Gas Tank Fire Kills Brakeman In Rail Truck Crash
A Danville brakeman Raymond E. Durham, 39, died when a locomotive struck a tanker truck near Leaksville North Carolina, igniting a roaring blaze that damaged four large oil tanks and caused about $200,000 in damages. Engineer Roy A. Gray survived serious burns as volunteer firefighters battled flames around gasoline and kerosene tanks. other crewmen were unhurt.
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Leaksville
N. C
Danville
Raymond E. Durham
Holcomb Ave
Carolina and Northwestern
Roy A. Gray
Holbrooks Ave
Duke Hospital
Durham
Jeffrey T. Farr
Yanceyville Rd
Gray
Farr
James C. Arendall
Moffett St
M. D. Gilley
Earl Wyatt
Wyatt
S. H. Knight Oil Co. Jor
Knight
East Ave
Carolina and Northwestern Railway
Southern Railway
Super Committee Elects Officers and Expands Roles
The Super Committee becomes a permanent group with by-laws and officers. Charles R. Haynsworth Jr is chaplain O Lewis Roach vice chair Ray Williams secretary and Mrs Vivian Giles treasurer. The panel initiates Ambassador in Blues monthly praise for officers and plans a space and promotion program honoring Corning Glass Works.
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Super Committee
Charles R. Haynsworth, Jr
O. Lewis Roach
Ray Williams
Vivian Giles
Danville
Corning Glass Works
Bee blamed for North Main Street accident
Patricia Ferrell a 17 year old of 2004 North Main Street told Officer Carter she swatted at a bee and distracted her from the street causing a crash on North Main Street. Her car struck Reuben Earles parked at 225 Ruskin Street and pushed it 35 feet into a utility pole. Ferrell’s car damage $700 Earles’ car $1,000 total $1,700.
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North Main St
Patricia Ferrell
M. F. Carter
Owen
Reuben J.earles
Ruskin St
Ferrell
Earles Auto
Charges Grow In Theft Of Vacuum Cleaner
Two more teens were charged in a vacuum cleaner theft from a salesman’s car last week. Nolan Tilden Hudson and Ronald Edward Saunders face larceny and receiving charges, while Wesley Davis Belton was charged earlier. The cleaner was recovered from a pawn shop for 15 dollars. Detective activity also included forgery warrants against Eugene K. Sanders for 35 dollar checks cashed in May 1957.
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Wade Groff
Coley Boone
Nolan Tilden Hudson
Kemper Rd
Ronald Edward Saunders
East Ave
Wesley Davis Belton
Gerald P. Bruce
Westover Drive
T. N. Morris
Eugene K. Sanders
Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Sanders
J. W. Thompson
J. M. Johnson
Budget Bid Submitted By Local College
The Danville branch of Virginia Tech led four colleges and one state agency in requesting maintenance and operation funds for the coming biennium. Total requests reached 59 million dollars with Virginia State College and Wytheville and Clifton Forge-Covington branches seeking large increases while the unemployment commission requested a slight decrease.
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Danville
Virginia Tech
Joseph M. Taylor
Virginia State College
Petersburg
Wytheville
Clifton Forge-Covington
Virginia Unemployment Commission
Clifton Forge - Covington
4 Hers Leave Bacon Bring Home Prizes at Lynchburg
Pittsylvania County 4 H Club members earned cash prizes at the 12th Annual Market Hog Show and Sales in Lynchburg. Millard Roher Jr Grand Champion at 225 pounds sold for 35 cents a pound, earning $17. Reserve Champion led by Olin Saunders weighed 210 pounds and sold for 30 cents a pound, with $20 prize money.
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Pittsylvania County
Lynchburg
Millard Roher, Jr
Union Hall
Callands
Millard
Olin Saunders
Kentuck
Kentuck 4H Club
Olin
Chatham plywood plant hit by explosion and fire
An explosion and fire damaged a dust collection system at Whittle Plywood Corp in Chatham last night. President H D Whittle Jr said production should resume by Monday after repair of dust ducts and soldered joints. no interior damage or injuries reported. The plant, built this year near the Chatham freight depot, began plywood production in May.
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Whittle Plywood Corp
Chatham
H. D. Whittle, Jr
Young Company
Martinsville Speeding Up Plans for New High School
Martinsville City Council approved borrowing 100000 to pay architect fees for a new Martinsville high school and set an April 19 1966 bond referendum for a 3 million dollar project. Superintendent John Richmond said architects would begin immediately as the need is urgent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Council
Henry Reed
John Richmond
Texan Prefers Area To Home But He's A Natural Gas Man
A Texan told Dan River Sertoma members he prefers Pittsylvania County to Texas. Herman Melton of Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. outlined the natural gas industry’s growth, company taxes paid to Pittsylvania this year totaling $171,506.34, and Transco’s 6,245 miles of lines from Texas to New York City. He noted 1964 sales of 61.1 billion cu ft and daily delivery around 2.5 bcfd, explained storage methods, and described odorization at distribution points to detect leaks.
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Pittsylvania County
Texas
Dan River Sertoma
Herman Melton
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp
Melton
Seritorians
Transcontinental
Pittsylvania
Chatham
Transco
New York City
New Jersey
Danville Shrine Club Outing at Park Springs
The Danville Shrine Club hosts its annual outing on Thursday at Park Springs. Ladies are invited and supper will be served promptly at 7 p.m.
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Danville
Park Springs
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S. H. Knight
Oil Company
Oi Company
Tanner Branch
Oil Company Iot
Boone Rd
Neil Lewis
First National Bank
Lewis
Samuel B. Robertson
Robertson
Spray
Draper
Capt. Lewis
Dan River Mills
Pelham
Elvin Durham
Eva D. Durham
U. S. Navy
Forest Lawn Baptist Church
Olleen Anderson
Judy
Patsy Durham
George Murphy
Robert Strader
Ryland Stowe
Arnold
Earl Durham
Knight Oil Co
R. E. Durham
NASA
Robert J. Jones
Spofford C. Whittaker
Louis Berman
Downtown Merchants
Holiday Inn Restaurant
Ora. Parker Wetm
Cam Italia
Lillian W. Xates
Mgr
Virginia
Neonat
Danville, Virginia
Ederal Deposit Insurance Corp
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