Local Crewmen Join Hunt For Bridge Victims
Three Danville Life Saving Crew members left Lynchburg with a convoy to aid in the drag operations at the Point Pleasant West Virginia disaster site. They join a Virginia Rescue squads contingent arriving around eight this morning. The crew will work with District Five units and six boats, representing Lynchburg Campbell County Monelson Appomattox Gladys Halifax Cumberland Crewe South Hill Clarksville Gasburg and Altavista.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danvile Life Saving
Lynchburg
Ohio River
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Buddy Dryman
Henry Adams
Langston Denny
Virginia
Tom Gatewood
Virginia Association of Rescue Squads
West Virginia
District Five
Campbell County
Monelson
Appomattox
Gladys
Halifax
Cumberland County
Crewe
South Hill
Clarksville
Gasburg
Altavista
Springs Mills Income Drops in 1967 Results
Springs Mills Inc reports 1967 sales of 243 million 66 thousand and income of 6.8 million, down from 1966 sales of 248.95 million and income of 17.997 million. Earnings per share fell to 0.79 from 2.09. President H W Close attributed lower prices for apparel fabrics and costs of modernization and expansion as causes, but said major problems are behind and 1968 should improve.
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Close
Students Protest Cafeteria Food at Caltech
Pasadena AP report says about 30 trays of tuna casserole and squash were dumped on the floor of Caltech's administration hall as graduate students protested cafeteria meals. They left lunches in front of President Lee A. DuBridge’s office while he was away. administration had no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Lee A. DuBridge
DuBridge
Failure To Name Negro To Council Is Criticized
Miss Harvey blasted the City Council for not naming a Negro to fill the seat vacated by Anderson, urging representation for all citizens. She warned that ignoring Negroes could spark renewed tensions seen in 1963 and called for appointments to boards and commissions. The council previously elected John B. Warren to the remaining term, and a separate story covers that action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
John B. Warren
Anderson
Ruth £. Harvey
City Council
George B. Anderson
General Assembly
Danville
Harvey Ast
Charles Hi. Harris
Pittsylvania County
Boatwright
Sangpite
Sherwood Shopping Center
Arnett Blvd
U. S. 58
Episcopalians Hear Talk On Involvement
In Lynchburg the 49th annual Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia opened with a sermon stressing mission as following God to where He is at work. Bishop Stephen F. Bayne urged that Christians serve in inner cities and ghettos not for church growth but because Christ is present there, addressing more than 400 delegates. The meeting includes churchwomen gathering in the diocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Episcopal Diocese
Virginia
Stephen F. Baynet
Executive Council
The
Episcopal Church
Chris
Bayne
St. John’s Church
Murder Trial Continued as Witness Absent
In Corporation Court yesterday the murder trial of George Washington Tramel was continued due to the absence of a material witness. Jurors were excused until next Tuesday, with Tramel charged in the fatal slaying on Wilson Street. Timothy L. Garland, 20, of 711 Halifax Street, was bound over to the grand jury on 13 forgery charges and one fraud count for signing another’s name to sales slips at Esso Service stations using a Snelling and Snelling credit card. He faces additional charges for alleged auto purchase fraud.
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Corporation Court
March
George Washington Tramel
Tramel
Elizabeth Te
Wilson St
Timothy L. Garland
Halifax St
Garland
A. H. Mister
Esso
Snelling and Snelling
Baltimore
Three Reserve Units Assigned To Atlantic Fleet
Three Naval Air Reserve squadrons were ordered to active duty and placed with the Atlantic Fleet. VA831 based at Floyd Bennett Field New York VF661 near Washington D C and VF931 at Willow Grove Pa will stay at home bases while training but join fleet operations soon. Each unit has 12 aircraft with A4B Skyhawk for VA831 and F 8 Crusader for VF661 and VF931. Training will emphasize weapons delivery and carrier qualifications before full integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Naval Air Reserve
Atlantic Fleet
Fleet
Floyee
Bennett Field
New York
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Oanh
Man and Boy of the Year Named by local YMCA
Dr. John Simpson Jr was named Man of the Year and Billy Byrd 13 was named Boy of the Year at the YMCA awards night and kickoff for the membership drive. Officers were elected. plans for a new building expansion and a $30,000 goal were discussed as the organization seeks funds and new memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simpson
Accont
F W. Townes
James Moses
Billy Byrd
Richard Barkhouser
YMCA
John Simpson, Jr
John &. Simpson, Jr
Simpson
Dr. Simpson
The
Young Byrd
Leroy Byrd
West Paxton St
James C. Moses
Gray
Lee St. Baptist Church
Royal Ambassadors
E. G. Baxa
Jennings Agner
Secrutary
Tamas Mo Hey
Conwell Anderson
Luke Smith
Robert Thompson
Cornelis Rol
Baxa
Motley
Smith
First Baptist Church
B Girl Defined For Sen Thompson Sparks Senate Talk
In Richmond a Senate Welfare Committee meeting sparked laughter as Sen W C Thompson questioned the term B-girl in a local option liquor bill. Sen Edward Breeden Jr proposed a wording adjustment to define it as no female employee who sells beverages, though the committee approved the measure without the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Pittsylvania
W. C. Thompson
Senate Welfare Committee
Thompson
House
Edward L. Breeden Jr
Norfolk
Breeden
Senate
Mother Pleads Guilty in Petersburg Bank Robberies
Mrs. Piruis Collier Savage 36, mother of four from Hartfield, pleaded guilty in U S District Court to the Sept 19 1967 hold up of the West End branch of First & Merchants National Bank in Petersburg. Sentencing set for Feb 26 by Judge Robert R Merhige Jr. The May 5 holdup case remains and Virgil Ryder of Dinwiddie County faces separate trial. The indictment cites 2517 dollars taken on Sept 19 and 19037 on May 5.
