Manpower Shortage Hampers Kepone Blood Tests in Virginia
In Hopewell Virginia a manpower shortage delays processing of 400 blood samples linked to Kepone poisoning at Life Science Products Co The state health department says 40 samples have been processed and full testing could take up to two years due to CDC withdrawal and processing limits The firm closed in July after Kepone exposure injuries affected nearly a dozen workers with lingering symptoms and hospitalization.
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Richmoad
Hopewell
Virginia
Robert
Jackson
State Heaths Department
Life Science Products Co
Billy Jackson
Environmental Protection Agency
North Carolina
Delsay
Center For Disease Control inAtlanta
Environmental Protection
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Life Science
Moon Eclipse to Light Carolinas Tuesday Evening
The Carolinas will witness a total moon eclipse Tuesday if skies clear. Moon rises in the east at 5 13 p.m. Charlotte time, about five minutes earlier on the coast and five minutes later in western areas, with totality from around 5 24 p.m. to 8 21 p.m. local time.
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Charlotte
Carolina
North
South Carolina
Sake Moon
Charlotte Time, Ltd
Sim Seebach
Chalotte Nature Museum Planetarium
Local Men Recognized For Service
Four area men are among 97 Virginia Department of Corrections employees to be honored for 25 years or more of state service at banquets in Richmond on Friday and Roanoke on Monday. Honorees include Frank G. Edwards for 30 years at Patrick Henry Correctional Unit No. 28, James B. Lindsey of Ringgold Route 2, and William T. Ingram of 39 Lakeside Drive for 25 years. Ingram is a probation and parole officer for District No. 14, Lindsey a probation and parole officer. Corrections Director Jack F. Davis notes over 1,400 of 4,300 employees have five-plus years, with 97 reaching quarter-century service welcomed at the ceremonies.
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Virginia Department of Corrections
Richmond
Roanoke
Frank G. Edwards
Eastwood Drive
Patrick Henry Correctional Unit No. 28
James B. Lindsey
Ringgold Rt. 2
William T. Ingram
Lakeside Drive
Ingram
Lindsey
Woodson
Corrections
Division of
Adult Services
Correauises
Jack F. Davis
Davis
Calls For Reconsideration Of Danville Tobacco Election
Danville tobacco figures clash over the election of Danville Tobacco Association president Jack Li Neal Jr to fill the late George A. Myers Jr. role. Board member Jack Garrett claims improper action and procedural violations, including failure to notify members five days prior and Neal calling a sales committee meeting. Garrett says rules were ignored and questions past practice, while Waddell Neal and Bryant declined comment.
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Jack Garrett
Tobacco Association
Danville Tobacco “Associa
Jack Li Neal Jr
Danville
Garrett
Neal
Board of Governors
George A. Myers Jr
Association
Charles K. Waddell
Myers
Waddell
Bryant
Sanford’s plan aims for full employment as prime goal
Democratic candidate Terry Sanford outlines a radical economic policy with full employment as the overriding objective. He proposes using the government as employer of last resort, redefining the Federal Reserve’s independence, ESOPs to boost capital, and potential tax surcharges or price controls to curb deficits and inflation.
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Durham
N.C
Terry Sanford
Sanford
Duke University
North Carolina
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur) Burns
Secretary of
White House
Congress
The Egg Man Shot To Death In Robbery
Horace B. Deese known as The Egg Man was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in a robbery at a Charlotte public housing complex. A 15 year old boy, Reid, stood with his father as the gunman threatened to shoot unless money was handed over. no arrests reported.
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Charlotte
Horace B. Deese
Deese
Reid
Pilot Dies When Small Plane Crashes Near Speedway
Jack Kenneth Brown sixty six, of Lakeland Florida, was killed when his single motor amphibious plane crashed in an open field near the Carolina Speedway in Gaston County. Witnesses said the craft sputtered as if out of gas, stalled, and nose dived about 11 20 a m. The airplane slid 250 feet after impact. Brown was ejected and killed instantly. The aircraft had apparently attempted to land at Gastonia Municipal Airport about ten minutes earlier but did not touch the runway.
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Gastonia
N.C
Jack Kenneth Brown
Lakeland
Fla
Carolina Speedway
Brown
Sheriff's Department
Charlotte
A V A Exhibits Works Of H Stewart Leonard At U V A
The Bayly Museum at the University of Virginia will host prints paintings and drawings owned by H Stewart Leonard a Fargo native educated at the University of Chicago and associated with museum work Army bomb disposal service and postwar German restitution. The show runs November 18 to December 21 with hours 1 to 5 p m Tuesday through Sunday and a biographical catalogue. Leonard 1908 1952 formed a collection spanning Daumier prints American Regionalist art of the 1930s and German art from the 20th century encountered during his work with the Office of Military Government for Germany U S in post World War I years.
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Charlottesville
Germany
University of Virginia
H. Stewart Leonard
Fargo, N.D
University of
Chicago
Bayly Museum
Quincy Wright
David B. Lawall
Leonard
Office of Military Government
U.S
Lawall
Roanoke Crafts Festival At City Exhibition Hall
The fifth Annual Roanoke Crafts Festival runs Friday through Sunday in the Roanoke Civic Center Exhibition Hall, hosted by the Docent Guild. Virginia and nearby states provide more than 9 craftspeople with traditional and contemporary crafts plus live demonstrations.
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Roanoke
Roanoke Civic Center
Roanoke Fine Arts Center
Virginia
Arson Suspected In Raleigh Fire Gutting Downtown Building
Raleigh police investigate burglary or arson after a blaze gutted the second floor of Troutman College of Hair Styling in downtown Raleigh. No injuries reported and loss estimate unavailable. Five Raleigh units fought the 3:55 a.m. fire, under control by 6:00 a.m.
