NY Classroom Boycott Boosts Absences 17 Percent
In New York City public schools a white parent led boycott raised absences 17 percent above normal on Monday. Absenteeism ranged from 18 to 65 percent in directly affected schools, with 275 638 total citywide and potential loss of 2.2 million in state aid cited by Superintendent Calvin E. Gross.
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New York
New York City
Calvin E. Gross
Parents and Taxpayers Coordinating Council
Joint Council For Better Education
Charge Against Nelson Dropped In Clarke
Berryville Virginia Paul Edward Nelson had faced an attempt to kill his wife after a family dispute at their Questover home on September 11 1963. Commonwealth Attorney Edward McC Williams moved to quash the charge at the opening Berryville Circuit Court session. A lesser charge of unlawfully discharging a shotgun was brought in by a special grand jury this week. Trial date not set. prior attempt to murder ended in a hung jury.
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Berryville
Paul Edward Nelson
Questover
Edward McC. Williams
Nelson
University of Virginia Science Course Organization Meeting
An organizational meeting for a University of Virginia extension course in science will be held tonight at 7 at Shenandoah College. The three credit course targets teachers and requires no prior science background. sessions run 7 to 9 30 p.m. for 16 weeks led by H Felix Sanders.
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School of General
University of Virginia
Shenandoah Col
H. Felix Sanders
Frederick County
Winners Face Tax Bill After New Hampshire Sweep
The IRS stepped in on Monday after the NH sweepstakes, taxing 1,992 winners who collected 1.4 million dollars. District director Charles W. Emlet said taxes range from 28 dollars for 200 dollar winners to 65,000 dollars for the top prize of 100,000 dollars.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Internal Revenue Service
New Hampshire
Charles W. Emlet
Pedestrian killed in Virginia toll rises in 2024.
The Associated Press reports Virginia’s traffic toll reached 728 after a pedestrian, 49 year old Randall Washington Jr., died from injuries suffered on U.S. 1 in Fairfax County, with the incident occurring Monday night and the victim identified as a pedestrian.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Fairfax County
Randall Washington Jr
Alexandria Hospital
U.s. 1
Cab driver robbed by two men in Pittsburgh
Cab driver Charles Blasko 57 was hailed by two men who then forced him to drive to a nearby location. One man pointed a pistol, taking $17. They returned $1.50 for the meter and a 60 cent tip before fleeing.
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Pittsburgh
Charles Blasko
Roanoke Area Apples Up Five Percent This Year
Roanoke Franklin Floyd and Bedford counties are projected to produce 900 000 to 950 000 bushels of apples up five percent from last year according to Thomas H Beasley Jr of the Virginia Apple Exchange. Beasley reports top grades sold to brokers at 4 75 or more per bushel while retail prices range 1 to 3 50 and Gold Delicious Albemarle Pippins and Winesaps are increasing in share.
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Roanoke-area
Thomas H. Beasely, Jr
Starkey Orchardist
Virginia Apple Exchange
Roanoke
Franklin
Floyd
Bedford
Beasley Orchard
U.S
R. Dewey Hunt
R. D. Hunt and Son
Hunt
South End Fire Co Announces Promotions and Plans
At a regular meeting the South End Fire Co named promotions to fill a vacancy from Robert Grove resignation. New officers include Chester Luttrell first vice president Walter Bursey Jr second Woody O'Hara third and Winton Pope fourth. The group will join the Community Chest parade on Sept 28 and received a $500 check for a truck fund.
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South End Fire Co
Robert Grove
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Hagerstown
Annapolis
Bowie
Baltimore
Washington
Seagreaves
Virginia Livestock Exchange
Lester McKee
Eddie Lillis
Norman Pope
Richard Comer
Daniel Dodson
Harry Rainsberger
Robert Saville
Alan Stryker
Meredith Bowers
Wilson Sirbaugh
Chester Luttrell
Mike Hart
Luther Tevalt
Winton Pope
Sea Disasters Leave 3 Men Dead and 6 Hurt
Disasters at sea left three sailors dead and six injured. The Spanish freighter Sierra Aranzazu burned off Cuba’s eastern tip while two crewmen died before rescue by the Netherlands vessel S S P G Thulin and another ship. Coast Guard efforts to salvage nine men from Globe Explorer faced high seas from Hurricane Dora.
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Associated Press
Cuba
S. P.G
Fidel Castro
Panama
Mandos
Companie Maritimo del Norte
Madrid
Spain
Havana
U.S. Coast Guard
Globe Explorer
New York
New London
Conn
Coast Guard
Coast
Storage Building Burns at Monastery
Berryville reports a fire at Holy Cross Monastery in Eastern Clarke County yesterday afternoon. The blaze started when fuel oil overflow ignited in the engine room of a Globe Explorer coal carrier en route from Norfolk to Rotterdam. The John H Enders Fire Company arrived with two trucks and monks aided by their own apparatus limited the blaze to one storage building.
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Globe Explorer
Norfolk
Roteterdam
the Holy Cross
Clarke County
John H. Enders Fire Company
Berryville
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