Virginia Democrats approve new platform amid rate fight
SPRINGFIELD AP Virginia's Democratic State Central Committee approved a new platform criticizing the State Corporation Commission for a permanent 399.7 million rate increase for Virginia Electric and Power Co. The 60 of 100 members backed a ten page plank updating utilities policy and pressing for emergency rate limits, public hearings on fuel adjustments, local say in routing lines, ERA ratification, tax repeal on food, jury sentencing end, and higher unemployment benefits. An implementing resolution was approved to monitor 1976 legislation with Democratic lawmakers.
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Springfield
Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee
State Corporation Commission
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Central Committee
SCC
Commission
Plank
Charlottesville
Faugier
Rappahannock
Virginia General Assembly
Robert L. Weinberg
Arlington
Democratic Party
Weinberg
Fall Community Education Classes Begin In Tunstall
Fall classes in the Pittsylvania County Tunstall district will start next Monday. Coates Mt Hermon Brosville Stony Mill and Whitmell elementary schools will host beginner courses in art knitting crocheting square dancing guitar crewel sewing cake decorating and more. coordinator Lee Glasgow says the program focuses on recreational leisure skills and aims to expand if successful.
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Tunstall
Pittsylvania
Lee Glasgow
Coates
Mt. Hermon
Brosville
Stony Mill
Whitmell
Glasgow
Virginia Man Charged In Pittsburgh Bomb Plot
In Pittsburgh area, three Gulf Amoco Exxon stations found with pipe bombs from underground tanks. FBI says linked to extortion plot aiming at $45 million from seven major oil companies. Two suspects, Paul Methven and Larry Shaffer, held on $250000 bond. letters demanded $5.5 million.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh-area
FBI
Norfolk
Chicago
Gulf Oil Co
Washington
Carnegie
Oakland
Squirrel Hill
Vincent Ruehl
Oil Company
Rueh
Paul Douglass Methven
Virginia Beach
Larry Shaffer
Gulf Inwo
Ruehl
Accident on Stokesland Avenue Ext Injures Three
State police reported a truck crash on Stokesland Avenue Ext yesterday at about 8 25 p m. Three people were injured in the collision. Trooper C W Clark, who investigated, was unavailable to provide details.
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Stokesland Avenue
Virginia
C. W Clark
Birthday celebration for Thomas Wolfe in Asheville
A four day 7ath anniversary tribute in Asheville honors Thomas Wolfe birth with Wolfe theater outdoor drama exhibits speakers and a look through his life. The Old Kentucky Home boarding house and Wolfe Memorial host events as CBS Look Homeward Angel screening and a 37 Octobers stage piece. Visitors tour Gant's shop Pack Square Riverside Cemetery Mendersonville Oakdale Flat Rock and Connemara Farm with free exhibits and paid drama portions.
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N.C
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Wolfe
Altamont
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Great Smoky Mountains
Old Kentucky Home
Eugene Gant
Fred
Luke
Toms
Look Homeward Angel
C. Hugh Holman
Wolfe Memorial
Holman
Unc-Asheville
Cbs-Tv
Timothy Bottoms
Pack Memorial Library
University of North Carolina
Pack Square
Gant
French Broad
Riverside Cemetery
Webbers and Gants
Kleary
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Grove Park Inn
Mendersonville
Oakdale Cemetery
Oliver Wolfe
Flat Rock
Carl Sandburg
Lincoln
Country singer Charlie Monroe dies in Reidsville at 72
Country star Charlie Monroe, 72, former Blue Grass singer and founder of the Kentucky Partners, died at Annie Penn Memorial Hospital after months of illness. He hailed from Rosine Kentucky, recorded with his brother Bill as the Blue Grass Boys, and later reformed the band in 1973. Memorial services are set at Wilkerson Funeral Chapel Reidsville with burial in Rosine. He is survived by wife Martha Gammon Monroe and siblings Bill, Burch, and Bertha.
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Reidsville
Annie Penn Memorial Hospital
Monroe
Rosine
Blue Grass
Bill
Blue Grass Boys
Charlie
Kentucky Partners
Starday Records
Willow Valley
Beaver Dam
Wilkerson
Martha Gammon Monroe
Nashville, Tenn
Burch Monroe
Martinsville
Ind
Bertha Kurth
Marlinsville, Ind
DCA Extends Membership Campaign in Danville
The Danville Concert Association will extend its membership drive for one more week due to bad weather. Headquarters stay at Hayesworth's, 840 Memorial Drive, through Saturday Oct. 9 under Dan Adams as campaign chair. Season tickets cost 15 dollars with student tickets at 10. payments via Master Charge, BankAmerizard or Belk's.
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E. Linwood Wright
Hayesworth’s
Memorial Drive
Dan Adams
Nancy Felix
Jat Norman
New York
Bank Amerizard
Belk’s
Canada calls for state police probe into Virginia Beach police
Virginia Beach debate over organized crime allegations widens as State Sen. A Joseph Canada calls for a state police investigation. Police Chief W W Davis says underworld figures are trying to oust him and undermine the force amid spying accusations by former officers. Canada, seeking re election, demands answers and transparency.
