Final House Vote on Va Fund Restoration for Poor Women
The Virginia House prepares for final approval on a bill by Delegate Warren Stambaugh to restore state Medicaid funding for abortions for poor women, reversing Gov. Dalton's cut. An amendment would require physician health determinations and counseling, with opponents arguing abortion harms morality and the needy.
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Richmond
John Dalton
Virginia House of Delegates
House
Warren
Stambaugh
D-Arlington
State Board of Health
Dalton
A. R. Giesen
R-Staunton
Giesen
Alexander McMurtrie
D-Chesterfield
Eva Scott
Dinwiddie
The
Health Board
Warren G. Stambaugh
UN committee condemns attack on Lapchick at Virginia Wesleyan
The Special Committee Against Apartheid expressed shock over the Tuesday night assault on Dr. Richard E. Lapchick a 32 year old political science professor and ACCESS founder in his Virginia Beach office. He was beaten by two masked men carving the word niger on his chest and was treated for hernia kidney damage and cuts.
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United Nations Committee
Richard E. Lapchick
Lapchick
Virginia Wesleyan College
Leslie O. Harriman
United Nations
Nashville
South Africa
United States
Vanderbilt University
ABC
Washington
St. Louis
Vanderbilt
Emmett Fields
UN Special Committee
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Algeria
East Germany
Ghana
Haiti
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Nepal
Peru
Phillipines
Guinea
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Trinidad, Tobago
Soviet Republic of the Ukraine
Virginia House approves bill defining practice of law
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a 124 line bill defining the practice of law, risking non lawyers performing tasks such as wills and mortgage closings. The measure passed 70 to 13 with 17 abstentions from lawyers citing potential conflicts of interest.
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Richmond
Virginia House of Delegates
Don Dunford
Cazewell
Virginia State Bar
Governors Blanton and Dalton Meet Carter Over Coal Crisis
Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton and Virginia Governor John Dalton joined President Carter at the White House on Thursday to discuss the coal supply situation and related energy concerns.
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Tennessee
Ray Blanton
Virginia
John Dalton
President Carter
White House
Subsidized Adoptions to Expand With New Virginia Aid
Virginia welfare officials announce a $427 300 appropriation from the General Assembly to boost state subsidized adoptions of foster children. Sixty children have been placed using this method, with emphasis to grow the program.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Helen Binns
State Division of Social Services
Optometry
Virginia House of Delegates
Frank Slayton
Halifax
House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Assembly
Senate
Virginia
State Highway Department
Virginia House panel backs diploma test for seniors
Virginia’s House Education Committee approved revised Standards of Quality Education requiring a senior year test for the class of 1981 to earn a diploma. Debate focused on whether grade promotions should be achievement based, with supporters arguing for consistency and opponents citing enforcement concerns.
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Richmond
Virginia
House of Delegates
House Education Committee
Alan Diamonstein
Newport News
George Grayson
D-Williamsburg
Diamonstein
State Board of Education
Grayson
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Associated Press
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Loudoun St. Mall
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