UVa Student Documents Doctoral Research in Middle East
Marguerita Ragsdale, a University of Virginia doctoral student, studied Egyptian foreign policy under Dr. Rouboliah K. Ramazani during a seven month Middle East visit. She faced gender norms, used subterfuge to interview officials, and traveled through seven Gulf states while preparing for a career in foreign service.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Marguerita Ragsdale
Rita
Fagsdute
Virginia
Middle East
McKenney
Rouboliah K
Egypt
Ragsdale
Persian Gulf
American University
Cairo
Abu Dhabi
Kuwait
Ms. Ragsdale
Onan
Social Science Research Council
Oxford University
Funeral for Mrs. Mary Caudle Held Monday
Mrs. Mary G. Caudle, 64, of 04 N Main St, died Saturday at 9 30 p m in Memorial Hospital of Danville after a three week decline. Funeral service planned for Monday at 4 p m at Swicegood Chapel with Revs Fred Hayes and Adolph Oterson. Burial to follow in Mountain View Cemetery. Body is at the funeral home, with family at 220 Chester Drive, residence of daughter Stella McGee.
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Mary G. Caudle
Swicegood Chapel
Fred Hayes
Adolph Oterson
Mountain View Cemetery
Stella McGee
Chester Drive
Lexnwood Wiles Rites Monday
Leawood Bailey Wiles 84 of 435 Brentwood Drive dies in sleep from heart attack. Funeral at Keen Street Baptist Church Monday at 2 PM with Rev Thomas Wright and Rev Charlie Shelton. burial at Highland Burial Park. Survived by wife Evelyn Harrison Wiles daughter Rhonda Seamster and sister Estelle W. Womack. World War I Navy veteran.
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Leawood Bailey Wiles
Brentwood Drive
Mrs Fitzgerald Dies At Age 79 In Chatham
Catherine Crews Fitzgerald 74 of Chatham Alabama died Saturday morning at Memorial Hospital of Danville after an extended illness. Born in Pittsylvania County she was daughter of Henry and Lena Crews. Survived by son Berkley Fitzgerald Washington DC four daughters Beatrice Womack Viola Womack Gladys Fitzgerald Thelma McDonald 19 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren. Services Tuesday 2 pm from Fairview Baptist Church by Rev Pp Wagstaff. Burial in church cemetery. Millers Funeral Home Gretna handles arrangements.
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Chatham
Catherine Crews Fitzgerald
Chatham al
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Pittsylvania County
Henry and
Lena Kealls Crews
Ernest Fitzgerald
Fairview Baptist Church
Fitzgerald
Berkley Fitzgerald
Washington, D.C
Beatrice Womack
Chatham Rt. 5
Viola Womack
Washington
Forecasters See Warmer Century After Cold Spell Ahead
A panel of forecasters from Lyndon State College and Environmental Research and Technology predicts a cold phase to begin in the early 1480s bringing some of the century's coldest winters, followed by a warming trend toward the turn of the century based on historical cycles.
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Harold Bernard
Environmental Research and Technology, Inc
Concord
Mass
Bernard
Joseph D'Aleo
Lyndon State College
Gerald Noell to retire as FAB president in March
Gerald Noell, president of Fidelity American Bank in Chatham, will retire from the post at the end of March but stay on as a bank director. He began as a 1941 bookkeeper and rose through roles to become president on January 10, 1974, with a retirement dinner at the Piedmont Club in Lynchburg honoring his service.
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Chatham
Gerald Noell
Fidelity American Bank
Noell
Doices
Piedmont Club
Lynchburg
New Market Battle Reenactment Slated
The 10th annual reenactment of the Battle of New Market will be held Sunday May 8 at the New Market Battlefield Park. About 450 men in Confederate and Union uniforms will restage the battle which originally involved around 1001 troops. The park honors Virginia Military Institute cadets who filled thinning ranks and helped temporarily turn back the invading Union army in a Confederate last victory.
