Pulaski Southwest Times (Newspaper) - November 18, 1979, Pulaski, Virginia e Southwest Pannell preserves Techs Pulaski shocks GW Narrows blanks Gate Details page O COPYRIGHT 1979 NEW 27S TWO SECTIONS PULASKI NOVEMBER 1979 25 CENTS DAILY 50 CENTS SUNDAY photos by Ray down Demolition of the Old Belle Heth School in Radford began last week to clear the site for a new building for the Virginia Employment Commission and the Welfare Most of the building will be but some of the bricks will continue to be Pennington was collecting bricks for a repair job anc Roger Coulter was on the site collecting bricks for an outdoor barbeque Arthur up for position sought on Carson Wolfe By BEV WINSTON Staff Writer charged with three murders and eight other felonies in the is scheduled to appear Court there on but a possibility exists the case will be heard the potential is there to request a Richmond defense attorney David Boone said last He said the possibility of a request a change of incomplete psychiatric reports on the defendant pnd other factors may prompt him to petition the court for a later trial But Boone would not commit himself to the The 21yearold former resident of Wythe County is charged with the June slayings of his former Cynthia Ratcliffe 19 her Annabelle and Wolfes 18yearold Edward Ratcliffe in Max He is also charged with the abduction of his and the malicious woundings of three others in the June 29 Four counts of using a firearm in the commission of a have also been lodged against him for his abduction of the young woman and the three Wolfe is being held in the Richmond City jail where the defense has arranged for a private psychiatrist to examine A lower court allowed the move requested by Boone during the preliminary hearing in October when the charges were certified to the Grand Boone said there is a chance the tests will not be completed in time for the 11 court He indicated there is a possibility the defense will be based on the results of those A private investigator for Boone has Abuse doesnt always mean violence Staff Writer With Justice Alex announcing his pending retirement from the State Supreme Court one week the 27th Circuit Bar Association has become the first to make a formal recommendation to the General Assembly for a Judge William one of three judges in the local 27th court has received the unanimous endorsement of the area Tom McCarthey said The endorsement is seen as part of a regional effort to keep a justice from southwest Virginia on the states highest a Pulaski is president of the association which claims the membership of lawyers throughout Floyd and Grayson as well as the cities of Radford and Gal The group met Friday afternoon where the endorsement was Arthur was appointed to bench in 1968 when Judge a resident of was named to serve on the high Harman had been a circuit judge since His resignation as a voting justice came with news that his once had stabilized but would be less than it had Harman told New River Newspapers earlier this month he feared the condition would hinder his effectiveness as a a position No free calls in which requires a great deal of Arthur is a 1940 graduate of William and Mary Law School and a former mayor of He has also held office in the Virginia Municipal Prior to his appointment to the circuit court he worked with the area Democratic McCarthey said the local bar was interested in keeping a representative on the court from this part of the state See Page Football scores Pulaski 7 Danville 0 Narrows 48 Gate City 0 Abingdon 21 Blacksburg 6 Virginia Tech 27 also been gathering news clippings concerning Boone said Cecil also from had been collecting the articles from area papers so the defense might assess the amount of pretrial publicity the case has Boone said this is pertinent to a motion for a change of Wolfe had been living in Richmond for the last several months since his separation from his preliminary hearing testimony His mother also lives He returned to Max the area in which he grew shortly See Page valley By DAVID VACZEK Staff Writer Chesapeake and Potomac telephone customers in Dublin and Pulaski rejected a plan to extend toll free calling among New River Valley locations in a recently completed manager Marshal Mayo said Friday customers polled by mail in the two service areas voted to continue under the present telephone fees by a wide The customers were surveyed after the required five percent of customers in the signed petitions in January calling for an end to the toll calls between Blacksburg and Three area women last year organized the petition The petition effort failed to obtain Ihe required five percent in Radford and See Page North Carolina 13 Virginia 7 Carolina 35 Wake Forest 14 Pittsburgh 40 Army 0 Penn State 22 Temple 7 Honaker 32 Auburn 0 TIMES Beer It will be sunny and mild today with the high in Classifieds B9 Doonesbury A5 Editorials A4 Entertainment B8 brew Chance A8 is A2 Bl List ings B8 Neglect most common child abuse form NOTE This is the first in a series of ties on child abuse and family abuse in child abuse and neglect cases require the utmost fust between clients and social the names of the clal workers Interviewed and specifics about cases they jive worked on have been left Next the series vlll examine the process of Investigating abuse cases and he Impact such cases have on the family By BEV WINSTON and NED Staff Writers Right somewhere in our peaceful New Hiver a child has been left not for healthy solitude jt because its parents do not understand or The parent might leave their 11yearold has stayed home many times before and no harm has come to Or has it Simple lack of supervision ranks highest in the forms of child neglect in the Twenty six percent of the cases filed during a six month period in 1979 from just one community in the valley were reported because the in each instance had been left alone for a prolonged period of the The children in these are usually between the age of infancy to 14 Coupled with this are other forms of Emotional neglect follows No for is there today to love the left alone child referred to Educational neglect is another issue with a rate of 22 percent in this No one is there today to see the unattended child completes his to see that the child has been to or to talk with him to better his Fifteen percent of the cases reported to protective service workers in this valley community attribute the form of neglect to lack of and If the child is not in it is possible he has no clothes to In 11 percent of the cases exposure is the means of The lack of clothing or fuel leads to health But for every child who is alone there could well be another who wishes his parents would leave him alone wishing his father wouldnt yell at him all of the time wishing his mother wouldnt become angry and hit him wishing his uncle wouldnt do those nasty things to Many these cases of abuse go just as many neglect cases Protective services reports that most of their case load involves Physical and sexual abuse occur in more isolated families where the activities of the members are guarded and strictly controlled by the head of the one field worker Neglect is more Some people dont realize theyre neglecting their said a protective service I believe most parents are trying to be good parents but just dont know Simply not knowing how to be a good parent can have See Page All
