LBJ Seen Winner By Small Margin In 1968 Forecast
Columbia AP report quotes Dr. John B. McConnaughy of the University of South Carolina predicting a narrow Johnson victory in 1968. He cites Republican hopes for Nixon or Reagan and notes possible cabinet changes, war settlement aims, inflation blame on Congress, and farming and foreign policy pressures shaping voters.
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Columbia
L. B. Johnson
Congress
John B. McConnaughy
The
University of South Carolinta
Johnson
Richard Nixon
Reagan
Ronald Reagan
California
Washington
McConnaughy
Vietnam
McConnaughy Sai
Midwest
America
China
India
United States
Far East
Red China
Corese
Ganges River
Southeast Asia
McConaughy
2 Hawk
Dove
Vietvawm
Charles, Percy
Illinois
George Romney
Michigan
Ren Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Lawyers Continue Representation For Danville Indigent Defendants
The Corporation Court will appoint lawyers to represent indigent defendants in Danville courts from Jan 1, 1967 through Nov 1967. Listed payments total 32741.81 dollars to attorneys including William E. Anderson 182000.00 and others such as T Ryland Dodson 1,750,000, James F. Ingram 12,050.00, W H Parker Jr 177,500, etc.
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Corporation Court
Danville
Wiliam E. Anderson
W. Ewell Barrer
Horace Bass
Jesse W. Benton
Charles E. Carter
F. MH. Conway
H. Fenton Day Jr
T. Ryland Dodson
Allan Garrett
Earle Garrett
James Goodson
James F. Ingram
W. B. Jordan
Selig ® Ingoff
Benjamin Kushner
W E. Land
W. H. Parker Jr
W. H. Smith
C. B. Warren, Jr
Mary H. Williams
Ronald Willams
L. G. Wilson Jr
Lindsay L. Moore
Dates For Signup In ASC Programs Announced
Guy Yeats, chairman of the Pillsylvania ASC County Committee, announced signup for the 1968 feed grain and wheat programs. Signups will be in February and March. The feed grain program offers diversion and price support payments plus price support loans, with diversion payments available to all participants. The 1968 wheat program provides price support loans and marketing certificates but no diversion payments.
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Guy Yeats
Pillsylvania Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
L. B. Powell Dies At Age 67
Lawrence Butler Powell, 67, of Draper North Carolina, died Friday in Memorial Hospital. A retired Draper merchant and former Danville resident, he is survived by his wife Elizabeth Tinney, a son Bill Powell of Raleigh, three daughters and several siblings. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. at Immanuel Friends Church in Draper.
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Lawrence Butler Powell
Memorial Hospital
Draper
N. C
Powell
Danville
Elizabeth Tinney
Bill Powell
Raleigh
Carl V. Light
Morrisonville
Bill Gery
Richmond
Dillard Sheepature
Leaksville
Politics Tops 10 Best 67 Stories In Year Of City County
A year in review across city and county activity notes rising fatalities on county roads, urban accidents, and violent incidents. Detectives pursued leads on a break in while a Riverside Drive bank holdup spurred a 5 021 ransom. The year marked losses among servicemen in Vietnam with several Bronze Star awards posthumously.
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Mayes
Theut
al Ada
Wading Ley
Tnt
Rafiks
Hig Hite
Loli
Sity
Grotvers
Danville
Bright Belt
Riverside Drive
Bub
Ernest Rowlant
Herbert Louis Tope
Millon
N.C
Dawille
Pittsylvania
Sleven
Funeral Rites Held for Lawson Payne Dove
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at Siloam Methodist Church by Reverends F C Dounsen and W A Matty for Lawson Payne Dove. Burial took place in Gretna Burial Park with pallbearers including John Rover Lawson Bolling Ernest Lasley Lindy Aaron Edward Hancock Herman Bolling Melvin Woods and Poic Crawley.
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Gretna
Lawson Payne Dove
Siloam, Methodist Church
F.C. Dounsen
WW. A. Matty
John Rover
Lawson Bolling
Ernest Lasley
Lindy Aaron
Edward Hancock
Herman Bolling
Melvin Woods
Poic Crawley
New Medicare Ruling Reshapes Nursing Home Payments
A new Medicare ruling sharply limits payments for nursing home care by making the facility decide if a patient needs custodial versus skilled nursing care. The change places financial risk on homes and administrators, who must repay HEW for improper custodial coverage, while doctors’ certifications no longer guarantee Medicare coverage.
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Nursing Home
J. Blair Kerns
Roman Eagle Memorial Home
Iplus
Kerns
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hew
Coker 316 Discount Variety List For 1968 Plans
Coker 316 will again be a discount variety next year with limited price support. Davis of Pittsylvania County ASC notes that growers will receive only half price support on large crops as the variety returns to market. Coker 318 and others like Coker 199 and Dixie Bright 244 appear on the discount list amid notes on breeding and lucidity characteristics. A three-year spread of discount cents per hour was approved by federal agencies, with continued adjustments in the 1968 crop program, alongside a Memorial Hospital death report and local obituaries.
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Richmond
Durham
U. S. Department Ofjals
Company of Agriculture
Reidsv
Charles Wilson Keeling
Memorial Hospital
Tobacco Firm Union Meet To Bargain
Union negotiators met about four hours Friday with representatives of the American Tobacco Co. in bargaining talks to avert a strike on New Year’s Eve. No progress announced, and talks were set to resume Saturday. The Tobacco Workers International Union represents about 5,000 workers at plants here and in Durham.
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Richmond
American Tobacco Co
Tobacco Workers International Union
American Tobacco
Durbara
Keeling of Danville Dies. Longtime Local Businessman
Keeling, son of the late Susan Giles Keeling and James Keeling, formerly of Danville, retired in 1953 after years at Daneville Knitting Mills. He ran a real estate and insurance business with two brothers, earlier worked for Danville and Western Railroad. He married Katherine Holland on Oct 23, 195? in Danville. An active church and civic figure, he belonged to Rotary, Masonic orders, Shrine, Salvation Army board, United Fund, and YMCA. Survived by son James Wheeling Jr, daughter Mas Beasley, five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending at Townes Funeral Home with services at First Baptist Church and burial at Highland Burial Park.
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Roman Eagle Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite
Aces Temple
Danville
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Mills Godwin
Frances Hallam Hurt
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L. B. Powell
Liason Payne Dove
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IC. W. Keeling
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Keeling
Susan Giles Keeling
James
Ures
Dane
Mumber
Townes
Tome
Mt. Vernon Ave
First Baptist Church
Tatermenk
Highland Burial Park
Charles W. Keeling
Danville Shrine Club
Cripple Children’s Hospital
Denville Salvation Army
Faith Hama
Woon-Leatt
Riverside Center
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