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Virginia Beach
A. Joseph Canada
Canada
W. W. Davis
Davis
Senior Citizens Plan Fall Trips From Main Street Center
The Senior Citizens Center on Main Street lists fall activities for members. A skin care demonstration is set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. A bus trip to the Raleigh State Fair is planned for Wednesday Oct 22 with 9 a.m. departure and 8 p.m. return. Another outing to the Holiday Tee Show in Greensboro is scheduled for Sun Oct 19 with 12:30 p.m. departure and about 6 p.m. return.
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Senior Citizens Center
Main Street
Greensboro
N.C
Billy Graham Believes In Angels Book Reveals Celestial Beings
Billy Graham asserts angels exist and aid humanity in his new Doubleday book Angels Gods Secret Agents. The preacher cites biblical evidence and describes angels as created beings who can assume bodies when needed, with prophecies of judgment and end times shaping modern belief.
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Doubleday
Graham
Mount ‘Mat
God
Moses
Jesus Christ
Commodore Says Company Is In The Black Again
Commodore Corporation of Omaha reports profitable operations for the quarter ended June 30 and notes a likely upturn. The firm, emerging from bankruptcy, cut plants from 17 to three and divested Canadian and RV operations, with net sales dropping from 64.0 million in 1974 to 15.3 million in 1975 under President Daniel Katzman.
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Commodore Corporation
Danville
Daniel Katzman
Katzman
Alabama
Oregon
Jaycees Sponsor Circus Next Week At Mason's
The Danville Jaycees will sponsor the Hoxie Bros. Circus in Mason's Plaza next Monday with three shows at 4 6 and p.m. The event features horses elephants trick riders clowns jugglers and a side show under the world’s largest round tent painted in red white and blue. Advance tickets available from any Jaycee.
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Mason’s
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Danville Jaycees
Hoxie Bros. Circus
Mason's Plaza
Virginia Tech Student Dies After Setting Himself Afire
Virginia Tech graduate student James Neal Warhol, 22, from Irvington New Jersey set himself afire Thursday. He died Sunday morning in Charlottesville at University of Virginia Hospital after severe burns. Memorial service planned for noon Tuesday at Tech Memorial Chapel.
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Blacksburg
James Neal Warhol
Irvington
N.J
Charlottesville
Warcol
Clayton
Willaams
University of Virginia Hospital
Williams
Warhol
Tech
Memorial Chapel
Deaths And Funerals Notices Across Several States
Funeral notices report Mack Cris Adams 44 died Saturday in Salem hospital with service tomorrow at Elba Baptist Church in Gretna and burial at Greater Triumph Baptist Church Cemetery. Other obituaries include M Sgt (ret) Samuel Lonnie Baucum 37 of Columbia died Friday at Brooke Army Medical Center San Antonio. Dorothy Gray Craig 48 formerly of Danville died Saturday in Cuatfango Tennessee with services tomorrow in Chattanooga.
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Mack Cris Adams
Elba Baptist Church
W. MM. Travers
Greater Triumph Baptist Church
Columbia, S.C
Samuel Lonnie Baucum
Parklane Rd
Brook Army Medical Center
San Antonio
Tex
Robert Mitchell Dies Yesterday at His Farm in Chatham
Robert Hurt Mitchell 64 of Chatham Rt. 4 died unexpectedly yesterday at his farm. Born in Pittsylvania County he was son of the late Floyd Hurt Mitchell and Mary Meador Mitchell Warren. He operated a county store and was a World War II veteran and Hollywood Baptist Church member. Survived by two sisters and two brothers Juanita M. Anderson Charlottesville Lucinda M. Griffin Culpeper John R. Mitchell Arlington J Sanford Mitchell Charlotte N C Graveside rites tomorrow at 11 am Highland Burial Park conducted by Rev. Zebe Crawford. Family will receive friends at Scott Funeral Home today 7:30 to 9 p.m.
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Chatham
Robert Hurt Mitchell
Chatham Rt. 4
Pittsylvania County
Floyd Hurt Mitchell
Mary Meador Mitchell Warren
Mitchell
Hollywood Baptist Church
Juanita M. Anderson
Charlottesville
Lucinda M. Griffin
Culpeper
John R. Mitchell
Arlington
J. Sanford Mitchell
Charlotte
N.C
Highland Burial Park
Zebe Crawford
Scott Funeral Home
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He Was A
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Samuel Lonnie Baucum Jr
Herbert G. Baucum
Althea Baucum
Columbia
Earl G. Baucum
Jacksonville
Fla
Joseph Johnston Baucum
Middle Grove
N.Y
Patsy Baucum Craig
Milton, Fla
Eau Claire Baptist Church
Calvin
Metcalf
Ronald Wilson
Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens
Talbert-Shives Funeral Home
Cuatfangoga
Tenn
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Pocahontas
Salisbury
Chattanooga
Floyd Ww. Craig Jr
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Bill Craig
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