Sucker Control MH 30 Draws Fire At Leaf Quality Hearing
At Vaughan Armory in South Boston Virginia a two day USDA hearing on flue cured tobacco quality featured MH 30 as both hero and villain. Farm Bureau opposes MH-30 urging removal of affected tobacco to protect markets and prices. Industry reps from American Tobacco Philip Morris and Liggett and Myers argued MH-30’s impact is mixed with some quality losses but union growers warn of foreign market losses without reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Sy Start
C. Jones
Export Tobacco Co
Hugh C. Kiger
Foreign Agricultural Service
G. Osmond Hyde
Banks Satterfield
Agricultural Marketing Division
John G.mason
Phillip Morris, Ltd
Jack Scism
Register
Boston
Department of Agriculture
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
U.S
Vaughan Armory
Philip Morris
Liggett and Myers
U. S
John M. Moseley
American Tobacco
O.’S
C. A. Carr
Dibrell Brothers, Inc
Danville
Naugatuck Chemical Company
Denieg
H. Douglas Tate
Naugatuck
Albert R. Vaughan
Virgilina
Stabilization’ Corporation
Ers
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Tobacco
Usda Foreign Agriculture Section
Virginia-North Carolina Old Belt
Paul C. Edmonds, Jr
South
Edmonds
Federal
State Agricultural Department
Moore
Turner
National Tobacco Advisory Committee
Kiger
United States
Weeks
Stabilization Corporation
Elliott Named Governor of Exchange Club
Raymond A. Elliott of 140 Clarendon Circle is appointed district governor for Virginia District 2 of the National Exchange Club, covering Danville Lynchburg Martinsville and Roanoke. He will liaison with national headquarters in Toledo Ohio and visit clubs to relay policies and programs including Book of Golden Deeds and Freedom Shrine. Elliott a former Danville Exchange Club president, oversees youth programs and new club sponsorships amid nationwide crime prevention and community service efforts.
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Raymond A. Elliott
Clarendon Circle
Virginia
National Exchange Club
Norman E. Parkhurst
Bayamon
Puerto Rico
Danville
Lynchburg
Martinsville
Roanoke
Elliott
Toledo
Ohio
Exchange Club of
Freedom Shrine
U. S
Youth Kills Father Aids His Mother
Richard Filmore Amos, 43, was killed Friday at the home of his estranged wife on Dudley Street after threatening his wife with a pistol. His son Richard P. Amos Jr., 19, was charged with feloniously shooting and killing his father. The younger man, held on 1500 bond, described the sequence in which he fired twice after his father forced entry. The elder Amos has a police record including public drunkenness and an appeal noted from a recent Municipal Court conviction.
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Richard Filmore Amos
Richard P. Amos, Jr
Amos
Dudley St
Amos, Jr
Richard, Jr
Investigation At City Hall Slated For Thursday
The Harris Harris-Bowling hearing resumes Thursday at 2 pm in City Hall Council conference room. Committee chair Womack will direct witnesses to testify on charges against City Engineer Dave Bowling. The probe, authorized by Council, aims to finish quickly with sessions each Thursday, possible extra meetings, and a special counsel firm to assist.
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Ipm
City Council
City Hall
Charles A. ‘Womack
Fletcher Harris
Davé Bowling
Womack
Harris
Bowling
James A. H. Ferguson
Clement, Winston and Craig
Railroad
Ramtrod
Bowing
Edwin B. Meade
Julian Stinson
Stinson
Cassell Jones
D. L. Arey
Tragic Icy Skid Kills Car Driver Car Near Oxford North Carolina
Miss Carole Marion Johnson 23 the daughter of Rev Dr L D Johnson long time First Baptist pastor died when her car skidded on an ice covered by pass near Oxford and plunged down a 15 foot embankment. The Richmond English teacher was en route to Greenville South Carolina from Richmond. The truck driver Homer Washington Smith of Concord received minor injuries. The coroner said Johnson had multiple head chest and limb injuries. She was born in Louisville Kentucky and was valedictorian of George Washington High School class of 1957. Her funeral arrangements are pending.
