General Assembly Faces Rough Week Completing Lengthy Bills
Virginia lawmakers rush to finish 1975 work by week end. Senate faces heavier load with 256 bills and a $7.583 billion budget, while House committees debate pari mutuel betting medical malpractice caps and trial by judges versus juries. Differences between chambers loom as they bargain over key measures.
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General Assembly
Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
J G Henderson Dies At 90 In Danville
Thomas George Henderson 90 died yesterday at his daughter's home on Stokes Street after five years of declining health. Born in Pittsylvania County he farmed in Vernon Hill area and worked at Dan River Inc. He married Mary Estelle White in 1913 and is survived by two daughters, Raleigh Henderson, Danville and Margaret Yeatts, Vernon Hill, a son Raleigh Thomas Henderson, Danville, nine grandchildren, one great grandchild and six great great grandchildren. Funeral today at 4 p.m. at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Danville Memorial Gardens. The family will be at Mrs Clark's home.
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Thomas George Henderson
W. Sokes St. Ile
Pittsylvania County
George Washington Henderson
Sarah Elizabeth Breeden Henderson
Vernon Fill
Ty Dan River Inc
Mary Estelle White
Henderson
Sheldon Baptist Church
Elizabeth H. Clark
Danville
Margaret H.yeatts
Vernon Hill
Raleigh Thomas Henderson
Wrenn- Yeatts Funeral
Roy J. Hall
Donald S. McKinney
Danville Memorial Gardens
Clark
Stokes Street
Roanoke Club Antique Show Opens at Civic Center
The Riwanié Club of Roanoke Valley will sponsor the Second Annual Antique Show and Sale at the Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum on March 19 20 and 21. Show hours include March 19 from 6 to 10 p.m March 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m and March 21 from noon to 6 p.m.
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Roanoke
Riwanié Club of
Roanoke Valley
Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum
Mrs. Myrtle P Pool Smith Dies in South Boston
Myrtle P Pool Smith 91 of Buffalo Junction Rt 1 died yesterday in a South Boston hospital. Born Halifax County she was daughter of the late Thomas C and Virginia Owen P Pool widow of Robert Thomas Smith and member of Aarons Creek Baptist Church. Survived by two daughters Mrs Wilma Owen and Mrs John Pulliam a son George P Smith a brother Flournoy P Paul 10 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren. Funeral today at 3 pm at Aarons Creek Baptist Church with Rev Jimmy Duncan and Rev arence Bishop burial in church cemetery. Body at Bracks Funeral Home.
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South Boston
Myrtle P’pool Smith
Buffalo Junction Rt. 1
Halifax County
Thomas C
Virginia Owen P'Pool
Robert Thomas Smith
Aarons Creek
Virgilina
Aarons Creek Baptist Church
Jimmy Duncan
Arence Bishop
Bracks Funeral Home
Welfare Dept Saves With Special Projects in Virginia
The Virginia Welfare Department reports savings from 12 corrective action projects across major agencies. Desk reviews of welfare caseloads focused on income and earning factors. Commissioner William L. hopes techniques can help smaller agencies monitor key caseload aspects statewide.
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Richmond
Virginia
William L
Army Corps Seeks General Permit for Lake Gaston Piers
The Army Corps of Engineers proposes a general permit for constructing maintaining and repairing private piers docks and boathouses in Lake Gaston waters spanning North Carolina and Virginia. Public review runs until April 3 with standard conditions. Separate permits needed for commercial docks bulkheading and wetlands filling.
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U.S. Army. Corps of Engineers
Lake Gaston Reservoir
North Carolina
Virginia
Wilmington
Corps
Lake Gaston
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Smith Mountain Lake
Homer Johnstone
Collegians debate across country on colonies split or stay
William and Mary exchange student David Taylor and alumna Jean Harrigan tour the nation debating whether the colonies should have separated from Britain. Taylor argues for staying under the crown with humor while Harrigan champions American independence. Audience voting will name the winner, with the Englishman seen as underdog.
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Williamsburg
England
David Taylor
Jean Harrigan
The
College of Wiliam and Mary
Taylor
Parliament
Scotland Yard
Four O’clock
Lea
Harrigan
America
Thomas Jefferson
of William and Mary
Harrigi
Nottingham
William and Mary
Motherland
British Broadcasting Corporation
Exeter
Warrigan
Wyckoff
N.J
Virginia
William and Mary’s Society of the Alumni
Tunstall Debate Team Wins Longwood Event
Tunstall High School's debate squads earned first place at the Longwood College Invitational with Mike Turner and Eddie Stowe winning negative and best speaker honors. Gwen Stowe and Paw Huffman placed third on affirmative, tying for overall varsity championship. Coaches are Ed Motley and G. Robert Kirkland. Preschool registration for kindergarten entrants is scheduled at Park Avenue Elementary next Tuesday and at Schoolfield Elementary next Friday.
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Tunstall High “School
Virginia High School
Tunstall
Mike Turner
Eddie Stowe
Stowe
Turner
Calvin Stowe
Danville
Rt. 7
Rex Turner
Dry Fork
Gwen Stowe
Paw Huffman
Gwen
Huffman
Robert Fowlkes
Beechwood Lane
Ed Motley
G. Robert Kirkland
Park Avenue
Schoolfield Elementary
Four Hybrid Roses Win Awards In 1976 AARS
Four new fragrant hybrid roses win the 3ath All American Rose Awards. Winners America Cathedral Seashell Yankee Doodle hail from the United States Ireland Germany and are tested in ARS gardens. America is climbable with salmon blooms. Cathedral is golden apricot and mildew resistant. Seashell blends Peace and Kordes lineage. Yankee Doodle produces tall coral orange blooms on strong canes.
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United States
America
William Warriner
Tustin
Calif
Sam McGredy
Ireland
Reimer Kordes
Germany
ARS
AARS
Florida
Cypress Gardens
Warriner
Chad
Tradition
Cathedral
Europe
Konigen der Rosen
Colour Wonder
Kings Ransom
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Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Eric Parks
Parks
Paul Bond
Mills
Vienna
J. G. Henderson
Roanoke Club
Thomas G. Henderson
Danville Cancer Association
Army Corps
Lake
Gaston
Vepeo
Collegians
George III
WEM
Taylor and
Longwood
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