Virginia workers barred from lunchtime chess at state lab
The Division of Personnel refused to overturn a ban on chess games at the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services citing Gov Godwin order on card playing. A grievance filed by a player was deemed non grievable as officials defend the directive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Division
Consolidated Laboratory Services
A.W. Tiedemann
Godwin
Capitol
Tazewell
Crocketts Cove
West Virginia
Tazewell County
William Osborne
Kenny Lowe
Oakey Hall
Hall
Irma
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield
Suffolk
Dismal
Clarke County Day Sets Four Day Bicentennial Festivities
Clarke County plans a four day bicentennial celebration with free mill tours on Friday from 1 to 4 30 pm. A 5 30 pm address by Dr William H McCoy Ill of Lord Fairfax CC will discuss The Sources of Our Liberty. Continuous music and colonial events follow including local student soloist and fiddler performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Burwell-Morgan Mill
William H. McCoy
Lord Fairfax Community College
Paul Thompson
James Wood High School
Land
Joel Bailes
Morgan
Bank of Clarke County and
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Berryville
Boyce Grocery
Bank of
Philadelphia municipal workers begin citywide strike
In Philadelphia most of 24 600 city workers walked out as contract talks failed. District Council 33 demands a pay package matching 3 percent granted to police and fire, while Council 47 endorsed a separate deal. Negotiators, Mayor Rizzo and mediator Feehan remain at the table as essential city services halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Earl Stout
American Federation of State
Stout
Sanitation Department
Philadelphia General Hospital
Trial whispers of a drowning death amid bruising details
The trial centers on Christine Booker facing a charge of killing her son as witnesses describe bruises and photos. Alvin Johnson Jr. testifies Mrs Booker claimed the child pretended to be unconscious and was confined in a tub. Medical examiners say the bruises are days old and the death likely due to drowning. Booker III was previously convicted of involuntary manslaughter with a jail term and fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Anderson
Alvin Johnson Jr
Frederick County
Johnson
James Beyer
Douglass Q. Hill
Jenkins
Douglas Anderson
Charles Washington
Mary White
William Stickley
Beyer
Gunter
Christine J. Booker
Balloonist Karl Thomas Rescued for Atlantic Crossing
Karl Thomas was picked up by a Soviet ship after an attempt to cross the Atlantic by balloon. He was reported in good condition and to be dropped in Rotterdam once the salvage tug Dekabrisk arrives in Holland. A major international search with ten aircraft was under way as Thomas had launched from Lakehurst, New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Karl Thomas
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Federal Aviation Administration
Thomas
Rotterdam
Dekabrisk
Holland
Lakehurst
N.J
Bermun
United States
Canada
Bermuda
England
Spain
Arson Blamed for Prison Fire Fatal to 4 in N C
Four prisoners died and 26 were injured in a deliberately set fire at the McDowell County prison facility in Marion North Carolina. Officials said identifications would await kin notifications and several injured were hospitalized in Asheville at Memorial Mission Hospital and Veterans Hospital at Oteen. On duty staff reported smoke from B dormitory at about 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.C
Marion
McDowell County
W. L. Kautzky
Raleigh
Kautzky
Memorial Mission Hospital
Asheville
Veterans Hospital
Oteen
Buncombe County
Hampton Youth Hangs Self at Center in Virginia
A 16-year-old Hampton youth Jeffrey Dean Mulkey was found dead by hanging with a belt in a restroom at the Reception and Diagnostic Center for Children in Bon Air Virginia. Mulkey had been committed twice to state care for forgery and breaking and entering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Hampton
William C. Schoof
Bon Air
Jeffrey Dean Mulkey
Schoof
Mulkey
Hampton Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Corrections Department
Weather Forecast: Sunny Tomorrow With Cooler Nights
Northern Valley expects fair, cooler tonight with lows in the 50s to 60s. Tomorrow brings sunny, pleasant conditions with highs in the 80s. Virginia region remains mostly sunny with similar temperatures. Extended outlook shows a chance of showers early Friday then drier weekend. rainfall totals and historical averages are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Valley
Virginia
Record corn crop could hit historic levels in 1976
The Agriculture Department projects 72.4 million acres of corn to be harvested in 1976, up 8 from 1975, with a potential record 6.4 billion bushels if yields and weather cooperate. Soybean production is set at 48.2 million harvested acres, down 10 from 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Department
Sailor Witnesses Boyhood Friend Shot During Robbery
An Illinois sailor saw his childhood friend Michael Edward Clark critically wounded after a Tuesday night street robbery at a Portsmouth bus stop. Clark and Wesen had talked over old times. Clark remained in critical condition at Portsmouth General Hospital as investigators pursued suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Illinois
Michael J. Wesen
Michael Edward Clark
Clark
Portsmouth General Hospital
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John G. Day
Day
Bureau of Insurance
Locke & Co
Millwood
White Post
Pine Grove
Clarke County Recreation Park
Raritan Horse Show Grounds
Clarke Fire Companies
Frederick and
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Recreation Park
Raritan
Old Buckmarsh Baptist Church
Byrd Orchard
Smalts Florists, Inc
Sssaaaarte
Bernard F. Groves
S. Braddock St
Charles W. Downard
Sparks Funeral Home
Potosi
Missouri
NSM
Amherst ST
Raymond Ward Luttrell
Omps Funeral Home, Inc
Shockeysville Cemetery
Associated Press
James G. Veneris
Vandergrift
China
Veneris
Bar-Shi Lung
Pi Poppy
Hawthorne
Calif
Mack Wilson
Elmer Macopson
Macopson
Ward Plaza
Nichols
Zayre
Mellins
Eggett Your Happy Shopping Store
P.M
Leggett
Lomatl
Sailor
Wesen
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