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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1975
Page
7
Multiple obituaries from Danville Eden and surrounding areas note deaths of Callie Stone Ingram 74 of 386 Chatelaine Ave died at Memorial Hospital after a months long decline. Survived by eight children and numerous relatives. services pending. Plus notices for Nonie Walker Collins Barbour 62 of 202 Plum St. and Elizabeth Gray Roberts Vaughn 53 of 723 Manley St. with service details and survivor lists.
Mrs Lottie C Coleman 47 of Danville Rt 3 died Monday morning in Memorial Hospital Aug 10 1927 she was daughter of Isaac Coleman and Lillian Glass Coleman widow of Ernest Coleman. Survived by three daughters Doris Dobbs Ernestine Sydnor Esther Bowman all of Danville a son Harvey Coleman a sister Queen Oakes Long Island three brothers Howard Coleman Washington DC Robert Coleman Hopewell NJ Alfred Coleman Clarksville and seven grandchildren Funeral services Friday at 2 pm at Riceville Baptist Church Java by Rev Ernest McLaughlin burial in Oliver Family Cemetery body at Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home family receive at residence at other times
Valdosta Georgia AP reports sales were heavy at Georgia Florida flue cured tobacco markets on Wednesday with grade prices generally steady. A total of 4,272,445 pounds sold at an average of 83.48 per hundredweight as primings declined and more logs were offered. Tuesday's sales reached 4.6 million pounds at 8.10 per hundred, down 1.89 from Monday's peak.
Funeral services for William Eugene Hicks aged 47 of 340 Cumberland Drive will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Lee Street Baptist Church conducted by Col. Joseph Cosby. Burial will follow at Highland Burial Park. Hicks died Tuesday night at Memorial Hospital. The body lies at F.W. Townes and Son. family at residence.
Murray Henderson an 18 year old filed a 159000 federal suit against Safeway Stores alleging false arrest false imprisonment assault and battery and assault with a deadly weapon by guard David Wallace during an April 1 incident. He claims the guard struck him with a blackjack drew a revolver and ordered him to lie on the parking lot pavement as a crowd gathered triggering two nights of civil unrest in downtown Charlottesville with rioting breaking store windows and sporadic gunfire but no fatalities.
Gov Jim Holshouser sought publicity for Raleigh bicentennial events as a red white and blue balloon nearly toppled him and Gastonia officials at a 4 Raleigh park. Balloonist Ben Simonsen wrestled the deflating craft while Mayor Roland Bradley read a proclamation about the air mail quilt. The event ended with Holshouser departing for paperwork in his car.
Washington AP report states Col. Madelyn N. Tarks of San Antonio Texas will become chief of the Army Nurse Corps with the rank of brigadier general. She will succeed Brig. Gen. Lillian Dunlap who retires September 1 at the Pentagon announce.
Odell William Gray Jr. is appointed director of the regional welfare office in Roanoke, moving from Martinsville where he headed social services since 1967. He will oversee programs in 17 localities across multiple counties and cities including Alleghany Covington and Roanoke.
A civil case brought by the ACLU in South Carolina alleges Dr Clovis Pierce sterilized Medicaid recipient Dorothy Waters after her fifth birth amid claims of a welfare based policy. Waters testified Pierce warned of tax funded births and denied choice, saying if she wants no sterilization she should find another doctor. The plaintiffs contend unethical bias existed between welfare and paying patients.
Gage predicts few appeals as program organizers emphasize parent cooperation and openness. Bowdre notes many parents seek help and want their children to continue receiving services under federal regulations.
Caroling Power & Light Co. asked the North Carolina Utilities Commission for a 22 percent rate increase costing Tar Heel customers about 2 million dollars annually. An interim 12 percent rise to take effect August 15 was also requested.
State corrections chief David L Jones issued a new order on access to prisoners by newsmen. The policy eases rules for medium and minimum security units while preserving strict interview standards for Central Prison, the only maximum security facility. The order allows oral rather than written pledges from reporters and clarifies the stricter rules apply only to maximum security prisoners.
Raleigh AP report says Duke Power president Carl Horn foresees continued rising electricity demand with shifts from petroleum to electric systems, including cars, trains, and mass transit. The Utilities Commission weighs a 23.6 percent rate increase to fund new plants, aiming to attract capital and avert shortages by 1980.
The Jaycees outline a fall program including Project Winterization a haunted house a fall social and a religion in American life project. In winter they join the Empty Stocking Fund a fresh fruit sale and related activities. Next spring they plan to support the Special Olympics for handicapped and mentally retarded youngsters.
The article explains the tax rate of $2.75 per hundred and how it applies to 30 percent of property values, with a real estate reassessment in 1976 raising to 100 percent of fair market value. It notes a slight rise in decal sales in Pittsylvania with 30,634 decals sold, up from 29,812, and reports 416 motorcycle decals sold for the first time.
Remedy ad claims strong quick drying T-4 L stops itch and burning for 59 cents at drug counters. Announces infection relief within an hour and skin sloughing in 3 to 5 days, urging readers to visit Key Rexall Drug Store for healthy skin.
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