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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1981
Page
8
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond approved F&M Holding Co to become a bank holding company and acquire 80 percent or more of Farmers and Merchants Bank of Summersville in Summersville West Virginia.
Virginia Tech psychologists Tom Ollendick and Lee Frederiksen say school phobia affects about 2 percent of children ages 5 to 15. Affected kids refuse to attend, citing symptoms like stomachaches and headaches, though many are good students.
Experts Virginia Topic states school phobia centers on fear of leaving home rather than dislike of school. Ollendick and Frederiksen note anxious, panicky children differ from truants, often tied to family dynamics and fear of illness, failure, or peers. Advice includes medical evaluation, school collaboration, and praise for progress. The note ends with a remark on the Great Sphinx built near Giza around 2900 B.C.
In Richmond AP report, a Virginia Senate bill moves to the floor to ban involuntary sterilization. The era saw 8000+ people sterilized in state institutions, often youths, amid beliefs mental illness was hereditary. A federal class action by the ACLU seeks victim identification and care.
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