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Here are three scenes, around Peacock Hill, the area that the City Council has under consideration to be rezoned. At left la a view down pert of Boundary Street comprised mainly of multi-family rental dwellings. The lot at centerViews of Rezoning Areawill hold the new library planned for the municipal complex, and to the right is a small grocery store on Prince*George Street.City Council is considering whether or not to permitnote* by imotels in this primarily residential district, but has met opposition from landowners concerned about devaluation of the property values.Supreme Court Upholds Bland Expansion HaltBy Mary Frances Lowettnarrlmongly ind without benefit of a heir int. the United States Stgireme Court voted Tuesday to uphold the ruling of a three-judge district court herring the escalation of Richard Bland College, a predominantly white branch of William and Mary In Petersburg, from a two to lour year college According to Del Sam Pope, chairman of the House Education Committee who has lnng opposed the move, the Supreme Court decision-should end legal action concerning Bland, since the formality of appeal in theIteleclectie |Governor Llnwood Holton speaking at a news con-fe?tw vctteesday said he trill suggest changes In foe -Virginia constitution requiring the governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general to all be In the same political partyCommenting that he expects Democratic support Cor the measure in the General Assembly, Bolton added that the change was 'necessary' to Implement hJs proposed expended role for the lieutenant governor.The Washington PostApproximately 300 anlt-war protestors were arrested Tuesday In Washington when they attempted to go to the White House.Although demonstration organ!ter* had expected, up to 10.000 protestors, only about 700 attended a midday rally.Police preparation for crowd control was unprecedented Including rental ot detention centers, closed circuit television coverage and extra backup forces.The theme of Che protest was ’evict Nixon. During the rally, leaders talked with representatives of the National Liberation Front and North Viet Nam In Paris on a special Phene hook-UD.The New Tort TimesDartmouth College announoed plans recently to go coeducational and begin a year round program by 1973.The plans wilt allow |tudems a variety of possibilities for scheduling courses, off-campus studies and work. Ah modems w!D Bs yaqiartd to spend anSaS'doe summer term in school.The year - round plan developed out of the need to expand without massive financial outlay as women are admitted. The Waakiagtaa PoetSeveral professors at Harvard plan to submit affidavits in support at a colleague to a federal grand jury chargingcase would be fairly useless. *In a 43-page opinion iast May.-the U.S. District Court in Richmond concurred with opponents of the Bland escalation. ordered by the Board of Visitors Feb. 16. 1970, that the upgrading would hinder the establish mem of a unitary, non-racially Identifiable educational system in Virginia. The purpose and effort of Bland's es- t relation is- to provide a four-..year college for white students who reside nearby. said the opinion.Opponents Decry ExpenseAt present, there are two state Institutions near Petersburg, predominantly black Vlr- ,_ gtnia State College and over- ‘ wbelmlngly white Richard Bland. Last year opponents such as State Senator Lawrence Douglas Wilder of Richmond, the only black member of the upper house, cited the proximity of the two schools as a primary reason for opposing, escalation, it.prill be too expensive for the state to maintain two four year collages withinfourmilesofeachother Wilder said.The district court found the faculties, administrations and student bodies of both schools racially Identifiable and determined that the upgrading of Bland would ‘hamper Virginia State's effort to desegregate and tend to perpetuate a dual system of higher education Plaintiffs In the suit Included six faculty members and four students of VSC and three par,-tnu acting for their minor children.Notes Disappointment ' Reacting to the news of the high court decision yesterday. William and Mary President Thomas A. Graves noted.was disappointed by the court declsioo regarding Richard Bland because I believe there Is room and need for two four-year educational Institutions of high quality In the Petersburg area.Pope disagreed, however, maintaining that we just didn't need Richard Bland as a four-year Institution. We didn't have the personnel to run both Virginia'State and Richard Bland. Last May Roy McTarnaghan of the Slate Council on Higher Education had expressed a similar view of the situation when he asserted that Virginia already had an adequate number of four year institutions, some of them small, with room for expansion.According 'to Graves’ Administrative-Assistant. Dean O] son. There really has been no official notification of the decision and no firm plans are under consideration for dealing with Bland at this time. “Future actions, if any, continued Graves, will be determined after tje’ve had an opportunity to study the decision and consult with state officials and the Board of Visitors of the College *Although the governor's office in Richmond had -no formal comment as yet on the Supreme Court's disposition at the .case. Governor .Ltnwood Holtonfo press representative Indicated yesterday that he thought the decision was “Inline with the plan we submitted to HEW last December, suggest--President James M Carson announced the ruling over the college intercom, noting that he was “very disappointed” but declining further comment until he could study the decision and confer with officials at William and Mary.Contacted yesterday. Carson was still unavailable for comment, although his office Indicated that he probably Is in Williamsburg now.'Efforts to reach Virginia .State College President Wendell Russell for comment were unsuccessfulSmith Criticises CourtPetersburg Del. Roy Smith, an active and vocal, advocate of the escalation since it was first proposed, expressed his disappointment in -the decision by comparing the case to another action inAlabamain which ■ the court upheld a lower ruling. ‘ ‘The thrust of which was io protect freedom of. choice at the college level. Responding to that criticism.. U.S. District Judge Robert R. Merhlge. Jr.. called the Alabama case factually different from the Issue at Blandmg Blend became part of theCommunity college system. That seems to bethe next step. ”Within 46 minutes of receiving word of the Supreme . IOne of tbe plaintiffs In last spring's action. VSC Physics ' Professor Carey Stronach said he feared the case would leave ‘residual bitterness In the area. but expressed hope that the ‘community wiH work together to improve higher education in the Petersburg area. 3 see no reason why we shouldn't co-operate in the future,” he added.Since the plaintiffs asked a court order merging the two institutions but were refused, there are no specific plans for the future at Bland at this time ir. the ngffit. Governor Llnwood Holton has said he sees ‘no alternative to Incorporating Bland Into the community college system. At present It Is the only two year Institution in the state which is outside the system.Proposes Merger Plan■ Stronach described one plan for a merger in an interview last spring. ‘Sincethetwocam-puses are no more than five and a half miles apart, all regular academic programs could be routed to one campus.while the other, probably Blend, would be used for special pro-grains'. such as night school, special Institutions or grork-studyprograms.Noting that 40-45 percent of the 3000 VSC students are commuters, all 800- Btpnd students ale commuters and there was no plan to build dormitories as pert of the escalation. Stronach indicated that housing would be no obstacle to a merger. In fact, he said. ‘Virginia Statecould easily accomodate an additional 1000 commuting students.Holton's idea of placing Bland jo the community college system did appear acceptable to Stronach. however as he termed It a reasonable alternative. In the past, according to Stronach. juppor: for the Bland upgrfttftjl was a code term for being ami-black. but the term dogs not apply to plans for Incorporating Bland lmothe community college networkWEST END MARKETFor Complete line of Produce. Groceries and Deli Meats Make your own save !FREE DELIVERY 229-2541 Prince George St.MMMAnnouncing III*AN K ( INKMA’Snua! Trophy to the Wiiiiam I Mary Ir**1ji a* i—* lt;1 I ult;i rut*tV Di'lon^n I * 1 it X lt;* !**■*the government Investigation into the leak of the Pentagon
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Williamsburg Flat Hat
Williamsburg, Virginia, US
Fri, Oct 29, 1971
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