Sale of undesignated tobacco policy under review
The Five-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee met to ease rules on undesignated tobacco sales and discussed a federal spot audit of warehouse books across the Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Florida flue cured area. It announced new sales poundage limits and slated enforcement steps with ASCS and USDA officials. Georgia Florida receives an extra 10 percent sales opportunity while other flue cured regions revert to normal limits. North Carolina and Virginia markets saw earlier hikes and detailed market data followed.
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Virginia
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Florida
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Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service
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Agriculture Marketing Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
JW. York
Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA
Prices on Week's Leaf Offerings Set New Local Record
On the Danville Tobacco Market, farmers averaged 92.67 per 100 pounds for the week's offerings, a new local high. Through two weeks, 3,719,550 pounds sold with a season average of 88.27 and 3,283,415 dollars paid to farmers. Thursday's sales totaled 960,357 pounds for 248,747 dollars at 95.54 per hundred. Wednesday saw a daily high of 96.14.
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Virginia
Federal State Market News Service
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Caroina-Border
Danville
Tobacco market price boost cited by Danville official
Virginia Commonwealth University notes daily sales averages with higher prices due to stronger bidding. Danville Tobacco Market Supervisor Charles Waddell cites third primings at up to 1.06 per pound and stronger competition. Winston-Salem led volume with 403,396 pounds at 96.54 per hundred. other markets reported varied gains and several had no sales.
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Winston-Salem
Petersburg
Worley Aims for Masters Through Weekend Program in Virginia
Nancy Worley, a rehabilitation social worker in Danville, travels 304 miles each weekend to Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond for a drive in vocational rehabilitation program. She is among six Danville professionals commuting to earn a master’s in vocational rehabilitation counseling by next May, balancing work with study and field projects across the state and nearby states.
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Washington Sentenced to Die for Slaying Prison Guard
James E. Washington, 26, was sentenced to death by Virginia Beach Circuit Court for the 1971 murder of prison guard Raul Monte in Powhatan County. A shotgun-guarded exit followed the verdict after a four hour deliberation, with execution slated for January 10 pending automatic appeal.
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James E. Washington
Raul Monte
Powhatan
Washington
Malcolm Jefferson
Monte
Powhatan County
Rally and Fair Draw 750 To Ballou Rally in Park
About 750 people attended the Senior Citizens Rally and Fair at Ballou Park Shopping Center yesterday. The event featured Army Band performances from Fort Lee, a fashion show, blood pressure and diabetes checks, and various crafts displays as attendees enjoyed country and bluegrass tunes and social activity.
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Army Band
Fort Lee
Patsy Slavin Crew
Danville Senior Citizens Center
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Joyce takes blame for irregularities at Andrew Lewis High
Former Salem Mayor Eddie Joyce athletic director and assistant principal at Andrew Lewis High School said he accepts full blame for irregularities in the school's internal accounts found by a routine audit. He blamed administrative mistakes and said discrepancies totaling nearly $4,000 over three years prompted his decision to quit school administration and focus on coaching football.
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Andrew Lewis High School
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Lampros
Salem City
Andrew Lewis
Arnold Burton
Commonwealth's Attorney's Office
Burton
VCU President Brandt to resign October first
Richmond AP War ren W Brandt the first president of Virginia Commonwealth University will resign Oct 1 He will become a consultant to the VCU Board of Visitors while seeking other higher education work The Times Dispatch noted Brandt led the merger of MCV and RPI and faced administration centralization friction as VCU grew into Virginias largest public university with over 17000 students The university will be run by a committee during a search chaired by T Edward Temple
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Fimes-Dispatch
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RPI
General Assembly
VCU
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Blanton
Virginia
T. Edward Temple
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