Fowler and Whitt Qualify for Special Election
State Board of Elections confirms J. Ray Whitt and Calvin W. Fowler will seek the unexpired term in the House of Delegates in a Jan. 20 election. Whitt faced a delay over whether his papers arrived on time, but officials later verified they were received before qualification. Whitt had to file 50 valid signatures after removing five of the initial 55 signers who were not qualified voters.
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State Board of Elections
J. Ray Whitt
Calvin W. Fowler
W. C
Dan) Daniel
House of Delegates
Fowler
Whitt
Richmond
Danville
Clerk’s Office of
Corporation Court
Ayling Delayed For Homecoming Of Freed Son
San Diego AP report says Robert W. Ayling missed the Pueblo crew homecoming after traveling to Moscow and East Berlin to press for his son's release. He met his son Charles William Ayling late Christmas Eve, noting five Berlin talks with North Korean reps yielded no Panmunjom progress. Charles, freed after summers in 1967, appeared well and hungry, with a fondness for ice cream.
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San Diego
Calif
Moscow
North Korea
Robert W. Ayling
Uss Pueblo
Ayling
Saunton
East Berlin
Charles William Ayling
Berlin
Charles
Negro College Fraternity Opens Five Day Meeting in Charlotte
Omega Psi Phi, national fraternity at Negro colleges, opened a five day meeting in Charlotte with 1,200 delegates expected. Topics include politics, Negro registration and voting, housing, economics, and civil disorders of the past two years. A Friday entertainment program features nine music students.
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Charlotte
N. C
Omega Psi Phi
Nixon
Two Men Arrested in Fayetteville Marijuana Bust
In Fayetteville North Carolina two men were arrested at a local motel on marijuana possession charges. Gregory Migliaccio 20 a member of the Airborne Division and David Shisoff 19 a Brooklyn New York civilian were jailed on $2000 bond awaiting county records court trial on January 7. Sheriff's department officers the SRY Ft Brage and Fayetteville malice cooperated in the arrests.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Gregory Migliaccio
Send Airborne Division
David Shisoff
Brooklyn
N.Y
Plaque Unveiled At Hospital In Honor Of Truxton Pratts
Memorial Hospital unveiled a plaque honoring Mr and Mrs Truxton B Pratt Sr for their kindness during terminal illness care in 1966 and 1967. Their son donated about 10000 for a cobalt radiation therapy unit to aid patients, with Dr Walter Deyton praising the gift as lasting community benefit. Attending were relatives from Charlotte and Raleigh.
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Memorial Hospital
Truxton B. Pratt
Truxton Pratt, Jr
Sion
Walter Deyton
J. L. Barach
Warren Fulton
Fulton
Barach
Pratts
Truxton Pratts
Memorial
Truxton B. Pratt, Jr
Duke “Hospital
Durham
N.C
Pratt
New York
Walter E. Deyton
Dr. Deyton
Department of Radiology
Pratt, Jr
Joseph Barach
Charlotte
Joseph Barach, Jr
Raleigh, N
Hearing Set On Writ Of Habeas Corpus In Halifax
Halifax county Circuit Court schedules a January 7 hearing on Thomas A. Ellington's petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking a new trial on attempted rape charges. Ellington was sentenced to over 20 years after a trial where he received 15 years for attempted assault of a 21 year old woman, plus five years for abduction and two for auto larceny.
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Halifax
Halifax County
Thomas A. Ellington
Ellington
South Boston
Massive Hunt Launched For Fishermen In Goose Creek
A large search was started in Goose Creek backwaters for Charles Petrie and his 8 year old son Mark Clark Petrie of North Charleston, missing after a fishing trip. Two duck hunters saw the pair enter a blind and emerge then raise the alarm when they found the bow and rope offshore near a landing. North Charleston Volunteer Rescue Association President Otis Roberts coordinated the effort with responders and volunteers from Charleston.
