CATV Fight Tactics Spurred by North Carolina Group
Danville TV equipment dealers met to plan opposition to a Detroit firm’s bid for a CATV franchise. Hoke of TAME urged councils to demand public utility grounds, question private gain, and note adequate local reception. He warned CATV’s local impact and urged FCC involvement before licenses.
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CATV
Danville
Don’t
Garland Hoke
Raleigh, N. C
North Carolina
TAME
Hoke
DTI
Detroit
Mich
Booth Broadcasting Co, Inc
Television Accessories Manufacturers Institute
Raleigh
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Counicil
Booth
Martin To Be Buried In Arlington
Funeral services for First Set. Eric A. Martin, the first Danvillian killed in action in Viet Nam, will be held Friday morning at 8 45 in Arlington National Cemetery with full military rites. Sgt. Martin, a 22 year veteran, was killed last Tuesday with the First Infantry Division. He served World War II Marines 1943 to 1946, enlisted 1946, stationed at Ft. Riley, Kansas before Viet Nam. Survivors include his widow Mrs Martha Pailczewski Martin, four children, his parents and several brothers and sisters.
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Eric A. Martin
Viet Nam
Arlington National Cemetery
Sgt
Martin
Armed Forces
Infantry Division
Danville
Edna Jones Martin
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Martha Pailczewski Martin
Martinsville Council Studies CATV Franchise Plan
Martinsville City Council studied a proposed CATV franchise drafted by City Manager Julian Hirst. The plan would authorize a 12 channel system with networks and one educational channel, forbidding sales or leasing of receivers and requiring rapid restoration of service and FCC compliance. It warns that exclusive pole access could revoke the license and force removal of facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Community Antenna Television System
Julian Hirst
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Dan River Mills to pay over 1 million in vacation checks
Dan River Mills, Inc. will distribute more than one million dollars in vacation checks this week with regular pay as 8,185 hourly employees receive earnings based on 52 weeks ending May 26. Workers with five or more years average 4 percent, while those with 1 to 5 years average 2 percent. Checks average 144.34 and 65.52 respectively, and totals are higher than last year. Pickups start today at 2 p.m. at the Employment Office in Schoolfield. unclaimed checks available after August 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan River Mills, Inc
Worldorce
Schoolfield
Desegregation Plan Talks Open With Virginia Officials
RICHMOND AP A three day consultation between Civil Rights Act experts and Virginia Public School Superintendents began Tuesday. The meetings aim to fix minor and major issues in desegregation plans for 45 districts not yet approved by the Federal Office of Education.
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Richmond
Virginia
Federal
Office of Education
David N. Barns
Equal Education Opportunities Division
Barns
Barus
Uesday
Virgiinia
M. C. Jackson
Carlyle Ring
Defense Moves To Dismiss Tobacco Antitrust Suit
The defense asks U S District Judge John Larkins to dismiss an antitrust suit against the Wilson Tobacco Board of Trade and eight Wilson tobacco warehouses. Cozart Eagles seeks to end the modified unit selling time system and return to the 1952 1957 performance based scheme, plus damages of 524000. The hearing resumes Wednesday with plaintiff counsel arguing conspiracy and the defense contends no authority to fix prices or bar competition.
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New Bern
N. C
Wilson Tobacco Board of Trade
Wilson Tobacco
I. Beverly Lake
Raleigh
John B. Larkins
U.S. District Court
Larkins
Cozart, Eagles & Co
Cozart, Eagles
Board of Trade
T Tobacco
Cozart
Wilson
Lake
Wilson Board of Trade
Eagles
Watson
Frank Winslow
Rocky Mount
Winslow
George Wainwright
Hugh Harris
Grady Deans
Carl Renfro
Riddle Spent $490.40 In Recent Election
Walter Riddle overwhelmed his opposition in the July 13 Democratic primary for city sergeant and reported $490.40 in campaign expenses in a Corporation Court filing. The itemized statement lists $154 for printing $220 for advertising 3100 for poll workers and the rest for miscellaneous items. Campaign expenses must be reported within 30 days after elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Riddle
Riddle
Riddie
Storm Dumps 3.25 Inches on Greensboro
A Greensboro storm dumped 3.25 inches in three hours causing deaths and extensive flooding. Eight year old John Henry Thorp drowned in a pond near the I-40 and NC 68 interchange by the airport. City sewers and pumping stations struggled as streets, parks, and creeks flooded. July rainfall set a new monthly record with 11.63 inches and the one-day Hazel storm record remains higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Marrow
John Henry Thorp
N.C
Friendship
Hazel
Break-In at G. C. Murphy Store Leads to Teen Arrests
Police nab two teens during a Ballou Park Shopping Center break-in at G. C. Murphy. Detectives hidden inside report glass was broken for trousers valued at 160 dollars and shirts targeted next. One suspect named Donald Buck Mattness Jr. 18, other 15 from Schoolfield area. a lookout escaped. Both charged with breaking and entering and larceny. Wong signature linked to prior safe-cracking cases.
