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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1975
Page
3
Danville reporter profiles Percy G. Kusley known as Easley at Riverside Coin Shop. He details how a 34 year gasoline career led to a lifelong coin passion starting in childhood, the shop’s growth since 1970, and his views on collecting, investing in proof sets, and the risks of gold deals.
Obituaries list Frank Jerome Mays Myrtle Mae Jones Cales Oscar Beam Hughes and others. Details include birthplaces, family survivors, burial plans at Danville Memorial Gardens Mt Vernon Baptist Cemetery and Chatham Burial Park, and funeral home arrangements across Danville Gretna Keeling and surrounding areas.
Virginia's Economic Indicators editor J Gordon Gifford reported August marked a leveling off after months of improvement with seven of 18 indicators rising, 10 falling, and one unchanged. National trend also cooled as September may clarify direction.
EDENTON N C AP The Southern Christian Leadership Conference in North Carolina is 317 Q in debt has no contributors and will suspend operations in the state indefinitely Golden Franks state leader said Sunday Franks who helped found the group said he is moving to Delaware to work with a group of ministers He noted the SCLC has dropped its North Carolina civil rights activities and will try to return in the future Franks plans to join a Delaware effort to feed the poor and aid Black communities The SCLC national headquarters could not be reached for comment Franks was a paid organizer in the 1960s and has faced mounting financial and organizational decline The Little case involvement is noted as a low point in SCLC led protests and fundraising efforts
Riley Stone 63 of Java El died yesterday after an extended illness at home. He was a retired farmer and Ebenezer Baptist Church trustee. Survived by wife Mattie Stone four sons Julian Stone Willard Stone Riley C Stone Edward Stone and five daughters Ruby Middleton Almara Lewis Hazel Green shington Regina Stone Raina Mattie Stone two sisters Cleo Dixon Emma Mayes one brother Richard Stone and seven grandchildren. Body at Miller's Funeral Home Gretna pending funeral arrangements.
Funeral services are planned for Mrs Barbara Kale Dixon aged 30 of Far Rockaway New York at Union Hall Baptist Church Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Rev James Venable will conduct the service. Burial follows in the church cemetery after visitation at Miller's Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.
Pageants Unlimited announces the Miss Black Teenage World of Virginia State Pageant will take place in Danville. The competition targets girls ages 15 to 17 with sport, creative expression, evening wear, and talent categories. Pageants Unlimited has awarded about 250000 in college scholarships to Black teenagers nationwide, with around 50 currently enrolled on these scholarships.
University of Virginia researchers isolated maytansine from the Maytenus serrata shrub and it has been deemed safe for human testing by the National Cancer Institute. The drug shows strong activity against animal tumors with low apparent toxicity, but its precise anti tumor mechanism and tumor selectivity remain under study.
Laurinburg North Carolina police said Gregor y Hudson Jones 25 who was captured Saturday on charges of murder kidnap and wounding a state officer apparently had been in a fight before arrest Jones a Decatur Georgia resident was described as groggy and disheveled after appearing before a magistrate Saturday Jones faces charges for the shooting death of a Wilmington teenager the wounding of two others and the kidnapping of one of the wounded youths He also faces wounding of Trooper Harry Stegall who was shot six times He was captured near Gibson nine miles from Laurinburg and held on an 81000 bond pending further questioning by state federal and local officers His parents James and Mrs Jones of Decatur arrived as he was booked Mrs Jones said her son had last been seen Sept 27 and had complained of trouble but would not specify details She noted he had lived away from home for seven years and had studied at Cape Fear Tech in Wilmington
A six passenger Cessna 206 crashed in heavy fog three miles east of Fredericksburg Virginia injuring two men. Both occupants J Max Massey and Russ Gnoffo were taken to Mary Washington Hospital in fair condition after Massey walked 800 yards seeking help. FAA investigators were due to arrive at the Stafford County crash scene near Virginia 604.
A free pap test clinic will be held Monday Oct 27 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Danville Haith Department for women of child bearing age or older who have not been tested in six months. The program, sponsored by the Virginia Department of Health, aims to test 65 000 women in its first year. The Danville clinic will test up to 300 women with simple, reliable cervical cancer screening.
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors will hold public hearings on a county-wide recreation program. First hearing tonight at 7:30 at Dan River High School, then Tuesday at 7:30 at Tunstall High School, Wednesday at 7:30 at Chatham High School, and Thursday at 7:30 at Gretna Senior High School. Virginia Office of Recreation staff will attend to answer questions.
Danville police filed multiple charges against driver Terry D. Sasser after a Saturday night crash on Kemper Road. Sasser veered into a resident’s front yard, knocking down two wooden columns and scraping a tree. Vehicle damage was $1,900 and property damage $150. Sasser faced hit and run, improper control, and driving without a license charges.
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