Godwin Proposes Virginia Capital Outlay for 1970 72
Richmond AP reports Gov Mills Godwin Jr outlines capital outlay requests by major state agencies and the general fund recommendations for 1970 72. The list covers Education Health Welfare Economic Development General Administration Justice and Transportation with varying gaps between requests and approved funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Mills E. Godwin Jr
College of William & Mary
Old Dominion University
Virginia Commonwealth University
MCV
University of Virginia
George Mason College
Clinch Valley College
Mary Washington College
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Health and Welfare— State Hospital Board
Central State Hospital
Eastern State Hospital
Southwestern State Hospital
Western State Hospital
Lynchburg Training Institute and Hospital
State Board of Health
Blue” Ridge
Department of Welfare and Institutions
Virginia Commission For the Visually Handicapped
Woodrow Wilson
Resource and Economic Development—Department
Transportation— Division of Motor Vehicles
Tidewater Starts $15 Million Medical School Fund Drive
Tidewater Virginia launches its largest fundraising effort to build a medical school with a $15 million goal. Dr. Mason C. Andrews leads the Norfolk Area Medical Center Authority as leaders from eastern Virginia attend a kickoff. Half the funds from regional contributors, half from foundations, with $10 million expected from federal sources and $500000 annually from Norfolk for operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Tidewater
Virginia
Mason C. Andrews
Hampton Roads
Norfolk Medical Center
Andrews
Porter C. Hardy Jr
Young heir Gives Away 25 Million Dollar Fortune
Michael James Brody Jr., 21, inherited a 25 million dollar margarine fortune last Oct. 26 and says he will give away every cent to bring happiness. He has already handed out 2500 to a borrower, 500 to a heroin addict, and 100 to a cab driver and a newsboy. He urged other millionaires to give freely and planned a Broadway office to handle grants from his Scottsdale and Manhattan sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brody
Manhattan
Tiake
Scarsdale
N.Y
Broadway
Two Political Casualties in Richmond
Two immediate and two incoming changes marked Virginia Capitol politics as Linwood Holton prepared to take office. Martha Bell Conway will be replaced as secretary of the commonwealth around April 1, with potential for another post, and Robert D. McIlwaine III resigned as first assistant attorney general after 15 years. Holton named George H. Hettrick and John S. Pugh as special assistants to handle the General Assembly session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Virginia
Martha Bell Conway
Commonwealth
Miss Conway
Linwood Holton
Holton
Robert D. McIlwaine III
McIlwane
Richmond
Petersburg
Bar Association
Capitol
McIlwaine
Robert Y. Button
Atty
Andrew P. Miller
Miller
George H. Hettrick
John S. Pugh
Newport News
General Assembly
Hettrick
Pugh
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Europe faces celibacy challenge among priests
A Dutch Pastoral Council vote to end priestly celibacy as a condition for ordination signals growing debate across Europe. Surveys show 72 percent of Dutch Catholics favor ending celibacy, while Italy and Austria show rising sympathy for marriage among clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Holland
Britain
Europe
der Spiegel
Italy
Conference of Bishops
Msgr
Joseph Schoenmakers
Malines
Switzerland
St. Peter
Jetport Plans Halted In Everglades Conservation Pact
President Nixon hails a conservation victory as a Miami jetport plan is stopped. Volpe Hickel and Gov. Kirk sign the agreement with Dade County approving a two mile training runway repurposed for future jetport site assessment and safeguards. Joe Browder voices cautious optimism and fears local officials may persist with the Everglades site.
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Miami
Nixon
Everglades
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Claude Kirk
Dade
Everglades National Park
Dade County
Joe Browder
Browder
National Audubon Society
Dade County Commission
Winter Snow Curbs Clarke Festivities Amid Mixed Sports
Snowfall dampens Clarke countryside events but skiing and bobsledding thrive in the National. Local residents including Miss Karen West and Miss Page Mitchell travel for study and visits. church meeting set for January 18 at Emmanuel Chapel with Lent Bible study planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmanuel Chapel
Boyce
Cunningham Chapel
Bryce’s
Joan Tupper
Gordon Joost
Lawrence Gilpin
Charles
Billy McIntosh
Westy
Anne Byrd
Elizabeth Butler
Bobby Jo Dent
Pat Dent
Jane Rhein
Blue Ridge Hunt
Greenway Garden Club
Milton Valley
Edward Durell
Richard Butler
Charles DeHaven
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
William West, Jr
Bruce Noland
W.conroy Wilson
William Cook, Sr
Anne Humes
Cordelia Niemann
Anne Wetherall
Kenneth Niemann
Liza Trimble
Sarasota
Fla
Powhatan School
Notre Dame Academy
Hill School
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Godwin
Virginia School For the Deaf and Blind
Virginia School At
Hampton
Higher Education State Board For Community Colleges
Virginia State College
Norfolk State College
Longwood College
Madison College
Radford College
New York
Michael James Brody Jr
Lettice Johnson
House of Formals
P. A. Gormus
Holland Center
Turin
Michele Cardinal Pellegrino
Austria
France
Belgium
Maryland Metals
Hagerstown, Md
Stuart M
Perry
Winchester Rt
Berry Ville
Grace Butler
Wack
William Tupper
Apple Hill
Benjamin Harrison
Longwood
Karen West
Locksley
Catholic University
School of Nursing
Miss West
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Marjorie Webster College
Grace Saunders
Deerfield
Mrs. Saunders
Kay Largo
James Simpson
Windfield
Coco
William Donovan
Chapel Hill
Francis Rhein
Jane
Episcopal High
Peter
Athur, Inc
Boscawen Street
Winchester
Tempest
Lemans
Northern Virginia
Kern Motor CO
S. Loudoun ST
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