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Carole Marion Johnson
L. D. Johnson
First Baptist Church
Johnson
Oxford
N. C
Miss Johnson
Greenville
S. C
Richmond
Minntage
Homer Washington Smith
Concord
Oxford-Henderson
Grover Sauztders
Dr. Saunders
Patreman J. H Waugh
Smith
Akers Motor Co
Louisville
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Danville
George Washington High School
Cavalier
Queen’s Court
Girls’ State
Westhampton College
University of Exeter
England
Westhampton
University of North Carolina
Nancy Bennett
Henry Bourne
University of Richmond
D.C
Elaine
Roland
Richard
Bates Funeral Home
Mary Wyatt Dies in South Boston at 88
Nathalie resident Mrs Mary Lena Wyatt 38 died Thursday in a South Boston nursing home. Survived by four daughters Gillie Hill Mattie Wyatt Susie Wyatt and Mrs William Hickey one sister Melissa Chandler and one brother Wister Ford. Funeral Saturday 2:30 p.m. Oak Grove Methodist Church. Burial in church cemetery.
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Nathalie
Mary Lena Wyatt
South Boston
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Merricks
Funeral for Mrs Martha Elizabeth Pat Merricks was conducted yesterday from County Line Christian Church by Rev Bob Brazil and Rev J D Hunt. Interment followed in the church cemetery with pallbearers Calvin George Calvin Mattox Charles Lashus Charles Hiatt Obie Slayton Curtis Gammon Garland Ricketts and Kenneth Arrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Eizabeth
Pat) Merricks
County Line Christian Church
Bob Brazil
J. D. Hunt
Calvin George
Calvin Mattox
Charles Lashus
Charles Hiatt
Obie Slayton
Curtis Gammon
Garland Ricketts
Kenneth. Arrington
Weather Boost Mix of Rain and Ice Delays Danville Rush
First light thaw brings hope as sleet turns to rain and temperatures climb toward 30. Road crews report passable primary routes though warnings remain for slick spots. In Danville and Pittsylvania County at least 21 accidents injured 0, with 43 vehicles involved and about $4,000 in damage. Local airports and flights faced minor disruptions while Caswell County students go home for holidays.
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Danville
Pittsylvania
Public Works Department
Whitcomb Scott
Joe Ripley
Ripley
Chatham
Scott
Piedmont
Winston-Salem
Mercury
Valerie Lynch
Martinsville
Lelia Moran
Bassett
Rt.3
Rt 57
Royal Chitwood Stanley
Collinsville
Stanley
Harry E. McGill
Portsmouth
Memorial Hospital
Here
McGill
Caswell County
N. C
Draft Board Post Schedule For Holidays
The Selective Service System Local Board No 93 at Chatham will close from Christmas Eve until 8 am January 2. Anyone due to register during this period will not be considered delinquent if they report to the office immediately after the holidays.
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The
Selective Service System
Chatham
theOffice
Stew sale by Mount Cross Fire Department with Santa
Mount Cross Volunteer Fire Department to sell Brunswick stew at 4 PM with Santa Claus at the Mount Cross Community Center. About 100 gallons will be cooked under a tent, with home delivery by horse and buggy available. Prices are 1 dollar per quart, 1 dollar for all you can eat, and 50 cents for children.
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Santa Claus
Mount Cross
Mount Cross Community Center
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G. Goodmund Hyde
Dr. Kiger
Claude G. Turner
Agriculture Department
L. T. Weeks
Max Satterfield
Usda Agriculture Marketing Division
Hollis Shomo
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Tradane Antiwillac Wara Oanfin
Governor of Exchange Club
Carole M. Johnson
Oxford, N. C
Junior University
Thespians
Interclub Council
Mary Wyatt
Mrs. Merricks
Draft Board
Marshall
Holiday Inn Restaurant
W. M. Swortzel
Lillian W. Yates
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