Nine Council Candidates Discuss Danville Forum
Nine Danville City Council hopefuls debated the city budget subsidized mass transit and council relations at a Sunday YWCA forum. About 100 residents heard incumbents and challengers urge unity and economic growth while addressing taxes, downtown revitalization, and the role of government in funding services.
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Danville
Sehor Board
Danville Ywca
Dangillians
League of Women Voters
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
American Association of University Women
National Organization For Women
YWCA
C. C. Hams
Oakwood Circle
Anderson
Atkins
Willis
Hitt
Tie
Ley
Womack
Williams
Bolton
Harris
Mainlain
Ley and
C.C. Harris
Hill
Atking
Goodyear Workers Hold First Mass Meeting in Danville
About 490 United Rubber Workers Local 393 members gathered at Danville City Auditorium for the first meeting since Goodyear plant employees joined the national strike against four major tire makers. Local president Charles R. Denny cited a 1,631 membership and noted limited word of the session.
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United Rubber Workers Local
Danville
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Danville City Auditorium
Martinsville
Charles R. Denny
Denny
Deany
Goodyear
Ohio
Ile
Evans Dies After Capri Cafe Shooting On Celquohoun Street
Benjamin Evans of 967 Leeland Road died at Memorial Hospital after being shot in the chest during an argument at Capri Cafe on Craghead Street. Police reported no charges yet and surgery had been performed yesterday as investigations continue.
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Benjamin Evans
Memorial Hospital
Celquohoun Street
Capri
Craghead Street
Evans
Leeland Road
Chatham Garden Tour Draws Hundreds for Historic Week
Hundreds of guests from Danville and beyond toured Chatham homes as part of Historic Garden Week. Visitors from Knoxville to Washington, D. C. viewed church and private residences in sunny, breezy weather. Hostesses explained furnishings and family lore at Emmanuel Episcopal Church and other stops, with ticket sales coordinated by Mrs. Thomas P. Motley II.
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Chatham Garden
Chatham
Virginia
Danville
Knoxville
Venn
Indiana
Glen Riddln
Washington, D.C
West Virginia
Lynchburg
Chapel Hil
Thomasville
N.C
Hurl
Old Sol
D.mn
Emmanuel Episcopa Church
Episcopal
Jacob T. Coles
N. Main St
Hugh H. Willis Jr
Lanier Avenue
Water's Edge
Patsy Motley Hamilton
James W. Hamilton
Chatham Gardenlab
G. ¥. Thompson
Thomas P. Motley II
New Pastor Appointed at West Main Baptist Church
The Rev. Robert Hale-Cooper became senior minister at West Main Baptist Church in Danville yesterday. A Washington DC native, he comes from Marlowe Heights Baptist Church in Front Royal and is the fourth West Main pastor in forty years. He holds degrees from Wake Forest and Southern Baptist Seminary and has served at Vienna and Buck Grove Baptist Churches. He is married to Diana St Redmond with three children.
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Robert Hale-Cooper
West Main Baptist Church
Fale Cooper
Washington, D.C
Danville
Marlowe Heights
Front Royal
West Main
Hale-Cooper
Vienna Baptist Church
Buck Grove
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A. K. Anderson Spoxe
Sam Atkins
D. F. Willis
Danyilte
Bobby ¥. Hill
Raps Conneth
J. Terry Ley
Community Improvement Council
C.A
Ian” Womack
Jerry L. Williams Jr
Robert H. Clarke
Floyd Poindexter
Raymond D- Haley
Charles F. Sherrill
T. David Luther
Pittsylvania County
Hil
Caswell County
Willams
Miller Brewing Company
Danville City
Connell Wail
J. F. Coles
Goodyear Service
Wilson Street
Piney Forest Road
Goodyear Blvd
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Coca-Cola
Hamilton
W. Main Baptist
Wake Forest University
Southeastern Baptist Seminary
Wake Forest
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville
The
Farren County
Mental Health Association
Northwestern Psychiatric Clinic
Diana St. Redmond
Statesville
Red
Mike
Kelly
Robert Hale-Coopes
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