Staunton Plea for Woodrow Wilson Parkway Route
In Richmond AP report State Highway Commissioner backs Staunton Augusta County push to name a new highway linking Interstate 81 and U S 11 as the Woodrow Wilson Parkway. The project would pass the Woodrow Wilson birthplace in Staunton with naming left to the General Assembly and construction about two years away.
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Richmond
Staunton-Augusta County
Staunton
Douglas B. Fugate
Inerstate 81
U.S. 11
Woodrow Wilson
General Assembly
Patricia H. Menk
Staunton - Augusta
Interchange Case Set for September Hearing in Hanover
A temporary injunction request against private financing of the Interstate 95 interchange in Hanover County is slated for September 23 before Judge Henry D. Garnett of Newport News Circuit Court. J. J. McDonald Jr., a Chesterfield County motel owner, argues the financing plan is illegal and sought the injunction.
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Richmond
Hanover County
Henry D. Garnett
Newport News
Garnett
State Supreme Court
Richmond Circuit Court
J. J. McDonald Jr
Chesterfield County
Fashion sewing pattern 4676 for women's wool outfits
Advertisement for Pattern 4676 by Anne Adams lists wool and faille suit designs for women's sizes 34 to 48. Details include fabric yardage for size 36 and mail order terms with 50 cents per pattern plus 15 cents for first class mail. Mail to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winchester Evening Star New York address.
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Faille
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Grant City project to start in Valley Plaza area
A $250,000 building permit is issued for the Grant City first phase in Valley Plaza. The main 88,289 square foot structure, leased to W. T. Grant Co., sits on about two acres with 615 parking spaces. Construction should finish in about a year. Trustees of Central Valley Technical College form a site committee led by Malcolm Jones.
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Harrisonburg
Grant City
Valley Plaza
W. T. Grant Co
Mason Eit
Staunton
Central Valley Technical College
Malcolm Jones
Augusta
Benjamin Cooper
Waynesboro
Joseph Early
Augusta County
Everett Lam
Rockingham
Dan River Mills to Buy Clifton Co. Spartanburg Unit
Dan River Mills Inc will complete the purchase of Clifton Manufacturing Co. of Spartanburg South Carolina by next Tuesday. Clifton will operate as a division of Dan River Mills with Stanley W Coneverse becoming CEO of the division after the sale which stockholders approved by a wide margin.
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Danville
Clifton Manufacturing Co
Spartanburg
S.C
Dan River Mills Inc
Clifton
Dan River Mills
Dan River
Stanley W. Coneverse
O K Airline Ruling Cuts Tidewater Virginia Proposals
CAB examiner grants United Air Lines permission to discontinue Norfolk Philadelphia service citing minor market role and annual losses of about 200000. Rejections include Allegheny’s Philadelphia Norfolk Newport News route and Piedmont’s Baltimore Norfolk with Washington junction and Newport News Hampton service requirements.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Tidewater Virginia
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Herbert K. Bryan
United
Nationeal Airlines
Bryan
Allegheny Airlines
Norfolk-Newport News
Salisbury
Baltimore
Piedmont Aviation
Washerington
Piedmont
Baltimore -Norfolk
Newport
Former La Official On Probation After Guilty Plea
Waverly J. Arpe of Petersburg a former labor official was placed on two years probation after pleading guilty in Federal District Court to one count of submitting a false financial report to the U S Department of Labor. Arpe former secretary treasurer of Locals 52 and 54 of the International Leather Goods Plastic and Novelty Workers had been indicted on embezzlement and filing false reports but the embezzlement count and three other charges were dismissed at the DA's request.
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Richmond
Waverly J. Arpe
Petersburg
U.S. Department of Labor
Arpe
International Leather Goods, Plastic and Novelty Workers
U.S
Oyster-Boat Tax Clash Seated By Two States Panel
Fisheries leaders from Maryland and Virginia discuss oyster-collecting tax and boat excise tax opposing Maryland ships owned by Virginians. The Potomac River Fisheries Commission plans a Sept. 23 meeting of law enforcement officers and Oct. 22 next session, with H C Byrd chairing the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Beach
Maryland
Potomac River Fisheries Commission
Commission
H. C
Byrd
Jeremiah Valliant
Salisbury
Lewis Jones Jr
Urbanna
K. Thomas Everngam
Virginia
Three Children Die in Virginia Road Incidents
The Associated Press reports three children among Virginia road deaths. James Michael Jones, 12, of Norfolk. Eileen Margaret Hayes, 10, of Chester. and Gary Stacy Tipton, 3, of Warrenton were killed in separate crashes. Marion Wesley May, 23, of Alexandria was fatally injured in a crash on I-95 near Dumfries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Norfolk
James Michael Jones
West Ocean Avenue
Belgrave Avenue
Richmond
Eileen Margaret Hayes
Chester
Terminal Avenue
Chesterfield County
Richmond City Line
Warrenton
Gary Stacy Tipton
Virginia
Fauquier
Dumfries
Marion Wesley May
Alexandria
Prince William County
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Old Dominion
Legion
American Legion
Winchester
Stonewall Jackson
Braddock St
Roy
Neal Bryant
Charles Calvert
Randolph Gaunt
Marshall Bryant
Charles Zuckerman
Gen
E. Walton Opie
C. M. Moyer Jr
Del
George M. Cochran
Herbert McK. Smith
The
Birthplace Foundation
Fone Ales
Clearbrook
Dan River Purchasing
Clifton Co
O.K
CAB
United Air Lines
Bryan Ruled National
Proba
Bor
Tion
Miller’s Hardware
Loudoun St
Hera Doah
Talley Bank
B&m
Studebaker
Oldsmobile
Corvair
Monza
Fisheries Commission
TSMC
Cumuielc
TSE
Suryal
Smith-Douglass
National Ave
Thone
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