Infant Belinda Honeycutt Dies in Memorial Hospital
Belinda Gale Honeycutt five month old daughter of Noel and Barbara Honeycutt died Tuesday at 12 20 p m in Memorial Hospital born in Danville on August 13 1973 She is survived by her two grandparents Jake and Mildred Hall and Charlie and Eva Honeycutt Funeral services set for Friday at 11 00 a m at Schoolfield Cemetery conducted by the Rev Henry Taylor Relatives and body to be at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home with the family at 25 Halifax Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belinda Gale Honeycutt
Noel Anderson Honeycutt
Barbara Jean Hall Honeycutt
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Jake and
Mildred Hall
Charlie and
Eva Honeycutt
Schoolfield Cemetery
Henry Taylor
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home
Halifax Road
J S English Dies At 74 In Hospital
Jimmie Snow English, 74, of Gretna, died Wednesday morning at Virginia Baptist Hospital Lynchburg after an extended illness. Survived by three daughters Elizabeth English Mildred Owen Eva Bervo. two sons Johnnie and Rufus English. siblings Earlie Swain Grace Wilkes. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. at Liberty Christian Church Sandy Level with burial in church cemetery. Family receives friends tonight Colbert Moran Funeral Home 7 9 p.m. and at residence Rt 4 Gretna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretna
Jimmie Snow English
Virginia Baptist Hospital
Lynchburg
Amherst County
John English
Lillie Snow English
Beulah Wilkes
Elizabeth English
Mildred Owen
Sandy Level
Eva Bervo
Johnnie English
Rufus English
Earlie English
Goodview
Lizzie Swain
Grace Wilkes
Liberty Christian Church
R. G. Rowland
J. D. Hunt
Colbert-Moran Funeral Home
Rt. 4
Mary Keatts Shields dies at 83 in Gretna Virginia
Mrs Mary Keatts Shields 83 of Gretna died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital age 83 born Pittsylvania County June 18 1890 daughter of the late Samuel Keatts and Matilda Jones Keatts member of Somerset Baptist Church widow of Ed D Shields survived by son Thomas Shields Pittsvlle four daughters Vergie Hedrick Martinsville Emma Shields Pittsville Florence Tuck Gretna Tom Phillips Altavista one brother Tom Keatts Lynchburg five grandchildren Funeral Friday 4 p m Pittsville Holiness Church by Rev Ralph Shelton and Rev I W Tuck interment in church cemetery body to be taken from Colbert Moran Funeral Home to the residence this evening at 6 o'clock
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretna
Mary Keatts Shields
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Pittsylvania County
Samuel Keatts
Matilda Jones Keattts
Somerset Baptist Church
Ed D. Shields
Thomas Shields
Pittsville
Vergie Hedrick
Martinsville
Emma Shields
Florence Tuck
Tom Phillips
Altavista
Tom Keatts
Lynchburg
Miss Ferguson Funeral Rites Slated Today
Funeral services for Mildred Elizabeth Ferguson will be held at 2 p.m. today from Finch and Finch Funeral Chapel in Altavista. Burial follows in Reynolds family cemetery in Renan community. The 55 year old Richmond resident and former U.S. Park Service secretary died Tuesday at home. She is survived by a sister Mrs. Robert P. Irons of Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Mildred Elizabeth Ferguson
Finch and Finch
Altavista
Reynolds Family
Renan
Miss Ferguson
U.S. Park Service
Robert P. Irons
Lexington
Burnett Rites Set Today in Ringgold
Funeral services for Claude Thomas Burnett will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from Swicegood Chapel with burial at Floral Hills Memory Gardens. The body is at the funeral home and the family resides on Rt. 1, Ringgold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Thomas Burnett
Swicegood Chapel
Floral Hills Memory Gardens
Rt. 1
Ringgold
Abortion Clinic Lease Will Not Be Released
Winston-Salem doctors backing Forsyth Pregnancy Terminations Inc. will not release Lambe-Young-Jones from a lease for the clinic site. Ten physicians said they will move ahead with the project, citing a moral stance on abortion. The real estate firm said it felt bound to honor the lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Robert O. Jones
Lambe-Young- Jones
Herbert A. Soper
Forsyth Pregnancy Terminations Inc
Thomas Lambe
Firemen Grab The Beans In Sudden Stove Fire
In Yuma Aziz AP report the Yuma Fire Department answered two calls about a man named James Mergin trapped in a burning apartment. Three engines rushed to the scene but found Mergin had dozed off and the beans cooking burned. Firemen lifted the pot from the stove to stop the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Aziz
James Mergin
Mergin
Statement of finances sworn by loan corporation chief
John B. Murray President of the Peoples Industrial Loan Corporation swears the attached figures are true. The document lists multiple monetary amounts totaling 5 321 731 72 and is sworn before notary Bobbye A. Swain in Danville Virginia on January 29 1974 with a commission expiration October 7 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Murray
The
Peoples Industrial Loan Corporation
State of Virginia
Danville
Bobbye A. Swain
ERA Effect On Virginia Law Report For General Assembly
About 200 supporters and opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment heard a task force outline the changes needed in Virginia law if the ERA is ratified by 38 states. Experts cited potential shifts in labor, property, family, criminal law, and military policy, plus questions on sex segregation in facilities and women in the draft. The Feb 12 public hearing was set as lawmakers prepare a ERA ratification measure led by Del. Dorothy A. McDiarmid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Johnson
Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
House
Senate
A. E. Dick Howard
University of Virginia Law School
Howard
