Trustees Of Hughes Home Meet On Court Decree
Hughes Memorial Home trustees plan a special meeting to decide whether to accept or appeal a federal decree blocking race discrimination at the Danville home. Judge Ted Dalton ordered integration steps and a limited equal housing program after denying Hughes Home's motion to dismiss in the U S housing suit filed by the Justice Department.
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Hughes
Hughes Memorial Home
U.S
Ted Dalton
Danville
Roanoke
U.S. Western District Court
Hughes Home
U.S. Justice Department
Dalton
Justice Department
U.S. Western
District Court, the Home and the Department
City considers complex gas rate hike plan
Council discussed a proposed natural gas rate rise outlined by James Turpin to raise about 337000 in additional income. The plan uses a mix of volume variation, storage, and propane factors, with higher boosts for larger users and potential increases tied to curtailment levels.
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James Turpin
Turpin
Wilson
Anderson
First Draft Of County Budget Shows $18.65 Million Request
Pittsylvania County officials release the first budget draft for 1975 76 totaling 18 649 811 from county departments a 10 16 percent rise over 1974 75. County Administrator Anthony Barrett aims to keep final spending under a modest rise and plans more hearings while addressing large outlays for landfill property acquisitions and a 1975 76 reassessment. Board leaders seek possible real estate tax relief but defer rate setting until budget review.
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Pittsylvania County
County Board of Supervisors
Anthony Barrett
Barrett
Departments of Government
Chatham
W. T. Gatewood
Westover
F. A. Keatts
Tunstall
Pittsylvania
Democrats Vote To Hold Mass Meeting On May 20
CHATHAM The Pittsylvania County Democratic Committee set Tuesday May 20 at 8 p.m. in the Circuit Courtroom for a mass meeting to elect 49 Pittsylvania delegates and 20 alternates to the 13th Virginia House of Delegates District Convention on June 7 at the Henry County Courthouse in Martinsville. The convention will name candidates for the November election for three district House seats. Claude V. Swanson of Gretna will announce his candidacy, opposing Dr. Claude V. Whitehead Jr. of Chatham, with Reynolds announcing retirement. Incumbents A. L. Philpott and Garry DeBruhl plan to seek re election. Yeatts and W Carrington Thompson are noted southern leaders. Delegates include 39 from Pittsylvania, 10 from Patrick, 36 from Henry, and 17 from Martinsville.
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Chatham
Pittsylvania
Democratic Committee
Virginia House of Delegates
Henry County
Martinsville
Claude V. Swanson
Gretna
Swanson
Claude V. Whitehead Jr
Galveston Mills
House
J. Randolph Eastwood
Keeling
Randall O. Reynolds
Virginia House
Eastwood
Reynolds
A. L. Philpott
Bassett
Garry DeBruhl
Critz
Coleman B. Yeatts
W Carrington Thompson
Patrick County
Clarke Reveals REA To Close Office Here
Mayor Robert Clarke announced the Railway Express Agency office in Danville will close on May 16. He, Cal Fowler and Rep. W. C. Daniel were informed. shipments will shift to Greensboro, with local delivery by truck, risking seven jobs and harming merchants.
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Railway Express Agency
Robert Clarke
Clarke
Danville
Calvin Fowler
Dist
W. C
Dan" Daniel
REA
Greensboro
N.C
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants Association
Craghead Street
Arts Crafts Registration Still Open Festival Features
The Festival in the Park opens Friday at 4 PM with art and craft displays and food booths. Friday night showcases Concert Under the Stars with five local bands performing on stage three at the Rose Garden starting at 5 PM for one hour each.
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Rose Garden
Pine Lake block grant hearing draws about 20 residents
Womack Foundation offers Pine Lake 90 acre site near Rt. 878 for a community center in Pittsylvania County. A public hearing at Tunstall High drew about 20 residents as officials consider Pine Lake and the county’s block grant application. Public meetings proceed at Dan River, Gretna, and Chatham high schools with a May 15 final deadline.
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Pittsylvania County
Tunstall
Tunstall Senior High
Ian Womack
Danville
Pine Lake
Womack
County Board of Supervisors
James Aslin
Mary Moshenek
Dan River
Katie Elliott
Chatham
Earl Waller
Westover
Lloyd Glass
Blairs
Carter Layne
Staunton River
Lee Glasgow
Womack Foundation
Glasgow
Charles Miller
County Community Action Agency
Miller
Pittsylvania
Anthony Barrett
Virginia
Dan River Senior High School
Gretna Senior High School
Chatham High School
Convicted Of First Degree Murder Hargrave In Shock
Lee Roy Hargrave Jr., a former nursing school aide, was convicted of first degree murder in the death of Josephine Thomas, 73, at Petersburg General Hospital. He later collapsed, overdosed on amphetamine tablets, and was hospitalized in shock. Prosecutors had claimed he gave injections to several patients in the coronary care unit.
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Petersburg
Lee Roy Hargrave Jr
Hargrave
Richmond
Josephine Thomas
John Baker
Sgt
David Dunn
Oliver A. Pollard
Francis N. Taylor
Pete Lerardi
Taylor
Gerardi
Virginia
Medical College of Virginia
Harry B. Hartman Jr
Thomas
Petersburg General Hospital
Arleigh G. Andrews
Pollard
Circuit Court
Asst
Commonwealth
James F. D'Alton Jr
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North Carolina
First Presbyterian Church of
Marlinsville
Lynchburg
South Boston
Ernest G. Baxa
Clyde 8. Cassels
E.T. Glidewell
FPC
Lawrence G. Wilson Jr
Therit
Winstead
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company
A.K. Anderson
James Lord
Arts, Crafts
Pine
D’alton
Thomas Wray
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