Deaths And Funerals Mrs Ruby Alley Hopkins
Mrs Ruby Alley Hopkins 65 of 7301 Statesville Road Charlotte NC died Thursday night at Charlotte Memorial Hospital after 10 years of illness. Funeral Sunday 2 PM Swieegood Funeral Home Chapel with Rev 8C Barber officiating. Interment Highland Burial Park. Survivors include husband John S Hopkins stepmother Mrs Mac Ireland Alley and other relatives. The family will receive friends Saturday 7:30 to 9 PM at the funeral home.
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Ruby Alley Hopkins
John T. Alley
Alley
Stokestand
John S. Hopkins
Greensboro
Charlotte
Mac Ireland Alley
Farry Road
Miss Giggetts Rites Sunday
Funeral for Carolina E. Giggetts set for Sunday at 1 p.m. from First Baptist Church with Rev. J. P. Griffith Jr. Burial in Oak Lit Cemetery with USAF Honor Guard. Miss Giggetts, an Air Force airman, died Monday at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Survived by mother Macy Giggetts and eight siblings. Friends may call Cunningham & Hughes Funeral Home Saturday 7 to 8 p.m.
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Carolina E. Giggetts
First SS
First Baptist Church
J. P. Griffith Jr
Oak Lit
US Air Force
Miss Giggetts
USAF
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington, D.C
Danville
Macy Giggetts
Chatham
Alex J. Graf Jr
Dey Fork
Roman Eagle
Russia
Alex L. Graf
Catherine Frat Graf
Elsie Freck Graf
Graf
Casa View Baptist Church
Dallas
Tex
Doran H. Graf
Dry Fork
Charles Vernon Graf
Duncanville
Joyce Ann Graf
Hunter Lea Funeral Sunday in Yanceyville Church
Hunter Lea, 55, of Yanceyville Star Route, will have a funeral Sunday at 2 40 p.m. at High Rock Baptist Church with Revs J L Singletary and Luther Brooks officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery. Friends may call at Fulton Funeral Home Saturday from 7 to 2 p.m.
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Yanceyville
N.C
Hunter Lea
High Rock Baptist Church
J.L. Singletary
Luther Brooks
Fulton Funeral Home
North Carolina approves 1.3 million for crime programs
The Governors Crime Commission unanimously voted to spend 1.3 million from federal funds on crime programs. Planned items include hiring more correction officers for the restitution program, a victim assistance initiative, and funding for extra assistant district attorneys and investigators in Wake and Mecklenburg Counties.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Chryme Commisson
Correction Department
Wake
Mecklenburg
Mount Vernon South civic center chosen for Washington DC
Washington District officials announced an eight block area near Chinatown as the favored site for a new civic center. Mayor Walter Washington and City Council released site studies showing Mount Vernon South as the front runner among over a dozen locations. The plan is economically feasible and expected to boost jobs, business, and tax base.
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Washington
API
Walter Washington
City Council Today
Civic Center
Mount Vernon South
Sterling Tucker
Red Cross Aids Service Families In Emergencies
Emergency messages may be sent to military personnel via the Red Cross once full details are provided. The chair of the local Service to Military Families and Veterans Committee notes required data include service person’s full name rank social security number unit base or APO FPO, and caller identity. In death or illness cases the message must name the deceased or patient and relations, place of death, illness nature or accident, and arranging funeral or hospital details. Red Cross emergency service operates 24 hours a day.
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Red Cross
Suly W. Scearce
Wrough the Red Crows
Kepone Task Force Asked To Lift Fishing Ban
Gov Mills Godwin and the Kepone task force are asked to decide if the sport fishing ban below the James River Bridge at Newport News can be lifted. VMRC cites relaxed Kepone tolerance in finfish and potential economic gains for marina operators and charter boats, though officials remain pessimistic about approval.
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Kepone
James
Norfolk
Mills Godwin
James River Bridge
Newport News
Virginia Marine Resources Commission
VMRC
Hopewell
James River
Hampton Roads
Elizabeth
Nansemand
Lafayette
Hampton Roads Bridge
Godwin
VMAC
Shipbuilding Expansion To Create 2000 Jobs In Norfolk
Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. announced two multimillion dollar projects that will add about 2,008 jobs over four years and enable up to 60 ships a year to be drydocked or repaired. A floating drydock measuring 950 by 192 feet with 4,250 ton capacity will be built, set for delivery in December 1978, alongside a new pier. The firm will also sign a six year contract to drydock and repair nine LNG carriers starting spring 1979, boosting annual sales and employment.
