Virginia Colleges Proceed With Desegregation Plan Optimism Prevails
Virginia state institutions move to implement a higher education desegregation plan approved by Gov Dalton and the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare. Colleges vary from cautious acceptance to strong support while aiming to boost minority enrollment and balance faculty demographics through 1982 83. The Bakke ruling sparks cautious optimism about continued use of affirmative action.
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Virginia
John Dalton
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
General Assembly
Gilley
University of Virginia Board
Virginia Tech
Alfred H. Krebs
Krebs
Dalton
Bakke Decision Sets No West Virginia Medical School Quotas
West Virginia medical schools will not alter admissions tied to racial quotas. Deans say there are too few black applicants in the state to fill any quota, and out of state recruitment would conflict with a preference for West Virginians. They stress race creed color and sex do not influence admissions.
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Gilley
Virginia State
Norfolk State
Virginia
Supreme Court
Kit Weigel
U.S. Supreme Court
West Virginia
West
John Jones
West Virginia University
Bakke
Allan Bakke
California
Jones
Marshall Medical School
Robert Koon
Koon
Marshall
WVU Medical School
WVU
Public Service Commission trims Monongahela power rate hike
West Virginia PSC disallowed about two thirds of Monongahela Power Co. rate increase, ordering a refund of 32 million dollars to customers across 32 counties. The average residential customer will see roughly a 71 dollar refund and about a four percent cut in monthly bills. The utility serves 258,000 customers in northern and central WV.
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Charleston
W.va
Public Service Commission
Monongahela Power Co
West Virginia
PSC
Monongahela
Allegheny Power System
Potomac Edison Co
Hechler Accepts House Position Report May Be Due
Former congressman Ken Hechler says he will start a House post on July 1 and will commute from Huntington. Hechler wants a report on the last twenty years of their work as part of the appointment.
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Huntington
W.va
Ken Hechler
Hechler
Mother Charged in Death of 2-Year-Old Son
Patricia Kelley, 23, was charged with murder in Marlowe W Va for the death of her 2-year-old son Jason. She was arraigned and held on a $25,000 bond after being accused of beating the child last spring.
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Marlowe
W.va
Patricia Kelley
Jason
Ms. Kelley
Owe Everything To Sen Byrd Veteran Capitol Worker Comes Home
Sophia veteran Jack Thomas spent more than two years as Byrd s Capitol police chauffeur and friend after holding roles with the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission and Raleigh County sheriff s deputy. He later joined Byrd for shifts and recalls a White House reception with President Carter as a career highlight. Thomas says I owe everything to Sen Byrd and recalls the early KKK controversy.
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W.va
U.S. Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Congress
Jack Thomas
Byrd
Capitol
Thomas
Statehouse
Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
Raleigh
Jack
Okey
Okey Mills
Gov
Patteson
Capitol Police
White House
Carter
License Plates Extended for West Virginia Drivers
CHARLESTON WV AP Vehicle license plates expiring July 1 will be valid until July 15 as ordered by Motor Vehicles Commissioner Virginia Roberts. The extension covers owners who did not receive renewal notices and accounts for a new Class A truck category with a new fee and plate.
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Charleston
W.va
Virginia Roberts
Cameras To Be Allowed Inside Monongalia Circuit Courtroom
West Virginia Supreme Court approved a test allowing still and television cameras in Monongalia County Circuit Court Morgantown on a trial basis pending final guidelines. The 4-1 vote cited minimizing disturbance and equipment noise with potential party witness consent required in some states. The first use likely in a civil trial, per Judge DePond.
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Charleston
W.va
Monongalia County
Morgantown
Supreme Court
Larry V. Starcher
Richard Neely
West Virginia
Fred H. Caplan
Caplan
Starcher
Monongalia Circuit Court
Frank J. DePond
DePond
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