US Tobacco Subsidy Aims to Expand World Markets
The USDA announced a five cent per pound export subsidy on most U.S. tobacco to broaden foreign sales, excluding cigar wrapper and certain regional tobaccos. Officials expect exports to rise about 25 million pounds the first year and 50 million pounds annually thereafter as domestic prices align with world markets.
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U.S. Agriculture Department
U.S
Pennsylvania
Maryland
USDA
U. S
Department
Stabilization Corporation
Harold D. Cooley
D-N.c
House Agriculture Committee
Jin
Cooley
City Council Reverses Planning Commission On Re Zoning
In a 9 to 0 vote the City Council overruled the Planning Commission approving Leonard G Collins to re zone three lots behind his South Main and Hughes Streets property from R-2 to C-2 for a storage facility. Council also approved salaries and road right of way funds while extending runway glidepath obstructions removal and amended drunk driving ordinances amid opposition from Councilman Carter who criticized state laws as unconstitutional.
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Planning Commission
City Planning Commission
Leonard G. Collins
South Main and
Hughes Streets
John Bendall
Collins
South Main
T. E. Temple
Stuart Craig
Whitmell Street
Goodyear
Gypsum
Federal Aviation Agency
John W. Carter
Robert Clarke
Carter
George Anderson
President
Head Start Plans Resumed in Pittsylvania County
A $71,957 Office of Economic Opportunity grant will fund a Summer Head Start program in seven Pittsylvania County schools for 375 children. The School Board, after debate, unanimously approved resuming the plan despite concerns it may be reversed by federal agencies. Schools slated are Central at Chatham Mt Airy Northside Southside Union Hall Brosville and Dan River Elementary.
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Pittsylvania
U.S
Willis Robertson
J. H. Combs
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEFO
T. A. Pollard
Washington
OEO
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Combs
Chatham
Mt. Airy
Northside
Southside
Union Hall
Brosville
Dan River
Ed Ramsey
New London
Conn
Booker T. Washington Monument Opens Today
ROCKY MOUNT The Booker T. Washington National Monument on Route 122 will be dedicated at 3 PM with Howard B. Woods of the USIA as principal speaker. Booker T. Washington’s daughter Portia Washington Pittman will cut the ribbon for the visitor center. The 218 acre site preserves a slave cabin, plantation spring, tobacco barn and fencing, recalling Washington’s birth on a Franklin County plantation. The visitor center features exhibits on his career and a film about his life.
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Rocky Mount
Booker T. Washington National Monument
Here
Bedford
Rt. 122
Howard B. Woods
United States Information Agency
Portia Washington Pittman
Booker T. Washington
Washington W
Franklin County
Washington
West Virginia
Hampton Institute
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Theodore Roosevelt
Keys Left In Auto Thief Moves Fast
James Arthur Wrenn of Yanceyville reported the theft after leaving his 1959 Pontiac sedan keys in the car for 15 minutes at Ballou Park Shopping Center. The car bore North Carolina tag F-807 with a white top and green bottom. Other police reports noted three gallons of paint stolen from behind a residence and a package of draperies and dishclothes taken from a Kroger cart on Lynn Street.
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Ballou Park
James Arthur Wrenn
Yanceyville
N. C
Wrenn
Labonda Williams
Sutherlin Ave
Ernest Washington Turner
Danville
Dedication program to honor national figures moved to school
A. Clark Stratton will preside at today's dedication program honoring a renowned American citizen. Woods, with USIA since March 1965 after a long career in media, has engaged in many government civic and welfare efforts. If rain occurs, the ceremony moves to Burnt Chimney Elementary School, six miles away.
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A. Clark Stratton
National Fark Service
Woods
USIA
Burnt Chimney
Three Convicts Lose In Bids For Freedom
Three habeas corpus petitions were denied in Corporation Court by Judge A M Aiken. The inmates are Jim Hairston serving life for wife Nellie Hairston murder on Sept 6 1964 William Fowler serving 10 years for the May 12 1964 Security Bank holdup and Levi Garland Jr 20 years for the Oct 30 194 homicide. All allege denial of rights and inadequate defense after arrest and trial.
