Regional Policy Conference Addresses Farm Labor Problems
A regional policy conference on farm labor will be held March 14 and 15 at Hotel Roanoke, co sponsored by Virginia Tech and North Carolina State University. Speakers include Ernest J. Nesius and W E Skelton among many others discussing minimum wages migratory labor and rural education with a Tuesday session on the impact of minimum wages on business. Gene McMurtry will deliver the summary.
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Roanoke
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Agricultural Policy Institute of North Carolina State University
South
Ernest J. Nesius
University of West Virginia
Wilson B. Bell
Agri
Virginia Tech
W. E. Skelton
Cooperative Extension Service
C. E. Bishop
Agricultural Policy Institute
North Carolina State University
G. W. Schneider
University of Kentucky
E. W. Allen
University of Maryland
James §. Plaxico
Department of Agricultural Economics
Oklahoma State University
Gladys K. Bowls
R. W. Hecht
Economic Research Service
USDA
S. M. Knebel
Office of Farm Labor Service
M. Lloyd Downen and
L. Cleland
University of Tennessee
J. D. Maddox
K. D. McIntosh
W. D. McClurkin
George Peabody
Joe Powell
Tarboro
N. C
Randolph Ewers
Romney
W. Va
Ruben Naylor
Lexington
Burley Tobacco
Jim Marshall
Charlottesville
Aryness Joy Wickens
Gene McMurtry
How the Astronauts Live on Earth in Family Weekly
A feature profiles astronauts Wally Schirra Gordon Cooper Scott Carpenter Gus Grissom and Frank Borman revealing their hobbies families and off orbit interests. The piece argues space men are ordinary mortals with relatable lives beyond their heroic launches.
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Wally Schirra
Gordon Cooper
Scott Carpenter
Scott Carpenter, “Gus” Grissom
Frank Borman
Earth
Negro Drowns at Farm Pond Near Spring Garden
Wallace Beck, 22, of Rt 1 Blairs, drowned yesterday in a pond on the Bryant and Cox Farm in Spring Garden. Captain Tom Gatewood and nine Lifesaving Crew members from Danville recovered the body about 4 30 p m. Beck, a porter at the Trailway Bus Terminal in Danville, was said to have gone in on a dare.
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Wallace Beck
Rt. 1
Blairs
Bryant
Beck
Trailway
Danville
Leaf Sales Jump After Price Schedule Release
The Flue-cured Stabilization Corp reports 34.7 million pounds of tobacco sold from Joan stocks since the new price schedule began in Feb. Weeks says sales are more than double the 16 million pounds after the 1965 schedule. Inventory loan leaf falls to 833 million pounds, with 104 million less than a year ago.
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Raleigh
L T. Weeks
Fire damages carport basement at 145 Wildhurst Lane
Fire heavily damaged the carport basement of a Woodberry Hills home at 145 Wildhurst Lane. Fire Capt. C C Crowder said the blaze began as Bobby Lee Blankenship poured gasoline into his car, fumes possibly reaching a water heater and igniting. The car and home sustained varying heat and smoke damage. a gasoline can exploded after firefighters arrived. investigation to continue today.
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Carport
Bobby Lee
Wildhurst Lane
Woodberry Hills
C. C. Crowder
Bobby Lee Blankenship
Blankenship
Crowder
Pair Penalized For Legal Whisky Sale
A man and woman faced penalties in Municipal Court for alleged illegal resale of legal whisky. Dove and Dodson Martinez Voges drew fines of 50 dollars and 30 day suspended sentences. Charges of breach of the peace were dismissed. NosTrandt supplied undercover purchase, and police plan interdiction orders to bar further ABC store purchases.
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William Henry Dove
Peggy Earline Dodson Martinez Bell Voges
Patton St
Dove
Richard Nostrandt
Chuck Whaley
Nostrandt
Commonwealth
Eugene Link
ABC
Voges
Allen Named Vice-President of Corning
Julian H. Allen, director of manpower development at Corning Glass Works, was elected a vice president of the corporation. Long involved in Corning’s growth, he helped boost the city’s economy in 1960 as manufacturing manager of the Technical Products Division and played a key role in selecting Danville for a new Corning plant. Allen joined Corning in 1944 and has held several senior posts, most recently director of manpower development. He holds a BS from Tufts College.
