Temple Presses Danville Unity Behind Big City Plans
City Manager T Edward Temple urged downtown merchants to back a bold Danville program with $2 million in industrial incentives and a larger downtown renewal, water and sewage facilities, a four year college, and a new library. He warned critics that the die is cast and urged unity to shape a higher future for the city.
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Temple
Danville
State Water Control Board
Dan River
Water Control Board
Bowling
Five Commissioners Named In Land Condemnation Case
Corpora tion Court Judge A M Aiken named five commissioners to hold hearings on land needed for a new junior high in North Danville. The panel includes T D Shumate W E Beavers Jr J P Wells Jr Steve Bendall and H H Brincefield. They will view property hear evidence and set values. About 48 parcels are involved with over 200 defendants listed many non residents or unknown addresses. The district plans to acquire about 45 acres behind the Danville Nursing Home between Riverside Drive Audubon Drive Woodberry Hills and Piney Forest Rd amid blighted and undeveloped areas. Streets include Weldon Blake Lydia and Rosewood.
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Corporation Court
A. M. Aiken
North
Danville
Judge Aiken
T. D. Shumate
W. E. Beavers, Jr
J. P. Wells, Jr
Steve Bendall
H. H. Brincefield
Virginia
Clement
Wheatley
Winston
Danville Nursing Home
Riverside Drive
Audubon Drive
Woodberry Hills
Piney Forest Rd
Two Area Students on Dean's List at VPI Blacksburg
Obie J. Minter of Sandy Level and David M. Self of Danville are among 120 students named to the dean's list for the spring quarter at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obie J. Minter
Sandy Level
David M. Self
Danville
Virginia Polytechnic Institute At
Blacksburg
First Application Of New Law Man Pleads Alcoholism
The first use of a new state law allowing alcoholism as a defense to public drunkenness may occur in Corporation Court today with Garth Elmore Price. Price, previously found not guilty on four counts, seeks an alcoholic defense and a probation report. the court may commit him or refer to an outpatient clinic. The law follows a Supreme Court ruling recognizing alcoholism as a defense and permits commitments to Welfare and Institutions, Mental Hygiene Hospitals, or outpatient clinics. Judge Calvin Berry requires documented proof of alcoholism unless the Commonwealth agrees.
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Garth Elmore Price
Price
Commonwealth
Department of Welfare and Institutions
Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals
State Health Department
U.S. Supreme Court
Bank Robbery Lead May Bloom From Police Conference
Danville police at a regional conference in Lynchburg developed a lead on the Nor-Dan Shopping Center bank robbery. Police Chief E G McCain said the suspect matches the description, a picture will be shown to witnesses, and detectives will verify whereabouts. The Dec 14 masked bandit fled in a 1962 Chevrolet with a red stripe after taking about 5500 dollars.
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Nor-Dan
Danville
Lynchburg
E.G. McCain
American National
McCain
Commonwealth
Eugene Link
Lewis Albert Dosseerlitz
Coley Boone
John Martin
Lyneonburg
Judy E. Towler
Hie
Carl T. Yeatts
Yesus
Yeatts
Sentence Suspended In Shooting Case In South Boston
James Franklin Garner received a suspended two year term in state prison for felonious shooting and must serve four months in Halifax County jail after being indicted for the March 5 assault on Lewis Davis. John Lewis Smart got a suspended one year term for receiving stolen goods tied to a December 1965 cabin burglary and the Dunream property case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
James Franklin Garner
State Penitentiary
G. E. Mitchell, Jr
Garner
Halifax County
Lewis Davis
John Lewis Smart
Smart
Frank Slayton
J. W. Greer
Dunreamin
Paul C. Edmunds
Halifax
Mechanics Of Medicare Described To Danville Lions Club
William Egan of the Social Security Administration explained Medicare Plan B to Danville Lions members. He clarified how paying doctors directly can cost patients when the insurer, as carrier, reimburses a determined reasonable charge that might be less than the paid fee, causing a loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville Evening Lion Club
William Egan
Social Security Administration
Egan
Lions
Woman Injured In Fall From Moving Car
Christine Johnson of 108 Capri Court sustained a compound fracture of her right leg and bruises when she fell from a car traveling east on Route 58 about five miles east of Danville yesterday. She was a passenger in a car driven by Leonard Widener for Roanoke en route to Richmond. State Trooper L A Layne investigated and Widener said the Johnson woman opened the car door and apparently jumped from the moving vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Johnson
Capri Ct
Rt. 58
Danville
Leonard Widener
Roanoke
Richmond
L. A. Layne
Widener
Johnson
Woman Dies In Accident In Halifax
A Halifax County woman Lilian McCraw, about 70, of Nathalie Rt. 2, was killed Tuesday in a single vehicle crash at Neal's Corner Mount Laurel. She was a passenger in a pickup driven by Ellen Trayham of Nathalie Rt. 2. Trooper C B Fore said McCraw was thrown from the truck when Trayham apparently lost control. the truck overturned and crushed her. Trayham was uninjured. McCraw died en route to a local hospital. no charges filed pending investigation.
