Danville Firm Dedicates New Plant in Keysville
Gov Mills E Godwin addressed Keysville Mills dedication, disputing claims sales tax harms Virginia industry. He cited tax rankings and urged tax revenue to fund education highways and resources. Keysville plant, a Danville Industries unit, will produce synthetic and wool yarn for carpeting, on 15 acres, cost about one million dollars, employing 40 now with potential growth to 100+.
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Keysville
Mills E. Godwin
Keysville Mills, Inc
Danville Industries, Inc
Virginia
Godwin
Robert Corber
Iit
Danville Knitting Mills, Inc
W.E. Walker
South Central Industries Committee
Gov
William M. Tuck
J. D. Hagood
Clover
Tuck
Paul C. Beatty
Danville Industries
Keysville Mills
USDA Forecasts 1966 Flue-Cured Tobacco Output Rises
The March 1966 tobacco crop estimates project an eight percent rise in flue-cured acreage to 606,600 acres and a total production near 1,198 million pounds, up from 1,008 million in 1965, with variations across belts and other tobacco classes.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tobacco Division
USDA
Maryland
Dart
Rhodesia Secrecy Marks Tobacco Marketing Plan
Virginia leaf agent says Rhodesia will market flue cured tobacco behind closed doors with a government corporation handling delivery grading and price. Opening reportedly delayed to late March, with proceeds above the reserve shared among growers and strict access restrictions at auctions. Rhodesia’s independence led to sanctions.
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Richmond
Virginia Tobacco
Rhodesia
Roy B. Davis Jr
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Davis
Great Britain
Britain
United States
Lees Re-Elected to Blue Cross Board in Virginia
William J. Lees, Memorial Hospital administrator, was reelected to the Virginia Hospital Service Association board, serving since 1955. John Mo Taylor was re-elected board chairman. The meeting was held March 18 in Williamsburg with officers including T. R. Harrell, William P. Taliaferro Jr., and Frederick Deane Jr. All directors are Richmond-based or eastern Virginia representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Lees
Memorial Hospital
Virginia Hospital Service Association
Blue Cross
John Mo Taylor
Everett Waddell Co
Richmond
Charles P. Cardwell Jr
Medical College of Virginia
Williamsburg
T. R. Harrell
C&p TelePhone Co
William P. Taliaferro Jr
Miller and Rhoads Inc
Frederick Deane Jr
Bank of Virginia
Virginia ‘Hospital Service Association
Virginia
Police Find Lost Tool Box At City Curb Market
Police clarified a complaint from Danville Electric Co. about a missing toolbox. An official said a toolbox had been stolen, but officer C H Royster corrected it to lost and found it near the City Curb Market Thursday afternoon, left by a company employee.
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Danville Electric Co
C. H. Royster
City
Danville Native Becomes United Airlines Officer
Danville native William H. Blankenship has been assigned as a second officer with United Air Lines based in Washington, D C. He recently completed United’s ground training in Denver after learning to fly in 1959 as an Air Force aviation cadet and serving until 1965 as a co pilot on B 47s and B 52s. He is a Warwick High School graduate who attended N C State before entering service.
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William H. Blankenship
Danville
United Air Lines
Washington, D. C
Denver
Colo
Walter Blankenship
Newport News
Air Force
Warwick High School
N. C. States
Warehousemen Split Over Market Control Plan
In Raleigh the Bright Belt Warehouse Association faces a split over who controls tobacco marketing. Eastern Carolina Warehouse Association urges a 15 member industry committee with growers, warehousemen, and buyers to run 1966 operations. Bright Belt opposes delegating power, while Farm Bureau and buyers resist advisory limits. Attorneys for groups have not resolved the dispute after multiple talks.
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Raleigh
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Eastern Carolina Warehouse Association
Bright Belt
Farm Bureau
Guy Barnes
Rocky Mount
Barnes
Eastern Warehousemen
Bright Belt Board of Governmors
Second Victim Dies In North Carolina Car Crash
Jerry Preston Dalton 21 dies at Memorial Hospital after a car plunged from an embankment on Mt Hill Road. Earlier, David Lee Hancock 27 of 1603 Glenn St. was found dead in the overturned vehicle. A bus driver found Dalton injured, and patrols linked down guard rails to the 20 foot drop. Hancock, an Air Force veteran and Commercial Appeal employee, married with a son, rests at Barker Funeral Home. Burial at Highland Park follows. Dalton leaves a wife, two sons, and siblings in Danville. Funeral plans pending at Wrenn Yeatts.
