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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1975
Page
3
A Saturday blaze heavily damaged Shirley Plantation at Charles City on the James River, destroying irreplaceable antiques and books. A ruined stairway climbs from the first to the third level while a charred family Bible lies on a library table on the mansion’s third floor.
Danville Jaycees reported $13,922.75 raised for the Empty Stocking Fund during yesterday’s Simulcast and expect to hit the $15,000 goal before Christmas. Jaycee president Van Hester said late contributions from individuals should cover the remaining amount. The drive began as the Penny Parade and now funds toys, meals, and aid for needy children, the sick, and elderly.
FDA officials report more than 100000 pounds of oysters possibly containing Kepone have been shipped to Campbell Soup plants in New Jersey and Canada over 14 months. Tests on James River oysters from Campbell's Camden plant will be processed in Baltimore. results expected after a week. Authorities caution that health risks are undetermined and FDA lacks authority to halt distribution without proven danger.
Old Man Winter returns to Southside Virgil after a year away. Snowflakes were sighted last night in Chatham as officials forecast cold temperatures and a white Christmas outlook. A sunrise press conference on the municipal steps will explain this year’s plans and forecasts.
Danville police continue a probe into the theft of a 48 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver from A. Houser of 317 Hawthorne Drive and a white 1972 Volkswagen owned by George Hauck of Tamassee DC stolen after 1 p.m. Saturday from a local Holiday Inn. The car held portable radios a tape player and a Citizens Band radio.
Richard Hicks, 23, planned to visit his Langley Air Force Base family in Houston over Christmas, but his parents ordered him not to come after learning the Air Force would honorably discharge him for admitting to homosexual tendencies. Hicks, the second Langley enlisted man this year discharged for similar reasons, says he and Leonard Matlovich will appeal through federal courts to overturn the regulations.
In Roanoke a holiday party at an apartment hosted by Thomas Baines McCalleme turned violent as two masked robbers forced entry. One carried a shotgun and tied guests with wire while demanding money and valuables. McCalleme fought back, was knocked down, and the suspects escaped.
The FBI began an investigation into the alleged beating of Edward Wayne Braddock and Edward Lewis Broom by two off duty Charlotte patrolmen. Braddock suffered a fractured kidney after being dragged from a car at gunpoint on December 6. Eyewitnesses corroborate his account while officers claim the men threatened them with a knife. Police suspended Macem five days and Helle three days.
Mrs Patsy Williams Keesee Bennett wife of Walter E Bennett of 368 Juless Street died yesterday morning in Danville Memorial hospital after a critical illness. Born in Danville she was daughter of Mrs Edith Stanfield Williams Vass and the late Louis Carlton Williams. She had worked at Corning Glass Works for 11 years and was a Baptist. Survived by husband a daughter Terri Keesee and sister Mrs Suzanne Kendrick all of Danville. Service tomorrow at 2 pm Swicegood Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev John Groff. Burial Floral Hills Memory Gardens. Body at funeral home. family at 373 Cumberland Drive.
A funeral for Henry Wilson Nichols Sr. 63 of Norfolk is held today at 11 a.m. in the Powell Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Clover Cemetery. He died Friday in Norfolk General. Survived by wife Francis Clay Nichols, mother Pattye Guthrie Nichols, daughter Mrs. Donald Mason Barbourville, son Henry W. Nichols Jr. Fairmont, five grandchildren, four sisters, and other relatives.
Helen Vaughan Boyette 73 of 127 Wildhurst Lane died yesterday at Danville Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Yancey County North Carolina she lived most of her life in Danville where she ran West End Beauty Shop for 25 years retiring in 1967. Survived by husband Amos M Boyette a daughter J Mair Simpson of Danville eight step grandchildren and four step great grandchildren a stepson Amos M Boyette Jr a brother Grady E Wilson of Milford Connecticut and several stepchildren. Services set for Keen Street Baptist Church tomorrow at 2 p m with interment in Highland Burial Park. The body lies at Swicegood Funeral Home with viewing tonight 7 30 to 9 p m and will be moved to the church at 10 30 a m tomorrow.
Hopewell Virginia officials draft an industrial ordinance after federal Kepone health scare linked to Life Science plant. City seeks special permits and ecological impact statements for chemical production with discharge into the sanitary system. A river closures and legal actions follow, as state and local officials work to cut Kepone levels.
Roanoke Democrat William B Hopkins says the Commission on State Governmental Management will vote to abandon or water down plans to merge the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. He cites opposition from hunters and fishermen and notes the panel may drop plans to give a governor wide power over advisory boards and to purge dissenting members. Hopkins expects some far reaching reforms to wait for the 1977 General Assembly as 1976 lacks time for public digest.
Arlington County Board voted unanimously against Transportation Secretary Coleman's plan to place both a highway and a subway along the I-66 corridor. The board warned it may withhold Metro payments if rail completion depends on road work, while Fairfax awaits its decision on the compromise proposal due January 5.
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