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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1966
Page
13
A simple home method uses a plastic bag and windowsill as a mini greenhouse. Kitchen freezer bags replace plastic sheets used by nurserymen. Rooting times vary by plant type: Conifers January to early February. garden flowers late May to August. flowering shrubs mid June to mid August. broadleaved evergreens mid June to mid August. foliage plants any time of year.
In Richmond AP report lawmakers introduced multiple proposals. Senators Rawlings Willey and Cochran pushed studies on aligning Virginia income tax with federal rules and extending Virginia Tech extension and research functions. Other measures covered civil service study, a state air pollution board, youth confinement rules, historic site funding, and land acquisition for scenic byways to qualify for federal aid.
Geneva AP Eugene Carson Blake of the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A was named general secretary of the World Council of Churches a body uniting 214 Protestant Old Catholic Orthodox and Anglican churches. He urged broader unity across divisions of world society and emphasized reconciliation among nations cultures and ideologies to aid world peace. Blake, 59, will take duties later this year succeeding founder W A Visser't Hooft.
Winston-Salem Coca Cola Bottling Co employees rejected representation by Local 391 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in an NLRB election. About 102 eligible voters participated with 67 voting against and 30 for the union. one ballot was challenged.
In Indianapolis North Central High School, a six piece band with a girl vocalist has adopted the name Six and the Single Girl, drawing considerable notice for its unusual billing and stage act.
Virginia lawmakers moved to curb secret societies in high schools with a bill from Del. William R. Durland to let the State Board of Education set rules restricting participation in fraternities sororities and secret societies.
Macon Hospital Commission approved a plan to issue courtesy credit cards to about 6000 persons. The card would admit patients without the cash deposit previously required.
Daniel N. Wagner, 19, testifying before the House Un American Activities Committee, described a suite of plotted crimes by the Ku Klux Klan including assassinations of President Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, dynamite to trigger a civil war, and a White House bombing. He named Ohio Klanswoman Eloise Witte who urged sniper practice and a $25,000 gunman hire for King, with plans canceled due to a Klan rally scheduling conflict.
RICHMOND AP Det Rut tus V McCoy Sr says he is concerned the investigation into Dickenson County children going hungry at lunch may be a whitewash if done by telephone He calls forfield talks with residents to get real information McCoy notes his bills for free lunches and free textbooks have stalled in committee while the Dickenson probe advances He also supports a voting age bill if it advances out of committee.
A 67 year old Winston-Salem woman Char ity Caudle was found beaten to death Thursday afternoon at her home. Acting medical examiner Dr Harvey Allen said she died from brain injuries caused by multiple severe blows with an unknown object to the head. Police reported her husband Booker T Washington Caudle found the body when he returned home about 10 p.m.
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