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Charleston
S. C
Goose Creek
North Charleston
Petrie
Jimmy Strickland
Ricky Wheeler
Petries
Tive
Strickland
Wheeler
Madelline Lodge
Pay-As-You-Go Policy Shift Named Top Story In Virginia
The 1968 Virginia top story poll led with passage of a direct bond borrowing plan enabling an $81 million bond issue. Other high items included Nixon’s Virginia victory, the Scorpion loss, liquor by the drink expansion, Becky Godwin’s death, and the state’s first heart transplant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Associated Press
Richard Nixon
Becky Godwin
General Assembly
Nixon
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Virginia Beach
Virginia Waters
Dickenson
Lee County
Roanoke County
Allegheny County
Diane Wickersham
Humphrey
Wallace
Joseph Klett
King
Commodore stock increase requests and split planned
Omaha Neb based Commodore Mobil Homes seeks stockholders approval on February 5 to raise authorized common stock from 1.75 million to 35 million shares and announce a two for one stock split. President Daniel Katzman says the firm will apply for listing on the American Stock Exchange. Commodore operates plants nationwide including a recently enlarged facility in Ringgold Industrial Park.
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Commodore Mobil Homes
Commodore
Daniel Katzman
American Stock Exchange
Ringgold
Coffin Confined On Murder Charge
Russell Coffin, 46, remained jailed in Chatham on a murder charge for the Christmas Day shooting of his brother in law Bernice Bryant Holt, 45, at Coffin’s Gretna Route 4 home around 4 PM. Bond set at 10000 dollars. arraignment planned for next Tuesday and a preliminary hearing set for January 2.
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Russell Gibson Coffin
Chatham
Bernice Bryant Holt
Holt
Coffin
Gretna Rt. 4
Utilities Show Huge Increase In Revenues
The city utilities report an $485,520 rise in revenues and profits for the first five months of the fiscal year versus 1967, with total revenues of $4,210,720 and net profits up to $1,039,442. December month figures show electric $701,134, gas $105,896, water $232,392 in net income, and $879,670 in operating revenue. November projects include 844 feet water mains and 890 feet gas mains installed, 20 new service connections, Broad St Broad St Bridge work, and power sources: Brandy steam plant 68.9 percent, Pinnacles hydro 11 percent, Appalachian Power 20.1 percent.
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Broad St
Rt. 86
Northern Drive
Hughes St
Brandy
Pinnacles Hydro Plant
Appalachian Power Co
Piney Forest Rd
New Rock Springs
Kentuck
Area Man Funds Mortgage Help for Nixon
Martinsville resident William S. Coleman launches a fund drive to pay off President-elect Nixon’s mortgage on his recent Key Biscayne Florida home. He chairs the effort and has contributed 25 dollars with relatives and a friend adding 13. Coleman says the goal is to keep the president from worrying about the loan.
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Martinsville
William S. Coleman
Nixon
Key Biscayne, Fla
Coleman
Virginians Head South For Tangerine Bowl Victory Parade
In Richmond about 750 tickets have sold for the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando where the University of Richmond Spiders meet Ohio University Friday night. Two chartered planes carrying 40 and 44 passengers depart Byrd Field at 9 and 11 a.m. Local cheerleaders and the pep band join by chartered bus for the Orlando trip.
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Richmond
University of Richmond
Spiders
Ohio University
Orlando
Byrd Field
Three Car Crash at Riverside and Lexington Kills One
At midnight a fiery three car crash at Riverside Drive and Lexington Ave killed Charles E. Branch of Martindale Ave. Eight others, all teenagers, escaped with minor injuries. Cars involved were a Dodge GTS driven by David A. Fitzgerald and a Chevrolet Impala with Stephen W. Huff, plus a Mustang with Kelly Dale Nichols. Huff and his passengers were hospitalized. Fitzgerald suffered front-teeth loss and a mouth laceration. The crash caused a utility pole to snap and widespread vehicle damage.
