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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1976
Page
7
Vepco said it will not drop trespass charges against 15 workers who joined a work stoppage at its North Alma nuclear plant site in Louisa. About 70 workers staged the walkout last Thursday and Friday after Vepco fired three employees and cited unsafe conditions following an investigation into a September 2 death at the $1 billion project.
Danville Parks and Recreation runs fall programs in swimming decorating art and cooking at Averett College pool and Squire Armory Recreation Center. Swimming starts Monday with classes for pre school beginner and advanced lifesaving taught by Lynn Dillon and Kathy Holt. Interior decorating begins Monday at 7 p.m. at the Squire Armory. A String art workshop is set for Wednesday Oct 13 from 7 30 to 8 30 p.m. Bob Lumpkin will lead it at the Squire Armory. Registration deadline is Oct 11. Doris Pritchett of the VPT extension will run a crockery cooking workshop on Wednesday Oct 20 from 10 00 11 00 a.m. or 7 00 9 00 p.m. at the Squire Armory. To register call the Squire Armory recreation Center. John C. Swanson, president of Swanson Motors, named to a two year term on the Washington Zone Cadillac Dealer Council. Swanson was elected by dealers in his district. The council meets Oct 7 in Washington D C. Swanson is Virginia director of the National Automobile Dealers Association, chairman of the Washington Zone Oldsmobile Dealer Council and a member of the Oldsmobile Atlantic Regional Council. SPRINGFIELD ILL Mrs Shirley Scism appointed to the Board of Review of the Employment Division of the Department of Labor. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Landon E Chilton of Danville Va. Married to Prof Thomas Scism of Eastern Winds University. Mrs Scism serves on the unemployment claims board alongside Sam Arndt and Dan Alvarez. She represents employees and is a member of AFSCME and the Coalition of Labor Union Women. Springfield Illinois unemployment.
Halifax County will receive about 700000 as part of a $5 million distribution to 28 Virginia counties after Judge James Turk ruled the allocation methods unfair. The decision directs Treasury to adjust totals from a reserve, with counties including Accomack Amelia Appomattox Augusta Cumberland Giles Green Shenandoah Spotsylvania Hanover Charles City Gloucester Mathews Northumberland King George Buckingham Newport News Prince Edward Louisa Middlesex Nelson Rockbridge Wythe and Tazewell cited among beneficiaries. Powhatan and Sussex will gain too though exact sums were not listed.
WASHINGTON AP Apco land in the New River valley over 20 000 acres must be sold as the Blue Ridge hydro project is effectively dead. SEC associate director Grant Guthrie says the Public Holding Companies Act bars utilities from unrelated real estate ventures and that no deadline is set for disposal, leaving sale timing to the company.
Norfolk AP Jack Carter defended his father the petro presidential candidate after four students read a Playboy interview and said critics should recall that Jesus went out to where sinners were. He urged that candidates answer interviews, noting people deserve to know all they want about candidates.
Federal Power Commission member James G Watt urged a plan to allow emergency natural gas purchases at above ceiling prices for up to 190 days in states facing shortages. The move could trigger steep rate increases for consumers in gas short areas, though the policy aims to shield basic supplies. Watt noted possible hardships for specific industries and potential job losses, while court rejection of similar approaches loomed.
The first passenger train since 1949 to follow the Cannille and Weston route runs from Danville to Winston-Salem on Saturday Oct 30. The Independence Limited To, sponsored by Roanoke NRHS, leaves Danville at 9 am with stops at Eden Martinsville and Stoneville. Tickets available at Radio Station WETM.
Four Danville area high school seniors were named semifinalists in the 13th National Achievement Scholarship Program. Pam Hairston George Washington High School Danville Leslie Keys Gretna High James Abbott Halifax County South Boston Lois Hairston J.M. Morehead Eden N C semifinalists must qualify as finalists with principal recommendations and another exam. About 1,200 semifinalists are expected to become finalists for roughly 530 scholarships to be awarded next spring.
Richmond AP A state police investigation of alleged false reporting of pollution discharges from the Fredericksburg sewage treatment plant will be given to the U S attorney s office here for possible criminal prosecution, an assistant attorney general said Wednesday.
Roanoke jurors hear defense claim of irresistible impulse for Lynchburg car dealer Jerry Hippe in the February 8 1976 Amherst County drive by shooting that killed Deputy Gillis Worley. Prosecutor says Hippe shot four times into Worley’s vehicle in a frame shop lot. Worley died February 23.
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