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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1976
Page
1
RADFORD AP Charles Horne a Abingdon businessman and former rival to Willam C Wampler was nominated by Sun District Democrats to challenge Wampler in November Horne a four year old coal miner's son won the nomination on the first ballot Wampler seeks his seventh term after four earlier large margins
The political story details how Wallace supporters may press the convention fallout while Time Magazine notes Sen. Henry M. Jackson plans to back Carter, Jackson denying a definite move. On the GOP side, Ford ads echo fear of War if Reagan president. Horne blasts Wampler over a severance tax bill, urging fresh Virginia leadership as Clark and Jennings vie for delegate support.
Big George Flood reports no further downstream flooding while Rexburg Sugar City and Teton suffer severe damage. About 38 000 acres of farmland flooded and fields may be permanently damaged by sand and silt. FAA aerial surveys show 450 farms 700 homes and 200 businesses damaged or destroyed with 290 homes evacuated. Buck’s Disaster Office to coordinate relief as towns seek federal aid.
Councilman Joseph Malek describes a proposed consortium of focal banks to purchase a county tax certificate on the hotel. The plan would pay hotel taxes with interest over time, but Malek links it to rehiring laid off workers. Spence doubts rehiring and warns up to 300 of 1,600 city employees could be laid off by year end.
Sam Cabe, a Wilkes County moonshine hunter for 30 years, recalls a shift in illicit liquor. Now 66 and retired, he notes youths seek other work as education rises and demand drops. He describes hard work, mountain raids, and decades of still-busting from his Brushy Mountains cabin.
The portrait covers J Paul Getty’s refusal to fly after a Midwest crash, his 80th birthday party for aristocrats, and his vast fortune. It recalls the 1973 kidnapping of grandson J Paul Getty III, his reported $2.7 million ransom payment, and Getty’s charitable gifts including the $50 million Malibu museum begun in 1974.
Claims an exclusive formula relieves tormenting rectal pain and itch and shrinks hemorrhoidal tissues. Cites doctor tests in New York Washington and Midwest centers with success. Says Preparation H lubricates inflamed surfaces without stinging and soothes during night itching in ointment or suppository form.
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