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  2. Daily Press (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    The Daily Press published its first edition on January 4, 1896, just 12 days before the General Assembly declared Newport News a city on January 16, 1896. Charles E. Thacker owned and edited the paper from a small printing shop in the basement of the First National Bank at 28th Street and Washington Avenue.

  3. The Virginian-Pilot - Wikipedia

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    The paper's offices are shared with its sister paper, the Daily Press and are located at 703 Mariners Row, Newport News, VA 23606. [19] It is in the City Center at Oyster Point complex. [20] Both papers are owned by Tribune Publishing. Beginning circa 1937, the headquarters were in Norfolk. [20]

  4. Dorothy Rouse Bottom - Wikipedia

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    Rouse Bottom was instrumental in soliciting funds to erect the Victory Arch in Newport News in 1962 which replaced a temporary wooden arch erected in 1919 to honoring servicemen returning from World War I. [2] [6] She continued her husband's work in the Virginia Travel Council, an organization her husband had helped found. [1]

  5. Richmond Times-Dispatch - Wikipedia

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    In 1890, the Daily Times changed its name to the Richmond Times. In 1896, Bryan acquired the eight-year-old rival Manchester Leader and launched the Evening Leader. In 1899, the evening Richmond News was founded. John L. Williams, owner of the Dispatch, bought the News in 1900. By 1903, it was obvious Richmond was not big enough to support four ...

  6. Collis P. Huntington High School - Wikipedia

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    No Easy Journey, on Huntington's role in the campaign against segregation, Newport News, Va., Daily Press, republished in Newsday. Thad Madden, biography from Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum; biography from Athletic Hall of Fame of the Lower Virginia Peninsula. Walter Nathaniel Ridley; Hazel O'Leary

  7. Mariners' Museum and Park - Wikipedia

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    The museum was founded in 1930 by Archer Milton Huntington, son of Collis P. Huntington, a railroad builder who brought the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to Warwick County, Virginia, and who founded the City of Newport News, its coal export facilities, and Newport News Shipbuilding in the late 19th century.

  8. Alfred M. Monfalcone - Wikipedia

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    Alfred M. Monfalcone (May 11, 1890 – June 18, 1970) was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia, from January 1956 until September 1956. He served as a member of the city's council from 1942 until his death.

  9. Dorothy (1891 tug) - Wikipedia

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    Dorothy is a tugboat and the first ship constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, currently on display in the yard. [1] Dorothy is one of the oldest surviving ships in Virginia. [2] She was built in 1890 and launched in 1891. [3]

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