Licensing of Hospitality Rooms Opposed by Virginia Group
In Richmond the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board hears a challenge to a proposed rule allowing gifts of alcohol. S Frank Straus objects to requiring a special license for hospitality rooms at conventions, while the board notes the aim is to curb free drink promotions. The board also approves extending advertising lines for liquor ads, from 784 to 800 agate lines, aiding newspapers per Virginia Press Association support. Gov Barro n seeks 75 percent federal aid for West Virginia public works with 50-50 matches for most counties.
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Virginia Press Association
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Peiping Endures Longest Dry Spell in 40 Years
Tokyo AP reports Peiping, the Chinese Communist capital, has suffered the longest dry spell in four decades. Radio Peiping says rainfall has been scanty since July with August totaling only 1.10 inches, far below the regional average.
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Tokyo
Red China
Peiping
Radio
Four Azerbaijani thieves sentenced to death for safecracking
Four members of an itinerant gang in Azerbaijan were sentenced to death by shooting after convictions for breaking into several brow enterprises and stealing more than 37,000 rubles about 1,000.
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Moscow
Azerbaijan
Resort Area Ponders Effect Of Sleeping Sickness Epidemic
In St Petersburg Florida officials and business leaders weigh how news of sleeping sickness affects winter tourism. Despite illnesses in Pinellas County a modest tourist downturn seems unlikely as officials expand mosquito control and study vectors while business owners assess potential revenue impact.
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Pinellas County
Charles Wentz
Wentz
United States
St. Louis
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County Health Department
Taylor Carr
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Beach Chamber of Commerce
NAACP Seeks Writ of Error Over Donor Disclosure
The NAACP asks Virginia's State Supreme Court to overturn a Richmond Hastings Court ruling that required disclosure of donor names contributing 25 or more dollars. The appeal challenges interrogatories from the General Assembly's Committee on Offenses Against the Administration of Justice and cites privacy and 14th Amendment arguments.
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Richmond Hastings
General Assembly
Committee
Virginia State Conference of Naacp
Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc
Legal Defense Fund
Legal Defense
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