance firm failed to pay claims
Virginia motorists allege Chesapeake Insurance Co. refuses to pay claims totaling 82 665. Eleven complainants will present their case to the State Corporation Commission in Richmond. They seek an order directing the State Treasurer to sell 100000 in U S government bonds posted by the firm to resume Virginia business.
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Richmond
Philadelphia
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
Chesapeake Insureance Co
SCC
Lewis H. Vaden
U.S
Waitress Saw Sailor Before He Was Slain
Norfolk police investigate the daytime discovery of Navy mechanic Richard Barnhart 27 found shot twice in the head near an old duck pond after a waitress reported talking to him at a restaurant about 11 30 p m Saturday. A state medical examiner cited a close range .22 caliber pistol murder.
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Norfolk
Jean Davis
Barnhart
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W. Boscawen St
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Gomery
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