Duke awards $5.95 million medical building contract
Duke University near Durham announces a $5,950,000 contract to Basic Construction Company of Newport News for a Medical Sciences Building. The project kicks off a planned $28.8 million Medical Center expansion, with completion targeted around April 1968.
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Durham
N. C
Duke University
Medical Center
Basic Construction Company
Newport News
Duke
Barnes Woodhall
Duke Medical Center
E. Todd Wheeler
Perkins & Will
Medical Sciences
U. S. Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Nanaline H. Duke
University’s Hospital Building Fund
W A Wilson Dies Enroute To Hospital
William A. Wilson aged 63 of 2331 Eastwood Dr Glenwood died on arrival at Memorial Hospital after falling ill he worked as a guard at the city prison farm for 25 years He was born May 10 1902 in Pittsylvania County and survived by wife Virgie Pruitt one son two daughters three grandchildren and siblings Funeral arrangements are pending at Swicegood Funeral Home family at 233 Eastwood Dr Glenwood
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William A. Wilson
Eastwood Dr
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
George and
Nannie Allen Eanes
Wilson
Glenwood
Williamson Memorial Presbyterian Church
Virgie Pruitt
James S. Wilson
Danville
Lucille Burnett
Ollie Mills
Mount Cross Rd
Nannie McMillion
Ringgold
George Wilson
Smith Wilson
Swicegood Funeral Home
Funeral for Mrs. Hutcherson Set in Roanoke
The funeral for Mrs. C. L. Hutcherson, 30, will be conducted at 1 p.m. tomorrow from Lotz Funeral Home chapel in Roanoke, with burial at Mountain View Cemetery in Vinton. She died yesterday in a Roanoke hospital, widow of Cabell L. Hutcherson, and leaves seven daughters and two sons among survivors along with numerous relatives in Danville, Roanoke, Salem, and Washington, D.C.
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C. L. Hutcherson
Lotz Funeral Home
Roanoke
Mountain View
Vinton
Hutcherson
Cabell L. Hutcherson
Minnie Sawyers
Annie Luther
Danville
Willie C. McCubbins
Eugene McCubbins
Lewis McCubbins
Henry Tuck Dies At Home In Virgilina Virginia
Henry Tuck 72 of Virgilina died Tuesday at his home. A merchant and farmer, he served four years as Virgilina town councilman and belonged to Union United Church of Christ. Survived by wife Marie Harris Tuck two daughters and other relatives. Funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. from Union United Church of Christ with burial in the church cemetery.
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Virginia
Henry Tuck
Virgilina
Tuck
Union United Church of Christ
Marie Harris Tuck
Arthur Seat
William Glascock
Mary T. Young
E. J. Tuck
H. Tuck
Ned Tuck
Mack Welch
Clarence Bishop
Church
Requiem Mass Said For Marion M Gilbert
Marion M. Gilbert of Miller Drive Ringgold died recently with services at Sacred Heart Catholic Church conducted by Rev. Father Carl J. Naro. Liturgy of the Dead was recited at Swicegood Funeral Home with pallbearers James G. Wood Lewis Mitchell J W Wilkerson and Bernard P. Gib named. Interment followed at Floral Hills Memory Gardens.
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Marion M. Gilbert
Miller Drive
Ring
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Carl J. Naro
Floral Hills Memory Gardens
Swicegood Funeral Home
James G. Wood
Lewis Mitchell
J. W
Wilkerson
Bernard P. Gib
Mrs. Ruth Harris Funeral Rites Slated Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Hill Harris 60 a former Danville resident will be held at Swicegood Funeral Home chapel at 2 p.m. today with Rev. E F Byrne officiating Interment will follow in Highland Burial Park She died unexpectedly at home 1110 Josephine St New Orleans La Saturday about 8 30 p m She was born in Danville March 8 1905 and lived there early life before moving to New Orleans ten years ago She is survived by her husband Carl C Harris of New Orleans three sisters Mrs Grace E H Filton Tucson Ariz Mrs Margaret H Idhan and Mrs Agnes H Hooper Washington D C and many nieces and nephews The remains arrived in Danville last night and rest at the funeral home
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Ruth Hill Harris
Danville
Swicegood
E. F. Byrne
Highland Burial Park
Harris
Josephine St
New Orleans
William Henry Hil
Parmelia Jane Walton Hill
Carl C. Harris
Grace E H. Filton
Tucson, Ariz
Margaret H. Idhan
Agnes H. Hooper
Washington, D.C
Mrs Marie Davis Dies At 35 In Roxboro North Carolina
Marie Teed Davis 35 of Rougemont Rt 1 died Monday at 10 15 p m from an apparent heart attack. Survived by husband Reece E Davis three daughters Donna Gail and Patsy Davis her mother and father Pervis L Teed and Ida Oakley Teed Rougemont Rt 1 two siblings and a grandmother Mrs Bunny Blalock Timberlake Rt 1. Funeral Wednesday at 3 p m from Mt Harmony Baptist Church with Rev William McCollum. Burial in church cemetery.
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Roxboro
N.C
Marie Teed Davis
Rougement Rt. 1
Reece E. Davis
Donna
Gail
Patsy’ Davis
Terry G. Davis
Pervis L. Teed
Rougemont Rt. 1
Bunny Blalock
Prisoner Denied A New Trial By Judge Jones
William Bennie Luck, serving a 60 year sentence for statutory rape, was denied a new trial by Pittsylvania County Circuit Court Judge Langhorne Jones. Luck had pleaded guilty in September 1955 and had earlier obtained a writ of habeas corpus from Hastings Court in Richmond citing improper representation by a court appointed attorney.
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William Bennie Luck
Pittsylvania County
Langhorne Jones
Luck
Hastings Court
Richmond
WDVA Increases Power To 3 000 Watts Night Coverage
WDVA last night began operating at 5 000 watts under FCC authorization. Dick Campbell, vice-president and general manager, said the upgrade should yield about an 800 percent boost in night time coverage.
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WDVA
Federal Communications Commission
Dick Campbell
Bandit Shoots Man Sister In Holdup at Market
In Norfolk two armed intruders shot Harry Polen and his sister Ida Polen in the left leg during a Tuesday night robbery at Polen's Market. Detectives say the men fled with Miss Polen's purse about $50. one gunman used a sawed off shotgun and the other a small caliber pistol. Suspects described as two Negro males, one 20–30, 5-10, 130–140 pounds, light. the other about 30–35, 6 feet, 190 pounds, medium complexion. Both victims admitted to Norfolk General Hospital in good condition.
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Norfolk
Polen's Market
Harry Polen
Ida I.’Polen
Norfolk General Hospital
R. J. Markland
Miss Polen
Markland
Polens
Virginia Beach
Chesapeake
Million Marchers Decried U S Viet Nam Policy By Aptheker
Communist leader Herbert Aptheker urged a million citizens march on Washington to protest U S policy in Viet Nam. Speaking at Duke University he condemned U S actions as atrocious and immoral and criticized the Geneva Agreement while defending Hanoi.
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U.S
Viet Nam
Durham
American Communist Party
Washington
Herbert Aptheker
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Duke University
Aptheker
Hanoi
U.S. State Department
North Viet Nam
Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Adolf Hitler
Johnson
Hitler
U. S
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School of Nursing
Duke Hospital
John M. Dozier
Army Research Office
W. A. Wilson
M. M. Gilbert
Ruth Harris
Marie Davis
Jones
Bandit
Hungary
West
Germany
Budapest
Stewart Thompson
Lewis Blank
North Main and
Keen Sts
Wrenn
Douppioni
Alper Schwartz
Little Salon
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