Florida Labor Camp Under FBI Slavery Probe
Investigators from the FBI and Florida Department of Commerce probe alleged slavery and involuntary servitude at an unlicensed labor camp in Polk County near Lake Wales run by Tyory Wilson. Eleven migrant workers testified to beatings, nonpayment of wages, and other abuses, with claims of enforced confinement and control by Wilson and his brothers Rosco and Jimmy.
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Lake Wales, Fla
FBI
Florida Department of Commerce
Florida
North Carolina
Lakeland
Polk County
Fla
the Ledger
LL. "Tyory" Wilson
Lake Wales
Sheriff's
Commerce Department
Clayton Norris
Wilson
Rosco
Jimmy Wilson
Linda Rabbett
Wilson Brothers
Benson Area
Charles Walker
Tampa
Pickers
Richanl
Venzell Brown
Sherif
Sheriff's Department
Wilsons
Wilson's
Salvation Army
Joseph Stevens
Charles Johnson
Will Carmichael
Lola Golden Carmichael
Herbert Edwards
Tommy Bethea
Moses Young
Thomas Jackson
Environmentalist on Nuclear Plant Safety in Virginia
Virginia environmentalist Gerald McCarthy told a Richmond council that more than 40 percent of Americans fear nuclear plants could explode, but he insisted nuclear power is safe and essential as demand is forecast to double by 2000. He cited nuclear and coal as major energy sources and noted solar energy as a consideration.
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Richmond
Virginia
Pos
Gerald McCarthy
Council On the Environment
Council
McCarthy
United States
Ben- McCarthy
Minter Juvenile Charged In Robbery
An 18 year old and a juvenile were charged after a Cascade Store robbery at Medford's Grocery. About $500 in cash and checks were taken, with $20 recovered. Suspects were arrested at their Cascade homes. The owner described being grabbed and threatened.
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Chatham
Pittsylvania County
Breeden Charged With Four Slayings in Virginia Case
James L. Breeden 39 of Alexandria was indicted by a Fairfax County grand jury on four counts of murder for the March 6 killings at a Ray Rogers Restaurant in Lincolnia. He faces robbery and malicious wounding charges. he was jailed since April 29 for a separate Springfield convenience store robbery. Victims include Dennis Gildea, Edward Nakpodia, Richard Morefield, and Patrick Marcil. Julie Nakpodia was critically wounded.
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Breeden
Fairfax, Va
James L. Breeden
Alexandria
Fairfax County
Lincolnia
Monwealth
Robert F. Horan
Springfield
Horan
Dennis Gildea
Restau
Edward Nakpodia
Nigeria
Richard Morefield
Northern Virginia Community College
Patrick Marcil
FBI
Morefield
Julie Nakpodia
The
Double Hung Windows Compared With Break Out Types
A piece by Tom Stayton notes double hung windows cost less and install easily, with controllable opening for ventilation but less light and view, and adds they are harder to clean. It mentions break out windows as easier to clean and promotes SAUDE BUILDING SUPPLY offering a wide range of materials and free delivery at Westover Dr. 723 with hours 7 to 5 weekdays and 7 to 12 Saturday. Casement windows are praised for full opening for ventilation.
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SAUDE
Westover Dr
Dupont
Dabney Hunton To Receive First VCU Honorary Degrees
Virginius Dabney and Eppa Hunton TV will receive VCU’s first honorary degrees. The May 15 10 am ceremony at the Richmond Coliseum will award Dabney a Doctor of Humane Letters and Hunton a Doctor of Laws. Blanton called both men pivotal to VCU and Virginia, noting Dabney’s rector role and Dabney’s editorial leadership and publications.
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Richmond
Virginius Dabney
Eppa Hunton
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond Coliseum
Dabney
Hunton
Board of Visitors
VCU
Dabney and Hunton
Blanton
Tnrest
Virgil Commonwealth University
Richmond Times Dispatch
Sigma Delta Chi
Virginia
Potomac
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Lynchburg College
Three Killed As Plane Crashes On Blue Ridge Parkway
A light plane crashed into a mountain side near Bedford County Virginia's Blue Ridge Parkway, killing three aboard. One victim identified as Rick McFadden, 24, of Rock Hill South Carolina, a Liberty Baptist College student. A forest fire of about four acres started by the crash was contained after 30 firefighters aided by NPS, USFS, and Big Island Fire Department.
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Blue Ridge Parkway
Bedford
Temple
Bedford Counts
Lynchburg
Reeds Creek
Rick McFadden
Rock Wil
S. C
Liberty Baptist College
Bedford County Sheriffs Department
South Carolina
National Park Service
National Forest Service
The
Big
Ronald D Holt Dies In Accident
Ronald Douglas Holt, 21, of Scottsburg Rt 3, died Sunday morning from injuries in a single car crash near South Boston. Funeral today at 2 p.m. Powell Funeral Chapel with burial in Halifax Memorial Gardens. Born Sept 14 19 in Halifax County, he was a son of Leonard D Holt and Ethel T Holt. He is survived by two sisters Betty Clay and Nancy Hughes Nathalie, and a brother Norace Holt of Cluster Springs.
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South Boston
Ronald Douglas Holt
Powell Funeral Chapel
Halifax Memorial Gardens
Holt
Scottsburg Rt. 3
Halifax County
Leonard Douglas Wolt
Ethel Talley Holt
Betty Clay
Scottsburg
Nancy Hughes
Nathalie
Norace Holt
Cluster Springs
Walton Charged In Killing Of Halifax Man
Halifax County authorities charged Lynwood Walton with the Sunday morning shooting death of Watkins Doomes 44 at the Wagon Wheel restaurant on Route 58 west of South Boston. Doomes was shot three times with a .22 caliber pistol after a heated argument. Walton was arrested several hours later. Both men resided in Halifax County.
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South Boston
Halifax County
Lynwood Walton
Watkins Doomes
R H. Pruitt
Wagon Wheel
Rt. 58
Doomes
Walton
Pruitt
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America
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George Washington High School
Danville Exchange Club
Kathy Allgood
Cindy Cooke
Lu Anne Dove
Cindy Mills
Sara Robinette
Vikki Rimmer
Deborah Jones
Beth Abercrombie
Linda Daniel
Susan Dodson
Lisa Beale
Cindy Hooper
Laura Sharp
Judy Mills
Wyona Witcher
Cindy Wilson
Meredith Gravely
Ann Tucker
By Tom Stayton
Saunders Building Supply, Inc
Westover di
Danville
Odell Dewberry
Phim St
ABC
M. P. Cassada
Dewberry
K. W. Daniels
M. Y. Epperly
Danville General District Court
College of William and Mary
University of Richmond
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Committee On
Ronald D. Holt
Katrina Jackson
Miss Geraldine Jackson
Motley’s
A.B. Motley, JR
R. P. Bendall, JR
Halifax
Terry Ley
Mayor's Youth Council
H. Jiranek
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