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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1973
Page
4
A broad listing shows mutual funds and fund families with varied quotes for each security. Notable entries include Janus, Apollo, Aetna, Lexington Group, Fidelity, Putnam, Oppenheimer, and Scudder among many others, with prices ranging and some unavailabilities noted. The compilation reflects net asset values and marketable prices as reported.
STAUNTON AP The head of Western State Hospital said families of patients in a hospital drug study knew of the project and gave permission. All families were advised and consent was obtained from each patient and a close family member. Five medications used were FDA approved and regularly dispensed. RALEIGH AP First-day price averages ranged from $1 to $2 per hundred pounds below 1972 prices as flue cured tobacco auctions opened in North Carolina regions.
Opponents of a county water and sewer resolution argued it would impose prohibitive costs, with residents like Joseph Salmon saying $1,200 is unaffordable. Supporters emphasized long term needs and state funding potential. The hearing revealed confusion about the resolution’s scope and future service.
U S District Judge Robert R. Merhige Jr refused a release request from Virginia Beach couple Aldo and Margaret Lovisi convicted of sodomy in 1971. He questioned the state law’s constitutionality but ruled the sexual acts were not private, noting the couple photographed acts and exposed them to their children, while each received two and three year terms.
Mitchell Spivey of 407 Edgewood Drive died in Memoral Hospital yesterday. He was born in Iron City Tennessee on September 24 1891 and lived in Danville for over 65 years. He worked as a loom fixer and was a member of Southall Baptist Church and the Retired Workers Club of Dan River Inc. He is survived by three daughters and four sons, fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in Swicegood Chapel with burial in Mountain View Cemetery. The body is at Swicegood Funeral Home with visiting hours 7:30 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. The family will be at the Edgewood Drive home at other times.
Mrs Lucy Gammon Slayton wife of Charles Thomas Slayton of 158 Montague Street died at 7 15 p m Tuesday at Memorial Hospital after 18 months of declining health. native of Pittsylvania County she was a daughter of Edward E Gammon and Martha Jane Gammon. She was a charter member of West Main Baptist Church and its Ladies Benevolent Society and a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Survived by her husband two daughters Mrs M D Huggins of Durham NC and Mrs Eugene Pyron of Danville and three grandchildren Marion D Huggins Westfield MA Mrs W E Hicks Jr of Raleigh NC and Miss Martha Eugenia Pyron of Danville. Funeral at 11 a m Thursday from Townes Memorial Chapel by Rev Dr Thomas Meigs. Interment Mountain View Cemetery. Body at Townes Funeral Home. Family at 158 Montague Street.
Echols weighs time as a central issue in his campaign and cites a name recognition challenge while noting resistance to overly aggressive rivals like Miller. He predicts either he or his opponent will win the attorney general post in January. Shriner’s Club to meet at Ringgold Park with a 6:30 p.m. fish fry and guest P. Gordon Brown from Richmond.
Staunton legislator Del Marshall Coleman says he will again push a 1974 bill to place Virginia Sunday blue laws on a local option basis. The plan would keep statewide rules but exclude any locality that passes a referendum opposing them, reflecting varied enforcement history.
Virginia Air Pollution Control Board chairman Wilkins opposed three EPA ideas to curb metro Washington auto pollution. He cited cost and limited impact of pre-1968 exhaust devices, questioned a ban on light truck deliveries 6 am to 9 30 am, and argued catalytic converters on 1971 75 model fleets are unproven and costly.
A series of public hearings by legislative subcommittees will cover wills and estates mass transit and equal rights for women. A Sept 17 at the State Capitol will review probate and administration laws for simplification. Sept 18 at the University of Richmond will study potential effects of ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment.
Funeral services for George Gunn will be conducted tomorrow at 4 p.m. from Ebenezer Baptist Church by Rev. R. J. Ferrell. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Gunn died at Liberty House Nursing Home in Reidsville NC. He was born August 30, 1880, a native of Caswell County, later of Yanceyville. Surviving daughters include Vianna G. Brown of Ruffin and Daisy Blackwell and Beatrice Mitchell of Yanceyville. a son Morris Gunn of Yanceyville. 16 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. The body lies at Harvey's residence of Mrs. Mitchell, Rt. 1, Yanceyville.
Robey Jennings Adkins 55 of 3710 Britt St. Durham died yesterday in a local hospital. Born August 7 1918 in Sandy Level Virginia he was the son of Posey Adkins and Teddy Maye McDowell Adkins. Survived by wife Louise Hughey Adkins four sisters and three brothers. Funeral Thursday at 1 p.m. from Clements Funeral Home Chapel burial Lemont Cemetery Danville at 2 30 p.m.
Funeral services for 63 year old nurse Irene Vans Davis are set for 10 a.m. at First Methodist Church with interment at Rowan Memorial Park. She died Monday in a local hospital. Surviving are her husband John P. Davis Sr. and two children, plus a brother and seven grandchildren. Body at Summerfell Funeral Home.
Fred B. McPeak of the Hotel Danville died in Memorial Hospital yesterday morning at age 60. He was born in Schoolfield, a son of Lena S. McPeak and the late William C. McPeak. Survived by his mother and three siblings, Thelma Meadows, Nellie Shore, and Chester McPeak. Graveside rites set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Dan View Cemetery in Eden, with Rev. M. N. DeHaven officiating. The family will be at Mrs. McPeak's Dallas Avenue home.
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