Virginia General Assembly Highlights and Church Split
Friday sessions in Richmond saw lawmakers push a policeman’s bill of rights for general law enforcement agencies while debates included a hospital cost review proposal and possible referendums on elected school boards. In Denver the archbishop of Canterbury denounced the fledgling Anglican Church in North America and its consecrations, signaling a major blow to the new denomination.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Tidewater
House
Senate
Marshall Coleman
House Appropriations Committee
Coleman
Adelard Brault
Fairfax
Virginia Health Services
Virginia
Circuit Court
Richmond, Va
Canterbury
North America
Denver
F. Donald Coggan
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Ed Briggs
The
Times-Dispatch
Coggan
United States
Canada
Awenanar Caid
Election day may decide Panama Canal treaty fate says Scott
US Senator William L. Scott says a poll of about 500000 Northern Virginia households shows strong opposition to ratification and predicts voters will have the final say on the Panama Canal treaties. In Martinsville, Malcolm Bateman, 20, is in critical condition after a garage fire left him with burns over 95 percent of his body.
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Carter
William L. Scott
R-Va
Scott
Virginia
Martinsville
Ridgeway
Here
Malcolm Bateman
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Shenandoah Flood Recedes Amid Snow and Ice Threats
Rainfall totaling about two inches drenched the Shenandoah area with over six inches since New Year according to the National Weather Service. Flooded routes in Warren and Clarke Counties blocked travel on several state roads while ice formed along the receding flood path. A 15 mile ice floe backed up the Potomac near West Virginia as cold wind drives continued snow flurries forecast for tonight and tomorrow.
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Warren
Clarke Counties
Rts
Potomac
West Virginia
Alger Found Guilty of Abducting Staunton Girl
Herbert David Alger, 33, convicted in Staunton Circuit Court of abducting Carolyn Jean McLaughlin on Halloween 1967. Jury also found intent to defile. life sentence. Murder trial set for Feb. 8 in Shenandoah County.
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Staunton
Herbert David Alger
Alger
Carolyn Jean McLaughlin
William E. Bobbitt
Circuit Court
William S. Moffett Jr
Shenandoah County
McLaughlin
Smith Creek
Minister Prays With Delegates in Virginia Session
Richmond reports Dr. Melton Wright, Frederick County schools chief, gave the opening prayer to the Virginia House and Senate. His plea for cool heads and steady progress preceded a quick session approving a corrected dog law date on a 82 vote.
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Frederick County
House
Senate
Richmond
Wright
Norfolk
Tidewater
Raymond R
Andy) Guest Jr
Front Royal
Illinois Supreme Court allows Nazi parade in Skokie swastika display
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Nazis may march in Skokie and display swastikas despite local opposition. Jewish leaders denounced the decision as incitement while noting the community's large Jewish population and Holocaust survivors. The ruling overruled a lower court ban and keeps potential clashes possible.
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Skokie, Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Lawrence Montrose
Skokie
Harold Stern
Congregation
Bnai Emunah
Michael Rosenberg
High State
Chicago
American Civil Liberties Union
Frank Collin
Woman magistrate abducted in Virginia escapes after days
A Stafford County woman magistrate said she was abducted from the courthouse complex by an armed man, robbed of about 800 dollars and her new car, and raped repeatedly over three days. She escaped in Richmond when the assailant’s car stopped at a red light. No suspects were located.
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Alger
Page County
Augusta County
Virginia State Penitentiary
Staunton Commonwealth
Raymond C. Robertson
State Penitentiary
Robertson
Herbert Leon Pryor
Richmond
Pryor
Stafford County
Medical College of Virginia
C.E. Correll
Spottsylvania County
Correll
Four Convicted in Tobacco Theft Case
A Rockingham County Superior Court jury convicted four farmers of conspiracy in the theft of a tractor-trailer carrying an estimated fifty two thousand dollars worth of tobacco. Richard Bowman and Harry Bowman of Burlington drew six to eight years each. Richard Johnston Jr. of Yanceyville received four years active and three to five years probation for receiving stolen tobacco. Gerald Inman of Axton, Virginia, had sentencing deferred to March 13.
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Wentworth
N.C
Rockingham County
Richard Johnston Jr
Yanceyville
Charles Kivett
Gerald Wayne Inman
Axton
Weather Outlook Scattered Flurries In Northern Valley
Tomorrow and Sunday feature scattered flurries with windy cold conditions. Highs in the low 20s in the mountains and mid 30s near the coast, with tonight’s lows from five to ten degrees in the mountains and into the low 20s on the coast. Extended outlook shows cold start, then moderating by Wednesday with a chance of rain or snow.
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Tom) Carper
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