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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1966

Page

7

Duke Hospital Uses Closed Circuit TV For Cardiac Care

Duke University Medical Center unveils a fiber of life saving tech including closed circuit television sets and oscilloscope monitors in Drake Ward. The system watches every heartbeat, triggers alarms, and directs rapid response by nurses and doctors to heart attack patients in the new cardiac intensive care unit. A radio paging service, portable receivers, and automatic EKG recording backstop fast action.

Nive Duke University Medical Center Drake Ward Duke Medical Center Ecardiac Andrew Wallace Duke Wallace Dr. Wallace

Teletype System Links Five Medical Libraries

A new teletype network at Duke Medical Center Library links Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, Bowman Gray Winston-Salem, UVA Charlottesville, and Medical College of Virginia Richmond. The system speeds requests, cuts cost, and provides a written record, with 24 hour fulfillment and potential expansion.

Durham N. C Duke University Medical Center North Carolina Virginia Duke University of North Carolina Health Affairs Chapel Hill Bowman Gray School of Medicine Winston-Salem University of Virginia Medical Library Charlottesville Medical College of Virginia Richmond Warren Bird Duke Medical Center Ft. G Bird Cay

Hungarian Pianist Vasary Set For Danville Concert

Hungarian pianist Tamas Vasary, famed for cross channel records and a string of prize wins, will perform for the Danville Concert Association on February 3. The program features Liszt pieces, Chopin works, Debussy preludes, and Mozart, with critics praising his virtuosic range and the transformative effect of his playing.

Tamas Vasary Vasary Danville Concert Association London Daily Mail London Philharmonic Iron Curtain Moscow Leningrad Budapest Prague Warsaw Bucharest Bucharest Philharmonic Danube France Belgium Marguerite Long Jacques Thibaud Europe Switzerland English Deutsche Grammoption Gesellschaft Journal-American Franz Liszt Liszt Danville New York Rubinstein Beethoven Ondine Debussy Cho Mozart Charles Reid London News Chronicle van Cliburn Glenn Gould

Notable descendants tied to midcentury college founders

The passage traces lineage of several figures connected to a Tuscaloosa college project. General Disosway, a Pomona native and West Point graduate, served as commander of the Tactical Air Command and led U S Forces in Europe. Leigh, a Meridian-born businessman in Tuscaloosa since 1953, studied at Mississippi State. Ambassador Childs, born in Lynchburg, is a Randolph-Macon College alumnus with Harvard MLA and Army War College training, who served as ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia and wrote on Casanova.

Ashland America J. Rives Childs U.S Randolph-Macon Blackwell Auditorium Childs John Early Randolph-Macon College Board of Trustees Gabriel P. Dis Tactical Air Command Langley Air Force Base Sir John A Sward Wallace Lynchburg Virginia United States Diplomatic Service Washington Associated Press Randolph-Macon College Harvard Army War College Near East Saudi Arabia Ethiopia Jacques Casanova Diplomatic

Funeral Rites Planned for K D Richardson Monday

Funeral services for Kent Dodson Richardson 58 will be held Monday at 1 p m from Townes Memorial Chapel with burial at Highland Burial Park. Richardson died Friday at McKenney Dinwiddie County during a business trip for Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. A Pittsylvania native he lived in Richmond 13 years and belonged to Bon Air Baptist Church and the Loyal Order of Moose. Surviving are his wife Thelma two brothers Roy Richardson Martinsville and Brother Richardson Ontario Canada and one sister Mrs Ruby R Walters Danville. The family will be at 301 Girard St.

Kent Dodson Richardson Townes Memorial Chapel Highland, Burial Park Richardson McKenney Dinwiddie County Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co Pittsylvania County Richmond Bon Air Baptist Church Loyal Order of Moose Danville Thelma Dodson Richardson Chippenham Rd Roy Richardson Martinsville Ontario Canada Ruby R. Walters Girard St

U S Churches Plan To Help Those In Need

U S Protestant churches plan a Year of sharing in 1966 with a goal of 17 021 000 for overseas relief and rehabilitation. The One Great Hour of Sharing appeal funds programs through Church World Service and allied bodies assisting 42 countries with food aid seeds and medical support via indigenous churches.

New York N. Y U. S Asia Africa Latin America Middle East Europe Church World Service CWS National Council of Churches Pilus World Council of Churches Interdenominational Organizations

Miss Dollie Ricketts Rites Postponed

The funeral for Miss Dollie Ricketts Ricketts has been postponed until further notice. Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home announced last night that Miss Ricketts died Friday after a three year decline in health. The body remains at the funeral home.

Mrs Belva Weddle Funeral Rites Held

The funeral for Mrs. Belva Alderman Weddle was conducted yesterday morning from the Wrenn Yeatts chapel by Rev Louis Carson and Rev R J Wells. Interment will be in Highland Burial Park. Pallbearers were Wayne Aolam Bruce Roland Harold Lamp Raynor Dean Luther Zoad Frank Hundley and Raymond Alderman.

Belva Alderman Weddle Wrenn-Yeatts Louis Carson R. J. Wells Highland Burial Park Wayne Aolam Bruce Roland Harold Lamp Raynor Dean Luther Zoad Frank Hundley Raymond Alderman

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