Inmates Seek Inquiry After Prison Escapes and Attacks
Inmates at several Virginia facilities urged a governor led investigation into camp conditions after a double stabbing at Tidewater Correctional Unit. Escapes occurred at Tidewater, Albemarle County, and a work detail, while a Tazewell unit inmate attacked four guards. Stabbing victims were hospitalized. security audits and inmate complaints about racial bias surfaced.
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Richmond, Va
Richmond County
Tidewater
Chesapeake
Albemarle County
Tazewell
Wilbur Harrell
Charles Kernaghan
Tidewater Memorial’ Hospital
D. E. Mutter
State Penitentiary Hospital
Mutter
Haynesville
Eastman Stacey
Tidewater Field
William Edward Sykes
Norfolk
Sykes
Stacey
Division of Correctional Field Units
S. J. Coleman
Robert Berlind
William DeBerry
DeBerry
Dennis L. Sherrod
Sherrod
Clarence L. Lawhorne
Lawhorne
Mint Spring
Common Cause asks Virginia statewide candidates for fuller campaign disclosures
The Virginia branch of Common Cause has urged all seven statewide candidates to explain the thoroughness of their campaign disclosures. The request follows Mills E. Godwin Jr.’s incomplete listing of receipts and expenditures in his initial report. All candidates have pledged periodic reports, though state law requires no report until late October.
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Richmond
Virginia
Citizens’ Lobby
Common Cause
Fredericksburg
GOP
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Godwin
Dear Abby Questions upset childless couple 1973
A childless couple seeks guidance on handling strangers questions about family. Abby suggests forward honesty and redirecting the conversation. A reader asks about sister education and Abby endorses adult education for older learners. A letter writer condemns end‑of‑life suffering practices, urging dignity and humane treatment.
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Abby
Buffalo
New Jersey
Winchester City Transit Announces School Bus Schedules
City announces that regular routes Martinsburg Pike Millwood Ave and Valley Pike Berryville Ave stay with published times. Special runs begin Aug 27 to Handley High, John Kerr Elementary, and Winchester Intermediate School with multiple morning departures from Handley and Cork Cameron Streets.
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Winchester City Transit Lines
Martinsburg Pike
Millwood
Valley Pike
Berryville Ave
Cork and Kent Sts
Cameron and
Cork Sts
Handley High School
Braddock St
Handley
Cork and
Cameron Sts
Gerrard St
Winchester Intermediate School
Quarles School
Loudoun St
Cork St
Kent St
Liberty Ave
Gray Ave
W.I.S
John Kerr Elementary School
John Kerr
Cameron St
North Ave
Fairmont Ave
Piccadilly St
Washington
Winchester School of Self Defense donates to Cancer Unit
John W. Reid, president of the Winchester Frederick County Unit of the American Cancer Society, accepted a donation from the Winchester School of Self Defense and Karate. The check represented proceeds from a karate demonstration held this month to benefit the cancer society.
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John W. Reid
Winchester - Frederick County
American Cancer Unit
Winchester School of Self Defense
Karate
Cancer Society
Building Code Discussed By State Board and Commission
Ronald Christian of the State Board of Housing outlined the Uniform Statewide Building Code set to take effect September 1 before the Lord Fairfax District Commission at its monthly meeting.
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Front Royal
Ronald Christian
State Board of Housing
Lord Fairfax District Commission
Yarborough Elected To Fill Unexpired Council Term
Hampton city officials select Yarborough B Williams as the first black council member since the 1920s to fill the unexpired term of Henry C. Martin. Williams, a black special assistant at Newport News Shipbuilding, won the nomination over four other contenders after a five-candidate field was narrowed in an executive session. He will be sworn in at the next council meeting.
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Hampton
Yarborough B. Williams
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Hampton City Council
Henry C. Martin
Williams
Stuart L. Whiting
Joseph A. Riley
Solomon Phillips
Hampton Post Office
Marvin Forrest
NASA
Langley Research Center
Christian
Lawrence Phipps
Thompson and Littion
Winchester-Frederick County
Shenandoah County
Page County
Winchester
Federal Aviation Administration
Edward Duncan
Commission
Warren
Page
Frederick County
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