Snowstorm Delays Buses and Cancels Games Across Counties
A Coastal Virginia storm soaked farm fields and snarled travel with north and southbound buses late at night. Morning snow caused 13 of 14 traffic mishaps on slick streets, many under $500 in damage. Area games and many banquets were cancelled, though some events proceeded. Snow totals ranged from 6 to 12 inches across towns. the system forecast a slow northeast spread with clearing and windy highs in the 30s today.
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Interstate
Chatham
Caswell County
N.C
Jaycees
Martinsville Jaycees
DSA
Altavista
Gretna
Otter River Hill
Danville
Pittsylvania
North Carolina
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Bristol
Roanoke
Bluefield
Charlottesville
Lynchburg
Appomattox
Weather Bureau
Seaboard
Hatteras
GOP Seen In More Distress Than When Founded In 1854
In Durham NC Carl N Degler argues the Republican Party is worse off than at its founding in 1854 citing a shift from minority status to a condition of historic inertia. He notes losses of core principles including Negro equality rational power and prosperity and predicts a crisis unless new ideas arise. The piece also covers a royal financial news note from Sydney Australia about 12 year old Susan Gai Edwards inheriting 198390 Australian pounds from her grandmother.
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Durham
N.C
Vassar College
Carl N. Degler
Degler
South Atlantic Quarterly
Duke University Press
Goldwater
Abraham Lincoln
Sydney
Australia
Margaret Hughes
Susan Gai Edwards
Mary Agnes Edwards
Brisbane
Susan
Dudley Edwards
Miss Hughes
Charles G. Souter
Captain Miller Assigned In Viet Nam Intelligence Duty
Army Captain Joseph B. Miller and his wife Gayle of Danville are told to be in Viet Nam as an intelligence advisor with Special Tactical Zone 24 Pleiku Sector. Miller, 30, son of Mrs. Dorothy M. Miller of Nashville, previously served at Fort Sill and is Xavier University graduate. The Second Corps ARVN area spans 13 central provinces. war types include rice paddies jungles mountains and plateaus. Since February 7 1965 Viet Cong attacked Pleiku, but advisory efforts and USAF air power have restored broad control, enabling search and hold missions against Viet Cong targets.
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Army
Joseph B. Miller
Gayle
Danville
Viet Nam
Kontum Sector
Miller
Dorothy M. Miller
Nashville
Tenn
U.S. Army Artillery and
Fort Sill
Ohlo
Xavier University
Highlands
Pleiku
United States Air Force
ARVN
Corps
Funeral Rites Set For J W Wyatt Traffic Victim
Funeral services are planned Tuesday for James William Wyatt Jr. 30 killed in a Rt 200 accident near Fincastle. He leaves a wife Betty Jean Murphy and children at home in Covington. Wyatt, born January 24, 1935 in Halifax County, lived in Pittsylvania County before moving to Covington. He worked for English Construction Co. and was a County Line Baptist Church member. Survived by wife, parents, four sons, two daughters, three brothers, four sisters, and grandmother Gracie Wyatt. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Wrenn Yeatts chapel with visitation prior.
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James
Wiliam Wyatt, Jr
James William and
Nettie
Barksdale
Wyatt
Alood
Fincastle
Church St
Wrenn-Yeattsen
Zlsce
Richmond
Halifax County
Pittsylvania County
Covingston
English Construction Co
Betty Jean Murphy
County Line
James William, II
Willard Wayne
Billy Joe
Bobby
Joe
Rose Marie
Tammy Sue Wyatt
Lewis Wyatt
Austin
Eugene Wyatt
Falls Church
Wallace Wyatt
Danville
Bobby Walden
Billey J Holley
Alice “Faye ‘Wyatt
Danny Doss
Gretna
Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel
Churca
Martinsville Jaycees honor James H. Ford with award
Local attorney James H. Ford received the Distinguished Service Award for 1965 from the Martinsville Henry County Jaycees. The banquet at the Holiday Inn featured City Manager Thomas No land acting as presenter after Mayor J. Frank Wilson was unable to attend.
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Martinsville
James H
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Music Cabinet
Boudior
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