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Riverside Drive
Lexington Ave
Charles E. Branch
Martindale Ave
Branch
David Allen Fitzgerald
Broad St
Danville
Frank Hudgins
Stephen W. Huff
Paxton Ave
Kelly Dale Nichols
Danville Rt. 2
Franklin Turnpike
Huff
Teresa Rankin
Brightwell Drive
T. K. Farley
Danville Golf Club
Nichols
Richard N. Meyer
Winthrop Drive
William Dean Astin
College Ave
Jerry Lynn Webster
Arlington Rd
Astin
Webster
Fitzgerald
Five Children Orphaned After Father Kills Wife Then Himself
In Altavista on Christmas Day James Edward Gables 47 and wife Dorothy Frazier Gables 32 were shot by the husband in their Main Street home. The father turned the gun on himself after killing his wife, leaving five children ages 7 to 14 as orphans. The couple died at Lynchburg General Hospital. Police say Gables had been drinking the night before and had recently served a brief jail sentence for abusing his wife. The children were temporarily placed with their maternal grandparents. Mrs. Frazier’s funeral is planned Friday at 2 p.m. in Baptist Tabernacle. She is survived by her parents, five children, and two sisters.
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Altavista
James Edward Gables
Dorothy Frazier Gables
Main St
F. A.tucker
Gables
Lynchburg General Hospital
Tucker
John Frazier
Paterson
N. J
Sgt. Tucker
Altavista City
Frazier
Baptist Tabernacle
Altavista Memorial Park
Kenneth Wayne
Thomas Wiley
Debra Mae
Susan Anne
Ruth Marie
Clarence Kirby
Robert Bruce Smith
Penhook to get modern post office building
Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson announced a new Penhook post office to be built on Route 660. Owned by J. W. Hunt Jr., the one story air conditioned facility will lease to the Post Office Dept for five years with renewal through 15 years. Initial cost about 20000 dollars. Interior space rises to 1056 square feet from 524. Expected completion May 1, 1969.
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Penhook
W. Marvin Watson
J. W. Hunt, Jr
Post Office Department
Peahook
Boys receive boa constrictors as Christmas gifts
In Dunn North Carolina Chuck Hutaff Gordon Townsend Jr and their fathers fulfilled a joking wish for boas The snakes 5 feet long were found in crates and around the house with one snake napping under a radio The boys amateur herpetologists keep reptiles and even store snakes in the Townsend freezer Mrs Townsend kept calm noting the family has several snakes and the reptiles are non poisonous
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DUNN
N. C
Chuck
Hutaff
Gordon Townsend Jr
Gordon
Charles Hutaff
Gordon Townsand Sr
Goldsboro
N C Sees Return Of A Quarter Of Taxes Sent
Raleigh AP report shows North Carolina receives about 25 percent of every dollar sent to Washington. The Internal Revenue data for 1967 indicates $2.8 billion in taxes paid, with $329 million in annual federal aid to the state. Education leads in federal aid at about $143 million. highway funds total $60.2 million. National Guard and Employment Security receive notable sums. Tobacco taxes add $1.1 billion nationwide, but tobacco proceeds are excluded from the survey’s return figures.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Washington
Raleigh Times
Internal Revenue Commission
State Highway Commission
National Guard
Rity Commission
Department of Health
State Planning Task Force
State Agriculture Department
Jail Door Opens With A Sharp Kick
Jefferson Georgia Sheriff Curtis H. Spence reports a jail weakness after a sharp inside kick opens the main cellblock door. An escaped prisoner from South Carolina sparked extradition proceedings while two others remain at large. The failure of a $175,000 jail bond issue was noted in last month’s election.
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Jefferson, Ga
Curtis H. Spence
Spence
Martin Elected President of Local Realtors
Claude H. Martin Jr. was elected president of the Danville Board of Realtors for the coming year. Oscar G. Evans was named vice president, Lee A. Harley treasurer, and James E. Powell secretary.
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Claude H. Martin, Jr
Danville Board of Realtors
Oscar G. Evans
Lee A. Harley
James E. Powell
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State Elections Board
Negro College Fraternity
Charles Branch
Riverside
Lexington
Martin
Holiday Inn Restaurant
Mr. & Roy Rhodes
WRTM
W. Vates
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