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Raleigh
Raleigh (Ap
W.E. Ausley Sard
Troutman College of Hair Styling
Raleigh Fire Department
Clarksville Boy Killed By Auto
Four year old Terry Hand of Clarksville died after his bicycle collided with a car in Clarksville. Police gave only sketchy details, saying the accident occurred at 4 40 pm and the boy was taken to Memorial Hospital by the Mecklenberg County Rescue Squad.
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Terry Hand
Clarksville
Danville Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Mecklinburg
Two Men Charged With Cab Robbery in Emporia
In Emporia Greensville County two men Wilbur Roach Jr 26 of Baltimore and Randolph Simmons 34 of New York were charged with robbery and jailed without bond after a 12 40 pm cab holdup. They were captured within two hours in a wooded area about four miles north of Emporia in a joint manhunt with sheriff deputies city police state police and a state police helicopter and dogs. Cab driver John Epps said the victims were two women who hailed the cab and then robbed him at gunpoint. No date has been set for a preliminary hearing.
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Emporia, Va
Greensville County
Emporia Cab Driv
Greensville
Earl Sasser
Wilbur Roach Jr
Baltimore
Randolph Simmons
New York City
Emporia
Sheriff's Department
Emporia City
John Epps
Epps
Charlotte Adams Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Charlotte Adams, 33, will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church West Fork with Rev. Otis Chestnut officiating. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Adams died Saturday from injuries in a Route 22 crash near Cascade. The body rests at Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home with calling hours tomorrow 7:30 to 4:30 p.m.
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Charlotte Man
Adams
Shiloh Baptist Church
West Fork
Otis Chestnut
Route 22
Cascade
Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home
Lewis L Irby Rites Tomorrow
Lewis L. Irby 80 of Hurt Route 1 died Saturday in Lynchburg General Hospital. Retired farmer and Pleasant Grove Baptist Church deacon, he is survived by two sons Isaiah and Walter Irby, a daughter Juanita Irby, two step sons Rudolph Norman and Milon Norman, a foster son Lionell Logan, a sister Emma Younger, two grandchildren, four stepchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral at Pleasant Grove Church tomorrow at 1 p.m. Burial Level Run Baptist Church Cemetery. Body at Miller's Funeral Home Gretna. viewing tonight 7 to ? p.m. at home. service place 11 a.m. prior to funeral. Re. 1.
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Hart—Lewis L. Irby
Hurt Rt. 1
Lynchburg General Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Dennis
Elizabeth Craft Irby
Martha Irby
Irby
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Isaiah
Walter Irby
Hurst
Juanita Irby
Hurt
Rudloph Norman
Forestville
Milon Norman
U.S. Army
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Lionell Logan
Syracuse
N.Y
Emma Younger
Pleasantville
Pleasant Grove Church
M. H. Berger
Nathaniel Jones
Level Run Baptist Church
Miller
Gretna
Frank T. Owen Dies At Age 78
Frank T. Owen aged 78 died in the afternoon at his home 453 Canterbury Rd. He was a son of the late T. Owen and Mary Slayton Owen and a master and 50 year member of the Morotock Masonic Lodge. He retired in 1967 from Southern Railway after fifty years of service and served on the safety committee and as a Local Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers representative. Surviving are his wife Pearl A. Owen a son Cmdr. Frank T. Owen Jr. USN Retired Coronado Calif a daughter Dorothy Allen Owen McLean a brother Thelbert Owen Danville and a grandson. Funeral tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Townes Memorial Chapel with Rev. Robert Heard. Burial with Masonic rites in Mountain View Cemetery.
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Frank T. Owen
Canterbury Rd
Pittsylvania County
T. Owen
Mary Slayton Owen
Morotock
Mrs Buckner Dies After Long Illness In Martinsville
Mrs Panola Blane Clayton Buckner 92, formerly of Danville, died yesterday afternoon at Kennedy Nursing Home in Martinsville after residing at Kearnersville Rest Home. She was born in Henderson, NC, daughter of Solomon Clayton and Ovander White Clayton, married to James Christopher Buckner who died in 1932. Survived by two daughters Mozelle Myers Greensboro and Jewel Bass Ringgold Rt. 1. sister Dora Link Danville. 10 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow at 2 PM at Wrenn Yeatts Chapel by Elder Joe Herndon. burial Leemont Cemetery. Body remains at funeral home. family at Harold Buckner’s residence 223 Girard St.
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Panola Blane Clayton Buckner
Danville
Kennedy Nursing Home
Martinsville
Kearnersville Rest Home
Kearnersville
N.C
Henderson
Solomon Clayton
Ovander White Clayton
James Christopher Buckner
Body Church of Christ
James Herbert Buckner
Arden
Harold Edwin Buckner
Mozelle Myers
Greensboro
Jewel Bass
Ringgold Rt. 1
Dora Link
Wrenn- Yealts Chapel
Joe Herndon
Burnal
Leemont Cemetery
Harold Buckner
Girard St
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Nat Terry
George Myers
Pete Bryant
Dennis Fisher
Washington, D.C
McLean, Va
Ternoon
Dan River
Washington
Gaston County Sheriff's Department
A.va
Roanoke Crafts Festival
Wilmington
Cap
State Bureau of Investigation
The
Highway Patrol
New Hanover
Brunswick
Columbus
Henry Wilson Greene, Jr
Greene
Mary Elizabeth Day
Burgaw
All Points Nationwide
Miss Day
Charlotte Adams
Frank T. Owen Sr
Wayles R. Harrison
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