Salem Plant Expansion Adds 500 Jobs in Salem
Eaton Vale & Towné, Roanoke area producer of materials handling equipment, announces a $5 million expansion of its 136000 square foot Salem plant. When finished in 1967, the project will raise employment to about 750. President Elliott Ly Ludvigsen cites a long, successful operations record in Salem and confidence in the Roanoke Valley as an industrial center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Eaton Vale & Towné
Salem
Roanoke Valley
Elliott Ly Ludvigser
Mail referendum on Chesapeake South Norfolk fate launched
Vice Mayor James W. Overton Jr. announced 4000 referendum cards have been mailed to registered voters in South Norfolk to decide whether to dissolve the consolidated city of Chesapeake or keep it as is. The cards were signed by five borough councilmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake
South Norfolk
James W. Overton Jr
Warren Official Resigns as Warren County Commissioner of Revenue
J Francis Donaldson resigns as Warren County Commissioner of Revenue effective December 31 after long service since 1956 and a prior decade as deputy commissioner. Judge Elliott Marshall accepts the resignation praising Donaldson for loyal, efficient service to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Warren County
J. Francis Donaldson
Donaldson
Elliott Marshall
Marshall
Virginia to Get $375,000 Federal Grant for Kidney Disease Facility
Charlottesville report states the University of Virginia will receive a $375,000 federal grant to support a new facility dedicated to treating patients with chronic kidney diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Altavista Opens $653,000 Bridge and Underpass
The Altavista opening ceremony dedicated a $653,000 bridge and underpass complex over the Staunton River linking Altavista with Pittsylvania County. Rep. William M. Tuck lauded the cooperative effort of local government and private industry. The project replaces a 55-year-old span and underpass traffic beneath N and W rails to remove two dangerous grade crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altavista
William M. Tuck
D-Va
Staunton River
Pittsylvania County
N&w
Norfolk Ducks Prison Issue
Norfolk city council rejected a Taylor subcommittee request to modify prison rules. The inquiry followed the death of Francis Ricardo West 16 who hanged himself in a solitary confinement cell at the city farm in Chesapeake. West had been confined naked and on a limited diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Francis Ricardo West
City Farm
Chesapeake
Thomas F. Maxwell
West
Appalachia VA Sewage Plant Gets $110000 Grant
The Commerce Department announced a 110,880 grant to Appalachia Virginia for a sewage treatment plant. The project, endorsed by the Appalachia Regional Commission, will reduce health hazards from raw sewage in the Clinch River area and combines with a 92,400 state grant to cover 66 percent of eligible costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Appalachia
Commerce Department
Palachia Regional Commission
Clinch River
Welfare Department
Mother Is Charged in Son's Death in Virginia
Montgomery County authorities say Lois Marie Dowdy is charged with the murder of her newborn son after the infant died from exposure and inattention. Sheriff Grady McConnell reported the warrant issued Monday had not yet been served and the umbilical cord was not tied, which the coroner linked to the fatal outcome. The baby’s body was found in Dowdy’s yard following her admission to a hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiansburg
Montgomery County
Grady McConnell
Lois Marie Dowdy
Dowdy
Montgomery Commonwealth
Atty
Pat Graybeal
McConnell
Assembly May Decide On SCC Fate
Norfolk legislator Del elect Stanley E. Sacks says the 1966 General Assembly will be asked to strip the State Corporation Commission of its power to regulate auto liability rates. He is drafting sweeping changes to insurance laws including letting forces of natural competition set rates and restricting cancellations to good specified causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
State Corporation Commission
General Assembly
SCC
Del
Stanley E. Sacks
Sacks
Also Mentioned on This Page
News of the
Old Dominion
Miss Altavista
Linda Mays
E.H. Lane, Sr
Paul W. Tyree
Harold T. Cothran
Warren
U.S. Army
Mr. Donaldson
Front Royal High School
Richmond
Happy Creek
Stossell, Inc
Alton Mathews
Arthur &. Knowles
Ink En Mefanbeine Mem
Merryhristmas
Hagmann
Ward Plaza
Norfolk Ducks Prison
Norfolk City
Norfolk City Council
Stes
General Electric
E. Boscawen
Department
The
Son
Cooper
Jewelers
Yaa Ws
Sea Lord Windsor
Benrus
Diamond Nina
Orbit Venture
Melmac
Flor.enty
SUGAR
Seral Electric
Creais
Universal
Sree
HER & Him
Remington 66
Remington Lectronic
SHICK
Sunbeam
Norelco
Winchesters
Loudoun St
Winchester
Conger
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!