Virginia News Briefs from the Thanksgiving travel period
A Richmond boy 8 was killed when struck at Blake Lane and Hull Street, raising Virginia traffic deaths to three during the holiday period. Other fatal incidents include a Vansant man on U S 460, a child near Cheriton, and a Pennsylvanian-Ohio trio in Ohio. Additional items note a Williamsburg missing lawyer, a Norfolk sailor returning to base after unauthorised absence, sex-discrimination suit by Fredericksburg auto workers, and grand larceny arrests in Covington over a 900-pound bull. A $21.2 million contract was awarded for the Hampton Roads bridge tunnel project.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Robert Eugene Kelley
Blake Lane
Hull Street
Robert Francis Baxter Jr
Vansant
Covington, Va
Iowa
West Virginia
Alvan van Nevele
Independence
Richard Davis Wright
Waverly
Davis Samuel Wright
Cedar Falls
Lewis Allen Wright Jr
Charleston
W.va
Odell Wolfe
Virginia
Consultants To Oppose Two Planned Penal Units
Richmond AP report says consultants for the State Crime Commission may urge scrapping two proposed penal facilities. Senator Willey notes he is not committed to either the Louisa County reception center or the Mecklenburg County maximum security prison. Gov Holton backs both projects with initial funds aimed at closing the outdated State Penitentiary in Richmond. The consultant’s report is due next week in Williamsburg.
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Richmond
Virginia Senate
State Crime Commission
Louisa County
Edward E. Willey
Mecklenburg County
Linwood Holton
Crime Commission
Williamsburg
Willey
Commission
Green Springs
Mecklenburg
General Assembly
Massage Parlor Ads Sanitized In Northern Virginia
Arlington reports say Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co will remove suggestive wording and images from massage parlor ads in Northern Virginia directories. Ads now use business like phrasing and avoid sex focused content amid customer complaints. Local reactions vary with managers questioning the change and lawmakers eyeing anti massage ordinances.
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Arlington
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Fred Langbein
C&p
Langbein
Scherich Yoki
la Femme Fatale
Falls Church
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John E. McEnearney
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Denebola
6Th Fleet
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