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Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1968

Page

15

Campbell Finds New Call to Help End Racial Riots

Newark and Plainfield native Milt Campbell, Olympic decathlon silver medalist, returns from aiding riot-torn Plainfield to become Model Cities neighborhood resource specialist. He aims to improve Newark for all while facing scrutiny over his fame. Campbell recalls Olympic rise from Plainfield High and Indiana years before planning Melbourne 1956 training.

Milt Campbell Newark N.J Campbell Toronto Canada Plainfield Hot Tom Thhree Helsinki Finland U.S Bob Mathias Plainfield High School University of Indiana Melbourne Australia

Virginia Passes $1 Plane Boarding Tax in Senate

The General Assembly approved a bill by Del. Grady Dalton to levy a $1 boarding tax on all aircraft passengers, with interstate travel rules and a 3 percent collector fee. If interstate flights are invalid, it would not apply to intrastate air travel, and the measure targets revenue for the airport and aviation fund. Final passage followed House agreement to Senate amendments.

Richmond Virginia General Assembly New Hampshire Virginia Del Grady Dalton Tazewell County Washington National House Senate Rishmond Martinsville William F. Stone General Assembly Stone Fairfax Omer L. Hirst

Carolina Man Held In Theft Of Rare Coins

A Wilmington North Carolina man Kenneth Adams aged 23 pleaded innocent in district court to breaking and entering and larceny of rare coins valued at thousands of dollars. He was ordered held on 5000 bail for an March 18 hearing after the J M Coin Co theft in Springfield. Police tied the coins to a December 1968 nationwide heist estimated at 200000 dollars. Adams was arrested at the Vermont Canada border and brought back to Springfield on a fugitive warrant.

Springfield Mass Wilmington N.C Kenneth Adams J & M Coin Co Adams Vermont-Canada

Group Calls for Chief Worrell Relieved in Fayetteville

The Fayetteville-Cumberland Civic Association demands Fayetteville Police Chief P Worrell be relieved for alleged irresponsible leadership. The group cites failure to suspend patrolman R C Nordhus after the fatal shooting of Spec 4 Patrick Dobbins, 22, at the Fayetteville bus terminal on February 17, with an FBI lab investigation pending.

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