C&P Reports Directory Assistance Calls Down
In Richmond AP reports fewer calls to directory assistance after Chesapeake and Potomac telephone Virginia started charging last November. For seven months, calls dropped 28 percent from the year before though 8 percent of numbers are in the book. Most customers paid nothing, while those who used the service averaged 83 cents monthly, about 63 000 dollars in revenue. The company says the charge reduced operator needs and calls have remained near steady.
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Richmond
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Virginia
C&p
G. Richard Wainwright
Rchmond
Mre
Wainwright
Thane
Abe
Link Security Joins IAAS To Protect Art Worldwide
Link To Guard Art Thomas I Link president of Link Security Inc with offices in Charlottesville and Danville announced his 25 year firm’s association with the International Association of Art Security IAAS. The non profit IAAS promotes prevention of theft fraud forgeries and damage to artwork in the United States and globally. Link said the Virginia DC registration service will aid law enforcement by identifying works and maintaining a regional registry through IAR. Contact GuardAmerica Group Link Security at P O Box 20 Charlottesville 22002 or call BU4 977 2800 for more information.
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Thomas I. Link
Link Security Inc
Charlottesville
Danville
International Association of Art Security Inc
IAAS
YAAS
United States
TAAS
International Art Registry, Limited
Link
Virginia
District of Columbia
New York City
Interpol
International Police Organization
GuardAmerica Group
P.O
Virginia Carolina Livestock Market Prices Rise Amid Strong Sale
At the Virginia Carolina Livestock Market, Sells 464 head with prices up $1 to $3 per hundredweight across most categories. Hog veal heifer and steer prices increased, sale moved 404 animals for $61,000 versus prior 495 head for $36,000.
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Virginia Carolina
Jimmy Hodges Jr
Hodes
Hodges
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Obituary Notices for Goforth and Rowland Families
Thomas Jackson Goforth of Danville died Tuesday at 12 20 p m at Camelot Nursing Home after a health decline since June Born September 25 1912 in Huntsville Alabama he was the son of the late John and Sophie Talley Goforth A Baptist and longtime Danville resident since November 1978 Survivors include four sons Carl E Goforth Danville Paul H and Kenneth B Goforth Kitchen Springfield and Tommy Lee Goforth Washington DC He also leaves two brothers doe Goforth Danville and Jerome Goforth Atlanta Georgia and ten grandchildren A graveside service will be held Thursday at 11 pm at Mountain View Cemetery officiated by Rev Robert G Williams The body is at Townes Funeral Home and the family will be at the residence of Carl Goforth 45 Deerwood Drive Deerwood Springs Lena Bell Rowland 78 of Hirt Route 1 died Monday evening in Lynchburg General Hospital Born in Pittsylvania County a daughter of the late Samuel Burton Schwitzerlette and Alice Warsham Schwitzerlette She was a former teacher in Pittsylvania County and a member of Midway Baptist Church Survived by husband Samuel W Rowland step mother Mrs Mryte Schwitzerlette Gretna one daughter Mrs Madalen Saunders Hart three brothers Oscar Schwitzerlette Norton Walter Schwitzerlette North Tazwell and Richard Schwitzerleite Grema and five sisters Mrs Mary Alice Haley Mrs Eater Pickeral Mrs Dorothy Jacobs all of Gretna and Mrs Dolly Pettrey and Mrs Mimmie Frazier both of Rustburg Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 pm at Midway Baptist Church conducted by Rev AV Conner Burial in Gretna Burial Park The body is at Colbert Moran Funeral Home in Gretna.
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Lena Bell Rowland
Hirt
Madalen
Saunders
Hart
Oscar Schwitzerlette
Norton
Walter Schwitzerlette
North Tazwell
Richard Schwitzerleite
Grema
Mary Alice Haley
Eater Pickeral
Dorothy Jacobs
Gremna
Dolly Pettrey
Mimmie Frazier
Rustburg
Curtis Layne Smead Funeral Planned Wednesday
Funeral services for Curtis Layne Smead, 49, of 522 Park Avenue, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Swicegood Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Samuel Greeson will officiate and burial will follow at Schoolfield Cemetery.
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Curtis Layne Smead
Park Avenue
Swicegood Funeral Chapel
Samuel Greeson
Schoolfield Cemetery
Crowder Construction wins Danville Rt 86 project bid
The State Highway and Transportation Commission awarded Crowder Construction Co. of Charlotte, N C, the $2 706 523 contract for Danville Rt 86 relocation, including grading drainage and a four lane divided roadway between Broad and West Main Streets near Southern Railway tracks with an interchange at West Main Street. EW Yeatts Inc of Altavista also won a 1 905 031 contract to extend the bypass from the Rt 29 interchange south of Lynchburg to Route 128.
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The
State Highway and Transportation Commission
Danville
Rt. 86
Crowder Construction Co. of
Charlotte, N.C
Broad
West Main Streets
Southern Railway
West Main Street
EW. Yeatts Inc
Altavista
Rt. 29
Lynchburg
Army To Probe Fatal Jet Crash
VIRGINIA BEACH VA AP The Navy said it will convene a panel to determine the cause of a crash of an AG Intruder jet in which one of the two crewmen was killed.
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Virginia Beach, Va
Navy
Algae Bloom Confuses Fredericksburg Officials
Fredericksburg AP notes a green shoreline coating on the Rappahannock River was not paint but westella algae. Tests show natural algal bloom from nitrogen runoff and low river flow, not a spill. Officials say no action, but highlight water quality concerns for farms using fertilizers and pesticides.
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Fredericksburg
Rappahannock River
Contre Buard
Rappahannock
Peterman
Water Board
Four Danville Men Arrested Over Caswell Club Incident
Danville police arrested four men on charges of being fugitives from Caswell County after an incident June 19 at The Drifter's Club in Caswell County North Carolina. Suspects Tab Barts Edward Warren Irwin Norris and Roger Webb, all from Danville, awaited hearings.
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Danville
Drifter's Club
Caswell County
N.C
Keith Quesenberry
C.W. Howerton
Tab Steven Barts
Cherry St
Edward Ray Warren
Worsham St
Irwin Thomas Norris
E. Thomas St
Roger Dale Webb
Cooper St
Breath Of Life Campaign sees Olivia Connally named chair
John Taylor, president of the Cystic Fibrosis foundation, announces Olivia Connally as chairman of the annual breath of life door to door campaign. She will organize volunteers to raise funds for research and care programs for children.
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Olivia Connally
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
John Taylor
Danville Market Tobacco Prices Continue Climb
The Danville market saw continued rise in flue cured tobacco prices on Tuesday with $360,708 from 97,563 pounds at an average of $90.73. The average price increased by over $2 from Monday while leaf volume dipped. Clarksville topped the $100 mark at $101.08, and Danville trailed Virginia and Area E averages, amid a record daily sale overview by the Tobacco Marketing Service.
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Danville
Winston-Salem
N.C
Virginia
Clarksville
Tobacco Marketing Service
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