Danville Native First Sgt. Eric A. Martin Jr. Killed in Viet Nam
First Division soldier Danville native First Sgt. Eric A. Martin Jr. with 22 years service was killed in action in Viet Nam while with the 1st Infantry Division Second Brigade near Bien Hoa air base. He was born January 22, 1926, and married Martha Palczewski in 1952. survived by wife, four children, and four siblings. Funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric A. Martin, Jr
Danville
Viet Nam
Martin
Eric A. Martin
Myrtle Ave
Defense Department
Associated Press
Bien Hoa
Saigon
U.S
Edna Jones Martin
Martha Palczewski
Dorothy
Dean
Donna
Dennis
Ft. Riley
Wallace Marlin
Portsmouth
Robert Martin
Norfolk
Fred Martin
Miami
Fla
Dorothy Blackwell
Reidsville
N.C
Gypsum Plant Here Tops New Industrial Growth
The 15 million United States Gypsum plant to be built two miles southeast of Danville near the Virginia North Carolina border tops Virginia's second quarter industrial growth. The State Division of Industrial Development and Planning noted 24 new manufacturing locations announced plus 22 major plant expansions, with 9,900 new jobs expected. USG will supply 500 of them when the Danville plant opens by 1967 to manufacture hardboard and asphalt coated sheathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Gypsum Company
Danville
Virginia-North Carolina
State Division of Industrial Development and Planning
U.S
Gypsum
C. HH
Shaver
Dan River
Norfolk, Franklin and
USG
Imberland
Virginia
Norfolk
Plasterco
Locust Cove
Alexandria
Richmond
Arlington
Greenville
Mississippi
Pilot Rock
Ore
All-Copper Still Raided. Two Arrested Near Hurt
ABC and ATU agents raided a wooded area off Route 642 near Hurt seizing 40 gallons of whisky, 400 gallons of mash, and eight 60 gallon barrels. Two men Hampton P. Tucker and Thomas Keattes were jailed in Danville and to appear before U.S. Commissioner Bascom Jordan. The unique all copper still was found running as officers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ABC
ATU
Hurt
Hampton P. Tucker
White
Rt. 2
Thomas Keattes
Danville
U.S
Bascom Jordan
Local Businessmen Attend Seminar on Foreign Market
A small group of Virginia businessmen met at the King of the Sea restaurant for a four hour seminar on selling products abroad and exchanging trade ideas. Led by a U S Commerce official, the event was organized by the Danville Chamber in cooperation with the Richmond Export Expansion Council and Parker's Richmond office. Participants included Pat Cohen of Pat's One-Stop and other representatives from Dan River Mills, Davenport Insurance, and Norton and Filis, with credit details from Virginia National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King of the Sea
Roy Newton
Virginia National Bank
Inter
U. S.department of Commerce
Virginia
William S. ‘Parker
Department of Commerce
Richmond
King of the Sea i
Richmond Export Expan
O. J Lewis Roach
Danville Chamber
Parker
W. C
Dan) Daniel
Charles D. Hylton, Jr
Dan River Mills
Everett Owen
Davenport Insurance Co., Inc
REEC
Marine
Fcia Insurance
John W. Gayk
Dibrell Brothers, Inc
Carey Early
Norton and Filis, Inc
Norfolk
VNB International Department
West Point Man Constantly Crosses the 38th Parallel
West Point resident Eddie Hart repeatedly crosses the 38th parallel, a line he first met during the Korean War while in the armed forces. He now traverses it at least six times daily, as the same line divides North and South Korea and cuts through his town in West Point.
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West Point
Eddie Hart
North
South Korea
Hart
Petition Drives No Parking on Westover Dr After Fatal Crash
A residents’ petition campaign begins today urging city officials to post no parking signs on both sides of Westover Drive from the city limits to Riverside Drive. The drive follows a fatal Friday night crash that killed 16 year old Susan Lee Wyatt and injured two teens. The group claims traffic has worsened on the four lane street with many cars parked in the outer lanes, reducing usable roadway to two lanes. The signatures will be delivered to City Manager T. E. Temple after collection from about 250 residents and businesses.
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Westover Dr
Riverside Dr
T. E. Temple
Susan Lee Wyatt
Virginia Ave
Virginia set for special assembly session date
The Times Dispatch reports Sept 1 as the target date for a special General Assembly session to realign Virginia congressional districts with a Washington source predicting the session will begin by Sept 8 at the latest Gov Harrison will meet Wednesday with Atty Gen Button State Sen Garland Gray and Del John Warren Cooke to discuss timing for the session.
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Richmond
Times - Dispatch
General Assembly
Virginia
Washington
Harrison
Button
Garland Gray
Del
John Warren Cooke
Conservatives Name Senate Candidate in New District
Virginia conservatives announced Paul C. Trotman as their Senate candidate for the new 3rd Senatorial District. Trotman, a fuel oil and real estate firm partner, will file in Chesapeake Portsmouth and Virginia Beach by Friday. The campaign targets Del. William H. Hodges with J. Addison Hagan yet to decide.
