Main Street Pastor To Exhibit Trains At Youth Center
Dr W D Williams displays his electric train collection this Saturday from 10 a m to 5 p m for children at the Youth Center Main Street Methodist Church and again Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at the same hours. The display features standard gauge 1920s 30s S gauge O gauge and HO gauge trains including steam electric and diesel locomotives with sound recordings of steam locomotives in action.
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W. D. Williams
Main Street Methodist Church
Lynchburg Gas seeks large Virginia franchise to distribute gas
Lynchburg Gas Co seeks a franchise from the State Corporation Commission to distribute natural gas across a 16 county plus area in south side and central Virginia. If granted, it would become Virginia’s largest natural gas distributor by area, via subsidiaries Citizens Gas Co and Virginia Pipe Line Co, serving South Boston and 14 towns plus rural customers. The company plans to supplement gas with fuel oils and LP gas through Lynco Development Corp.
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Richmond
Lynchburg Gas Co
Southside
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
SCC
North Carolina
Pittsylvania
Halifax
Orange County
South
Boston
Lynchburg Gas
Virginia Gas Distribution Corp
Lynchburg
Citizens Gas Co
Virginia Pipe Line Co
Michael E. Shea
Lynco Development Corp
Virginia Pipe Line
Hurt - Altavista
Glasgow
Gordonsville
Citizens Gas
Scottsville
Orange
Bedford
Chatham
Shea
Fluvanna
Louisa
Nelson
Appomattox
Buckingham
Charlotte
Cumberland
Prince Edward
Amherst
Campbell Counties
Bedford County
Roanoke
Fof
Albemarle
Rockbridge Couny
Brothers To Be Tried Anew Five Years After Conviction
Two Danville brothers Hassie Massie Jr and Milton Massie face retrial in Virginia County Circuit Court in Chatham on January 4 about five years after their armed robbery conviction. A federal writ of habeas corpus granted new trials contending ineffective counsel. If not retried within 60 days they may be released.
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Danville Rt. 4
Pittsylvania County
Chatham
Hassie Massie, Jr
Milton Massie
Commonwealth
Joseph M. Whitehead
Massies
Yancey Stokes
Yanceyville
N.C
Eddie Butts
Esso
Rt. 86
North Carolina
Butts
Stokes
Shirley W. Matherly
Matherly
Langhorne Jones
Virginia
Youths Arrested In Stolen Car In North Carolina
Two Altavista youths aged 15 and 17 were arrested in Reidsville North Carolina after a car stolen there Monday night was traced to Harville Motors Riverside Drive. The pair are being held in connection with a burglary attempt in Reidsville. The stolen vehicle belonged to a Richmond man who had left it for repairs.
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Altavista
Reidside
N.C
Reidsville
Harville Motors
Riverside Drive
Richmond
Downtowner Auction Sale Slated Today
The Downtowner Motor Inn sale is set for 11 a.m. today at the corner of Main and N Union streets conducted by Shields Auction and Realty Co. Special commissioner Rutledge C. Clement notes strong interest. Cash terms apply, subject to first lien deed of trust and court confirmation. The nine story building opened last spring includes restaurant motel offices with 118 rooms and 12 suites.
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Downtowner Motor Inn
Shields Auction and Realty Co
Main
N. Union Streets
Rutledge C. Clement
Stratford Names Trio As Heads Of Departments
Three faculty members at Stratford College were named department chairmen. Dr. Rafael Aguirre in Spanish, Miss Lee Robertson in physical education, and Mrs. Charles K. Waddell in French were selected as department heads.
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Stratford College
Rafael Aguirre
Lee Robertson
Charles K. Waddell
James E. Oliver
ITF
Stratford
W. Hugh Moomaw
Goodyear to Break Ground in Danville Groundbreaking
Goodyear will stake out its tenth tire plant in Danville with a noon ceremony featuring a flag planting and dynamite blast to mark the start. Sam DuPree and local officials will attend a brief event at the hillside site followed by a luncheon at the Country Club Inn. The plant will occupy a 565 acre site east of Route 85 and is expected to create about 400 jobs with a $3 million annual payroll.
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Goodyear
Sam DuPree
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Danville
Tire and Rubber Company
Rt. 85
North Carolina
Municipal Airport
DuPree
City Hall
T. E. Temple
Cere
Country Club Inn
Temple
W. C. McCubbins
Nelson G. Ball
Charles T. Clark
William R. Shultz
John D. Petersen
Louis Ciraldo
David Gowans
John Akridge
Richemond
William Mankin
Edward Bates
Stan Ballard
Thomas J. Allison
Carl Dangel
Donald Lewis
H. Hu Tevier
The
Norfolk and Western Railroad
R. N. Woodall
Bank Robber Still At Large In Virginia Area
Detectives and FBI agents hunted a white male robber who held up the Ameri can National Bank branch in the Nor Dan Shopping Center at 12 35 PM. A 1962 Chevrolet with red stripes linked to the Suffolk theft was found abandoned along with a red and blue blanket. Bank manager Carl T Yeatts described the robber as about 50, five feet eight, 160 165 pounds, ruddy complexioned and clean shaven. Police questioned witnesses and staged lineups with no arrest. An airplane may join the search.
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FBI
Pittsylvania County
American National Bank
Nor-Dan
Judy E. Towler
Towler
Suffolk
Greensboro
N.C
Alexandria
Portsmouth
Carl T. Yeatts
iNor -Dan
Pank
Yeatts
Jane Meeler
Irene Wilkinson
Kroger
North Main St
Franklin Turnpike
Franklin Turnpike i
Danville Students Call for League Re evaluation of Dating Rules
University of Virginia student C Linwood Duncan voices mixed views on the Parents League guidelines for teen dating and dances. He supports driving and drinking cautions but urges re evaluation of dress codes timing end times and the practice of dancing with partners other than one’s date, citing practicality and social life concerns.
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Parents League of
Dansville
University of Virginia
League
C. Linwood Duncan
College of Arts and Sciences
Charlottesville
Duncan
I Danville
Ducan
Danville
Manes
Yooung
Sweatshirt
Whistle
Martinsville Sets Feb 8 Referendum for $900,000 Bond
Martinsville City Council set tentative February 8 for a $900,000 revenue bond referendum to fund a new City Hall complex on West Church Street next to a near finished fire station. The court must officially confirm the date. CATV franchise bids will be advertised after a second reading of the ordinance.
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Martinsville
Irving Cubine
West Church St
W. Holladay Yeaman
CATV
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South Boston
Farmville
Gretna
Mineral
Trio
Chevrolet
Albemarle County
Holiday Inn Restaurant
He, Lillian
Dave Bolling
Yates
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