Painting Presented to Wayside Inn at informal ceremony
Lamar Sloan of Lamar Sloan Ford Co presented a watercolor of the Wayside Inn to Mrs. Carolyn Hammack, Inn manager. Horace Day painted it, to be hung at the Inn, with a plaque noting the Inn’s feature in Ford Times. The issue includes three Wayside recipes.
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Lamar Sloan
Wayside Inn
Middletown
Lamar Sloan Ford Co
Winchester
Carolyn Hammack
Ford Times
Horace Day
the Inn
Sally Brock
Mothereine Law
Rebekah
Hammack
John Brock
Brock Hotel
New Market
Lowenbach
Harrisonburg
Catholics Win Most Vietnam House Seats
In Saigon the Roman Catholics appear to have won the largest bloc in the 137 member House of Representatives with about 20 percent of seats. Buddhists, army officers, Hoa Hao and Cao Dai sects hold significant shares amid a fragmented body. Coalition prospects depend on regional splits and Thieu Ky leadership as Catholics back some measures but resist concessions to Communists.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Vietnam
Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Marsh Urges Overall U.S. Spending Ceiling
Rep. John O. Marsh Jr. urged a national spending ceiling tied to anticipated revenues. Speaking to the Shenandoah Valley Manufacturers Association, Marsh argued for bipartisan fiscal policy and an overall limit on federal outlays, with emergency adjustments as needed.
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John O. Marsh, Jr
Shenandoah Valley Manufacturers Assn
Seventh District Congress
Robert Smalley
Berryville
Rep. Marsh
Washington
Constitutional amendments ratified by Massachusetts in 1939
The AP notes that the first 10 amendments were proposed in 1789 and ratified in 1791. Massachusetts did not ratify them until March 2, 1939, highlighting a long delay before acceptance by the state.
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MASS
Boston
U.S
United States
Massachusetts
Robinson Urges Stepped Up Educational Program
Delmer Robinson a Republican candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates urged a major education expansion at a Berryville Clarke County PTA meeting. He proposed a program costing not less than 500 million dollars, ending the pay as you go policy to fund it and called for a public kindergarten, sales tax repeal on food, annual legislative sessions, and a liquor by the drink referendum. He criticized Virginia’s educational standing and warned of fiscal losses over six years while noting 65 percent of the coming budget would fund education.
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Delmer Robinson
Virginia House of Delegates
Berryville
Clarke County
PTA
Robinson
Hull Fouling Tied to Harbor Slowdowns
Barnacles cannot attach to objects moving more than two knots, so fouling of a hull usually happens when a ship is in harbor.
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Town Inn
America
Marsh
Hoover Commission
Congress
Executive Branch
Bureau
Ted
Winchester Evening Star
Virginia
L. Edwards
Tigerama
Aizes
Esso
Humble Oil & Refining
Lindwood Edwards
Dillwyn, Va
Gene Elcan
New Yorker
Newport Customs
Newport
Pine Motor Co., Inc
Winchester, Va
S. Braddock
Clarke County Motor CO
Berryville, Va
Chrysler Motors Corporation
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