Arthur and Rowland Lead 17-Candidate Council Race in Hurt
Arthur C. A. and Qadie S. Rowland topped a field of 17 contenders in Hurt's first Town Council election. Mayor Henry C. Winston ran unopposed. Other elected council members include Mrs. Madeline C. Key, Samuel P. Cothran, R. Neal Eckard, and Clyde McCrickard, with Rowland placing seventh. Key is an Altavista High School teacher. Cothran, Eckard, and McCrickard are connected to Burlington Mills, Lane Co., and Klopman Mills respectively. The vote total reached 324 of 417 eligible voters, and the town inherits the John L. Hurt estate under the incorporated plan.
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Arthur
Rowland
Hurt
Hart
C. A. Arthur
Qadie S. Rowland
Madeline C. Key
Samuel P. Cothiran
R. Neal Eckard
Clyde McCrickard
John L. Hurt
Vwarnet R. Rowland
Key
Altavista High School
Cothran
Burlington Mills
Eckard
the Lane Co
McCrickard
Klopman Mills
Martinsville General Hospital gains Medicare approval
Martinsville Hospital Administrator Nathan Bushnell announced the hospital’s approval for Medicare participation starting July 1. He warned of confusion in the early days of socialized health care but welcomed the milestone, with over 5,000 residents aged 65 plus in Martinsville Henry and Patrick counties expected to benefit.
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Martinsville — Hospital
Nathan Bushnell
Martinsville General Hospital
Martinsville
Henry and
Patrick Counties
Boy Scout Camporee Set This Weekend at Sertorius Camp
The Big Adventure themed Boy Scout District Camporee runs Friday through Sunday at Camp Sertorius six miles west of Danville on Rt. 58. District activities chairman Herman Melton will manage activities including skilled training and competitive events. Only registered Scouts or Ex Explorers may participate.
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Camp
Sertorius
Danville
Rt. 58
Herman Melton
Discarded Cigarettes Blamed For City Fire
A Monday night blaze at Johnsons Drug Store on the corner of S Main and Gray Sis started from a discarded cigarette rolling through a bathroom floor crack into accumulated trash. Fire Chief W C Bray noted flames damaged an outside wall and affected a neighboring house with smoke. The fire was reported 18 minutes after 11 p m closing. Earlier, a storage shed at Lorraine Thacker 130 S Hunter St burned in a morning blaze.
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Johnson’s Drug Store
S. Main
Gray Sis
W. C. Bray
Lorraine Thacker
S. Hunter St
Danville council winners ignore party lines in election
Four winners Gus W. Dyer Dr D L Arey John W Carter and Dan A Overbey Jr claimed the Danville City Council seats Tuesday. Vote totals show Dyer 4191 Arey 3933 Carter 3889 Overbey 3432 with several trailing candidates. Voters largely dismissed party affiliations though incumbents Arey a Republican and Carter tied to the Virginia Conservative Party. Overbey and Dyer were Democrats. Incumbents benefited from broader cross sectional support across wards amid debates over federal aid and local hospital issues. The results set Oct 1 oath for the new council as retiring members step down.
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Danville
Gus W. Dyer
D. L. Arey
John W. Carter
Dan A. Overbey, Jr
Harry P. Turbiville
George A. Myers, Jr
Hugh Kossoff
Davis L. Brooks
Doris P. Bray
Raymond Wright
T. Chester Baker
Jesse M. Gossett
Arey
Carter
Virginia Conservative Party
U.S. Senate
Harry F Byrd, Jr
Dyer
Overbey
Constructive Government Council
Turbiville
Bray
Imperial Tobacco Co
Nature Center
Aso
Dan River Mills
Riverdan Benevolent Fund, Inc
Grive Park School
Julian R. Stinson
Charles A. Womack
Martinsville Elects Hartford and West to City Council
Martinsville voters elected Don Hartford a retired DuPont plant manager and businessman Francis T. West to the city council in a two record vote. Hartford led the field of five with 1,875 votes and West had 1,230 as precincts split. Hobson Hall and Borrer trailed. Hobson the only Negro candidate and Hall a woman sought historic firsts.
