Mules and Murder Shape Atlanta Penitentiary Hearing Agenda
Senate investigations ponder organized crime links as Bowdach testifies on contract killings and the Vincent Papa case. Bowdach describes mob ties to cigarettes and heroin theft, while subcommittee vows further witnesses despite no set date for next hearings.
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Washington
Federal
Atlanta
Senate
Senate Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations
Gary Bowdach
Bowdach
Vincent Papa
Papa
New York City
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Council Reverses Secret Ballot Vote on Public Affection
Clarke County Council battles over returning to a secret ballot while a July vote is debated. The Roanoke grand jury indicts Howard Suthers for unlawfully wounding a youth during a suspected burglary. The 1974 Attorney General opinion declares secret ballots violate the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
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Ned
Watts
Jones
Kremer
Shendon
Berryville
Clarke County
Fauquier County
Tammy Woodson
John Smoot
Joseph Pendleton
Pendleton
Millwood
Geoff Cole
Cole
Woodson
Smoot
Bell
Gore
Zuckerman
Garber
Davis
Robinson
Mote
Pine
Kern
Smallwood
Howard Ray Suthers
Roanoke
Attorney General
State Division of Planning
LFPDC to Review State Water Control Board Grant Request
The Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission will recommend disapproval of a 127 620 grant request from the State Water Control Board to staff the State Water Study Commission. The meeting will also consider 12 other A 95 grant reviews from state agencies in Winchester.
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General Assembly
SFPDC
Commission
Virginia
Water Study Commission
Shenandoah River
Governor’s Advisory Council
Commonwealth
N W Clerks Strike Prompts Bold Union Claims
Roanoke AP reports union leader Fred J. Kroll says Norfolk and Western offers to striking clerks are meaningless promises. The strike idled about 20,000 of 24,000 employees as managers dispute job protections and union coverage while press releases stir tension. Separate reports note two minor larcenies in Winchester including license plates and sweet corn thefts.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railway
Clerks’ Union
Fred J. Kroll
Kroll
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
N&w
the Clerks’ Union
Chicago
Roanoke Times & World News
Winchester Police Dept
Robert Branner
Auto Park
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Council
Suthers
Commonwealth's
Pat Ferrance
Newsman
Frederick County
W. Alan Peery
Braddock Street
United Methodist Church
Minnie Snyder Pike
Inez B. Lauck
Grange Hall
Funeral Home
Winchester
Marner
Callus
Rotk
Bernard F. Groves
S. Braddock St
LFPDC
By Susan Burke
Town of Strasburg
North Industrial Park
University of Virginia
University
Disabilities Planning Council
State Department of Mental Health and
State Department of Rehabilitative Services
State Department of Health
State Water Control Board
State Department of Highways and Transportation
Lord Fairfax
State Department of Mental Health
U.S. Forest Service
Virginia Office On Aging
Braddock St
East Leicester St
Taylor's Paint & Wallcoverings
Mary Carter Paints
Route 7
Shenandoah Hills Plaza
Mary Carter
Orphan Home Bible College Missionary Society
Gary Halcomb
Cincinnati
Ohio
Winchester Church of Christ
R. E. Swan
National Weather Service
Deith
Pappagallo
Loudoun St. Mall
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