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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1968
Page
6
The Associated Press reports 376 traffic deaths during a 78 hour New Year holiday, far below the Safety Council forecast and well under last year’s three day toll. The drop is partly attributed to good driving and bad weather reducing highway volume.
DETROIT AP reports all new U S automobiles rolling from assembly lines faced two changes. Shoulder harnesses became mandatory under federal safety rules, and auto prices rose by 23 to 32 dollars, with Lincoln Continentals at 32 40 and Cadillacs at 32. Ford executives praised the device while noting potential backlash from buyers.
Norfolk AP reports 24 year old National Guardsman Randall L. Myers must decide this month whether to keep his beard and long hair or face induction into the regular army. Myers, a senior at Old Dominion College, was ejected from a December drill after distributing an antiwar newsletter. A Virginia board recommended possible AWOL charges and priority induction if he reports with beard and long hair at the next drill on January 27.
Virginia news in brief reports Gov Mills Godwin signing to designate Salem as a first class city after the population exceeded 10 000. Salem officials including Mayor J Leonard Shank witnessed the ceremony.
AP reports Alencon imposes a city ordinance against unnecessary noises targeting dogs and cats while exempting traditional craftsmen who blow horns or ring bells to attract customers. Other items include mud in Jerusalem after weather clashes, predictions on Vietnam, a violent phone booth incident, a WWII bomb cleanup in Corsica, Canada’s merged military, and Thai rebel activity in China News Agency reports.
Chesterfield Circuit Judge William Old, longtime defender of states rights interposition, died at 70 after a nosebleed at his Chesterfield courthouse. The bachelor Old, a noted Old Guard Democrat, helped shape Virginia’s 1956 interposition law resisting federal school desegregation orders. He was born in Powhatan County, studied at Hampden-Sydney and Washington and Lee, and is survived by his sister Mrs. Harry L. Shackelford. Funeral will be held Thursday at St John’s Episcopal Church in Chester.
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