Noel Thompson Jr Named Manager of Local Cable System
Noel Thompson Jr has been named manager of Danville s first CATV system. He leaves Colonial Stores to run Booth Communications cable operations in Danville, will train in Muskegon for two weeks, and aims to begin service in late July or August carrying eight channels. He and his wife Betty reside with their four year old son at 325 Cumberland Dr Druid Hills.
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Noel Thompson, Jr
Danville
Thompson
Colonial Stores, Inc
Booth Communications
Booth Broadcasting Corp
Detroit
Mich
Muskegon
Market St
Mt. Cross Road
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Chesapeake and Potomac Co
Booth Broadcasting
Booth American
Pulaski
Blacksburg
George Washington High School
Ballou Park
Betty
Cumberland Dr
Druid Hills
Area Resident Dies At Age 83
El tie Whitlow Howerton 83 of South Boston died Sunday in a Tappahannock hospital. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 4 p.m. from Powell Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Halifax Memorial Gardens. Surviving are two daughters Virginia Bowen Emperia and Oscar Wilson Kenbridge a son John H. Howerton Fort Lauderdale Fla four sisters Ethel Cook Red Oak Mamie Whitlow South Boston Maggie Talley Clover and J B Holder High Point N C two brothers C H Whitlow Richmond and J R Whitlow Clover.
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South Boston
el Tie Whitlow Howerton
Tappahannock
Powell Funeral Home
Halifax Memorial Gardens
Virginia G. Bowen
Emporia
Oscar Wilson
Kenbridge
John H. Howerton
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Ethel W. Cook
Red Oak
Mamie Whitlow
Maggie Talley
Clover
J. B. Holder
High Point
N.C
C. H. Whitlow
Richmond
J. R. Whitlow
Youth Injured In Accident Still Critical
A fifteen year old boy, James Douglas Towler of 1023 Lanier Ave, remains in critical condition at Cone Hospital Greensboro after a motorcycle collision with a car at Riverside Center Friday night. He was evacuated from Memorial to Cone for specialist treatment. doctors report little change in his condition since the crash.
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Riverside Center
Cone Hospital
Greensboro
N.C
James Douglas Towler
Lanier Ave
Cone
Memorial
Towler
Two Area Men Pass State Dental Exam
Dr. Robert Wilford Cocke of Gretna and Dr. Charlton Bell Strange Jr. of Danville are among 116 examinees who passed the state dental exam. Strange will practice in Danville after earning his D. D. S. from the University of North Carolina.
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Robert Wilford Cocke
Gretna
Charlton Bell Strange Jr
Danville
Strange
C. B. Strange
W. Main St
Mr. Strange
University of North Carolina
Michael Klaff Receives BA From UNC Chapel Hill
Michael Philip Klaff son of Mr and Mrs Milton Klaff of 509 W Main St received his Bachelor of Arts degree on June 6 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill He was a member and officer of Tau Epsilon Phi and majored in American history with pre dental courses He plans to attend dental school in Washington DC this fall.
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Michael Philip Klaff
Milton Klaff
W. Main St
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Tau Epsilon Phi
Klaff
Washington, D.C
South Boston Negro Killed In Maryland
A 19 year old South Boston Virginia Negro, Melvin Thaxton, died in Rockville Maryland when a late model dump truck overturned on a rural road four miles from Rockville. Thaxton was a passenger in a truck operated by Ralph Hamlett of South Boston and employed by a Maryland construction firm. Police say the driver lost control in a curve and the vehicle overturned.
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Rockville
South Boston
Melvin Thaxton
Maryland
Ralph Hamlett
Rhodesia letter praises Smith regime amid embargo
A Danville reader receives a copy of a Rhodesia propaganda letter claiming Britain cannot force Smith’s rebel government to collapse. The letter cites costs of sanctions, airlifts to Zambia, and British grants, arguing Rhodesia has avoided economic collapse while diversifying exports and boosting tobacco markets. It warns Britain faces heavy losses and calls for opinion outside Rhodesia to back Smith.
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Rhodesia
Great Britain
Ian Smith
Smith
United States
Britain
Zambia
Rhodesian
Final Rites Held For Guy W. Corpening
Final rites for Guy W. Corpening were conducted yesterday afternoon at Townes Memorial Chapel by Rev. Harry Kidd and Rev. Ralph Yow. Interment followed at Highs and Burial Park. Pallbearers named: Jack Callins Norton John Jackson W. C. Hollie W. C. McCubbins C. A. Thomas Burton Fall Thurston Singleton Charlie Pruitt.
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Guy W. Corspening
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Gordon Goodson
Michael P, Klaff
Michael Klaff
N. Carolina
Boston
A&p
the Great A&p Tea Co., Inc
Guy W. Corpening Services
U.S. D.A
A&P’s
Campbell’s Soups
Clapp
A&p Coffee
Lon A
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