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Chesapeake
Virginia
Paul C. Trotman
Edward L. Trotman
Portsmouth
Virginia Beach
Del
William H. Hodges
W. J. McKendree
Hodges
William P. Kellam
William B. Spong Jr
McKendree
Trotman
J. Addison Hagan
Senate
Norfolk
Hagan
AWOL Soldier Bound Over In Wounding
In Fayetteville North Carolina an AWOL soldier bound over for trial at the August term of Cumberland County Superior Court faces charges of wounding and attempted robbery of a Maryland motorist. Pvt Donald Ashley 20 of McLean Virginia remains jailed on a 5000 bond. Ashley absent without leave from Fort Jackson South Carolina since June 28 was arrested after police stopped Thomas Dewherry 43 of Hyattsville Maryland for driving erratically.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Cumberland County
Tobacco prospects best in 22 years in Virginia
The Virginia Crop Reporting Service says tobacco prospects are the best for this date since weekly records began in 1943. The report notes active topping and sucker control, some excess moisture in flue cured tobacco, very early harvest, and wet conditions delaying field work. Corn prospects are bright, tasseling 80 percent in the east to 20 percent in the north, with rain lifting yields. soybeans face wet soils delaying cultivation and weed problems.
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Virginia
Virginia Crop Reporting Service
Richmond
U.S. Weather Bureau
U.S
Virginia Departments of Agriculture
Border Belt Opening Set For Aug. 5
North Carolina Border Belt warehousemen set August 5 for opening tobacco auctions across the belt in Lumberton and nearby towns. The report notes abundant rainfall pushing July totals near or above normal, with scattered crop conditions including soybeans, hay, and small grains. Temperatures ran below normal, and rainfall varied by location such as Danville and Martinsville areas.
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Lumberton
N.C
North Carolina Border Belt
South Carolina
Fairmont
Whiteville
Chadbourn
Fair Bluff
Tabor City
Clarkton
Charlotte Court House
U.S. Weather Bureau
Blackstone
Danville
Martinsville
Kerr Dam
Boydton
Ouly
Halifax
Federal Team To Confer On Pending School Plans
A federal team will confer in Richmond July 27 29 with superintendents from about 90 Virginia school districts whose desegregation plans are pending with the U S Office of Education. State Superintendent Wilkerson announced the offer and noted most plans were unacceptable in their present form due to technicalities. No federal funds have been withheld.
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Richmond
Virginia
U. S. Office of Education
Woodrow W. Wilkerson
David Barns
Wilkerson
Danville
Pittsylvania County
O. T. Bonner
Barns
Area Associations Merge Chatham TB Headquarters
The Piedmont Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association selects Chatham for its first year office headquarters after a Martinsville meeting. The merger unites Halifax Henry Patrick Pittsylvania counties and Danville Martinsville South Boston, with Dr. Robert McLelland as president.
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Piedmont Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Chatham
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Piedmont Area
Patrick and Henry
Martinsville
W. W. Wendt
Virginia
Fred Broecker
Richmond
Wendt
Piedmont Association
Halifax
Henry,Patrick and
Pittsylvania Coun
Tries
Danville
Boston
Robert McLelland
New Area Association
Jury to weigh statutory burglary case of Allen Douglas
Testimony ended yesterday in Corporation Court for Allen Joe Douglas charged with statutory burglary of a home at 170 Epps Street during remodeling last April. A jury will hear final arguments today as prosecutors and defense present closing points. Earlier, Walter Logan was acquitted by a jury of running a red light causing personal injury.
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Esterday
Corporation Court
Allen Joe Douglas
Douglas
Epps St
Walter B. Logan
Tobacco anti trust case tests Wilson selling time swap
S M Cozart of Cozart, Eagles & Co testified in a federal tobacco anti trust suit in New Bern that the Wilson Board of Trade and eight Wilson warehouses used a modified unit system to allocate selling time, driving farmers away to other warehouses amid a market surplus and blocked flue cured markets. He urged a return to the prior performance based system used from 1952 to 1957 and seeks damages and attorney fees.
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New Bern
N. C
Grmea
Wilson Tobacco
S. M. Cozart
Cozart, Ene & Co
Cozart, Eagles
Wilson Tobacco Board of Trade
Wilson Tobacco Warehouses
Wilson Board of Trade
Cozart
Wilson
Reno
Joseph C. Eagles
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U.S. Marine Corps
Army
Fort Riley
Kansas
National Department
Newton
William
the Register
Danville, Va
Border Belt
Coezart
G. E. Gibson
Virginia Tobacco Company
Holiday Inn Restaurant
Walter T. Adams
Lillian W
Yates
Mgr
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