Virginia Professor Attacked in Office Over Apartheid Protest
Virginia Wesleyan College professor Richard Lapchick, a noted anti apartheid activist and ACCESS leader, was beaten and carved with the word Nigger during a late Tuesday assault in his office. He was hospitalized in satisfactory condition with injuries to the face chest and stomach. Police had no suspects. The incident occurred as ACCESS planned to picket the Davis Cup matches between South Africa and the United States at Vanderbilt University in Nashville March 17 19.
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Virginia Beach
Virginia Wesleyan College
Richard E. Lapehick
South Africa
Lapehick
Lapchick
Bayside Hospital
American Committee For Equality In Sport and Society
Access
United States
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
David Huet-Vaughn
Tennessee
Begin Attacks U S Plan to Sell Planes to Egypt and Saudi
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin condemned President Carters arms deal selling F-15s to Saudi Arabia and F-5Es to Egypt as a grave obstacle to peace. He urged Washington to reconsider, warning the weapons could worsen tensions and spark new war. Begin planned talks with Carter in Washington next month.
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Washington
Navy
Pentagon
Defense
Harold Brown
Air Force
Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Carter
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
United States
Israel
Begin
U.S
Samuel Lewis
Mideast
Congress
America
Virginia House Backs Pari Mutuel Racing Move
The Virginia House of Delegates approved pari mutuel betting on a 53 to 42 vote amid debate over benefits to the horse industry and concerns about crime and welfare. Delegate Guest urged safeguards and a statewide referendum, while critics pressed for policing, wiretaps, and moral objections.
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Oiar
Richmond
House of Delegates
Raymond R
Andy) Guest Jr
Front Royal
House
Guest
Alson H. Smith Jr
Winchester
Virginia
Richard R. G. Hobson
Alexandria
A. L. Philpott
Henry County
Ghost town near miss highlighted in Frederick South
Weekly feature explores a town that nearly became a ghost town and remains populated. Basketball coverage notes Clarke County’s second win over Handley, James Wood’s upset, and Warren County’s Northwestern District loss with details and photos in the sports section. City weighs Southern Loop through Williamsburg Heights subdivision.
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Frederick South
Clarke County
Handley
James Wood
Warren County
Winchester
Williamsburg Heights
Coal Talks Rejected as Carter Urges Reconvene
President Carter urged immediate resumption of talks with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association and United Mine Workers to end the 72 day strike. BCOA rejected the call citing success of collective bargaining and warning against further rounds. UMW officials signaled readiness to meet. State actions and energy concerns followed, with guards mobilized and potential layoffs in auto and steel sectors looming.
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United Mine Workers
Arnold
UMW
White House
Carter
Washington
E. B. Leisenring Jr
Bituminous
United Mine Workers Union
BCOA
Arnold Miller
Labor Department
Umwa International
Leisenring
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Tanti
PE Seeks Gov State Aid as Coal Shortage Looms
Potomac Edison officials warned of dwindling coal stocks and prepared to ask Virginia Maryland and West Virginia governors to enforce a 30 percent industrial electricity use cut. C. Irvine Cather Jr. said PE faces 25 day coal supply by week end and step three of the energy plan. He urged all customers to conserve.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
Cather
VEPCO
Mockingbird Helps Starving Starling In Winchester Yard
Mrs. Harry Aikens feeds birds on S. Stewart St. in Winchester. A mockingbird, usually territorial, communicates with a injured starling, sharing food and guarding the vulnerable bird from cats and blue jays. The starling walks on the porch with a mangled leg while the pair interact.
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Susan Burke
Harry Aikens
S. Stewart St
Winchester
Aiken
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Ezer Weizman
Knesset
Smith
Parti-Mutuel Study Commission
Worth
Suicidal Call Concern
C. Richard Cranwell
Vinton
Raymond R. Guest Jr
Inside Today
Southern Loop
Page
Berryville
Area News
Abby
Mockingbird
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