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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1977

Page

4

Penhook and Chatham Deaths Reach Across Virginia

Death notices from Penhook and Chatham list Mollie Bet David and Charlie Thomas Turner among those honored. Names include Woodrow David, Janet Turner, Fannie Townes Wimbish, Beatrice Smith, and Whitley Turner with funerals planned at Liberty Christian Church Scott Chapel and Vance Street Baptist Church. Also reported is an armed robbery at Innkeeper Motor Lodge on Piney Forest Road with $125 taken.

Penhook Mollie Bet David Liberty Christian Church Bill Déss Eugene Riley Colbert-Moran Woodrow David Daid Penhook Rt. 3 Camel Mount Huffman Danville Chatham Charlie Thomas Turner Scott Chapel Farson Riceville Main Street Turner Memorial Hospital Pittsylvania County Tate Henry Shelton Turner Geneva Terry Turner Chatham Baptist Church Commonwealth Virginia Military Institute Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University University of Virginia Law School Virginia and American Bar Associations Janet F. Turner Charles Turner Jr Constance Terry Turner Innkeeper Motor Lodge North Piney Forest Road Frederick F. Graver Willard Drive Charlottesville W. H. Cheek

Indian Cultural Week Sets Varied Festivities

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosts Indian Cultural Week April 18–22 with Dancers, speakers, films and art displays. Notable events include Vine Deloria Jr. speaking April 19 in Memorial Hall and Adolf Dial presenting April 20 in Dey Hall Toy Lounge. Lumbee and other Native groups perform, and crafts from across the country are sold daily in the Pit and Carolina Union.

Chapel Hill University of North Carolina At Chapel Hil The Carolina Indian Circle Vine Deloria Jc Custer Memorial Hall Morehead Deloria Dey Hall Adolf Dial Pembroke State University Department of Indian Studies Dial A. Bruce Jones North Carolina Commission On Indian Affairs Murphy Hall Halifax County Carolina Union Hawk Claw Dance Society Pembroke North Carolina Battie Mountain Robert Redford Dennis Banks Wounded Knee

Scott Represents Congress In Australia

Virginia senator William L. Scott travels to Canberra Australia as part of an official Inter Parliament Union delegation led by Senator John Sparkman The trip, funded by taxpayers, includes four senators and nine House members as an official parliamentary gathering with delegates from about 70 nations.

Whitley Neal Turner Baltimore Union Memorial Hospital Pittsylvania County Nannie Seearee Turner Danville Jesse Turner Betty Toler Turner Whitley Neal Turner Jr West Germany Donald Wayne Turner Navy Norfolk Kenneth Wade Turner Russell McCoy Turner Pulaski Jesse Merle Turner Indianapolis Ind Joyce Irene Burgett Tanny Kay Turner Ana Lois Atkins Amelia Myrtle Agnes Hutcherson Greensboro N.C Nancy Turner Martha Hutson Eris Lane Dessie James William Wesley Turner Sacramento Cali Hugh Swanson John Person Turner Swicegood Funeral Home Hutson Iris Lane Richmond Virginia U. S U.S William L. Scott R-Va Australia Harry F. Byrddr Brd Scott Richmond News Inter-Parliamentary Unidn Throup Free World John Sparkman D-Ala House Canberra U.S. Congress House of Representatives Senate Edward Beard Rhode Island Michael Myers Pennsylvania Robert Young Missouri Congress Legal Profession

New Income Tax Policy For Military Starts July First

Norfolk AP reports the federal plan will begin state income tax withholding July 1 from military personnel stationed in Virginia and 38 other states. The policy, approved by Congress last year, affects state tax collection on military pay.

Norfolk Virginia Congress Tidewater Lake Reviens Norfolk Commissioners of Revenue Sam Sarfield Degeral Barfield

SCC Revokes Licenses For Insurance Agents

The State Corporation Commission ordered South Boston broker Sneed and Charlottesville agent Larry B Talbott not to reapply for state licenses for at least two years. Sneed allegedly solicited applications for Coun Trywide Life Insurance and mishandled premiums, while Talbott posed as United American Insurance agent though not licensed and failed to remit a collected premium.

Richmond State Corporation Commission Has South Boston Larry B. Talbott Charlottesville George J. Johnson SCC Sneed Countrywide Life Insurance Talbott SCG United American Insurance Co

Cold Snap Damages Pittsylvania Area Fruit

Last week's cold snap damaged Pittsylvania County crops with peaches hit hardest. Strawberries suffered slight losses while commercial growers anticipate a decent crop if frost does not recur. Merricks Peach Orchard at Spring Garden reported extensive losses, with about half of 2500 producing trees’ blossoms destroyed. Tobacco reportedly escaped significant damage, with fields under protective covers.

Pittsylvania Merricks Spring Garden Frank Merricks VPT Wayne Brown Bobby Stump VPI

Godwin vetoes police bill of rights in Virginia

Governor Mills Godwin vetoed a police bill of rights seeking due process steps and a state local grievance framework. Opponents say it would curb unions, while supporters call it fair play and due process. the bill may be offered again next year with candidates contacted for positions.

Godwin Richmond Mills Godwin Virginia Louis Rotelli Virginia Fraternal Order of Police Rotel Rotelli General Assembly Erwin Shad Bath County Igr. Attorney Palice Salguof

Padeielley Pigeons Raise funds in Danville Race Against Cancer

The Race Against Cancer event in Spartanburg, South Carolina raised about 760 dollars for the Danville Cancer Association patient services program. The final race included individual and business sponsors. Russell Davis and H P Green Shoe Co backed the winning pigeon.

Danville Cancer Association Race Against Cancer Jimi Spartanburg S.C Danville Russell Davis H.P. Green Shoe Co

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