Gov Scott Calls For Curb On Campaign Spending
Greensboro AP report notes Governor Bob Scott saying brakes are needed on campaign spending though he plans to be a spectator in this election year. He discussed public funds via tax check off and urged the Study Commission on Election Laws to study the issue. He spoke with Greensboro Daily News during a high school journalism seminar at UNC Greensboro, where he held a lengthy, question only news conference with student reporters. He also addressed potential Muskie running mate speculation and praised the students for their serious, informed questions during the unique event.
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Greensboro
Bob
Scott
Greenshoro Daily News
State Study Commission On Election Laws
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Muskie
North Carolina
Piedmont
Sigma Delta Chi
Mie
Reld
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Lany
Funeral Rites Set for Ralph Shelton Tomorrow
Last rites for Ralph Shelton former Pittsylvania County resident will be held tomorrow at 1 a.m. at B H Morrissett and Sons Funeral Home Richmond with interment in Maury Street Cemetery. He died yesterday at Grace Hospital Richmond where he had been a patient since December 15. Born in Pittsylvania County April 12 1918 he was a Navy veteran of World War II and an inventor with patents. He worked as a designing draftsman for Advanced Industrial Engineering Co of Richmond and was a Baptist. Survivors include wife Frances W Shelton a Richmond step daughter Mrs Robert Faye and brothers L Clyde Shelton A Ray Shelton of Chatham Rt 2 Mrs Jesse H Towler of Chatham Rt 5 and Mrs R M Bankhead of the Franklin Tpke.
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Ralph Shelton
Pittsylvania County
B. H. Morrissett and Sons
Richmond
Maury Street
Mr. Shelton
Grace Hospital
Pittsylvania
County
White
Mary DeBoe Shelton
Advanced Industrial Engineering Co
Frances W. Shelton
Robert Faye
L. Clyde Shelton
A. Ray Shelton
Chatham Rt
Jesse H. Towler
R. M. Bankhead
Franklin Tpke
Rep W C Daniel Receives His Third Award In Two Days
Rep W C Daniel collects three honors in as many days. He accepted the Freedom Guard award from Collinsville Jaycees, a plaque from the Pittsburgh Soil and Water Conservation District praising his support of agriculture industry and foreign trade, and the Others' award from the Salvation Army Advisory Board of Danville for exemplary community service. Daniel spoke at the Salvation Army dinner reaffirming national security and prudent defense spending as priorities for world stability.
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W. C. Daniel
W. C
Dan
Tion Army Advisory Board
Danville
Salvation Army
Farlier
Daniel
King of the Sea
U.S
Russia
China
Congress
Backlog of knotty issues as S C lawmakers reconvene
South Carolina lawmakers return to the chamber amid a backlog of contentious topics. Gov. John Bevill to deliver the State of the State at noon, outlining 1972 legislative aims including a potential tax increase to fund education and state agencies.
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S.C
Rick Scott
Associated Press
Columbia
Edu
Feldman Family Arrives in America From Russia
The Feldmans traveled from Moscow to New York City and plan to live in the Bronx near the Millers. Their emigration was aided by Charles Miller’s family and the Hebrew Immigration Aid Society under a new policy. Danville hosts expect the newcomers to enjoy rural Virginia life after settling in.
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Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Feldmans
New York City
Bronx
Millers
Feldman
America
Russia
Miller
Soviet Union
Sterdigs
Moscow
Mitchell
Steadigs
Danville
New York
Stendig
Virginia
Turnpike history and costly modern highway comparison
The piece recounts historic toll roads in Virginia linking Elizabethtown to Kanawha and the Danville to Lynchburg route via Chatham and Chalk Level. It notes a dramatic Dan River bridge tale and cites Melvin Bayliss estimating interstate costs at about $1 million per mile, reflecting vast modern expenses.
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Elizabethtown
West Milford
New, Salem
Giles, Fayette and Kanawha
Weston and Gauley
Pittsylvania
Franklin and Botetourt
Danville
Lynchburg
Chatham
Dan
Ward's Bridge
Hagan
Person County
N. C
Melvin Bayliss
Highway Department
American Heart Association Director Will Speak Here
Wallace R. Heatwole, director at large of the American Heart Association, will address the Danville Pittsylvania Heart Association meeting on January 12 at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Ferma Hoover auditorium. Heatwole, a long time speaker, received the AHA Gold Heart Award for nationwide impact. He is known as Mr Virginia Jaycee for his service in state Jaycee offices and presidency in 1956. He holds undergrad and law degrees from the College of William and Mary and has served on the W&M law school board of directors.
