Southside Auditorium Bids To Be Advertised
Pittsylvania County School Board discussed advertising bids for the new Southside High School auditorium in Chatham. They plan to receive bids by September 10 and seek an acreage exception for the project while reviewing changes to the school integration plan and other board actions.
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Southside
Pittsylvania County
Southside High School
Chatham
U. S. Office of Education
Virginia Education Association
Chatham High School
J. H. Combs
Office of Education
Development Plans Pushed By Authority
The Person Caswell Lake Authority outlines aims to develop Hyco Lake into a premier NC recreation site. It details leasing the 10 foot control strip, boat fees, safety rules, a 65 acre park, and hiring a lake police officer. The authority, created by Caswell and Person counties, seeks self supporting operations with 25 year leases and annual permits.
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Roxboro
N. C
Caswell Lake Authority
Hyco Lake
North Carolina
Rt. 57
Boards of Commissioners of
Caswell
Person Counties
Lake of Carolina Power and Light Co
Power Company
Early to Bed Insomniac Matron Clad in Pajamas
PORTSMOUTH Friday the 13th tale centers on a Cradock matron who, awake at 5 a.m. in only baby doll pajamas, slips outside to empty trash. The door latches, the husband asleep inside, and a newspaper carrier, a bus driver, and a phone call help her reenter. The curious sequence ends with the pajama clad husband unaware of the escape and lock.
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Portsmouth
Cradock
Bedrock Drilling Guides Broad St Bridge Plans
State Highway Department crew led by Marion Creech of Lynchburg drills in Dan River as part of Broad St Bridge planning. Six holes target bedrock granite gneiss at 0.8 ft. deepest hole to date 10 ft. Four holes on each river side, three near center line. Project includes four bridges with $2.6 million for the river span, traffic hoped in 1967.
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State Highway Department
Dan River
Broad St. Bridge
Marion Creech
Lynchburg
Broad St
Creech
Memorial Drive
Riverside Drive
Piney Forest Rd
Sandy Creek
Memorial Dr
Riverside
Sunoco
County Band Invited to Florida Festival
Dan River High School band won invitation to represent Virginia at the St Peters burg Festival of States in Florida next April. The county school board approved the trip subject to parental consent and funding that avoids undue burden. Estimated travel costs are 5000 by bus or 7300 by air for 53 students plus eight chaperones. The group will perform two obligatory concerts and join the final parade, with awards including the Governor's Cup and the Hearts of St Petersburg Award. Funds are to come from local and state industry and other organizations.
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Combs
Nationwide Insurance Co
Virginia Rating Bureau
Chatham High School
Coates Carter
Chatham
County
Charles Ellis
Dan River Band
Danville
Ellis
J.H. Combs
Dan River
St. Petersburg
Petty Thieves Prowling Again
A series of thefts were reported with small losses across several locations. Barber shop money totals three quarters and a dime. Items stolen include dress pants from a car, a pillfold, pocket books, hub caps, and two bicycles. One resident reported a man posing as a police officer attempting to serve a warrant on her husband.
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Dick Oliver
Oliver
Arnett Blvd
Piney Forest Rd
Paul Hamlett Goforth
Yanceyville
N. C
Rt. 2
Claiborne St
Pauline Adkins
Westover Drive
Rosemary Lane
Rooms Sought For Students Entering DTI
Danville Technical Institute seeks housing for a record number of students arriving next month. More than 400 are expected to register September 2, and with dorm space tight, private rooms for boys and girls are needed along with small furnished apartments. About 150 to 200 more spaces will be required. Most courses are filled with a waiting list per Principal James Van Oot.
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Danville Technical Institute
DTI
James van Oor
van Oot
Two Farm Workers Die In County Tragedy
A tractor wreck on Route 777 near the Franklin County line killed Raymond Mease and Herman Pannell while seriously injuring Paul Fitzgerald. The trio, all from Sandy Level, were reportedly transporting irrigation pipe when the machine overturned on a steep grade. Mease and Pannell died at the scene. Fitzgerald was transported to Roanoke General Hospital with multiple injuries. The incident raised Pittsylvania County’s 1965 highway deaths to 17.