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Jerry Preston Dalton
Memorial Hospital
David Lee Hancock
Glenn St
Mt. Hill Rd
North Carolina
Dalton
Locust Lane
H. P. Hunt
Ringgold
Hunt
Sam E. Riddick
Virginia
Larry King
Ralph Marshall
Hancock
Riddick
ABC
Danville
Caswell
Commercial Appeal
Barker Funeral Home
Highland Burial Park
Patricia McDowell
David Lee, Jr
Leo James
Jeanne Edwards Hancock
Third Ave. Christian Church
Ronald W. Hancock
Donna B. Hancock
Ruby Simmons
Marion
Harvey Lee
Frances Henderson Dalton
Two Held for Grand Jury in Safe Theft
Certified in Municipal Court yesterday for grand jury action were Curtis Allen and Jerome Palmer charged with the February 9 theft of a safe and its contents valued at 1,000 from Purity Market on N Main Street. Also bound over were James Hyler charged with theft of a purse containing 121 for Virginia Wadell and Johnnie Swanson charged with feloniously cutting Pampton Hairs.
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Curtis Allen
Ringgold Rt. 1
Jerome Palmer
W. Thomas St
N. Main St
James Junior Hyler
Moffett St
Virginia Moore Wadell
Johnnie Swanson
Slade St
Gravely Receives Life Sentence for Donahue Slaying
Woodrow Gravely, 36, was found guilty of first degree murder in the Oct 12 Craghead Street cafe operator Elmer Donahue slaying. An all white jury at 7:45 p.m. sentenced him to life imprisonment after deliberating since 4:22 p.m. Defense motions admitted but denied. Prosecutor Eugene A Link urged the maximum penalty as just.
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Woodrow Gravely
Craghead St
Elmer Donahue
Gravely
T. F. Tucker
A. M. Aiken
State Penitentiary
Stuart Craig
Joseph Winston
Aiken
Commonwealth
Donahue
Colquehoun St
Swift and Co
Craghead
Swift
Pittsylvania County deputys 10 percent pay rise boosts salaries
Pittsylvania County deputies received a roughly 10 percent salary increase effective at the start of the year, raising starting pay to 3800 and top deputy pay to 4600. Chief Deputy earns 4820 and Sheriff Winn 7300. Nearby counties pay higher, with Franklin at 5600 and Henry at 5200. In Danville, rookies start at 4890 next January, troopers around 5200. The raise helps meet a 31,886 rise in the 1966 67 budget as part of a plan begun three years earlier to align deputy pay with neighboring counties. The department employs 11 field deputies plus other staff. deputies work six days weekly, on call year round, with one week vacation.
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Pittsylvania County
Pittsylvania
Henry O. Winn
Franklin County
Henry County
Danville
Board of Supervisors
Winn
Taylor McGregor
Woman Hurt and Cars Damaged In City Accidents
A woman driver was injured and three cars damaged in two hit and run incidents and a learner's permit violation last night on city streets. Ann H. Fearn, 24, of 272 Withers Rd., was treated for neck pain after Robbie W. Plunkett rammed her rear on West Main St. Damages totaled 650 dollars. Lee Moses Garland, 21, of 1255 South Boston Rd., was charged with reckless driving and operating without a permit after his car struck two parked vehicles on Franklin St. One car belonged to Ernest Lee Jones. the other to Robert Robertson. Police expect another arrest in the Riv erside Drive incident at Kelly's Drive-in. Roger Eugene Lewis, 18, of 1540 Washington St., was charged with hit and run after the rear-end collision. The incidents caused about 650 dollars in damages.
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Ann H. Fearn
Withers Rd
West Main St
W. H. Jennings
Robbie W. Plunkett
Blanch
N.C
Rt. 1
Roger Eugene Lewis
Washington St
Kelly
Riverside Drive
Memorial Hospital
Lee Moses Garland
South Boston, Rd
Franklin St
Ernest Lee Jones
South Boston Rd
Robert Robertson
Franklin
H. R. Chaney
Second Lottery Charge Brought Back To Municipal Court
Willard Lanier a 57 year old Bradley Road resident was arrested again for possession of lottery tickets. Police officers seized him at the Three Sons Plaza after an earlier March 15 arrest and fine in Municipal Court.
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Bradley Rd
Willard Lanier
F. H. Duncan, Jr
T. G. Faulkner
C. L. Morris
Three ‘Sons
Learning Climate Debate Challenges College Assumptions
Dr Henry Weitz a Duke psychologist urged educators at a three day NC State University meeting in Raleigh to expose implicit assumptions shaping college learning. He said subjects may be secondary to cognitive processes and outlined four student groups, urging tailored programs rather than one size fits all. He warned against tribal chieftain style leadership and stressed basing research on experts within each field.
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Reisville
N. C
Duke University
Henry Weitz
N.C. State University
Raleigh
Weitz
Duke
February retail sales dip in Danville amid promotions
The Virginia Business Index notes Danville's retail sales fell 6.9 percent in February. New car registrations dropped 9.7 percent while other indicators rose, including bank debits 22.4 percent and building permits 28.2 percent. The report cites bad weather, promotional efforts, and nationwide patterns in car demand.
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Danville
Washington
Virginia Business Index
College of William and Mary’s Bureau of Business Research
Virginia
Petersburg
Winchester
Bureau of Business Research
Charlottesville
Old Dominion
bu‘Teau
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