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Norfolk, Va
Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp
John
Roper Wl
E Paso Marine Co
Houston
Norfolk Shipbuilding
Hampton Roads
Roper
Dite
State Board Appeals Court Education Order
In Richmond the State Board of Education on Friday decided to appeal a federal court order requiring Virginia to fund private education for handicapped children from low income families. The board also asked the three judge federal panel to stay the order pending appeal and to draft a plan within 20 days to execute the private education payment mandate.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Virginia
Senate approves work requirement for welfare in North Carolina
In a 37 to 4 vote the North Carolina Senate backed a welfare bill by Sen. Lawrence Davis to require able welfare recipients without preschool children to seek employment and participate in job training, with benefits cut for those who refuse available work. The measure, debated amid concerns for children, moves to the House for action.
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Raleigh
Jim Hunt
Department of Commerce
House
State Senate
Lawrence Davis
D-Forsyth
Jim McDuffie
Decklenburg
Sen
Russell Walker
Randolph
DRI To Honor Safe Drivers At Dinner Tonight
DRI will host a manual Safety Awards Dinner Saturday at the Country Chbana to honor 28 long distance drivers with 285 years of service and 259 years of safe driving. Drivers logged nearly 3.5 million miles with four preventable accidents, none injuries, minimal property damage. The long haul team moved over 252 million pounds of freight to 34 states, averaging 4.18 accidents per million man hours versus 9.38 for similar private carriers.
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Dan River Inc
Dan River
Wade Key
DRI
Key
Marijuana Court Fight Continues in Virginia Case
Virginia lobbyist Roy G. Scherer pursues dismissal in Richmond General District Court alleging constitutional violations in marijuana laws. He seeks suppression of a three inch high plant evidence and faces trial April 6 as judge considers nine constitutional challenges to due process and free expression claims stemming from his arrest at the State Capitol.
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Richmond
Commonwealth of Virginia
Roy G. Scherer
Richmond General District Court
Scherer
Virginia
General Assembly
Capital
Robert W. Duling
Commonwealth of Virgiia
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
U. S
Two Artists Exhibit Paintings in Richmond Downtown Gallery
Jane Appleton and Paul Bond of Danville will display her oil and his watercolor works at F&M Center in Richmond during April. The show runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays at the Downtown Gallery, 12th and Main Streets, with the Bonds as part-owners of Art Works Inc., a Danville studio.
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Jane Appleton
Paul Bond
Danville
F&m Center
First & Merchants Corporation
Richmond
12Th
Main Streets
Bonds
Art Works Inc
Rison Street
Federal Express eyes Danville expansion plan
Federal Express Corp plans to expand overnight delivery service into the Danville area. Danville is among 300 metropolitan areas listed for expansion. the Civil Aeronautics Board will review the request. Federal Express operates in 190 major U.S. cities and 10,000 small communities.
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Federal Express Corp
Danville
Frederick W. Smith
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Express
U.S
Smith
Sears to Sponsor 1977 AAU Junior Olympics
Charles T. Baker, manager of the Danville Sears store, announced that Sears, Roebuck and Co will sponsor the 1977 Amateur Athlete Union Junior Olympics. The program aims to develop American athletes for future international events such as the Olympic Games.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co
Charles T. Baker
Danville
Sears
Senior Citizens To Hold Spring Dance at Center
Qanville Parks and Recreation and the Senior Citizens Center sponsor a spring dance at the center this Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. Bob Jones will DJ a semi formal event. Donations at the door go to buy new equipment for the center and refreshments will be served.
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Qanville Parks and Recreation Department
Senior Citizens Center
Bob Jones
Aid Allocated for Kepone Cleanup Costs
Allied Chemical reports that the Justice Department intends to seek substantial indemnification from the company for Kepone disposal and cleanup costs in the James River. EPA estimates containment costs in Bailey Bay could total 2 to 56 million dollars, while Allied cites about 45 million already spent or contracted through 1978.
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Richmond
Justice Department
Allied Chemical Corp
James River
Allied
New York
U. S. Department of Justice
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Bailey Bay
the James
Veterans Group Seeks Probe of North Carolina VA Overpayments
The Winston-Salem VA regional office faces a federal inquiry into possible overpayments to North Carolina veterans. Investigators from VA Central Office review irregularities raised by a former employee and questions over entitlement, tied to a 1978 Biscayne Southern College case in Charlotte.
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Raleigh
Veterans Administration
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
New and Observer
Ralaigh
Herbert Johnson
Washington
Winston- Salem
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