Miss Connie Arnn 21 Led National Institute of Health Death
Miss Connie Jo Arnn of Danville Route 2 died Thursday at the National Institute of Health Bethesda Maryland after a five year illness. She was born August 2 1952 in Pittsylvania County and was 21. She served as pianist and organist at Sharon Baptist Church. She is survived by her parents A Wright Arnn and Vera Green Arnn and a sister not John Smith of Perry Georgia. Funeral services will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at Sharon Baptist Church with Rev Hugh Biggers and Rev Edd Calhoun. Interment Mt View Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight 7 to 9 at Swicegood Funeral Home. The family will be at Rt 2 Danville residence at other times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Jo Arnn
Danville
Rt. 2
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
A. Wright Arnn
Vera Green Arnn
Pittsylvania County
Sharon Baptist Church
John Smith
Perry, Ga
Laura
Lynn
Hugh Biggers
Edd Calhoun
Mt. View Cemetery
Swicegood Funeral Home
Jack B. Lee Dies in Memorial Hospital
Jack B. Lee died in Memorial Hospital yesterday. Born in Danville on December 16, 1898, he was a former registered mechanic in New York and later moved with his wife Minnie to Danville. He was a St Luke Methodist Church steward and is survived by a sister, a brother, four grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Funeral services for Monday at 3 p.m. at Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack B. Lee
Memorial Hospital
Andrew and
Jane Carter Lee
Danville
New York
Minnie
St. Luke Methodist Church
Abbott St
Lottie D. Clark
Sylvester Lee
Washington, D.C
Cunningham and Hughes
Oak Hill Cemetery
Clay
H M Glass Dies At 51 At His Altavista Home
Herbert Morgan Glass 51 of Route 1 Altavista died at his home yesterday afternoon. A Campbell County native and World War II veteran, he was a member of Penuel Baptist Church and American Legion Post 16. Survived by wife Meddie Nicely Glass, one son Herbert, two daughters Nora Jane and Joseph Sliwinski, nine sisters, five grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Penuel Baptist Church. burial in church cemetery. Family hours 7-9 p.m. tonight at Finch and Finch Funeral Home.
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Altavista
Herbert Morgan Glass
Rt. 1
Campbell County
Johnnie T
Nora Reid Glass
Penuel Baptist Church
American Legion Post No
Meddie Nicely Glass
Herbert Glass
Newark
Del
Daugthers
Nora Jane Glass
Carl Burger
Finch and Finch Funeral Home
Rites Slated Sunday For Mrs Farmer
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Farmer will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. from the Chapel of Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. She died at her residence Wednesday, born October 11, 1904 in North Carolina, lived most of life in Danville, worked for Liggett & Myers and Dibrell Bros. Tobacco Co. Survived by one sister, Mary Farmer of Ringgold, two nephews and one niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Farmer
Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Farmer
Catherine Rudd
North Carolina
Danville
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
Dibrell Bros. Tobacco Co
Mary Farmer
Ringgold
Lula Lewis Miller 78 Dies In Danville Hospital
Mrs Lula Lewis Miller 78 of Rt 1 Java died yesterday at Danville Memorial Hospital born May 1 1895 in Pittsylvania County daughter of Charlie and Laura Fitzgerald Lewis widow of Raleigh Miller member Mt Airy Baptist Church survived by eight daughters and a son Vernett Miller plus 37 grandchildren and 26 greats funeral arrangements incomplete body at Millers Funeral Home Gretna
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Lula Lewis Miller
Rt. 1
Danville Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Charlie
Laura Fitzgerald Lewis
Raleigh Miller
Mt. Airy Baptist Church
Vernett Miller
Eva Shelton
Sylvia Womack
Angeline Miller
Alma Jenkins
Funeral rites for infant son of Vegas Emerson
Funeral services for the infant son of James Douglas and Gertrude LeVern Vegas Emerson were held at the Church of Truth in Dry Fork on Friday afternoon led by Rev. Harry Johnson and Rev. Cleve Furror. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Survivors include a brother Charles Aibrey Emerson and a sister Teresa Michell Emerson. The child died in Memorial Hospital on Thursday shortly after birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Douglas
Gertrude LeVern Vegas Emerson
Church of Truth
Dry Fork
Harry Johnson
Cleve Furror
Charles Aibrey Emerson
Teresa Michell Emerson
Memorial Hospital
Virginia moves to set prison minimum standards
A Virginia committee led by Williams Diggs will establish minimum standards for operating the state correctional system. It will examine organizational structure, facilities, custody, security, discipline, counseling, work and education programs, health services, inmate property, recreation, and community corrections across six adult institutions and 30 field units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
James F. Howard
Division of Corrections
Williams Diggs
Southampton
Howard
Nixon Blames TV Coverage for Watergate Outrage
President Nixon denounced television reporting on Watergate as outrageous and vicious during a 39 minute press conference in Washington. He criticized nightly blitzes of distorted coverage, cited CBS at one point, and said anger stems from respect for serious reporting rather than the reporters themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Columbia Broadcasting System
Robert Pierpoint
CBS Television Network
Helium Balloons Suppress UFO Calls At Radford Game
Radford police prepared for a flood of UFO reports but planned to deflate fear with a practical plan. About 500 helium balloons will be released by Radford High School cheerleaders during the night football game with Wytheville to debunk sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radford
Radford High School
Wytheville
Ralph Edwards Named North Carolina Correction Head
Ralph D Edwards, with a 23 year NC prison system career, was appointed state commissioner of corrections in Raleigh. He has been acting head since June after Lee Bounds resignation. He plans a 20 million capital budget request for 1974 76 including two high rise single cell facilities in Rowan County and the Raleigh area. Edwards urged reform to protect youthful offenders and reduce housing, and will transform Leonard McCain Training School into a youthful offenders camp. He joins Donald P Torppa as deputy secretary with salaries around 29 000 dollars.
