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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1977
Page
2
President Ford announced Saturday he will award the Medal of Freedom to 21 Americans, including Nobel and Pulitzer winners and leaders in science literature baseball labor the arts and politics. Former First Lady Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson and Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller were among those honored.
Boston AP reports Riland Hayes, son of a Georgia former slave, died at 89 after long illness. A Mass General spokesman said he passed at 7:15 am in the emergency room, after living in a nursing home. A famed interpreter of classics and Negro melodies, Hayes toured with major symphonies in Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, New York and in Europe, taught at universities, and last performed in 1979 at the Longy School of Music. His daughter Afrika Lambe called him a pioneering artist who paved the way for Robeson and others.
Town continues legal efforts against Western Casualty over bad faith settlement options. A second suit by the widow targets an ambulance driver and insurance payout from the judgment. If these suits prevail, town finances could ease after tax payments. residents remain unsure of remedies.
East Germany tightened controls at the Berlin Wall by requiring foreigners to obtain a visa and pay a new 2 dollar entry fee. The rule also shortened the visit deadline to midnight on the day of entry, replacing the previous 24 hour limit.
Weather: rain and showers expected Monday across the Pacific Northwest and a broad swath from South Dakota to the Gulf Coast, with cold in the North Central and warm in the Southeast. Berlin edition covers East German visa fees, Westerners crossing, and a political note on neutrality. also a Florida to Oklahoma relocation tale with Billy Bowles.
In Palatine area, 33 year old Tom Heckenbach abandons oil and electricity for wood burning. He rents a half acre in an unincorporated zone and equips a seven room ranch with a parlor stove, Franklin stove, cast iron range, and a basement wood burner. His annual kerosene cost is about 12 dollars as he cans vegetables, raises poultry, and hosts sawing parties. Heckenbach commutes by truck and relishes felling dead elm with an axe, sourcing free wood from construction sites and tree removal firms.
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