Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the right of a preacher in his pulpit to criticize a judge on his bench. It unanimously reversed the conviction of Pastor Ross Allen Weston of the Arlington Unitarian Church for contempt of court after he had preached a sermon accusing a judge of using his office, for political purposes...
Mission Accomplished. In Richmond, sent to deliver a telegram to the medical college of Virginia Hospital, Western Union Messenger Paul Allen, 18, collapsed from heat exhaustion three blocks from his destination, was taken to the hospital in an ambulance, revived and delivered his telegram...
There were also localized business slow downs, such as in Washington, D.C., where the federal payroll has been cut, in Kentucky and West Virginia, hurt by the sick coal industry, and in Hollywood...
Becker & Bixby, as "Beckby," have produced some 8,000,000 Elsie Beebe words in all and continue at long distance. Bixby knocks out several weeks of scripts at his Connecticut home, then rests up for the long view while Becker takes over for the next lap on his Virginia farm. They take great pride in their craftsmanship ("Every day's program should be interesting in its own right") and talk solemnly about the beneficial influence of Life Can Be Beautiful on 3,300,000 faithful listeners. "Papa David's warmth and wisdom are a great comfort to listeners...
Married. William C. (for Creed) Wampler, 27, newspaperman turned Republican Congressman from Virginia, and youngest member of Congress; and Mary Elizabeth Baker, 22, pretty, blue-eyed daughter of Tennessee's Republican U.S. Representative Howard H. Baker; in Huntsville, Tenn...