95 Years Ago
March 3, 1927
“Prohibition Bill Goes To President Cal”
The Senate amendments to the prohibition reorganization bill were accepted today by the House. The measure now goes to the President.
Ground has been broken in Clifton Forge for the new building to be erected by W. G. Surber, Ira J. Payne and the firm of Bowles and Smith, on the lot lying between the Clifton Forge National Bank and the Alleghany Building.
75 Years Ago
March 3, 1947
British Army Rules Palestine Under Martial Law In Effort To mStamp Out Jewish Underground As Violence Mounts
Deaths by violence in Palestine mounted to 22 in three days with the shooting of a Jewish curfew violator in Tel Aviv today as the British army, maintained martial law over a third of the Holy Land’s 700,000 Jews. British officials reported that Isaac Poli, 30-year-old Jewish ex-servicemen, was shot and killed while bicycling in Tel Aviv when he failed to heed a soldier’s order to halt.
VER Ranks Alleghany 14th In “Ability,” 92nd In “Effort” Toward Support Of Education
Alleghany County ranked fourteenth among the counties of Virginia in its “ability to pay” for support of public education among the 100 counties of the state, according to statistics compiled by the Virginia Education Association. The county’s rank in “effort per pupil,” however, was ninety-second, and in “self-help per pupil” Alleghany ranked fifty-fifth.
50 Years Ago
March 3, 1972
City Council Adopts Resolution Urging Development Of Landfill
At a called meeting Thursday afternoon Covington City council adopted a resolution urging the landfill committee of the area governing bodies to meet and begin working with the U.S. Forest Service on making plans for development of a sanitary landfill serving all four area governments on the proposed site. Only the five council members, the acting city manager, the clerk, and two reporters were present for the 4:30 p.m. meeting.
U. S. Heading For Military With Fewer Men, More Cost
The United States is heading for an all-volunteer military force with the fewest men in nearly a quarter century and a cost at least $12 billion higher than before the Vietnam war. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird says no one can guarantee that higher pay and other new incentives “will suffice to satisfy the need for manpower, without resort to the drafts.”
25 Years Ago
March 3, 1997
Bridge Closed
The Loop Street bridge, located behind the former Leggett building in Clifton Forge, has been closed by the bridge’s owner, Jerry Clark. Clark denies that closing the bridge has any connection with his complaint with the city about placing a parking lot across from his property on Douglas Street. The parking lot was designed by City Manager Richard Magnifico to provide more parking for the patrons who use Linden Park. Clark said he closed the bridge to comply with a real estate law on adverse possession.
Eight Students Still In Hospital After Overdose At Dance
Hundreds of people gathered at a local church to pray for 14 teen-agers who overdosed on muscle relaxers at a weekend community dance and started “dropping like flies.” Two of the eight children still hospitalized Sunday night were in critical condition, officials said. At one point, 12 of the teens had been in critical condition, several on respirators.
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