Fire hazard warned on two upper Capitol floors
Richmond officials call the fourth and fifth floors of the state Capitol a serious fire hazard and urge immediate removal of offices to storage use. Sprinkler upgrades and an early warning system are discussed, with safety fears shared by state fire officials and the fire marshal division. Norfolk police union plans a protest over an internal investigation into alleged sexual improprieties involving 25 officers.
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State Capitol
Richmond
House Appropriations Committee
John F. Finnegan Jr
B. B. Chamberlin Jr
Bureau of Building Inspection
Del
Edward E. Lane
Appropriations Committee
House
Senate Rules Committees
Lane
Capitol
Finnegan and
Chamberlin
Richmond Fire Bureau
Finnegan and Chamberlin
State Corporation Commission
Norfolk (Ap
Norfolk Police Union
Dear Abby When to Tell About Breast Surgery Questions Answered
A reader asks whether to tell a man about a prior breast cancer surgery early in dating or after engagement. Abby advises telling as soon as the man could become seriously interested, balancing honesty with relationship timing.
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Abby
Sullins College to Close This Fall in Bristol
Sullins College announced it will not reopen in the fall due to declining enrollment and insufficient funds. The two year private college, once a girls' school, had 160 acres across three sites and had offered to become a public early admissions college but the state declined.
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Bristol
Sullins College
College
Robert A. Repass
Sullins
Repass
Virginia drops plans to convert radar station into prison
Virginia corrections officials abandoned the Apple Orchard Mountain radar station near Bedford and appear ready to scrap a Ft. Pickett prison project. Delays cited include demolition costs, 12 mile park service access, and better alternative locations. Davis said the base area would be kept for military use and would require site restoration.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Bedford
Ft. Pickett
Apple Orchard Mountain Air Force Station
Jack F Davis
del. Lacey C. Putney
I Bedford
Davis
Blackstone
Apple Orchard Mountain
Putney
Del
Charles L. Gunn
I-Lexington
Elliot Schewel
Lynchburg
Air Force Station
Blue Ridge Parkway
National Parkland
Gunn
Corrections Department
Air Force
National Forest Service
U. S. Park Service
Park Service
Ft Pickett
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J. Sloan Kuykendall
Earl W. Foreman
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Charles E. Jordan
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