Kepone Found In York River Fish Detected In Tests
Traces of Kepone pesticide found in frozen fish reportedly taken from the York River last summer. Virginia Institute of Marine Science officials say discovery prompts caution while FDA and EPA seek safe levels. Testing continues and samples sent to other labs for verification amid ongoing congressional Kepone inquiry. Separate obituary notes the death of Susie Freese at Danville Memorial Hospital with funeral plans pending.
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Loucester Point
York River
William J. Hargis Jr
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Hargis
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Institute
Washington
Hopewell
James ‘River
Keene
Life, Science Products Co
Mills E. Godwin
James
York
Virginia
Richmond
State Senate Agriculture Committee
Susie D. Freese
Mountain Hill
Danville Memorial Hospital
Mahanoy City
Joseph Dapkus
Rose Trynovich Dapkus
Tenafly
N.J
Ringgold
Virginia considers auto repair consumer protection act
The Virginia General Assembly was asked to regulate auto repair shops with a new board and voluntary certification to curb dishonest practices. The plan targets improved service and focuses on consumer protections, alongside other proposals to strengthen home improvement contract laws and consumer rights.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Division of
Consumer Counsel
State Attorney General's Office
Office of Consumer Affairs
Andrew P-Miller
Attorney General’s Office
Cablerama Spectacular Raises Local MOD Pledges
Danville-Pittsylvania MOD Cablerama ends with a record 16982 in pledges, 800 volunteers from Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. help on air. Grandpa Jones and Hal Carmack host a 24 hour telethon that features Penny Turner Barrow and the Grekos twins, closing with God Bless America.
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CATV-9
Danville-Pittsylvania
March of Dimes
Grandpa Jones
Hee Haw
Hal Carmack
MOD Fund
Grandpa
Penny Turner Barrow
Danville
Barrow
Grekos
Shirley
Evelyn
George Grekos
Crosland Ave
Carmack
Rocky Top
Tennessee
America
Home Sweet Home
Stacey Dixon
Bicentennial Christian Patriotic Exhibit in Danville
Danville's Roach, 74, spent over 30 years assembling a three dimensional Bicentennial Christian-Patriotic Exhibit. The display centers on George Washington and other patriots, linking religion and patriotism, and is housed in Altavista with Roach seeking a new Danville venue to reach more viewers including thousands of area students.
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Danvillian
Allen G. Roach
American Way
Tas
Roach
Aes
Bote
Thomas Jefferson
Sinai
America
Charlotte Street
Altavista
Staunton
Christ
United States
Supreme Unit
George Washington
Martha
Delaware River
Washington
Valley Forge
God
John Adams
Ead
Providence
Benjamin Franklin
Terifig
Pittsylvania County
Estelle
Stokes Aes
Danville
Man shot after rooftop standoff near Hotel Monticello demolition
Norfolk police say a 49 year old man walked along the roof of a downtown department store and was shot during a struggle with Patrolman James Wakefield as officers tried to dislodge him. Wakefield sustained leg and hand injuries. the gunman was in serious but stable condition.
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Norfolk(ap
Toledo D. Asterilla
Norfolk
Monticello
John O'Connor
James Wakefield
Wakefield
O'Connor
Norfolk General Hospital
Duval Proposes Bill On Poison Manufacturing
Virginia state Senator Clive Duval says he will introduce a bill to require manufacturers to inform the state of plans to make any substance that might harm human or animal health. He cites Kepone production in Hopewell as a health and environmental hazard prompting the measure.
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Richmond
Virginia
Clive Duval
Duval
Hopewell
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Consumer Counsel Division
T (He Consumer Counse Division
Attorney General's Office
Chatham
Kathleen Rohrer
Callands Baptist Church
James Venable
Day
Chatham Rt. 4
Miller
Douglas Girardea
Center For
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alexandria
YWCA
Danville League of Women Voters
Danville Ywca
Averett College
J. I. Hayes Jr
John P. Dever
Watson E. Mills
Gerald C. Lewis
Cablerama
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
St. J. Barber Jr
the Baptist Tabernacle
Barber
MOD
R.3. Barber Jr
Baptist Tabernacle
Hall Carmack
Donald T. Harris
Liberty
John 12. Brubaker
ITI
Norfolk Department Store
Averett
Averett Evening College
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