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New Market
New Market Battlefield Park
Virginia Military Institute
Klan Billboard Removed By New Property Owner
Smithfield North Carolina AP United Klans of America billboard urging help fight communism and integration was toppled Saturday after owner Jimmy Rogers Flowers bought the site to build a real estate office. Klansmen assaulted a photographer. police questioned Exalted Cyclops Cecil Hamilton about the rocks and shotgun shells.
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Smithfield
N.C
United Klans of America
North Carolina
Jimmy Rogers Flowers
Clayton
U.S
United Klans of America, Inc
Cecil Hamilton
Johmston County
Raleigh News and Observer
Hamilton
Highway Patrol
Carter Attends Church Services In Hagerstown
President Carter visited First Baptist Church in Hagerstown Maryland for an 8 20 a m service greeted by over 100 well wishers and more than 10 attendees inside the church Rosalynn Carter joined him as Camp David weekend activities continued The president later swam read papers and watched TV at the retreat before returning to the White House by helicopter with Amy Chip and Jeff remaining at Camp David
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Hagerstown
Carter
Maryland
Chuch
Rosalynn
Camp David
Here
Amy
Chip
Jeff
White House
Daniel R. Taylor
Colson Says Watergate Restored Reality and Sovereignty
In Lynchburg Charles Colson, former presidential counsel, told reporters Watergate brought people back to their senses and realization that God is sovereign, not Washington. He criticized government and praised Carter's early steps to change it at Thomas Road Baptist Church.
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Lynchburg
Charles Colson
Washington, D.C
Colson
Thomas Road
Jimmy Carter
Changes Recommended In Program To Train Corrections Personnel
A Richmond AP report cites a multimillion dollar effort to train Virginia Corrections Department staff as mired in dissension and misdirection. A consulting team urges 37 changes, criticizing overemphasis on theory at the Waynesboro academy and underscoring a split between backers and skeptics of the Carkhuff program.
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Richmond
State Corrections Department
Jack F. Davis
Richmond Times- Dispatch
Robert C. Phelps
The
Times-Dispatch
Davis
Waynesboro
Consiltants
Carkhuff
Waynesboro Academy
B. Preston Sharp
American Correctional Association
Virginia Commonwealth University
Corrections Department
Waynesbors
Powell Denies Carter Halting Foreign Arms Sales
White House press secretary Jody Powell denies a presidential moratorium on arms sales abroad while noting Carter reviews major proposals before consummation. He cites Israel approvals and concerns over proliferation, and comments on Gen. Brown’s controversial remarks about mail privacy from a May 1978 secret lecture.
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Powell
Washington
Carter
CBS
Washington Post
U.S
Israel
George S. Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Brown
Congress
Arson Suspected in Housing Project Fire Kills Two
FRANKLIN Ky AP Two toddlers Tyrone Hatfield 3 and Josh Hatfield 2 died from smoke inhalation when a second floor public housing unit burned after a blaze erupted on a back porch. Authorities suspect arson and asked the state fire marshal to investigate. The boys’ sister Josephine 10 was at grandparents. father Ernest Hatfield Jr. and cousin Frank Gooch helped rescue others, but the room collapsed within minutes.
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Franklin, Ky
Bobby Turner
Tyrone Hatfield
Josh
Josephine
Turner
Ernest Hatfield Jr
Marlene
Phil
Hatfield
Frank Gooch
Gooch
Judge Orders Transfusion Despite Parental Objection
In Huntsville Alabama a judge ordered doctors at Huntsville Hospital to transfuse a newborn girl despite parental refusal by Trent Waite and Jehovahs Witnesses. The court instructed custody to ensure blood support while seeking alternatives first and using transfusion as a last resort.
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Huntsville
Ala
Huntsville Hospital
Jehovah's Witnesses
Madison County Dist. Atty
Fred Simpson
Peggy Waite
Waite
Watson
Alabama Department of Pensions and Security
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