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Jennie Gwynn
Ennis Plant Votes UTWA Representation in Election
Employees of Ennis Business Forms in Chatham voted 84 to 51 for the United Textile Workers of America AFL-CIO under a National Labor Relations Board supervised election. The plant joins UTWA as bargaining agent for all production and maintenance workers. 145 were eligible to vote.
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Ennis
Chatham
United Textile Workers of America
UTWA
Afl-Cio
National Labor Relations Board
W. H. Silecox
South Virginia Joint Board
Danville Police Finish Training at Central School in Richmond
Six Danville policemen completed the Central Police Training School in Richmond while Sgt. John M. Bailey received his diploma from the Southern Police Institute in Louisville. Police Chief E. G. McCain attended the University of Louisville graduation as the eighth Danville officer to graduate.
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Central Police Training School
Richmond
John M. Bailey
Southern Police Institute
Louisville
E. G. McCain
University of Louisville
Bailey
L. A. Howerton
Central Police School
James C. Whitlow
Michael J. Largen
Henry L. Webster
Charles D. Evans
James N. Wooten
Bobby A. Spaulding
Floyd A. Poindexter
Kenneth A. Latcham
James D. Fitts, Jr
Thomas G. Wilhoit
Harry A. Harper
FBI
State Police
Deepstar 4000 Reaches New Deep Undersea Test Level
The Deepstar 4000 oceanographic submarine descended to 4132 feet this week in its deepest manned test. The craft is tested ahead of leasing to the Navy's Electronics Laboratory, with engineers assessing performance and safety in extreme depths.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Electronics Laboratory
Broad Street Bridge Will Carry Vehicular Traffic Only
City Council approved a resolution designating Routes 86 and 29A as limited access highways with no sidewalks on the Broad Street bridge. City Manager Temple and Engineer Bowling opposed sidewalks, noting state Highway Department restrictions and the bridge’s pedestrian exclusion. A second resolution authorizes rights of way on approaches, under a new law effective June 28. Mental Hygiene Clinic budget plans seek higher state funding, with debate over local cost sharing and state tax measures.
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Broad Street
T. E. Temple
Dave Bowling
Highway Department
Acces
Bowling
Temple
West Main Street
Finance Committee
Templer
State Highway Department
State Department of Mental Hygiene
Carter
General Assembly
Focal
New Chamber Committee To Aid Danville Redevelopment
The Danville Chamber of Commerce formed the Total Development Committee to work with city government and agencies on redevelopment. Chair Ray Gourley announced goals to recertify the Workable Program, set capital-improvement priorities, coordinate private and public efforts, and assist relocations during redevelopment efforts. The panel plans a June 22 briefing with City Manager Edward Temple and department heads to outline short and long term city improvements.
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Danville Chamber of Commerce
William V. Rickman
Total Development Committee
Ray C. Gourley
Dan River Mills
O. R. Ayscne
Brantley F. Barr
George A. Carter
William H. Jefferson, Jr
Fred B. Leggett, Jr
W. C. McCubbins
Julian R. Stinson
Edward Temple
Gourley
Virginia Methodists State Annual Conference Spotlight
The Virginia Annual Conference will run June 13 to 16 at the Norfolk Arena with an exhibit on Virginia and American Methodism led by Dr. T Harold Crowder Jr. and a Monday evening address by Rev. Dr. J Manning Potts of Nashville. The exhibit features over 300 historical items including a 1630 Wesley Bible and church models from Union Street Petersburg and Monumental Portsmouth.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Norfolk Arena
J. Manning Potts
Nashville
Tennessee
Potts
Francis Asbury
Crowder
John Wesley
George Whitefield
Manchester
England
North Carolina
Union Street
Washington Street Church
Petersburg
General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Monumental Methodist
Portsmouth
Man Gets Treated For Assault Wounds
Allen Mitchell Mayo of Monroe Street was treated in Memorial Hospital emergency room for assault wounds. Detective John Martin said Mayo was intoxicated and uncooperative, offering no identification of the assailant. Mayo reported no knowledge of who struck him.
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Allen Mitchell Mayo
Monroe St
Memorial Hospital
John Martin
Martin
Mayo
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