Optimism at District 10 meeting boosts tobacco future
SOUTH BOSTON The Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corp held its District 10 meeting amid heavy rain drawing 169 attendees, the largest crowd yet. Fred Bond said 34 million pounds of surplus holdings have been sold this year with 28 million since the 1966 prices were posted. U. T. Weeks predicted the pricing policy’s issues will fade as inventory is reduced. Roy Davis Jr. forecast quality gains from Virginia growers. Most speakers remained hopeful despite calls for a tax protest turnout in Richmond. Bond provided a 1965–66 outlook, noting rising sales and sizable year end holdings, with solid January results and 28 million pounds sold in the past two weeks. The session noted debates over export rebates and sealed bids for certain stocks. Page 2-B.
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Boston
Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation
Fred G. Bond
Virginia
William H. W. Anderson
Tobacco Growers’ Information Committee
T. Moore, Jr
Virginia Farm Bureau
Tobacco Committee
Richmond
Bond
Rain Drenched Danville Sets Daily Record
Steady rain drenched Danville with 1.68 inches by last night the most in about five months. Rivers rose as dozens of tributaries poured runoff into the Dan River and a Weather Bureau bulletin warned of overflows east of the Blue Ridge. No major accidents were reported as motorists slowed, with clearing skies forecast to bring a high in the 50s.
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Danville
Valerie Lynch
Dan River
U.S. Weather Bureau
Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Weather Bureau
Big Grower Turnout Sought To Oppose The Cigarette Tax
Virginia tobacco growers are urged to attend a Monday 2 PM House Finance Committee hearing at the State Capitol to oppose a 24 cent per pack cigarette tax. S. T. Moore Jr. and W. H. W. Anderson cited tax trends in other states and urged a large turnout to show the industry’s economic importance and deter future tax hikes.
Women Voters Plan City Sewer Tour in Danville
The League of Women Voters of Danville invites citizens to a 2 p.m. Thursday Sewer Tour starting at Ballou Park Shopping Center. Whitcomb Scott of Public Works will lead a bus tour of city installations including the water treatment plant, sewage plant, rock quarry, and City Farm. Betsy Meyers chairs the organizing committee.
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League of Women Voters’ of
Danville
Main St
Ballou Park
Whitcomb Scott
Howard Johnson Water Department
Betsy Meyers
Attendance Problem For Ticket Group
A group pursuing a progressive ticket for the upcoming councilmanic election reports poor attendance. Temporary Chairman Aubrey K. Ferrell said the platform committee’s last week meeting was not well attended and that many did not show up for a steering committee meeting. The full committee will delay meetings for at least 30 days to allow more time to craft a platform. Illness, weather, and other reasons were blamed for absences. over 20 attended the initial meeting two weeks earlier. Dr. Ralph R. Landes chairs the platform committee, which has drafted several planks but has not produced a full platform yet. The extension aims to produce concrete ideas or possibly drop the effort.
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Aubrey K. Ferrell
Ferrell
Julian R. Stinson
D. L. Arey
Charles A. Womack
Fletcher Harris
Ralph R. Landes
Landes
Rickmond Promoted As NF and D Expands Danville Line
The Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway NF&D elevates J B Rickmond Jr to general agent yardmaster at Danville headquarters as expansion to Goodyear Tire Resin and U S Gypsum plants prompts joint NF&D Southern Railway operations and new spur construction. Rickmond, 39, long with A&D since 1955 and Southern Railway since 1946, will supervise freight and yard operations as NF&D grows.
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Norfolk, Franklin and
Danville
J. B. Rickmond, Jr
Richmond
Nf&d
Atlantic and Danville Railroad
M. E. Bowman
L. C. Capps, Jr
Suffolk
Norfolk and Western
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
U.S. Gypsum Company
Southern Railway
Chamber of Commerce
Goodyear
A&d
U.S
Sth Infantry
Southern
Veterans of Foreign Wars
If Rivermont Baptist. Church
Serloma Club
Joyce Ann Grinstead
Turbeville
Northmont Blvd
Lena Richmond
Main St
Joseph B. Richmond
N&w
Norfolk and Suffolk
Lynchburg-Durham
Denniston
Boston
Seaboard Air Line
Franklin and
Lacrosse
Portsmouth
Emporia
Green Berets Song Writer To Speak To VFW Post Here
Barry Sadler composer of The Ballad of the Green Berets will speak at the May 7 Ballard-Pruitt VEW Post 647 installation banquet in Danville. Post officials said Sadler may visit Danville that day for youth talks. Sgt Sadler, a Purple Heart veteran, rose to fame via TV and newspapers, with nearly a million records sold. He earned the Green Beret while serving in Vietnam and now supports orphans of those killed in action.
