Electric Utility Official Grilled On Cash Rebates
Richmond AP report on a State Corporation Commission inquiry into cash allowances paid by Appalachian Power and Virginia Electric and Power to home builders for underground wiring and total electric homes. Testimony suggested possible discrimination based on revenue factors. officials discussed underground wiring subsidies and cash/allowances to developers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Appalachian Power Co
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Vepco
Cushing
Leonard G. Muse
Appalachian
McGrath
Jesse W. Dillon
John M. MecGurn
Vepcco
Godwin Describes Air Crash As Tremendous Ball Of Fire
Governor Mills E. Godwin Jr described the Hampton collision of two military aircraft as a tremendous ball of fire. He and Mrs. Godwin witnessed the event near Hampton and reported a violent flame that evaporated into smoke. He said the blast reminded him of atomic bomb pictures and ordered State Police to provide assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godwin
Richmond
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Hampton
Norwalk
Tunnel
Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
Buckroe
Ann Kilgore
Commonwealth
Hampton Roads
Overcrowded Head Start in Danville Seeks Admit Most Needy
Danville Head Start officials pic the number of admitted children after receiving a 28 077 grant to serve 180 students. Originally 240 applications, 15 to 20 late entrants may be cut for not meeting criteria. The program runs 9 am to 1 pm at five schools with 12 teachers and 12 aides. Gaurnters will be first grade pupils this fall.
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Danville
W. C. Overton
Danville School Board
Office of Economic Opportunity
Overton
Bernard Ladd
Curtis Richardson
Gibson
Berkeley
Westmoreland
Grasty
Bellevue
Two Local Students on ASTC Dean's List
Jerry W. Barker and Jerry L. Mayhew of Danville earned Dean's List honors at Appalachian State Teachers College for the spring quarter. The recognition was announced by Dr. Kenneth Webb Jr. dean of students at the Boone North Carolina college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry W. Barker
Jerry L. Mayhew
Danville
Appalachian State Teachers College
Kenneth Webb, Jr
Boone, N.C
Smith Urges Opponent To Produce His Record In Virginia Race
Washington AP Rep Howard W Smith of Virginia urged his July primary rival Del George Rawlings to present his record. Smith questioned Rawlings’s qualifications after two state house terms and noted Rawlings won a second term by only 300 votes. He defended his own House Rules Committee role and argued lawmaking is ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
Del
George D. Rawlings
Fredericksburg
Rawlings
House Rules Committee
Virginia
Rules Committee
Ladies Night at Ramah Mason's Lodge 70
Ramah Mason's Lodge No 70 thanked all its ladies during a Ladies Night event attended by 275 to 300 people at American Legion Post 325.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramah Mason's Lodge No. 70
American Legion
Relocation Guidance Highlights From City Redevelopment Plan
The report on relocation emphasizes early engagement with residents, thorough data collection, and deep planning. It urges strong public relations, clear options, and coordinated oversight through one designated staff member to manage relocation, demolition, and land disposal for smooth operation.
Optimism on Vietnam War policy echoes in Caswell County
The excerpt notes continued optimism that France England and Japan will halt supplies to the North Vietnamese. It warns India faces potential Communist takeover if Vietnam falls and urges Caswell County inclusion in Piedmont planning for roads and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Japan
India
Viet Nam
Caswell County
Piedmont
Grandfather Mountain Hosts Green Beret Mountain Training
A U S Army Green Beret unit from Operational Detachment B-1 Company E, 11th Special Forces (Airborne) conducted mountain training on Grandfather Mountain North Carolina. The exercises included free rock climbing rapelling belaying rope bridge traverses and piton climbing under Capt. Edmund Adams supervision. The unit, based within 100 miles of Winston-Salem, sought valuable training on the mountain’s 6000 foot rugged slopes, aiming to enhance unconventional warfare skills and endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandfather Mountain
11Th Special Forces (Airborne
Linville
Grandfather
North Carolina
Edmund Adams
Blue Ridge Range
Rockies
Franklin S. Blackford, Jr
Winston-Salem
Green Berets
Bound Over In Shooting Near Rocking Tom's Store
Two more defendants William Childress and William Roy Fitzgerald were bound over to the Pittsylvania County Circuit Court grand jury after preliminary hearings for a shooting near Rocking Tom's store in Iceville. Childress faces murder charges in the April 9 shotgun slaying of Elmus Lee Terry. Fitzgerald is charged with aiding and abetting.
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Pittsylvania County
Rockingstom
Lhceville
Chatham
William Childress
Blairs
William Roy Fitzgerald
Blairs Rt. 1
Childress
Elmus Lee Terry
Fitzgerald
Rocking Tom's
Jacinda i Lovelace
Taylor McGregor
Ife
Terry
Danville Rt. 1
Grand Jury
Fay Allen
Margaret Mary Allen
King
Division of Motor Vehicles
Danville
Allen
Sull Equipment Confiscated At Virgilina
Virgilina police confiscated about 2500 dollars of illegal whisky equipment and a 1955 Ford truck after Chief Herbert Luck spotted the vehicle at Routes 96 and 49 Monday night. Two white men fled into nearby woods but were not caught. Items included 20 cases of jars, two barrels, 600 pounds of mash, three pumps, two radiators, 10 tons of yeast, nine washstubs, a broiler and a 250 to 300 gallon still.
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Virgilina
Herbert Luck
Tuck
Samuel Gilbert Last Services Planned Today
Funeral services for Samuel Isaiah Gilbert 88 a retired farmer of Sandy Level will be conducted today at 4 PM from Liberty Christian Church Sandy Level. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. He died yesterday morning after an illness of three weeks born in Pittsylvania County a son of Solomon P and Esther Jefferson Gilbert. He was a member of Maseville Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Isaiah Gilbert
Liberty Christian Church
Sandy Level
Mr. Gilbert
Pittsyivania County
Solomon P
Esther Jefferson Gilbert
Maseville
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Electric Utility
ASTC
Wrenn -Gealts
Funeral Home
N. Main ST
Green Beret
N.C
U.S. Army
Virginia Exterminating CO
American Finance
Casw
South Market ST
Mre
America’s Dependanie
Samuel Gilbert
Boatwright Ave
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Stewart Thompson
Lewis Blank
Qua Goor
Nat Willis
Billy Marilla
Charlie Eastwood
Piney Forest Road
Nor-Dan Shopping Center
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