Doctors Plan New Building In Hospital Area
Houses on Main and West Main streets are being razed to make way for medical offices. Dr J J Neal Jr outlined a colonial style 7 000 square foot first floor and 6 000 second floor building next to the City Health Department, with offices for doctors and dentists and a medical group to be formed. Construction to begin in about two weeks with occupancy hoped for in January.
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Main
West Main Street
J. J. Neal, Jr
City Health Department
West Main
Green B. Updike, Jr
Frank Turner
Neal
Glen B. Updike, Jr
West Main St
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Watershed idea eyed to thwart Collinsville floods
Henry County leaders heard a plan to form two watershed associations to drain Daniels and Beaver Creek near Collinsville. The effort, backed by 50 petitioners, would seek federal and state support, surveying, and necessary easements, with bridges possibly raised to improve flood relief. State and local officials pledged cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Daniels
Beaver Creek
Collinsville
Henry County Board
Sam Gusler
Gusler
Duke Price
U.S. Soil Conservation Service Office
State Conservation Service
Soil Service
C. H. Coffman
Youth Charged With Theft Of Vacuum Cleaner
Wesley Davis Bellow aged 19 of East Ave was charged with larceny of a vacuum cleaner from a salesman Gerald P Bruce on West over Drive. Bruce recovered the vacuum from a pawn shop for 15 dollars. Police also investigated two bubble gum machine thefts and two hubcap thefts from local businesses and residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Davis Bellow
East Ave
Gerald P. Bruce
Westover Drive
Bruce
Kemper Rd
Memorial Drive
Rudder Motor Sales
A. V. Lewis
Winthrop Ave
Tunstall YFs Set to Discuss Slow Moving Vehicle Emblems
Tunstall Young Farmers Association will hold a meeting at Tunstall High School on Thursday night. The session starts at 8 o'clock and will cover the Slow Moving Vehicle emblem topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunstall Yfs
Tunstall Young Farmers Association
Tunstall High School
Plans Pushed For New Henry Courthouse
Martinsville reports the Board of Supervisors authorized Executive Secretary E C Carver to hire an engineer to prepare cost and needs figures for a Henry County Courthouse. The plan envisions a study grant from Home Housing and Finance Agency if not pursued, or a loan if pursued. A Martinsville firm Lester Lumber Co offered free land for the project.
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Martinsville
Henry County
Board of Supervisors
E. C. Carver
Home Housing and Finance Agency
Lester Lumber Co
Martinsville Youth Wins $500 Tech Cadet Scholarship
Franklin Hamilton Smith of Martinsville earned a $500 Virginia Tech Cadet Corps scholarship among three given to freshmen with superior academics and leadership. Smith plans to study chemical engineering as alumni gifts fund the program.
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Martinsville
Franklin Hamilton Smith
Virginia Tech Cadet Corps
Smith
VPI
Venus kept warm by snow precipitation theory at tech conference
At the Virginia Tech space conference Dr. John D. Strong of Johns Hopkins proposed that Venus’s dark side stays nearly as warm as the bright side as water vapor in high clouds freezes into snow, releasing heat. Balloon-based observations with infrared spectrometry helped identify ice crystals in Venusian clouds. Other speakers outlined Mars and Venus atmospheric theories amid about 230 attendees at the NASA coordinated event sponsored by NASA, the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory and Virginia Tech.
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Blacksburg
Venus
John D. Strong
Johns Hopkins University
Virginia Tech Space
Strong
Dr. Strong
Johns Hopkins
Air Force
Cambridge Research Laboratory
Zies
Dirk Brouwer
Yale University Observatory
Conway Leavy
Rand Corporation
S. K. Runcorn
University of Newcastle Upon Tine
England
Brouwer
Mars
Earth
Sun
Runcorn
Leavy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory l
Virginia Tech
One Man Air Force Base Retires After 23 Years Service
Col. Hamilton F. Swicegood retires from the Air Force Reserve after 23 years. Recalled in 1951 for the Korean War he became a one man base at Dover AFB then served as base comptroller at Malmstrom and in Dahran Saudi Arabia. He later led the Air Force Reserve Training Flight andRecovery Squadron before its 1962 disbandment.
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Hamilton F. Swicegood
Air Force Reserves
Swicegood
Leport
Dover Afb
Delaware
Air Force
Dover
IBM
Great Falls
Mont
Malmstrom Afb
Dahran
Saudi Arabia
Miami Beach
Office of Flying Safety
Headquarters
Army Air Force
Air Force Reserve
Air Force Academy
Second Air Force Reserve Region
Defense
McNamara
Lions Club Watermelon Feast At Ballou Park
The Danville Evening Lions Club hosts a public watermelon feast at Ballou Park Shopping Center next Thursday and Friday from 5 to 9 pm. Eat on site for 50 cents for all you can enjoy, or take home whole watermelons for 1 dollar each. Proceeds support the club’s general projects fund.
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Danville
Club
Williams VFW Post To Meet Tonight
The Hugh T. Williams VFW Post will meet at 8 p.m. at the Post Home. Jake Tate, recent delegate to the national VFW meeting in Chicago, will report on the conference.