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Barry Sadler
Green Berets
Ballard-Pruitt Vew
Doug Hayes
Elton Powers
U.S. Army
Fort Bragg
N. C
Danville
Dan Surface
Tazewell
VFW
Sgt. Sadler
Purple Heart
One
Sadler
Carlsbad
N. M
Vietnam
Northwest Highlands
Philippines
States
Retired jurist cautions on rising big government impact
Retired Federal Judge Sterling Hutcheson told a Danville AAUW gathering that over 30 years a trend toward centralized government has eroded individual initiative. He warned of pervasive rules touching daily life, noted private enterprise produces luxuries, and urged vigilance and study as Jefferson called for eternal vigilance.
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United States
Sterling Hutcheson
Boydton
Judge Hutcheson
Danville
American Association of University Women
Bar of
Chatham
Hutcheson
Jefferson
AAUW
Martinsville Cable Bid Deemed Invalid by City Attorney
City Attorney Irving Cubine told Martinsville City Council that WLW Corp bid for CATV franchise, led by Charles A. Womack, failed to meet bond requirements. Three firms bid Feb 3 with bonds. dispute centers on certified checks versus personal. Council took no action. other firms urged conforming with ordinance.
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Martinsville
Irving Cubine
WLW Corp
Community Antenna Television
CATV
WLW
Charles A. Womack
Danville
Cudine
Council
Womack
Booth American Communications Co
Fof
Detroit
Mich
S.D. Martin, Jr
Cubine
English Ford
Martin
Supreme Court
Propane Fire in Martinsville Causes Major Damage
A propane gas fire shrouded Martinsville in flames, injuring four, destroying two cinder block buildings and five vehicles, and damaging five hundred 100 pound tanks. Losses exceed $100,000 as officials investigate a faulty escape valve while tanks cool under fire suppression efforts.
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Martinsville
William A. Starkey Jr
Southwestern Virginia Gas Co
Otis Tinsley
John Jowar
Henry K. Martin
Marvin Lewis
Tinsley
Jowar
Martin
Lewis
Main Street
Southwestern
Opponents Fire Verbal Blast At Subdivision Ordinance
In Martinsville Henry County 175 residents packed a Board of Supervisors meeting to oppose a subdivision ordinance not on the agenda. Attorneys claimed the measure would create red tape, high costs, and surveying fees while urging a referendum. The board extended the Public Service Authority area, and adopted a resolution to keep Patrick Henry College affiliated with the University of Virginia.
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Martinsville
Henry County Board of Supervisors
John W. Carter
Dansville
Carter
Lindsey Moore
Ringgold
Win Carter
Sam Guster
Henry County
Guster
Henry County Public Service Authority
Stanleytown
Bassett
Lloyd Wells
Bas
sett-Walker Knitting Mills
Spencer Morten
Bassett Mirror Co
Board of Supervisors
General Assembly
Patrick-Henry College
University of Virginia
Youths Wanted In Area Robbery, Under Arrest
SOUTH BOSTON Two South Carolina youths arrested in Waldorf over the weekend on stolen car charges are wanted here for robbery of Allen's merchandise store at Omega Halifax County Sheriff T C Coates announced yesterday He said two guns and 130 dollars were stolen Saturday night from the Halifax County store Waldorf police had called him Sunday after finding the guns money and other merchandise in the youths possession Questioning said Waldorf police revealed they had stolen the guns and money in this area Coates said serial numbers of the guns were the same as the ones taken from Allen's Some 18 cartons of cigarettes and other merchandise found on the pair probably were stolen in another county said Coates since no other robbery had been reported to him Coates mailed detainers to Maryland yesterday but said the youths would be returned here after trial in Maryland on the interstate transportation charge.
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South Boston
South Carolina
Waldorf
Alllen
Omega
Halifax County
T. C. Coates
Coates
Allen's
Maryland
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L. T. Weeks
Weeks
Old Dominion
S. T. Moore, Jr
South Hill
State Capitol
House Finance Committee
Anderson
Moore
American Legion Auditorium
New York
Washington
Hawaii
Kansas
Iowa
Arizona
Florida
Donald F
Billy) Matthews
U.S.A
Commodity Credit Corporation
Rickmond
Sgt
Harry Anglin
Clearview Cable and TV Company
Booth American
Clearview
Archie Taylor
Williams Ready-Mix Concrete Co
Taylor
Holiday Inn Restaurant
Lillian
Marion Clark
Mildren White
W. Yates
IgSbeerer
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