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Smith Mountain Dam
Raymond Eugene Mease
Herman Pannell
Sandy Level Rt. 1
Paul Fitzgerald
Roanoke General Hospital
C. R. Gunter
Ajax
Franklin County
Gunter
Mease
Parnell
Fitzgerald
Wilbur Edwards
Edwards
Pittsylvania County
Pittsylvania
Ambassador in Blue program to honor courteous police
Danville's Super Committee will finalize the Ambassador in Blue plan at its August 24 meeting with City Council endorsement. The program starts in September if feasible, costing about 800 to 900 dollars. Vivian Giles will head the committee, which may expand its membership.
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Danville
Super Committee
Vivian Giles
U.S
Police Courtesy College
Northwestern University
Evanston
Police Department
Citiens
Giles
Fire alarm livened Richmond day with long hose use
Four fire trucks and 20 firemen responded to a fire at a luxury residence area. They unreel 3,100 feet of hose, plus 1,500 feet from two more pumpers, totaling six-tenths of a mile of hose. A small flame on a railroad tie near the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks was quickly extinguished.
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Richmond
Raymond E. Huband
Chesapeake and Ohio
Farm Bill Seen Offering Little To Virginians
Robert B Delano president of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation says the Johnson administration omnibus farm bill offers little to Virginia farmers He notes Virginia is a feed deficit state and higher feed grain costs slow livestock poultry and dairy expansion He criticizes federally operated feed grain programs while citing a 6 percent rise in Midwest grain production He warns the bill would raise bread and cereal prices hurting low income families and alleges discriminatory taxation amid broader tax cuts for fur coats jewelry.
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Richmond
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Johnson Administration
Virginia
Robert B. Delano
Delano
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mid West
Farm Bureau
Congress
Barracks To Stage Watermelon Cutting
Cansylvania Barracks No 1081 veterans will cut watermelons at a meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m at American Legion Post 1097 on Fairfield Ave. Members bring wives and daughters and prospective members. Mrs Nora Wheelbarger of Norfolk state president of the Ladies Auxiliar y to World War I veterans will speak to the women and collect old eyeglasses frames and cancelled postage stamps for the auxiliary work with disabled veterans.
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Cansylvania Barracks
American Legion Post
Fairfield Ave
Nora Wheelbarger
Norfolk
Ladies Auxilary
Clarke Seeks Enlargement of CATV Study Committee
City Councilman Robert H. Clarke urged Mayor W C McCubbins to add two members to the CATV study committee. Clarke wants broader representation from council and radio stations as Booth Broadcasting Corp seeks a special license for a Danville CATV system. The panel was granted 60 more days to study legal and engineering aspects, with a report due from Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co on pole arrangements.
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Robert H. Clarke
W C. McCubbins
Clarke
Booth Broadcasting Corp
Detroit
Mich
Danville
McCubbins
Booth
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
C&p
James A. H. Ferguson
T. Edward Temple
B. G. Adkins
James A. Thomasson
Allan Garrett
Garrett
CATV
Thomasson
Virginia Electronics Association of
Minimum Wage Pushes Farm Mechanization in Tobacco Regions
Farm leaders say extending federal minimum wage to agricultural workers may speed mechanization on tobacco farms. A C Moore of Pittsylvania County Farm Bureau notes higher costs for labor could push growers toward more efficient methods while sharing fears for worker jobs. Blairs and McDowell cite existing reliance on experienced labor and potential shifts to stand by.
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A. C. Moore
Pittsylvania County
McDowell
J. F. Blair
Pittsylvania
House Education and Labor Committee
Johnson
Moore
Blair
North Carolina
Blair and
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Dan River High School
Fla
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South Carolina
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