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Wallace R. Heatwale
American Heart Association
Danville-Pittsylvania Heart Association
Ferma Hoover
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Waynesboro
Heatwole
AHA
Virginia Jaycee
Jaycee
Mary
Funeral Rites Held for Russell Pannell in Danville
Funeral services for Russell Pannell Rt. 3 Danville were held Monday at 1 p.m. at Cunningham and Hughes Chapel. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. Died Thursday at 57 he was born in Pittsylvania County and lived there all his life. Survived by four sisters Edna Baize Bessie Coursey Mary Rose Nona Pannell and three brothers James Walter Pannell Lloyd Pannell Visitation was Sunday from seven to eight at the funeral home.
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Russell Pannel
Rt. 3
Danville
Chapel of Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Mr. Pannell
Pittsylvania County
Joe Pannell
Martha Gilbert Pannell
Chamber of Commerce moves swiftly to renew ties with council
The Danville Chamber of Commerce seeks a $5,000 city appropriation at the next council meeting to restart aid after a four year gap. C Preston McElheney, chamber president, reports Mayor Ronald Williams and City Manager James Lord will attend meetings. Lord may join Danville Industrial Development and Danville Area Development Foundation boards. An A K Anderson led Local Government Committee will review the West Piedmont Planning District Land Use plan. The move follows a 1967 conflict over electric department bonds and downtown renewal funds.
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West Piedmont Planning District Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Ad Th Seco
Ae McElheney
Ati
Eleotric Department
Dies
Ation
Ccalow
Four Die In North Carolina Traffic Incidents
Four people were killed in separate North Carolina traffic accidents this weekend, raising the year’s toll to 30 with 41 deaths recorded by the same period last year. A man pedestrian was struck in Charlotte with no ID. Shirley Womack-Davis, 35, of Sanford, died on N C 87 near Olivia in Harnett County when her car left the road and burned after hitting a tree. Sidney Wendell Davis, 68, of Morrisville Rt. 1, was killed west of Morrisville in Wake County when his car ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle. Martha Staknes Clayton, 57, of Waxhaw Rt. 2, died on N C 200 south of Monroe when the car she rode in turned left into an oncoming vehicle.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Charlotte
Shirley Womack-Davis
Sanford
N.C
Olivia
Harnett County
Salary raises expected for Southeast workers in 1972
More than 300000 workers in the Southeast will receive some form of salary increase during 1972, according to the Department of Labor. The figure accounts for about 19 percent of organized regional workers and is lower than 1971 due to contract terminations. Deferred wage increases covering about 675000 employees will be driven by past negotiations, with construction contracts affecting the most workers.
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West
Earle Morris
Atlanta, Ga
Department of Labor
Department
Bureau of
Atlanta
Brunswick
Ay ‘Bagdon
Regionjal
Bagdon
Southeastern
Funeral Rites Set Today for Lawson M. Smith
Funeral services for Lawson Monroe Smith of Danville Rt 3 will be held today at 1 p.m. from Swicegood Chapel with Rev. Samuel L. Greeson officiating. Interment follows at Oakdale Cemetery ME Airy. He died Friday at Memorial Hospital after two years of declining health and five weeks of hospitalization. Born August 28, 1899 in Carroll County, he was a World War II Army veteran and longtime worker at Dan River Inc No. 5 Finishing. He married Arabelle Allen on April 15, 1944. Surviving are his wife, one sister Lessie Smith Mt. Airy, and one brother O. B. Smith of Clovis, California.
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Lawson Monroe Smith
Danville
Rt. 3
Swicegood Chapel
Samuel L. Greeson
Oakdale Cemetery
ME. Airy
N.C
Smith
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Smith
Carroll County
Ruffner Mankin Smith
Rhoda Hiatt Smith
Dan River ,Inc
No. 5
T i
Arabelle Allen
Riverview Baptist Church
Lessie Smith
Mt. Airy
O. B. Smith
Clovis, Calif
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