Carroll Kem Shackelford
Culpeper
Shackelford
William F. Swindler
Marshall-Wythe School of Law
College of William and Mary
Robert E. R. Huntley
Washington and Lee University
Task Force
P&e
Georgia House of Representatives
Del
Dorothy A. McDiarmid
D-Fairfax
Virginia legislature debates on track betting and other bills
Identical bills to legalize on track horse race betting were filed in the Virginia House and Senate. Chief sponsors are Del. Frank E. Mann and Sen. Peter K. Balablas. The package includes tighter state racing commission control and local referenda. Other measures address consumer credit discrimination, state university admissions for Virginians, an Equal Employment Opportunity Act, speed limit studies, local tobacco taxes, and technician parts disclosure penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Virginia House
Senate
Department of State Police
Del
Frank E. Mann
Alexandria
Peter K. Babalas
Norfolk
Ity
Dels
Hardaway Marks
D Hopewell
Lewis A. McMurran
Newport News
Yorktown
del. A.L. Philpott
D-Henry
Clive L. DuVal II
McLean
William E. Fears
Accomac
William P. Robinson
State Highway Safety Division
State Corporation Commission
State Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Fairfax
Arlington
del. Joseph A. Leafe
New York Aquarium Whale Expected at Coney Island
At the New York Aquarium on Coney Island a beluga whale is pregnant again after Francis the cow beluga previously gave birth in captivity in July 1972 and died shortly after amid excited spectators. Scientists hope the current pregnancy advances captive breeding and benefits endangered species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Aquarium
Coney Island
Francis
Pocket Parks And Gardens Hobby Turns Tax Burden Into Collecting
New York AP reports Jack Gasnick, a Manhattan plumbing supplier, owns 28 scattered land parcels worth tax of 800 dollars a year. He buys them at tax sales as a hobby. most plots are too small to build on and not intended for development. In Houston AP notes the Houston Grand Opera commissions Thomas Pasatieri's The Seagull as its first world premiere, likely March 5, a potential Texas premiere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jack Gasnick
Manhattan
Houston
Houston Grand Opera
Thomas Pasatieri
Texas
Garden City
N.Y
Nassau County Community College
UNC To Cancel Sexes Living Side-By-Side
At the University of North Carolina Winston Dormitory the mixed sex living arrangement on the second floor will end next school year. Dean Donald A. Boulton cited danger signals and potential bad publicity as reasons. Students protested with banners and sweatshirts urging preservation of the policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N. C
Winston
University of North Carolina
Donald A. Boulton
Boulton
Michael Fitzgerald
New York City
Burley Price Shows Slight Increase
Louisville AP reports burley tobacco prices edged higher on Wednesday as two markets sold. Carrollton completed its sale at 59,014 pounds for 82.45 per cwt while Lexington buyers averaged 89.91 per cwt on 364,830 pounds amid 423,894 pounds sold overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Carrollton
Lexington
Carolina Man Is Arrested For Fraud
Kings Mountain AP Floyd Edwin Parker of Old Fort is charged with fraud after allegedly taking $3,000 worth of upholstery fabric from Niesco Industries and $1,500 of polyester fabric from Fast Mills. A preliminary hearing is set for February 28. Parker, 23, was arrested by Kings Mountain Police and FBI agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Mountain
Old Fort
Thomas McDevitt
FBI
Floyd Edwin Parker
Rt. 1
Parker
Niesco Industries
McDevitt
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod reaffirms antiabortion stance
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod reaffirmed its abortion stance and launched Life Concern programs for about 3,000 members. The Theology and Church Relations Commission approved the policy, first stated at the 1971 Milwaukee convention, with pilot workshops, resource materials, and new courses. President Rev. Dr. Ja cob A. C. Preus noted the issue as a national life attitude matter extending to the aged and those burdensome to family or society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
Theology Commission
Patterson Named USC President
William H. Patterson provost of the University of South Carolina was selected as president. Board chairman T Eston Marchant announced the choice as Patterson succeeds Thomas Jones who resigns after more than a decade in the post and will join the faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
William H. Patterson
University of South Carolina
T. Eston Marchant
Board of
Patterson
Thomas Jones
Compromise Reached On New Hope Dam Project
Greensboros court battle over the B Everett Jordan Lake project in Chatam County NC may end Thursday with a compromise in principle awaiting final approval The case center on pollution concerns and water quality with Durham Chapel Hill and Fayetteville counties supporting or opposing the dam and lake plans Analysts note the agreement would settle a long running dispute and may foreclose further litigation while keeping downstream water supply and flood protection objectives in view
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
North Carolina
Chatham County
New Hope Dam
Norman Smith
U.S. District Court
Eugene A. Gordon
Gordon
Piedmont
Durham
Chapel Hill
Fayetteville
New Hope
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J. S. English
Shields
C. T. Burnett
South Market Street
J. WM. Clement Robert R. Murray JR
Gerald A. Gibson
General Assembly
James R. Tate
R-Fairfax
N.Y. Aquarium
Pocket Parks and Gardens
UNC
Ampco Electric Co
For All
Carolina Man
USC
PCSA
Donald E. Adkins
Ce's Pizza
South Main and
Piney Forest Road
DOVER
Turbeville
P. O. Box
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