Vandals Strike Roanoke Melrose Branch Library
Police report a Sunday break in at Roanoke Melrose Branch Library. Vandals dumped foam and graphite from a copying machine, scattered 40,000 library cards, toppled ceiling tiles, and damaged books. Two male juveniles, 15 and 17, were arrested nearby as officers investigated the scene and repair crews began cleaning and re filing cards.
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Roanoke
al Whitelock
Melrose
Barry Jones
Jones
Hegira House
Lansdowne
Hearings Set For March 28 On Disability Regulations
A federal court hearing is set for March 28 1983 on injunction requests challenging experimental Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability hearing rules. Seven southwest Virginia residents filed suit alleging the regulations violate the Social Security Act and the goal of a non adversarial, uniform disability program. Judge Glen Williams noted no urgency in the injunction requests.
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Big Stone Gap
U.S. District Court
Southwest Virginia
U.S. Health and Human Services
Richard Schweiker
Martin Wegbreit
Glen Williams
Trial date set in habitual criminal case at Mercer County
Mercer County Circuit Court Judge John R. Frazier scheduled a jury trial for Harry Randall Williams on information alleging habitual criminal convictions with a Jan. 11, 1983 date. Williams, previously convicted of nighttime burglary, faces potential five year additions and possible life imprisonment with two more prior felonies. Williams remained silent when asked if he is the same man with prior Virginia and West Virginia convictions.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
John R. Frazier
Pocahontas
Frazier
Harry Randall Williams
Williams
Virginia
West Virginia
Edwin Wiley
Mark Wills
Deborah Garton
Pro
Tazewell County
Wills
Wiley
Don Hare
Henry Burkhalter
Timothy Manchin
Burkhalter
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Var On & Faltigh
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State Supreme Court
Manchin
Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center
Fraizer
Mark A. Tiller
Joe Long
Randall Helmandollar
Don Caruth
The
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Canada
Appalachian Power Company
Tazewell
Tazewell Road
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Buckhorn
W. B. Belchee
Telephone
CMTC
Polaroid Sun
Orig
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