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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1965
Page
16
Danville Police Chief E G McCain urged higher pay and public support to attract and retain better officers amid rising crime and turnover. He warned that legal confusion and scrutiny limit officer authority and called for recognition of police as a vital community service.
Detectives charged 41 year old Samuel James Via of 882 Beauregard St with theft of a clock radio from a downtown Kresge store where he allegedly hid the item under his bib overalls. A 20 year old, William Lee Stewart of 2869 North Main St, faced charges for passing a $12.44 bad check at a Kroger on December 15.
The Tunstall Volunteer Fire Department will present a womanless talent show tomorrow night at 7 30 in the new Tunstall High School auditorium. Tickets are being sold by the firemen board of directors and auxiliary members. A clock radio will be given as a door prize. Proceeds will be used for expenses of each of the four stations Mt Hermon Westover Hill Breese Brosville and Sharon.
In Danville the Virginia Conservative Party hosts its first major rally in the 5th District with barbecue and sharp barbs aimed at both Democrats and Republicans. Candidates William Story Jr and Reid Putney headline with John W. Carter, while tickets for the 5 o'clock barbecue and 6:30 rally are sold at the party HQ or via mail and phone.
A conference of an advisory stockholders committee and the board of directors of the Downtown Danville Development Corp met regarding the Downtowner Building. Chairman J. J. Walker called the session very successful and said another meeting will be held at noon today. The committee must report to stockholders by September 27.
Lynchburg College with its National Advisory Council will launch a two year drive in mid October to raise 2.2 million dollars for the first phase of a 10 year 10.6 million People Program Plant development plan. NAC chair David Hugh Dillard said solicitors will target Oct 11 to Oct 23 and raise about 1 million in the Lynchburg area with gifts from alumni and foundations expected for the remainder.
Judge Ted Dalton allowed the 1964 selling-time allotments to continue for the 1965 Danville tobacco sale season. A special Danville Tobacco Association meeting was set for October 16 in Danville’s federal courtroom to review plans amid a Federal Commission report and ongoing litigation. The Danville market operates about 60 selling days yearly, averaging $1 million in sales per day, making it one of the world’s largest tobacco markets.
Vandalism at an unoccupied home on W Main St led to penalties for 19 children aged seven to 16. Juvenile Court Judge W W Moore placed most on probation, ordered parents to pay court costs, and suspended commitments for three youths with restitution and probation conditions. The damaged home was among two former Penn properties owned by Dr. J Allen L Byrd.
Over 800 on campus with DTI and VIP community colleges greet a record opening as 436 to 440 students registered yesterday at Danville VIP Community College. Enrollment, up at least 170 from last year, signals rapid growth and pressures to add facilities including dormitories and a coliseum armory.
NASA backed space exposition to visit Danville November 12 to 21. Maurice Peter of NASA led talks with Virginia Carolina Space Exposition Committee members Ray Williams and Neil Nielsen to arrange exhibits at the Hilton Hotel and at the City Armory. The event will feature mockups and capsules from Gemini and Mercury programs, street displays, lectures for varied ages, films, simulated space journeys, and honorary astronaut certificates with free admission for all.
Lottie L. Harris, 64, of 301 Third Ave, sustained an arm injury yesterday afternoon after stepping from behind a parked car into the path of a backing vehicle on Aspen St.
A University of Virginia study by Dean Marvin B. Perry Jr. shows nearly three quarters of the fall first year entrants ranked in the top quarter of their high school classes. The entering class of 1,450 came from 600 schools, with 72 Echols Scholars in the College and 13 Honor Awards for leadership and academics.
Highway officials tour Danville area projects as engineers speed design for a five-bridge Broad Street span over the Dan River from Piney Forest Road to Memorial Drive. Main 470 foot river span with grade separations plus bridges over Sandy Creek and Riverside Drive are planned with a midterm construction goal, while other Rt. 58 and Rt. 28 improvements proceed toward traffic openings and dual-laning within five years.
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