Roanoke, Va., Officials Watch Drunk-O-Meter Demonstration

1/9/1954

In Roanoke, Va., officials including City Manager Arthur Owens and Police Superintendent Major Frank Webb watch a presentation by the National Association of Life Insurance Underwriters on the Drunk-O-Meter, a device used to estimate blood alcohol levels. A volunteer, assisting with a demonstration of the device, takes a drink of whiskey before blowing up a balloon.

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Anchor script text: And at Hotel Roanoke - a convention of National Association of Life Insurance Underwriters watched as a drunk-o-meter machine was tested today by a cooperative Roanoke citizen. (Start neg. film.) And the test did prove something - that a man cannot hold whiskey and grain alcohol without showing some effect. (Show film.) Pan Group at table - A group of spectators watches an explanation of just how the dunk-o-meter works - included in the group - you'll see Roanoke Police Chief, Captain Frank Webb, and City Manager Arthur Owens, sitting at the right end of the table. CU man explains machine. An explanation of this interesting little gadget precedes the actual demonstration of just how it works . . . . McWhorter and bottle Then - Kinsley McWhorter, junior - gets set - takes a two-ounce slug of whiskey and blows into a balloon containing a substance which changes color when the person blowing into it has too much alcohol in his bloodstream - and on his breath.

In Danville, Va., Tobacco Auction Markets Open; Apple Harvest Begins in Roanoke, Va.

9/15/1958

National Golden Tobacco Queen Barbara Turner speaks at the opening of the tobacco auction selling season in Danville, Va., and farmers sort through piles of tobacco up for bid; employees of the Beasley Orchards near Roanoke harvest, sort, and package apples to be distributed throughout the Virginia area.

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Anchor script text: Notable gains over 1957 prices have been reported as 20 tobacco auction markets along the Virginia and North Carolina Old Belt open for business. (ROLL FILM) There were higher prices for all grades of flue-cured and a heavy volume of sales. Growers say they hope it's the beginning of a season trend. At Danville, where these films were taken by correspondent Ralh Hess, Miss Barbara Turner of Portsmouth, the National Golden Tobacco Queen officially opened the selling season. Just before the Old Belt farmers began tucking away their first checks they were urged by the manager of the Bright Belt Warehouse Assn,---Fred Royster to work and vote for continued crop control in the December referendum. He predicted that a determined effort to strike down the tobacco program will be made during the next session of Congress. In other news......(roll film) Roanoke apple growers are hoping for continued good weather as they start the big job of harvesting their early crop. Harvesting of later varieties will start within a week or two and continue until late October. In most sections of this area the quality of apples is said to be real good. The quantity varies according to the section. Rainy and cloudy weather last spring in the northern section is blamed for the smaller crop there. These films were shot at the Beasly Orchards where workers are busy picking and packing Red Delicious, Grimes Golden, Red Pippin and Staymans. The producers this year predict the crop will top the =bushel mark. Looks like there'll be plenty of apples for everyone.