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Richmond
Piruis Collier Savage
Petersburg
U.S. District Court
Robert R. Merhige
Savage
West End
First & Merchants National Bank
Hartfield
Virgil Franklin Ryder
Dinwiddie County
Ryder
Virginia and North Carolina Leaf Growers Study Canada Marketing
A 21-man task force from Virginia and North Carolina will tour Canada to study flue-cured tobacco marketing. Members include Virginia Farm Bureau leaders and growers from Gretna, Dinwiddie, Pittsylvania, and North Carolina, meeting Canadian officials and warehouse operators to compare practices and costs. Canada grows twice as much flue-cured tobacco as Virginia, with Canada planting 130,000 acres in 1966 to Virginia's 55,000.
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VPI
Virginia
North
Cary G. Ayers
Stuart
J.P
Virginia Farm Bureau
Davis
Brookneal
Carter
Layne
Gretna
Martin
North Carolina
Mathews
Bradnax
Roy B. Davis
Virginia Department of
Agriculture and Commerce
Farm Bureau
Roberts
Re- B
James L
Virginia Crop Reporting Service
Canada
Virginia- North Carolina
Lake Erie
Delano
Warren Joins City Council During Unexpired Term
John B. Warren was sworn in to fill the unexpired term of Del. George B. Anderson at a noon meeting. He helped elect a new vice mayor, Dr L Arey, and then resigned from the Zoning Board of Appeals. Warren is a Danville native, married to Lillie Shelton, with daughter Gwen teaching at Westminster College in Georgia.
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John B. Warren
Del
George B. Anderson
Warren
Anderson
L. Arey
John Carter
Arey
Council
Zoning Board of Appeals
Danville
Lillie Shelton
Rocklawn Ave
Gwen
Westminster College
Georgia
Jesse Jones Sausage Co
Moffett Memorial Baptist Church
Morntock Masonic Lodge
Chickasaw Tribe of Red Men
the Elks and the Sertoma Club
Negro Receives Roanoke Jaycees Distinguished Service Award
Roanoke Jaycees honored William Robertson 34 with the 1987 Distinguished Service Award for mental health and mental retardation work in state and local Jaycee projects. A Roanoke native and elementary education supervisor, he was previously named Roanoke’s outstanding young educator of the year in 1985. Herman Pevier received the Distinguished Citizen Award at the same banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Jaycees
William Robertson
Robertson
Jaycee
Jays Teas
Hoanoke
Herman Pevier
Wortelk «& Western Railroad
Brotherhood Week Plans Discussed in Danville
Plans for National Brotherhood Week were discussed at a luncheon at the Charcoal House with three-faith representatives. A Danville Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews was revived, with youth seminar ideas and Brotherhood Awards for high school students proposed. Local interest follows attendance at Martinsville chapter meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Charcoal House
Danvillians
Martinsville
Mrs. Graham Succumbs To Car Injuries
Gretna native Joyce Yeatts Graham age 32 of Babylon New York died Friday from injuries suffered in a January 7 auto crash. She was daughter of Taylor L. Yeates and Annie Merricks Yeatts, survived by husband David M. Graham three sons Thomas Jeffrey Steven all of Babylon three sisters Homie Dalton Gerald Lovelace Claude Gibson and two brothers Walter Yeatts Louis Yeatts. Funeral arrangements announced with body to Colbert Funeral Home arrival and family at Taylor Yeatts residence in Gretna.
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Gretna
Joyce Yeatts Graham
Babylon
N. Y
Taylor L. Yeates
Annie Merricks Yeatts
David M. Graham
Thomas
Jeffrey
Steven
Homie Dalton
Gerald Lovelace
Corn Beach
Fla
Claude Gibson
Orlando
Walter Yeatts
Louis Yeatts
Williamston
N.C
Pharmacist warns Danville students on drug dangers
Pharmacist Thomas H. Holland told Danville Division of VPI students that misusing drugs can be fatal to success and happiness. He outlined five drug groupings narcotics sedatives tranquilizers and hallucinogens plus a sixth for inhalants and cautioned against marijuana legalization. He stressed education over legislation and cited risks from LSD and other substances with physiological dependence and potential for psychosis.
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Thomas H. Holland
Danville Division
VPI
Holland
American Pharmaceutical Association
Academy of General Practice of Pharmacy
Association
Chemical Society
Ireland
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Springs
Episcopalians
George Edmiston
Vic
Edmisten
Bill Clement
Tren
Clement
Clement Ymca
Frans Sarinte Taoat
Sen. Thompson
N. C
Negro
Brotherhood
Dhaenmtaniet Libese Reno Abesa
Pharmacist
Holiday Inn
Sarlawd
Dallas
W. Yates
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