A Lousy Law and I-66 Hearing Split Virginia Headlines
AP dispatches report a Mecklenburg County dispute over a postal monopoly and a Virginia hearing on I-66 construction. The piece notes officials calling the postal rule a “lousy law” and details a federal circuit review over the highway's grading and a study panel grilling adoption loopholes amid claims of illegal adoptions by doctors lawyers ministers and lawmakers.
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Mills Godwin
U.S. Transportation
William Coleman
U. S. District
Oren Lewis
Alexandria
State Department of Welfare
General Assembly
Mother Demands Probe Over Grandin Court Teacher Brutality
Roanoke AP report says Kathleen Link asked the Roanoke City School Board to investigate alleged brutality by three Grandin Court Elementary teachers. She cited a first grade pupil taped mouth shut with masking tape and an altered report card, plus past complaints of physical discipline and screaming calls to a parent.
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Roanoke
Roanoke City School Board
Grandin Court
Kathleen Link
Mildred Lundy
ABA Wrestles With Advertising Rules For Lawyers
The American Bar Association debates ad guidelines for 400000 lawyers with a board backed stricter proposal allowing some ads and banning others. Critics call both proposals mean spirited. The issue focuses on print radio and potential TV advertising bans pending delegate review.
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Chicago
American Bar Association
ABA
House of Delegates
Bar Association
Association
Board of Governors
Clarke Planners to Discuss Auburn Farm Subdivision Plat
Clarke County Planning Commission will review a 20 lot subdivision preliminary plat for the 370 acre Auburn farm in Berryville. buyer Henry McDonald under contract to Mrs. Francis Ayler plans eight five and ten acre parcels plus larger tracts with a 140 acre farm set aside for farming. Sale price estimated near 370000 to 400000 contingent on zoning approval. A second preliminary plat for the 251 acre Dunton Farm under contract to Redskin Bill Brundige also awaits zoning consent and water drainage approvals. Meeting scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow in the courthouse.
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Berryville
Old Auburn
Henry McDonald
Shenandoah County
Francis Ayler
Luther Foster
House of Lords Realty
Leesburg
McDonald
Clarke County Planning Commission
Auburn Farm
Donovan
Foster
Auburn
Dunton Farm
Bill Brundige
Brundige
Ron McDole
Grafton School
Planning District to Discuss Sanitation Loan and Historic Grants
Front Royal Virginia The Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission will review Frederick County Sanitation Authority’s 225000 loan for Lone Oak Whitfield water line as wells run dry. Other agenda items include historic landmark grants for Handley Library and a 117000 Developmental Disabilities advocacy program. A 400000 Interstate Potomac River Basin water quality program and a film titled The Time of Your Life will also be discussed.
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Front Royal
Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
Frederick County Sanitation Authority
Farmers Home Administration
Lone Oak- Whitfield
Stephens City
Virginia
State Health Department
Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission
Handley Library
State Office
Secretary of Human Resources
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Potomac River Basin
Interstate Commission
Commission
Chaplain Calls For Warden Firing At State Penitentiary
Richmond AP report says Rev. Walter Thomas urged the firing of prison warden Robert Zahradnick claiming poor management and oppressive atmosphere. Corrections director Robert Landon declined comment. Several hundred prisoners supported ouster after a recent work stoppage.
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Richmond
State Penitentiary
Robert Zahradnick
Walter Thomas
Robert Landon
Adult Services
Zahradnick
Weather outlook for the Northern Valley remains hot and humid
The Northern Valley forecast stays quite warm and humid through Thursday with likely thunderstorms tonight and again Thursday. Lows in the 70s and highs in the 90s, followed by an extended period of very warm, humid, and thunderstorm chances Friday through Sunday.
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Virginia
Mondale Dinner Aids Virginia Governor Campaign Fundraiser
Vice President Walter Mondale will headline a $125 per person dinner in McLean on August 27 to aid Henry Howell’s bid for Virginia governor. The event, at State Sen. Clive L. DuVal II’s home, aims to attract 250 to 500 attendees. A second fundraiser in Norfolk on September 8 will feature Sen. Hubert Humphrey with similar ticket prices.
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Henry Howell
Virginia
Walter Mondale
McLean
Mondale
Clive L. DuVal II
Howell
Norfolk
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Kevin Mullin
Howell Forces
Flames Fail To Spoil The Chickens At A and P
A rotisserie fire at the A and P in Front Royal started from grease sparks. Firemen arrived to find the blaze out and the chickens not yet cooked. Assistant Fire Chief Durston McIntosh said officers would install a new heating coil and continue the barbeque stand as before.
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Front Royal
Durston McIntosh
McIntosh
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