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Hugh T. Williams
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post
Post
Jake Tate
VFW
Chicago
Jaycees Aim to Break Scrap Paper Record Weekend Drive
Danville Jaycees plan a two day scrap paper drive to top 58 tons collected last December. Chairman Jimmy Lewis urges residents to bundle paper for easier pickup Saturday commercial and Sunday residential routes with noon bundle out. Call 792 3411 for missed pickups and drop sites at Craghead Street or contact the Jaycees. Proceeds fund youth activities and community projects with a free meal for workers.
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Danville Jaycees
Jimmy Lewis
Jaycees
Lewis
Southern Railroad
Craghead St
Bolton
Jaycettes
Danville Soldier Receives Best Neighbor Award in Korea
Sgt. Albert L. Toney of the 530th Replacement Company in Korea is named to receive the Best Neighbor Award by the Seoul Jaycees for work with underprivileged shoeshine boys and aiding peers. He helped send four boys to school and has long served through the Protestant Men of the Chapel and the Big Brothers Society. The Danville native, with roots in Pelham, is a lay Baptist minister and has a third son born in April after returning to the Far East last September.
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Danville
Korea
Seoul
Jaycees
U.S
Dong- Hyuk Rhee
Seoul Jaycees
Sgt
Toney
Sally
Lem Price
Pelham
N.C
Big Brothers Society
Far East
Caswell County
Gwynn
Chapel
Traffic Fatalities Mounting On Pittsylvania Roads
The Register reports 1965 may become the worst year for Pittsylvania County road deaths with 23 fatalities by Aug 23, surpassing 1941 and 1964 totals. State Police note speed and alcohol as key factors. manpower limits hinder patrols on 1600 miles of highways. A list of fatal incidents from Feb to Aug 1965 is included.
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Pittsylvania
J. M. Hutcherson
Safety Council
Hylton Doss
Gretna Rt. 2
Sgt. Hutcherson
Doss
Rt. 640
Lynchburg
Rt. 58
West
Stony Mill
Theodore Morrison
Hutcherson
Pittsylvania County
Fen
Gretna Bank
Chatham
Gretna
Chesapeake
Danville
Stokesland St. Ext
Women urged to oppose Abe Fortas Supreme Court appointment
Dr. Hugh Kossoff urged Pittsylvania women to write or wire Senators Byrd and Robertson opposing Abe Fortas for the U.S. Supreme Court. He cited Fortas's links to Communist causes, his work for Owen Lattimore, actors facing subversion probes, Bobby Baker’s lawyer role, and requests to suppress Walter Jenkins news. He said the appointment had not yet cleared Senate approval.
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Pittsylvania
Byrd and Robertson
Abe Fortas
U.S. Supreme Court
Hugh Kossoff
Danville
Washington
Fortas
Johnson
Arthur Goldberg
Supreme Court
Kossoff
National Lawyers Guild
House UN- American Activities Committee
Owen Lattimore
Congressional Com
Lattimore
Bobby Baker
White House
Walter Jenkins
Woman's Club
U.S. Senate
Harry F. Byrd
Willis A. Robertson
City Teachers Start Work in Danville Schools
Danville teachers reported for the new school year with 92 newcomers after a briefing at George Washington High School. About 10,000 students will start Wednesday, with elementary and junior high students dismissed at noon this week. Trial schedules and staggered start times mark the week ahead at GW and Langston as full classes begin next Tuesday. Scheduled holidays include Labor Day September 6 and a Thanksgiving break November 25-26, with Christmas through January 12 and Easter April 7-12. The 1965-66 year ends June 1 for most. seniors graduate June 3.
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Danville
George Washington High School
George Washington
Langston
$500 Award Given In Suit Settlement
A $500 compromise award was given to Edward Dalton for injuries from a head on collision last July 4 in Patrick County. The settlement filed in Corporation Court marks the second from the same accident. Earlier Elmo Jackson Dalton received $1,000. both judgments were against James Everett Nester, driver of the other vehicle on Rt. 639 thirteen miles west of Stuart.
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Edward Dalton
Patrick County
Corporation Court
Elmo Jackson Dalton
Charles Dalton
jJames Everett Nester
Rt. 639
Stuart
Danville Woman Earns MS in Nursing at BU Summer Commencement
Margaret Ann Douglas of Danville earned a Master of Science in Nursing from Boston University as about 900 graduates joined the 42nd annual Summer commencement at War Memorial Auditorium. BU President Harold C. Case conferred degrees and spoke on Our Reach into the Future.
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Margaret Ann Douglas
Danville
School of Nursing
Boston University
Boston
New War Memorial Auditorium
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Harrold C. Case
New England Friends of Improved
Northeast
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Tech Space Conference
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College Board
Frank Swicegood
Lions Club
Williams Vfw
Sgt. Toney
A. L. Toney
the Register
Danville, Va
Ringgold Rt. 1
Hart
Parker Rd
Chatham Rt. 4
Rt. 732
Winslow
Gretna Rt. 3
Stoney Mill
U. S. Supreme Court
Holiday Inn Restaurant
Bernard Pater
WBTM
Casa Italia
Lillian W. a.Atks
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