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Julian H. Allen
Corning Glass Works
T Here
Corning
Allen
Danville
Alien
Central Falls
R. I
Albion
Mich
N. Y
Tufts College
DE Leadership Awards Won By GW Students
Two George Washington High School students in the Distributive Education program won awards at the District Leadership Conference of DECA held at Bassett High School. Francine Stanley earned first in Sales Demonstration and Susan Cassada took third in Job Interview. Stanley advances to the Virginia State DECA Leadership Conference in ArlingtonApril 1 2 and 13 to qualify for the National meet in Chicago in April.
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George Washington High School
Distributive Education Clubs of America
Bassett High School
Francine Stanley
Susan Cassada
Miss Stanley
Arlington
Virginia
Chicago
Second Judge For Danville Assured Attention Now On Candidate For The Post
The Virginia Senate approved a bill to create a second Danville Corporation Court judge with four dissenters. Names most mentioned include Horace G. Bass and J William Clement among others. If signed, the new judge could be named this session or appointed on an interim basis by Governor Godwin. City hall space constraints raise questions about suitable courtrooms and facilities. Judge Aiken has led the court since 1949 and is in his seventies.
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Virginia State Senate
Danville
Corporation Court
Senate
Bar Association
Godwin
House of Delegates
House
Landon R. Wyatt
William F. Stone
del. W. C
Dan) Daniel
del. Daniel
General Assembly
Horace G. Bass
J. William Clement
Frank 0. Meade
Stuart L. Craig
James A. H. Ferguson
State Supreme Court
A. M. Aiken
Judge Aiken
Aiken
Danville Bar Association
George Washington High to Offer Adult Training Course
George Washington High School and Richmond Professional Institute announce a four session adult course for supervisors and managers in the Danville area titled Effective Employee Training. Instructor Joel McGurk brings retail experience, with classes 7 to 9 p.m. on March 10 17 24 and 31 in the GW cafeteria. Registration limited to 25 via O C Britton.
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Danville
George Washington High School
Richmond
Danville Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants Association
Joel McGurk
Distributive Education Service
McGurk
University of Richmond
University of Virginia
RPI
O. C. Britton
Distributive Education Department
Adult Business Classes To Start At GW Langston
Registration for adult classes in typewriting shorthand bookkeeping clothing construction and driver training is set for Monday night at George Washington and Langston high schools. Classes: two hours twice weekly for ten weeks with a $10 driver education or $2 50 for other courses fee plus small supply charges. Woodworking at Robert E Lee. woodworking and brick masonry at Langston in addition to other courses.
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George Washington
Langston High
Robert E. Lee School
Langston
Widow of brakeman sues for $1 million in Leaksville crash
In Leaksville North Carolina a widow of a railroad brakeman, Raymond E Durham, sues Southern Railway Company and Carolina and Northwestern Railway Company plus S H Knight Oil Company for 1 million dollars. The suit filed in U S Western District Court names Durham's two daughters Patsy Ann and Judy Kaye, and cites the Aug 24 collision of a locomotive and a Knight oil tanker at East Church Street Crossing. The complaint accuses the engineer of negligence and alleges the locomotive struck the tanker causing it to explode and Durham to die trapped in flames. The action seeks 500000 from each named railway company and 500000 from the oil company. The case proceeds through attorney William H Smith.
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Leaksville
N.C
Oliven Anderson Durham
U.S. Western District Court
Raymond Elvin Durham
Southern Railway Company
Carolina and Northwestern Railway Company
S. H. Knight Oil Company, Inc
Leaks
Southern
Carolin
Northwestern
Durham
William H. Smith
Garrett, Garrett and Smith
Patsy Ann Durham
Judy Kaye Durham
Knight Company
East Church Street
R. A. Gray
C&n
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