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G. C. Murphy
Ballou Park
Juby &E. Towler
Marion Setliff
Towler
Setliff
Donald Buck Mattness, Jr
Shumate St
Schoolfield
T. N. Morris
B. C. Elliott
Gene Bell
Morris
Elliott
Wong
Yeggs
Promotion Car Accident Injures Three Women
A two car collision in a rainstorm near Chesapeake hospitalized three women from WDVA radio station. Kitty Taylor the station's women's director suffered a fractured jaw. Mary Helen Pollok 20 had facial injuries. Nancy Bahnsen 20 from Iowa was not badly hurt. The trio were en route to Virginia Beach for a Favorite Farmer's Daughter promotion with the Americana Motor Lodge.
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WDVA
Chesapeake
Sanford
Kitty) Taylor
Mary Helen Pollok
Morris Pollok
Whitmell
Nancy Bahnsen
Iowa
Miss Pollok
Miss Bahnsen
Mrs. Taylor
Virginia Beach
Americana Motor Lodge
Judge Dismisses Charge in Self Defense Claim
Ray Grubbs 28 of Danville won dismissal of a felonious cutting charge in County Court at Chatham after the victim Ryland Moore 30 admitted throwing the first punch amid a June 12 yard fight. Grubbs said he cut Moore in self defense. witnesses supported Moore started the altercation. Judge Nelson Light noted Grubbs acted in self defense and dismissed the charge. Also, Judge Light appointed counsel for William Scott Hodnett 34 accused of robbing a Hargrave Military Academy student of 95 cents.
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Ray Grubbs
Danville
Chatham
Grubbs
Ryland Moore
Moore
Mountain ‘Hill Rd
Rain Disaster in Danville Tops Hundred Thousand
Daily downpour leaves Danville with over 100000 in damages from a stationary front and 2.75 inches of rain. Flooding swamped basements and doorways of downtown firms while homes suffered heavy damage. Public Works cleared sewers as officials warned of possible street and sidewalk weakness.
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Danville
Here
Valerie Lynch
Franklin Turnpike
Downtown Bridge St
Public Works Department
Therit Winstead
Winstord
Roberts St
Police Seize Car Liquor And Passenger
Police stopped a car on Leeland Rd and seized 54 half gallon jars of whisky and 27 gallons of bootleg liquor in the trunk. A passenger was captured while the driver fled into nearby bushes as the car rolled to a stop. Wil lies Albert Wade, 44, of 428 Whitmell St., was charged with aiding and abetting transporting illegal whisky. the driver escaped.
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Leeland Rd
M. O. Dalton
T. L. Ham
Willie Albert Wade
Whitmell St
Local Delegation Second Largest At Convention
The Danville club sends the second largest Virginia delegation to the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs convention in Washington. Attendees include Mesdames Mabel Berry Vivian Giles Florence Price Rocelyn Reeves Mary Ogburn Susie Smith and Bessie Suddarth. They tour the White House and will hear leaders and executives such as Sylvia Porter Marion Sadler Donald Frey Lawana Trout and Arch N Booth during the five day event. Workshops and conferences run daily as the tenth Congress of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women meets after the national gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Virginia
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Washington, D. C
Mabel Berry
Vivian Giles
Florence Price
Rocelyn Reeves
Mary Ogburn
Susie Smith
Bessie Suddarth
White House
Sylvia Porter
Marion Sadler
American Airlines
Donald Frey
Ford Motor Co
Lawana Trout
Arch N. Booth
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
International Federation of Business and Professional Women
Boy Injured in Bicycle Car Collision on Westview
Six year old William B. Dews of 144 Greenwood Lane sustained a forehead abrasion after riding his bicycle into the side of a moving car on Westview Drive yesterday afternoon. Officer C H Royster said the boy rode from Granville Drive into Westview just as a car operated by Willie G Barker Jr of 112 Greenwood Lane passed the intersection.
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William B. Dews
Greenwood Lane
Westview Dr
C. H. Royster
Granville Drive
Westview
Willie G. Barker, Jr
Milk Regulations Adopted By State Board of Agriculture
BLACKSBURG AP The State Board of Agriculture approved milk production handling and processing rules for manufacturing purposes after a public hearing on the WPI campus. Plant pest rules were also adopted. The milk standards will begin in 1967, aiming to help Virginia dairymen compete with neighbors. Inspectors, not private fieldmen, will enforce. Board members include representatives from each district. Dr T Marshall Hahn Jr is ex officio. Charles W. Wampler Jr. chairs.
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Blacksburg
State Board of Agriculture
WPI
General Assembly
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration
Ome
T. Marshall Hahn Jr
VPI
Charles W. Wampler Jr
Harrisonburg
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Martinsville Council
Dan River
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Woodberry Hills Playground
David Webster
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