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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1974
Page
7
John William Walker 82 of Rt. 2 died yesterday in Danville Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Greenfield Church, conducted by Rev. W. C. Harrelson, with burial at Cloverbottom Baptist Cemetery. Survived by wife Mattie, son Martin and many relatives.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Guill Wade will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Monte Zista Baptist Church with Rev. Latta Terry officiating. Interment follows at Republican Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Wade, 85, of Rt. 1, died Monday at her home.
Robert Russell Davis 50 of Altavista Route 2 died Monday. Born October 6 1923 in Campbell County he was a son of the late Sam and Dolly King Davis. Survived by three sons Paul W Davis Gladys Robert R Davis Jr St Clairsville OH Bennie Ray Davis Forest a daughter Mrs Howard T Jennings Sterling six brothers two sisters seven grandchildren. Funeral 11 am at Kedron Baptist Church with Rev David Bailey burial in church cemetery. Finch and Finch Funeral Home in charge.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Carter Green will be held today at 2 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church with burial at Crossroads Baptist Church cemetery in Turbevillé. A retired school teacher, she died yesterday in a local hospital. Born in New London she was the daughter of James Harris Carter and Leola Hall Carter. She was married to the late J. Berkley Green. Surviving: daughter Mrs. Mary Berkley Bailey of Nashville Tennessee sister Mrs. Malcolm Hutter of Lynchburg brother Charles H. Carter of Los Angeles and two grandchildren.
Miss Goldsboro Karen Lou Wilson and Miss Sanford Joan Stoltz emerged as preliminary winners in the Miss North Carolina contest. Wilson, 22 and ECU graduate, won swimsuit with 35-24-35 measurements, while Stoltz, 22 and UNC Greensboro alumna, captured talent with a singing rendition from Die Fledermaus.
In Richmond a plan for a Federal-State Law Enforcement Committee aims to boost cooperation between state and federal prosecutors. Atty. Gen. Andrew P. Miller and U.S. Attorney Brian P. Gettings cited overlapping jurisdictions and cases such as auto theft narcotics and fencing as problems to address.
Virginia State Water Control Board approved a regional sewage treatment plant for Lynchburg Amherst and Bedford counties. Campbell County refused to join and will appeal after staff stops interim facilities until it participates. A public hearing was set on a Virgina Elect Power Co line pumping project in Bath County to build a pump storage facility.
Virginia Attorney General Andrew Miller and Assistant Attorney General Walter Marston ask the State Corporation Commission to limit Vepco’s rate increase to 23.9 million dollars, arguing the deterioration of return is overstated. Vepco seeks 50 million dollars with a 18.1 million temporary surcharge in place and a plan for 30.9 million more, while Moody’s lowers Vepco’s bond rating.
Lt. Gov. Earle B. Morris charged several gubernatorial contenders with hedging their full financial statements during a 10 hour Darlington County campaign swing. He said he released his full net worth and tax returns first and urged all candidates to disclose all income sources. Morris urged experience in state government and warned against ignoring Watergate concerns as he campaigned in Society Hill and at a junior chamber event. He opposed relying on Washington for South Carolina solutions and planned a Greenville HQ opening and 10:30 a.m. news conference Wednesday.
Roanoke Virginia AP Norfolk & Western Railway Co announced the approval to sell 4,725,000 of equipment trust certificates to a bidding group led by Houseley Stuart and Co Inc and Merrill Lynch. The certificates carry an average 8.8 percent interest. The sale awaits Interstate Commerce Commission approval. They are the first of 15 million to be issued under the trust dated July 1 1974 payable in 14 annual installments through July 1 1989.
Bedford AP The Blue Ridge Parkway superintendent said the National Park Service canceled bids for a proposed sewage disposal facility at Peaks of Otter Lodge. Granville B Liles said the Park Service will restudy the treatment plans amid complaints from Bedford city and county residents. Alternate solutions to the plans, which would discharge effluent into a trout stream that feeds Bedford’s standby water source, will be studied.
Dr John B Funderburg chairman of Randolph Macon College biology department in Virginia was named director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural History effective July 1 He will succeed William L Hamnett as director emeritus and ornithologist The Raleigh announcement cites strong advisory committee backing Funderburg 42 a Wilmington native with ecology and zoology professorships at NC State Florida Southern and Duke Universities
Senator Lawton Chiles of Florida said a 1976 re election could be smoother with George Wallace on the ticket than Edward Kennedy but he prefers a new presidential face. He ruled Wallace unlikely to win the nomination and cited Florida’s love hate dynamic with Kennedy.
Richmond AP The Hospital Corporation President warned that further dealings with the Capital Area Comprehensive Health Planning Council would be futile as council spokesmen prepare for a special meeting Word came as Henrico Doctors Hospital sought Blue Cross of Virginia participating status but Blue Cross rejected the request citing need evidence The council defended its authority and role in evaluating the hospital’s necessity noting a committee included hospital administrators doctors a nursing home official a nurse representative and a Blue Cross rep and that cooperation had faced accusations of attacks from council officials
RALEIGH AP Rate manager M T Hatley of Duke Power Co testified in favor of the utility's 60.4 million rate hike request as hearings resumed before the State Utilities Commission. He explained Duke bases rates on fuel costs operating expenses and the cost of building and maintaining plants to meet peak load, typically in summer afternoons due to air conditioning. He noted customers in a rate class share peak demand costs via an average rate per kilowatt hour. Duke has residential industrial and general classes with industrial customers usually paying the least. residential class is the fastest growing.
Gov. Halshouser appoints John Thomas of High Point as chairman of the Board of Water and Air Resources, replacing S. Vernon Stevens whose term ended in June 1973. William Stafford of Garland will fill the vacant seat. the board becomes the Environmental Management Commission July 1 with a regulatory role.
AP reports BBC filming for a TV drama about Andrew Johnson’s 1868 impeachment underway in the North Carolina capitol. The project, shot in Raleigh chosen for Johnson’s birthplace, features mock Senate chambers and Roberta MacNeil style interviews, with nearly 100 people involved.
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