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Halifax
Halifax County
Neal’s Corner
Mount Laurel
Lillian McCraw
Nathalie Rt. 2
Ellen Trayham
C. B. Fore
Trayham
McCraw
Bankers Named To Committees Of Association
Brantley F. Barr, recently elected president of the Virginia Bankers Association, announced committee appointments from the region. The state legislation committee is led by Charles C. Broun of Piedmont Trust Bank with William H. Jefferson Jr. of American National Bank and Trust Co. as a member. E. Ballou Bagby of First National Bank of Danville sits on federal legislation. T. S. Earp of South Boston Bank serves on bank protection and insurance. S. S. Flythe Jr. of Martinsville First National Bank is on installment credit. Frank D. Fulton of Martinsville First National Bank and Henry County is vice-chairman of the trusts committee, which includes E. T. Glidewell Jr. of the same bank system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brantley F. Barr
Virginia Bankers Association
Charles C. Broun
Martinsville
Piedmont Trust Bank
William H. Jefferson Jr
Danville
American National Bank and Trust Co
E. Ballou Bagby
First National Bank of
T. S. Earp
South Boston Bank and Trust Co
S. S. Flythe Jr
Henry County
Committee On Trusts
Frank D. Fulton
E. T. Glidewell Jr
Breach Of Peace Warrant Served On Harold Dowdy
A breach of the peace warrant was served yesterday on Harold Wayne Dowdy age 29 of Danville Rt.4 who was being treated for gunshot wounds suffered early Sunday. The charge sworn by Police Sgt. T F Talley stems from Dowdy's actions at the hospital. Dowdy, released from the hospital, also faces an unserved warrant for attempted assault sworn by David Daniel age 19 of 924 Grove St. Daniel posted a $1000 bond Monday after being charged with feloniously shooting Dowdy near the Skylark Rt.86 tavern in Virginia.
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Harold Wayne Dowdy
Danville
Daniel
Dowdy
Virginia
Skylark
Chances Seen Excellent For 420000 Grant To Expand Water Plant
Danville officials Howard A. Johnson and James A. H. Ferguson return from Philadelphia optimistic about a 420000 federal grant to double the water plant’s capacity from 9 to 15 million gallons daily. The expansion costs about 840000 with half funded by the grant, and HUD has invited Danville among about 30 of 600 applications.
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U.S
Howard A. Johnson
James A. H. Ferguson
Danville
Ferguson
Johnson
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Philadelphia
Thhey
Funeral Rites Slated Today For Youth Run Over By Car
Funeral rites for Ferrell James Watson Jr., 19, who died after being run over on Rt. 718 near Dry Fork, will be held today at 3 p.m. from Scott Funeral Chapel in Chatham with interment in the Fox family cemetery. The driver, 16, Brenda Faye Daniel of Dry Fork Rt. 1, said she could not stop in time after seeing something in the road. Watson, a Chatham resident, was pronounced dead at the scene by Medical Examiner G. B. Thompson Jr. He was born June 20, 1947, in Pittsylvania County and worked for Altavista Weaving Co.. he is survived by his parents Ferrell J. Watson and Ruth E. Watson, and by his paternal grandmother Rosa C. Blair of Rocky Mount and maternal grandmother Ruby Mitchell of Chatham Rt 3.
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Ferrell
James Watson Jr
Scott Funeral
Chatham
Fox Family Cemetery
R.M. McCrickard
Rt. 718
Dry Fork
Brenda Faye Daniel
Rt. 1
McCrickard
MccCrickard
Watson
Chatham Rt. 3
G. B. Thompson, Jr
Pittsylvania
County
Ferrell James Watson
Ruth Elizabeth Watson
Altavista Weaving Co
Rosa C. Blair
Rocky Mount
Ruby Mitchell
Chatham Rt
Graduation Friday at Danville High Schools and Lee Junior High
Commencement exercises Friday mark the end of summer sessions for 850 students at Danville’s two high schools and Robert E Lee Junior High. Dr Hugh Moomaw of Stratford College will deliver the address to 35 George Washington High graduates as Principal J T Christopher presents diplomas.
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Danville
Robert E. Lee Junior High
Hugh Moomaw
Stratford College
George Washington High
J. T. Christopher
Landmark Court Decisions Aid Criminals Say Police Chief
Danville Police Chief E. G. McCain told the Ningiqta-Laralles Crime Clinic that recent U S Supreme Court rulings have given criminals more advantages and hampered convictions. He urged better officer training to prepare cases, noting Virginia’s rights and indigent attorney provisions complicate arrests. Police from two states compared trends, reporting fewer safe jobs and arsons, while new forensic advances allow timing death via maggots.
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Lyncitburg
U.S. Supreme Court
Danville
E. G. McCain
Ningiqta-Laralles
McCain
Virginia
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
U.S. Gypsum Co
H. D. Bowling
W. C. McCubbins
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Main
Patton
Urban Redevelopment Authority
Washington
ARA
Coliseum
Weldon
Blake
Lydia
Rosewood
Supreme Court
Calvin Berry
Berry
Haifax
Mechanics of
Medicare
Harold Dowdy
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
U.S. Gypsum
Emory Bolejack
Lynevburg
Sate
Harold Goode
Goode
Fies
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