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Raleigh
Ralph D. Edwards
North Carolina
Edwards
Lee Bounds
David L. Jones
Donald P. Torppa
Social Rehabilitation Department
Torppa
Burlington Industries
General Assembly
Rowan County
Jones
Leonard McCain
McCain
North Carolina State University
State
Caledonia
Correction Department
Howell Says Vepco Can Cut Rates If Advertising Less
Lt. Gov. Henry Howell argued Vepco could reduce electric rates if it spent less on advertising and frills. He criticized a pamphlet titled Questions and Answers About Vepco as wasteful pre election spending. He pledged that if elected, it would be the last year for such public spendings before a Virginia election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Henry Howell
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Vepco
Howell
Marks
North Carolina
Virginia
Wall Street Journal
Downing says impeachment talk on the increase
Rep. Thomas Downing of Virginia reports a surge in impeachment sentiment as more than 225000 letters from constituents urge action against President Nixon. He cites Watergate tapes, Cox firing, and executive privilege as missteps and backs a full impeachment inquiry.
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Downing
Williamsburg
Thomas N. Downing
D-Va
Congress
Nixon
WMBG
Middle East
Washington
Virginia
Archibald Cox
White House
Funds Set For Disston Crossover
The Virginia Department of Highways authorized 15000 dollars for a crossover and turning lanes on U S 29 north of Danville at the Disston plant entrance. Work has started and will be finished within a month by state forces and a local contractor with M B Bayliss as Pittsylvania County resident engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Department of Highways
U.S. 29
Danville
Disston Plant
M. &. Bayliss
Pittsylvania County
Veterans Day Parade adds several groups to lineup
The Danville Area Veterans Council said several new organizations will join the Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, November 10. In addition to earlier participants, the Red Cross, Dan River Mills retired workers and the Red Men will join. Parade assembly is at 9 a.m. and steps off at 10 a.m.
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Danville Area Veterans Council
The
Red Cross
Dan River Mills
Red Men
Military alert disrupts Norfolk traffic and base access
Tidewater's security alert halted normal entry to Navy bases in Norfolk causing bumper to bumper jams over two miles long during rush hour. Civilian workers, delivery drivers, and even shoppers faced checks. Marines and other units prepared for rapid deployment with ships on short notice. Local bases increased armed civilian guards and extra security reflect heightened alert status.
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Norfolk
Tidewater
Naval Base
Marine Corps
Camp Elmore
Hampton Boulevard
United Parcel Service
Marine Guard
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Naval Station
Francis Marion
Mideast
Morehead City
N.C
Caribbean
Atlantic
Tahoe restaurant sign proclaims home cooking at home
In Tahoe City California a local restaurant displays a sign reading If you like home cooking eat at home highlighting a humorous take on dining choices.
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Point Tahoe
Calif
Tahoe
Godwin Pushes Concentrated Virginia Crime Campaign
Winchester AP Mills Godwin former FBI agent and Republican candidate calls for a focused drive against crime in Virginia. He proposes close interagency cooperation, condemns coddling criminals, praises Gov Holton for funding guard hires, and backs renewal of the death penalty for police killings, hijacking murders, and repeat offenders. His camp also disputes secrecy claims and urges fair campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Mills E. Godwin
Virgina
Godwin
FBI
War Memorial
Linwood Holton
Carter Lewance
Common Cause of Virginia
Citizens’ Lobby
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Miss Arnn
H. M. Glass
Mrs.Farmer
P. S
Ralph Edwards
N.C. Correction
Disston Crossover
Vets For
LO Sharp
Rere
Leen
Maggie Lester Terry
James D. Williams
Angel
Heaven
Mama
Daddy
Sister & Children
Bill Fuller
Commonwealth
William H
Bill
Commonwealth's
M&m
McCulloch, Treas
By Fred Bevill
Ned
Fred
Fred Bevill
Religious Book Center
Market St
Bibles
Calvin Fowler
Fowler
In, JR
Calvin W. Fowler
Authority of
HOSEA
E. Wilsc
Addie W. Barker
North Main Street
North Main
Franklin Turnpike
King Street
Addie Williams Barker
Conto
Steve Bendall
John R. Bendall & Company
Masonic Temple
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