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Martinsville
Don Hartford
DuPont
Francis T. West
Hartford
West
Virginia Hall
Marvin Hobson
Lawrence Borrer
Wartford
Hobson
Hall
Dibrell Official Levels Blast At USDA For Its New Policy On Ungraded Tobacco
Dibrell Brothers official Stuart G. Christian Jr denounces USDA for denying ungraded N-2 tobacco sales beyond poundage quotas for 1966. LTEA and overseas buyers pressed for permission citing export losses and a weakened balance of trade. He argues the ban will push farmers to forgo income while Europe seeks non-graded tobacco elsewhere.
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Dibrell
USDA
Dibrell Brothers
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Stuart G. Christian, Jr
Christian
Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association
LTEA
Secretary of Agriculture
Argood
U.S
Dibrefl Brothers
Carter Charges Local Democrats With Deal For Negro Bloc Vote
John W. Carter, seeking a seat on the Danville Council, alleges the local Democratic organization struck a deal to secure the Negro vote in the council race. He predicts bloc voting will recur in the July 12 primary as the Negro vote supports Byrd Jr. and Spong, while Carter runs Conservative in November against the primary winner. The race featured Gus W. Dyer Sr leading, with backing from former Democratic leaders, as Dyer and others carried third and ninth wards where pink ballots appeared.
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Carter
Green St. Park
Brooks
Wright
Danville
Northside
Johnson School
Third Ave
Henry F. Byrd, Jr
William B. Spong
Byrd
Armistead L. Boothe
Spong
Dyer
City Democratic
House of Delegates
C Stuart Wheatley
D. L Arey
Harry P. Turbiville
Doris P. Bray
Scott Leads Winners At Chatham Town Elections
Scott led the council vote with 539 as Dr E D Overbey won re election as mayor 512. Incumbents Haywood Crider Andrew W Todd Banks N Chamberlain and H V Fitzgerald won seats alongside Richard A Woodfin Jr, Kennth P Scott, and Todd Crider Chamberlain. Losers included Richard N Johnson Marvin B Scruggs and Richard W Arey. The advisory dog on premises vote passed 318 to 259.
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Chatham
E. D. Overbey
Overhey
Kenneth P. Scott
Haywood Crider
Andrew W. Todd
H. V. Fitzgerald
Richard A
Marvin B. Scruggs
Johnson
Scruggs
Richard W. Arey
Leroy William McGrew
Two Men Charged In License Case
James Franklin Smith Bas sett charged with fraud for letting another person take a driving test. Eugene Mullins Bassett Rt 4 charged with falsifying an application to obtain a license for another person. Offenses allegedly occurred on May 26.
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James Franklin Smith
Bassett
Eugene Mullins
Bassett Rt. 4
Dr Hays Named To Head Region For State Health Dept
Dr F C Hays long time Halifax Pittsylvania Danville District public health director since 1952 will become Region I director July 1. The Danville office will anchor a 14 county, 3 city region extending from Patrick County to the west to Nottoway and Halifax to the east with Lynchburg likely included. The staff will include advisory nurses sanitarians and specialists to aid local health directors and civic groups in pursuing a healthier environment.
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F. C. Hays
Halifax-Pittsylvania-Danville
State Health Department
Hays
Patrick County
Buckingham
Cumberland
Nottoway
Luenburg
Halifax
Danville
Lynchburg
Ager
T. Edward Temple
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
George Washington University
U.S. Army
Tennessee
Johns Hopkins University
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Gus
W. Dyer
WBTM
Jim Crawford
Henry C. Winston
Dyer, Arey, Carter and
Berkeley School
Fairview Church
Byrd Organization
D. L, Arey
Ments
Presient
Imperial Tobacco Company
Scott
Fitzgerald
Dr. Hays
Freeman C. Hays
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