Austrian teen Ilse Kropf brings Waltz to Danville
Ilse Kropf an 18 year old from Austria arrives in Danville to live with the W C Overton family at 135 College Ave while attending George Washington High School on an American Field Service scholarship. She plans to study German and English, pursue journalism, and hopes to become a foreign correspondent. She speaks English French and some Russian, and plans to learn Spanish, with a goal to understand the United States and improve her English while exploring American culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watuski
Frug
Ilse Kropf
Austria
United States
Ilse
Austin
W. C. Overton
College Ave
Overton
George Washington High School
American Field Service International
New York
Washington
Danville
Tilse
Graz
Vienna
France
U.S. of A
Catholic Institute
Paris
Aline Overton
Aline
AFS
Ilsa
Bill Overton, Jr
Rotary Club
Hse
Australia
Witnesses Charge Irregularities In Stevens Vote
Six witnesses testified at a Duncan plant hearing of J P Stevens & Co irregularities in the May 13 election. The Industrial Union Department of the Textile Workers Union of America pressed charges while the Estes plant case eyed for next week. James Pierce testified that proper eligibility lists were not signed by the company the day before the union vote. Other witnesses included Bonnie Seagraves John Freeman Lois Reece Jimmy Riddle and Robert Harolin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
8. C
Industrial Union Department
Textile Workers Union of America
TWUA
Duncan
J.P. Stevens & Co., Inc
Estes
Piedmont
James Pierce
Charlotte
TUC
Southeast
Bonnie Seagraves
John Freeman
Lois Reece
Unifill
Jimmy Riddle
Robert Harolin
Leaf Tobacco Stocks Rise In U S and P R
US and Puerto Rico leaf tobacco stocks reached 5.2 billion pounds on July 1, up 269 million from a year earlier per USDA quarterly stocks. Flue-cured stocks rose 6.6 percent, total flue-cured tobacco 2.5 billion pounds, and burley near 1.6 billion pounds, with gains across barley, Maryland, fire-cured, dark air-cured, and imported cigar tobaccos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Puerto Rico
Department of Agriculture
USDA
Consumer and Marketing Service
Maryland
Usda Joan
Cont Mer and Marketing Service
Burley Tobacco
Motocycle Crash Injures 15 Year Old Raines
Fifteen year old Roger Dale Raines of 225 Dudley St sustained a first degree burn to his right leg after a motorcycle collided with a car at West Main Street and Memorial Drive. Cadie Ray Keen of Danville Rt. 3 attempted a left turn into Memorial Drive into the path of Raines. Vehicle damages totaled 120 dollars.
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Roger Dale Raines
Dudley St
West Main St
Memor Tial Drive
W. W. Terry
Cadie Ray Keen
Danville
Negroes Protest In Amelia Against Registration Hours
About 250 Black residents and two white civil rights workers gathered in Amelia County to press for longer voter registration hours. SCLC director Herbert V. Coulton warned of sit ins kneelings and pray ins until changes occur. Officials defended existing hours claiming they suffice and only one Saturday registration is offered monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia
Amelia County
Herbert V. Coulton
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Office of Generalegistrar
J. H. Altice
Coulton
George Lincoln Rockwell
White Constitutional Party
Watermelon Feast Honors International Guest Ilse Kropf
Ilse Kropf guest of honor at a watermelon cutting hosted at the W. C. Overton home. Attendees include Bill Overton Jr Clyde S Cassells Rotary Club international service director Aline Overton Mrs Overton and Miss Kropf plus Harry Turbiville Danville American Field Sorte J T Christopher and George Washington High principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilse Kropf
W. C. Overton
Bill Overton, Jr
Clyde S. Cassells
Rotary Club
Aline Overton
Overton
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U.S
P.R
Purdum Paint Co., Inc
Main St
Blackwell Motor CO
Rambler
Tom Blackwell
Orrell Dalton
Tommy Gammon
Matt Nelson
Doug Hamlett
Bill Haley
International
Ford
Chevrolet
Bel-Air
Nice
Studebaker
4-Door, Ltd
Dodge
T. B. Blackwell
Rambler Sales and Service
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