Education leaders push wider power for Virginia council
Blacksburg AP report notes state college presidents urge the State Council of Higher Education to gain expanded authority over program planning and budgets. They also propose barring lawmakers and college officials from council membership, favoring independent lay leaders to ensure objectivity. The plan was unanimously adopted by presidents of Virginia’s four year, state supported colleges and universities.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
State Council of Higher Education
Council of Presidents
Virginia Tech
T. Marshall Mahni
General Assembly
Hahn
State Council
Woodrow W. Wilkerson
A. Melvin Miller
Alexandria
Commission On Higher Education
William F. Stoke
Martinsville
Former Resident Dies At Age 79
J. A. Williams, 79, a former Danville resident, died Sunday in Texas City Texas. Born December 20 1892 in Pittsylvania County he was World War I veteran and longtime Westbrooke Elevator Co employee before moving to Texas City 30 years ago. Survived by wife Lothe Williams of Texas City a brother and four sisters. Funeral 1:30 p.m. at Emken Linton Funeral Home Texas City. Residence 1109 6th Ave N Texas City.
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J. A. Williams
Danville
Texas City
Tex
Pittsylvania County
Joe. C
Minnie Sue Lewis Williams
Danville Lodge of Pythians
Westbrooke Elevator Co
Texas City Methodist Church
Texas City Lodge of Masons
Mrs Robertson Dies Sunday at Dry Fork
Bertha Mae Robertson 60 of Dry Fork died Sunday at Memorial Hospital. Survived by husband C B Robertson three sons James Bernard Tammy Lee and three daughters Florence Ethel plus siblings and other relatives. Funeral at Hope Chapel Baptist Church with interment in church cemetery. Also obituary notes Pearl Moss Digman died in Fairmont hospital with services in Mannington tomorrow. Church of England will not ordain women as priests before 1978 and six years for full entry after overcoming hurdles.
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Bertha Mae Robertson
Dry Fork
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
of Motley
Anna Lipford Motley
C. B. Robertson
James Robertson
Chatham Rt
Bernard Robertson
Dry Fork Rt
Tammy Lee Robertson
Cavilla Rt
Florence B. Robertson
Hampton
Ethel R. White
Atlantic City
Pearl Moss Digman
Charles
Chuck" Digman
Clarkson Drive
Fairmont
W. Va
Mannington
Rt. 1
Danville
Howard
Digman
Mildred A. Athey
Evalue Flaharty
London
Church of England
Saints in a fractured South and liberal saints of thought
Prominent ministers attend a memorial for Martin Luther King while Campbell visits James Earl Ray in a Memphis jail. Cunningham argues Southern religion is not bankrupt, and expands sainthood to thinkers like Martin Buber and Albert Camus for their humane, anti violent stances. He urges living with meaning through humane currents.
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Martin Luther King
Campbell
James Earl Ray
Memphis, Tenn
South
Cunningham
Martin Buber
Adolph Eichmann
Israel
Albert Camus
Camus
God
You're never too old to hear better advertisement offer
A Beltone notice in Chicago announces a free non operating model of the smallest Beltone aid ever made for those who hear but not understand words. No cost or obligation to try at home. weighs under an ounce and is wire free. Write Dept. 2773 Beltone Electronics Corp 4201 W Victoria Chicago Tl 60646.
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Chicago
Beltone
Beltone Electronics Corp
Victoria
Navy Seaman Admits Fire Set During Drug Flashback
Navy investigator testified Seaman Apprentice Jeffrey Allison admitted setting a multi million dollar fire aboard the aircraft carrier Forrestal during a drug flashback while awaiting a lie detector test. The confession occurred during a July interview after a July 10 blaze that delayed the ship’s deployment.
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Dave Riley
Associated Press
Norfolk, Va
Navy
Jeffrey Allison
Forrestal
Roy A. Rainville
Allison
Oakland
Calif
Mediterranean
Rainville
William EB. Neely
Halt Dam Construction Faces Ecologists Bid
Lynchburg group opposes delaying the Gathright Dam on the Jackson River upstream from Covington. W. Martin Johnson says the James River Basin Association supports continued construction to provide flood control and protect life property and farmland, while plaintiffs seek a halt in a case in Norfolk federal court.
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Lynchburg
James River Basin Association
Gathright
Jackson River
Covington
W. Martin Johnson
Melvin K. Laird
Secretary of Defense
Robert B. Ayers
Norfolk
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Cape Henry Bird Club
Bath
Alleghany
Virginia
Johnson
Aye
James River
Defense seeks suppressing statements in Allison case
Described as a cold chill that made him drift off into a state of timbo the statements were challenged by the defense. They argued the statements were obtained under duress and that Allison had not been properly informed of his rights, but the court rejected the move.
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Rainville
Allison
Neely
Sacks
Rainwater
Kenneth M. Greene
Seamai
Ex Justice Of Peace Misused Collateral
Dr Bruce Evans former Fairfax County justice of the peace was found guilty in Fairfax County Circuit Court of misusing or misappropriating 247 dollars in collateral from a traffic violator He supervised at the Annandale police substation for 18 months and resigned in September 1969 after criticism for arresting speakers and taking their personal checks as collateral He testified he deposited the entire 250 dollars in his personal account instead of the 3 dollar fee The judge set a presentence hearing for January 19 with a potential sentence of one to 20 years in the State Penitentiary
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Fairfax (Ap
Bruce Evans
Fairfax County
Evans
Annandale
Bernard F. Jennings
Jennings
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