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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1974

Page

4

Funeral Notices for Zeb Ferrell and Eunice Waller

Funeral services are set for Zeb Vance Ferrell at Mount Vernon Church with burial in Highland Burial Park. He died at Memorial Hospital after a year of declining health. Also scheduled is the Sunday chapel service for Mrs Eunice Viola Waller at Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home with Oak Hill Cemetery burial.

Zeb Vance Ferrell Mount Vernon Church Theodore Landis Highland Burial Park Ferrell Avondale Drive Memorial Hospital Ruffin N.C F. A Lula Harris Ferrell Export Tobacco Company Mount Vernon United Methodist Church

Mrs Burton Dies At 89 In Halifax

Mrs Virgie Henderson Burton dies Friday in a Halifax County hospital. Born January 11, 1884, she was 89. Survived by three daughters Beatrice Blackstock, Pearl Henderson, Ruth Jones. four sons David, James Burton, Edward Burton, Howard Burton. four sisters Myrtle Hart, Mary Ridgeway, Irene Farmer, Hester Landrun. 27 grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. Powell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial Pleasant Grove Christian Church Cemetery. Rev. Charles Melvin officiates.

South Boston Virgie Henderson Burton Halifax County Beatrice L. Blackstock Pearl B. Henderson Greensboro N.C Ruth B. Jones Halifax David E James S. Burton Danville Edward H. Burton Howard W. Burton Myrtle H. Hart Mary H. Ridgeway Irene H. Farmer Hester H. Landrun South Boston Powell Funeral Home Pleasant Grove Christian Church Charles Melvin

Childress Final Rites Set Sunday

Daisy Poke Childress 49 died Tuesday in Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at Greater Triumph Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. She was born in Pittsylvania County, daughter of the late Mattie Poke, wife of George Childress, mother of George Wayne Childress, Doris Barbour, and Mattie Childress, and sister of Wilson and Jerry Poke. Family visitation tonight 6:45 to 7:45 at Curmaningham Hughes chapel, with further visits at the residence.

Daisy Poke Childress Greater Triumph Baptist Church Dry Fork Wilson Jerry Poke Richard Barbour Hartford Missionary Circle Curmamingham & Hughes

Constitutionality Of Milk Price Setting To Be Argued

Three federal judges will hear a suit challenging the South Carolina Dairy Commission’s authority to set milk prices at all levels. The panel includes Judge J. Robert Martin Jr., Chief Judge Clement Haynsworth, and Judge Donald F. Russell. The plaintiff Public Voice argues the price fixing violates the 14th Amendment due process clause.

Greenville D.C South Carolina Dairy Commission J. Robert Martin Jr Public Voice Private Council For Human Rights U.S. 4Th Circuit Appeals Court Clement F. Haynsworth Martin Donald F. Russell State House of Representatives Justice Department Commission S. Hs South Carolina Mitchell State Attorney General

Reapportionment Plan Seen Not Discriminating

Attorneys for the South Carolina House say a credible case exists that the new reapportionment plan is not intended to discriminate against Blacks and would not have that effect. They warn decision timing is unclear as federal and state actions stretch for months while reviews proceed and court dates are set.

S.C AL Lanier Associated Press Columbia State House of Representatives Federal South Carolina Justice Department Belser Glenn House Senate

FDA recalls 18 mushroom brands from Mount Laurel canning firm

The FDA announced recall of 18 four ounce mushroom brands processed by Mount Laurel Canning Corp of Temple Pa due to spores with botulinum toxin risk. The recall covers cans sold along the East Coast and Midwest before Oct 1 1973 and urges customers to return affected cans.

Food and Drug Administration Washington The Pennsylvania FDA Mount Laurel Canning Corp Temple Mount Laurel East Coast Midwest Co-op New England Coop Inc Farmingham Mass King Kullen King Kullen Grocery Inc Westbury L. L N.Y Pastene, Pastene & Co Summerville Premier F. H. Leggett Cincinnati Ohio Regal, Grocers Supply Co Indianapolis Ind Super A Associated Food Stores Inc Jamica N Y Sweet Life F. Schaffer Acme Markets Philadelphia Filigree Hudson Wholesale Grocery Co Totowa N.J Lilly of the Valley Folk & White Inc Lawrence Manteo Thriftyway Food Pueblo Pueblo Food Products Brentwood L. T

Nixon opens door to large foreign cheese imports

A spokesman for dairy farmer cooperatives warns Nixon’s move to permit 100 million pounds of cheddar in early 1974 may trigger milk shortages for consumers. Healy of the National Milk Producers Federation says the policy hurts farmers and buyers, noting reduced 1973 milk output and plans to sue to curb imports.

Don Kendall Washington Dairy Farmer Cooperatives Nixon Patrick B. Healy National Milk Producers Federation Healy White House Wil New Zealand Australia Europe Federation U.S Treasury Department USDA

Control of Prisoner Work Release Transfer Proposed

RauBIGH AY former Corrections Commissioner Lee Bounds urged the Legislative Crime Study Commission to move work release oversight from the executive to the judiciary. He argued decisions should be local and individualized. Social Rehabilitation Secretary David L Jones derided the idea as ridiculous saying it would hurt inmate morale.

Raubigh Commissioner of Corrections Lee Bounds Legislative Crime Study Commission General Assembly Executive Branch Judiciary Bounds Social Rehabilitation and Control David L. Jones Commission Jones

Off Coast Tankers Held Heating Oil Off Coast

Raleigh AP Senator Jesse Helms reports White House assurances that tankers off New York and Boston are carrying heating oil not gasoline. Helms says calls from worried motorists prompted his inquiry after they suspected price-driven fuel hoarding.

Raleigh (Ap Jesse Helms R-N

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