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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1973
Page
5
Mutual Funds: Murder trial in Gastonia North Carolina ends abruptly when the state's key witness did not appear. The proceeding involved a Gastonia woman and two New Jersey men charged with murdering a local furniture store owner on September 22 last year. The case remains unresolved as the witness absence halts further testimony.
A masked gunman robbed the Rockingham National Bank branch in Grottoes, abducting a man and locking him in a trunk. Three female tellers were threatened, cash was taken, and the getaway involved a car abandoned near Grand Caverns. Bruce, the trunked car owner, was freed after a neighbor helped. Investigators seek a maroon 1964 Chevrolet and two alleged accomplices.
Governor Jim Holshouser announced North Carolina will buy 6 800 acres of the Great Dismal Swamp and acquire land for a state park along the Eno River near Durham. The plan includes 1 2 million dollars to purchase swamp parcels from the Nature Conservancy with matching funds from the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation and possible additional buys, plus 300 000 from the 16 5 million park appropriation to fund the Eno land.
Three local deaths are reported with funeral details. Rosa Nichols McCann of Milton dies at Memorial Hospital after five weeks there. She leaves two sons, a daughter, a sister, 11 grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren. services are at Connely's United Methodist Church. James W. Wilmoth of Danville dies at home. survived by his mother, three daughters, two sisters, and other relatives. services at Swicegood Funeral Home. Juliat Shepherd Bartlett of Danville dies in Winston-Salem after a three week illness. service at Townes Memorial Chapel with burial at Highland Burial Park.
The Laas & McVitty Tannery, Salem's oldest industry since 1889, will close by Sept. 1, cutting nearly 100 jobs with about a third already relocated. Annual sales range $3.5 to $5 million and payroll over $0.5 million. Production in early year included 520 cattle hides, 1000 deer hides, and 100 pig hides.
RALEIGH AP The North Carolina Medical Care Commission ruled that legal abortions may be performed in any licensed general hospital in the state. The 1973 act liberalized the abortion law to align with Supreme Court decisions. Abortion requires agreement between woman and doctor and the commission will set implementation guidelines.
ABINGDON AP William S Phillips 41 a former public safety adviser for the State Department in South Vietnam has been appointed chief of police in Abingdon He will assume July 1 succeeding J D Christian who led the department for 27 years Phillips served four years in South Vietnam as a senior adviser to police chiefs in Da Tat Cam Ranh and Tuyen Duc Provinces and worked with a 1400 man force He was a Virginia state trooper for 17 years.
The funeral for C. Jennings Bennett, 43, will be at First Baptist Church Henderson at 2 p.m. He died Sunday at his Henderson home. He is survived by his mother Annie Reynolds of Richmond, his wife Louise Lipscomb Bennett, two sons, a brother T C Bennett Jr of Richmond, and two sisters Laura Brown of Chatham and Phyllis Dove of High Point. KINDERCAMP OPENS Kindercamp at YMCA begins June 18 for ages four to six with seven weeks of outdoor activities from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Contact YMCA for registration.
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Pearl Kirby will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at White Oak Baptist Church in Sutherlin conducted by Rev. F.M. Blackwell with interment following. She died Wednesday at her home 412 Farrar Street after a brief illness. Born in Halifax County, she was the daughter of the late Judge White and Elizabeth T. White and a member of White Oak Baptist Church. Survived by daughter Pattie E. Kirby, two brothers Julius White of Ringgold and Edward White of Philadelphia, and one sister Bertha White of Danville. The family will receive friends tonight from 5 to 10 p.m. at Harvey's Funeral Home.
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