Stay Granted Hear Appeal On Richmond School Merger
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set an accelerated April 10 hearing and ordered a stay on Richmond’s plan to merge its largely black schools with white schools in two suburban counties. The ruling delays the Sept. 1 consolidation while review proceeds, featuring a potential June decision.
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Richmond
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Robert R. Merhige Jr
State Board of Education
Merhige
Merhiges
Supreme Court
Richmond School Board
Gasoline tax boost bill backed by Virginia governor
In Richmond the House introduced a bill to raise the gasoline tax from 7 to 9 cents and add a 25 dollar reinstatement fee for revoked licenses. The plan aims to generate 650 million over 10 years for highway upgrades, with bipartisan support and WALC backing. A separate measure would allow court authorized wire taps for organized crime probes.
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Richmond
Linwood Holton
Virginia House
del. Lewis A. McMurran
Newport News
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
McMurran
Dels
A. R. Giesen
R-Staunton
House
Del
John Dalton
R-Radford
W. Roy Smith
Petersburg
D. French Slaughter
Culpeper
Daniel G. van Clief
Albemarle
Russell M. Carneal
Williamsburg
Sam Pope
Southampton
Eleanor Sheppard
WALC
State Highway Commission
State Crime Commission
Senate
Nixon Bars War Critics as Carrier Constellation Returns
The Constellation was recalled to the Tonkin Gulf amid heavy Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks in South Vietnam. U S forces reported 13 Americans wounded and 37 South Vietnamese killed with 141 wounded. The carrier joins Coral Sea and Hancock to strike North Vietnam if a major offensive proceeds, while a Tet cease fire is set for South Vietnam with heightened allied alert.
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Saigon
U.S
Constellation
Tonkin Gulf
North Vietnam
Hong Kong
South Vietnam
da Nang
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Coral Sea
Hancock
United States
Thailand
Nixon
Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
Highlands
An Khe
Central Highlands
Mayor Battaile Announces He Will Not Seek Third Term
At the City Council meeting Mayor William M. Battaile stated he will not run in 1972. He praised colleagues, his wife Virginia, and staff, and urged that another person with newer ideas take the helm after two four year terms.
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William M. Battaile
Stewart Bell, Jr
Battaile
Virginia
Winchester
Planning for People Cited At SZ Neighborhood Meeting
At the Sarah Zane Neighborhood session held in Handley Library 80 residents gathered to identify city problems and assets. The group ranked accessibility to resources (excluding schools) as a top asset with planning for people not cars highlighted as a priority.
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Sarah Zane
Handley Library
Reuss
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
J. D. Berlin
Winchester Council Backs Highway Department 10-Year Plan
Winchester City Council endorsed the Virginia Roads and Streets 1972 82 plan after a month of discussion. The plan funds road improvements in the Staunton District including Butler Drive extensions, Rt 7, Rt 37 bypass, Rt 50 widening, and Rt 522 four lanes, with a two cent gas tax and 25 dollar license reinstatement fee cited as financing. The council also heard about a potential Loudoun Street abutting property tax for Downtown Development funding pending Senate approval.
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Winchester
State Department of Highways
Virginia Roads and Streets
Highway Department
Winchester- Frederick-Clarke
Virginia
General Assembly
Staunton
Frederick
Rt. 7
Braddock St
Dunlap St
Butler Drive
Seldon
Department
Highway Dept
Winchester-Frederick
Clarke Counties
Fauquier County
West Virginia Line
Rt. 50
Gore
West Virginia
Pleasant Valley Road
del. Duncan C. Gibb
House of Delegates
Senate
Loudoun St
Piccadilly
Cork Sts
Front Royal
Richmond
Stewart Bell, Jr
Council
Nixon cautions rivals on Vietnam talk to avoid aiding enemy
President Nixon urged Democratic opponents to vet criticisms of Indochina policy to ensure they do not inspire Communist resistance. In a national address, he defended his peace efforts, cited a 1968 campaign caution, and touted progress toward a stable peace and broader world roles for the United States.
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Washington
Nixon
Indochina
Vietnam
White House
U.S
H. R. Haldeman
Congress
United States
China
Soviet Union
Holton to Tour Abex Plant for 25th Anniversary
Virginia Governor A Linwood Holton will visit Winchester to tour Abex Corporation’s brake lining plant marking its 25th location anniversary. He will address several hundred attendees including plant workers leaders and executives flown in by Abex.
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Virginia
A. Linwood Holton
Winchester
Abex Corporation
Peter O. Ward
Abex
George L. Romine
Abex Friction Products Group
N. George Belury
New York
William B. Johnson
Chicago
IC Industries
Paper Mill Road
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Charles Duke, Jr
Thomas Mattingly II
John Young
Henrico
Chesterfield Counties
Harrison L. Winter
Baltimore
Winter
WM. M. Battaile
Bill Battaile
Star
Democratic Party
By Doug O'Connell
Virginia Avenue
Virginia Avenue School Library
Ruby L. Boyd
Robert D. Grove
S. Lee Grant
Shawnee
Shawnee Fire Hall
Friendship
Friendship Fire Hall
Rose Pyne
Wendell L. Seldon
Streets Committee
H.W. Butler, Jr
State of World
Gov. Holton
Mid- Atlantic
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