Nicaraguan Student Discusses Heritage and Nicaragua
Xavier Arguello, an Averell College student, explains his political heritage and why Americans respond to tales of his grandfather, a Nicaragua president ousted in 1947. He shares stories of Central American turmoil, U.S. policy backing a powerful family regime, and personal observations in candid, halting English.
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Xavier Arguella
Nicaragua
Averell College
Central America
Arguello
Danville
U.S
Leonardo Arguelo
Anastasia Somoza
National Guard
Somoza
United States
Arpuella
Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
Arguella
Sormaza
Averett
McCarthy
Nicaragua Exile Student Speaks on Somoza Rule
Arguello, 24, Averett College student born in Nicaragua, criticizes Somoza family control, poverty, and lack of literacy. He aims to teach in Nicaragua, values American freedoms with limits, and recalls adapting from law studies in Nicaragua and Venezuela. He has visited 24 states and favors New York and San Francisco.
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Greenstern
Averett College
Averett
Arguel
Nicaragua
Venezuela
Arguello
U.S
United States
Latin America
America
Arguella
New York
San Francisco
Muse condemns ruling in Mississippi NAACP case
Edward D. Muse of the NAACP labeled a Mississippi court decision against the NAACP as an effort to destroy the civil rights group. Speaking at Calvary Baptist Church, Muse urged locals to join as life members, citing peripheral evidence of white merchant support and detailing the Mississippi appeal.
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Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Edward D. Muse
Naacp Life
New York
Muse
Danville
NAACP
Calvary Bayalst Church
Civi Rights
Claiborne-Port Gibson
fMiss
D. J. Thomas
Mississippi Appeal
Tfe
George W. Haynes
Hinds County
Miss
Martin Luther King,Jr
Port Gibson Baptist Church
Chancellor Haynes
Muhammed Ali
Thomas
Note-Burning Rite Sparks Mount Hermon Celebration
A note-burning ceremony at Mount Hermon Baptist Church marked Homecoming and Harvest Home Day. Officials burned a $201,282.11 debt note, paid early in 11 years through church efforts, with leaders Harold Beck and R. E. Merricks among participants. The event followed a 1965 building dedication amid civil rights tensions and a companion Mississippi NAACP fundraiser details and local reactions.
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Mount Hermon Baptist Church
Harold Beck
R. E. Merricks
Bobby W. Brown
Jim ©. Brackett
Mount Hermon Baptist Homecoming
Hal Brown
Jim Church
Warold Beck
R. B. Merricks
Bobby W
C. Brackett
Officials To Present V-T School Project
Three Pittsylvania County Schools administrators and a Davie architect travel to Philadelphia to present the central vocational technical school proposal to Economise Development Administration officials. If funded, the EDA grant would cover 2.9 million dollars, about 10 percent of construction and equipment costs, for a site four miles south of Chatham. Officials acknowledge the 1 in 20 approval odds but remain hopeful.
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Central Vocational Technical School
Pittsylvania County
Davie
Philadelphia
Donald Evans
Bart W. Johnson
Maxwell Bryant
Charles Franks
EDA
Chatham
Lacy E Bridges Arrested On Charge Of Assault
City police jailed Lacy Elmer Bridges of 365 Stephens St on felonious assault charges for striking Billy Oakes with a bottle causing mouth injuries and a head gash. Case set for Nov 22 in Danville General District Court. Also arrested were Fletcher N Valentine on speeding DUI and taxi permit charges with a Nov 28 date. Local club Last Capital Donation contributed to Danville Life Saving Crew in response to the mayor’s plea for aid.
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Lacy Elmer Bridges
Stephens St
Billy Oakes
Sollee
Bridges
Oakes
Danville
Cana
Fletcher N. Valentine
Iris Lane
Last Capital
Clivens Band Club
Danville Life Saving Crew
Robert I. Clarke
Turnout Record Set For Danville County At Last Flu Clinic
The final Danville area swine flu clinic at Bonner Junior High drew 2685 people, more than doubling prior records. Nurses dispensed vaccines by syringe as guns were not available. 19 nurses loaded syringes Sunday. Volunteers, including 600 Red Cross workers, logged over 1236 hours aiding five county clinics. follow up clinic possible in December pending state guidance.
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Q. 1
Bonner Junior High School
Danville-Pittsylvania
Winchester
W. S. Swofford
Health Department
Swofford
Stacy
Red Cross
Danville
Jack Neal Jr
Asa
Pittsylvania
Ruth Cummins
Virginia State Department Ofearth
Firsl
Northwest
Virginia
Deaths And Funerals In North Carolina And Virginia
Charlotte Shields Franklin 34 died at Danville Memorial Hospital She was wife of Burton P Franklin of Danville native of Durham grew up in Chapel Hill NC and UNC Chapel Hill art degree Cartographer WWII in Chattanooga VP and co founder of Engineering for Industry president of Big Sister Wooden Dolls Junior Service League Leaksville Garden Club Tar Hee Doll Study Club Survived by husband parents two sisters Funeral at New Hope Presbyterian Church Chapel Hill. Annie Mae Dudley Spangler 74 Martinsville died Saturday night survived by husband Ira and four daughters and four sons plus step son 40 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren Funeral at Stane Funeral Home Chapel Interment Rogelawy Burial Park Polly Virginia Daniel Temple 62 retired teacher and wife of former Danville City Manager T Edward Temple died Saturday heart attack Born in Pelham GA graduate Mary Washington College taught American history in Danville Hopewell Richmond President of Virginia Commonwealth University Survived by daughter Margaret Temple Starman son T Edward Temple Jr sister Anne Belcher Funeral Tuesday Reveille United Methodist Richmond Burial Sunset Memorial Park Chester
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Charlotte Shields Franklin
Danville Memorial Hospital
Burton P. Franklin
Danville
Franklin
Durham
N.C
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill High School
University of North Carolina At Chapel
Junior Service League
Leaksville Garden Club
Eden
Charles W. Shields
Nancy Shields
Julia Shields
New Hope Presbyterian Church
Highway
Mr. Brown
Charles Jones
Vance St
Martinsville
Annie Mae Dudley Spangler
Ira Spangler
Gladys George
Lillian Barbour
Elizabeth Payne
Albert Dudley
Baltimore
Lloyd Dudier
Arthur Dudley
Roghoke
Wallace Reaves
Santa Barbara
Calif
Coward Handall Spangler
Stane Funeral Home
Chevis F. Horne
Rogelawy
Polly Virginia Daniel Temple
T. Edward Temple
Pelham
Shi
Mary Washington College
Hopewell
Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University
Temple
Margaret Temple Starman
T. Edward Temple Jr
Anne Belcher
Reveille United Methodist Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Chester
A. S. Wyllie Jr Dies at 61 in Durham Nursing Home
Alfred S. Wyllie Jr born December 30, 1914 in Danville died Sunday in a Durham nursing home after three months of declining health. He was a NC State graduate, UVA law alum of 1959, WWII veteran, and a member of Main Street United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife Dorothy, two sons, two stepchildren, a daughter, a brother in Mexico, and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Main Street United Methodist Church with burial at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Alfred S. Wyllie Jr
Jefferson Ave
Durham
N.C
Danville
Alfred S. Wyllie
Margaret Hodges Wyllie
Wyllie
North Carolina State University
University of Virginia
Virginia
American Legion
Wyille
Main Street United Methodist Church
Dorothy Wood Wyllie
Alfred
John Noble Wyllie
Richmond
Michael H. Pruitt
Cate L. Pruitt
Fort Stewart
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Mrs. Spangler
A.S. Wyllie Jr
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