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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1977

Page

12

Amherst man arrested in shotgun slaying of wife of kin

Arnold I. Newell, 19, was arrested after a mass search by Amherst County deputies for killing Myrtle Newell, 56, wife of John W. Newell Jr., with a 12 gauge shotgun inside a brick house. The suspect, who had been living with his nephew, surrendered with a pistol and shotgun after a lengthy pursuit.

Amherst Arnold I. Newell Izaak Welton Lake Amherst County Myrtle Newell John W. Newell Jr Mahlon S. Bryant Bryant Arnold Newell Newell John Newell

Independence Struggles Through Rough Seas Near AKZORES

Norfolk based carrier Independence encounters storm damage and crew injuries after barrels toppled loose in rough Atlantic seas near the Azores. Seaman Edward Hodges sustains a fractured pelvis while Seaman Brian Moffitt is rescued after being knocked overboard with minor injuries. The carrier, part of a task force including Hawkins, John King, Ainsworth, and Truckee, heads toward the Mediterranean with several ships reporting moderate topside damage.

Norfolk Independence Akzores Islands Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Fleet Edward Lynn Hodges Salmon Idaho Brian J. Moffitt Atlantic Hélicdpiér Moffitt Mediterranean Sea Hawkins John King Ainsworth Truckee

Howell RICHMOND outlines utility reform plan in bid for governor

Henry Howell released the final plank of his 12 point campaign for the Democratic nomination calling to end the fuel adjustment clause restore a 1 cent pay telephone call and add two experienced residential utility consumers to the State Corporation Commission He labeled electric bills outrageous and the fuel adjustment clause a disgrace He pledged to appear before the SCC to advocate for consumers and urged monitoring of utility management including Vepco and the Surry nuclear plants with costs of mismanagement to be borne by the utility and stockholders not customers

Richmond Henry Howell State Corporation Commission Howell Viginia Electric & Power Co SCC Howell Utility Vepco Surry

$2.25 Million suit filed in wake of police chase

A Monroe County West Virginia man Dewey Ballard seeks 2.25 million dollars in US district court alleging excessive force harassment and intimidation by Union West Virginia police and a Craig County Virginia sheriff in a chase that ended near New Castle Virginia. Ballard claims the officers involved and the town of New Castle hired an unqualified officer and demands more lawsuits against the two Union officers. The incident followed a three hour pursuit ending after Ballard died from an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound.

Police Roanoke U.S. District Court Monroe County W.va Dewey Ballard Union Larry Dean Ballard Craig County Sheriff's Department Ballard Billy McPherson New Castle Gordon Mayo Mayo John Porterfield Marshall Humphries Charles Sams Virginia

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