Virginia correctional field units slammed for overcrowding
A State Crime Commission report based on visits to 14 of 31 field units faults conditions as uniformly poor to ludicrous. It cites overcrowding, low pay, minimal health care, weak security, and frequent escapes, urging immediate funding and staff training to reform the system.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Crime Commission
Division of Corrections
Caroline County
Floyd County
Mills Godwin
St. Brides
Chesapeake
The
Crime Commission
School Holds Its Closing Exercises at Huntly
Front Royal Wakefield Country Day School in Huntly held its first closing exercises last Saturday with a procession remarks by Head master Eugene Cognon and Assistant Headmaster William Lynn Jr. and awards to students including Danny Hiserman Jamie Dawson Richmond Arquette and others. The school announced its first full year of operation ending with about 70 students in grades 1 7 and projects becoming one of Virginia’s larger private elementary schools.
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Wakefield Country Day School
Huntly
Front Royal
Eugene Cognon
William Lynn Jr
Rose Barnett
Robert Hale-Cooper
Marlow Heights Baptist Church
Danny Hiserman
Jamie Dawson
Richmond Arquette
Bentonville
Monterey Martin
Bobby Gehringer
Mr. Cognon
France
Madame Henriette Couve de Murville Cognon
Virginia
West Virginia moves to authorize $150 million road bonds
Gov Arch Moore prioritizes road bond expansion in the second special session as the House of Delegates prepares to vote before adjournment. Senate budget talks aim at a $480 million general revenue plan, with VFW style bond financing debated between House and Senate committees and possible conference committee compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
Arch A. Moore Jr
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
John Pat Fanning
House Finance Committee
Fanning
House-Senate
Pew Rally Set at St Paul AME Church Sunday
A pew rally is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday at St Paul AME Church. The program includes a performance by The Family Three and is sponsored by the ladies auxiliary. The Rev. E D Johnson is the pastor. The meeting is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Ame
Family Three
Ladies Auxiliary
E.D. Johnson
Clarke County to Continue Title I Program for K 4 at Boyce Berryville
Clarke County School Board will continue a special math and reading program under Title I for the 1974 75 school year. Eligible children in grades K 4 at Boyce and Berryville Primary Schools may participate. Parents seeking information should contact the respective school principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County
Boyce
Nancy Kissinger Treated for Ulcers at Bethesda
Nancy Kissinger wife of Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger is undergoing tests and treatment for stomach ulcers at Bethesda Naval Hospital. She was admitted Thursday and is expected to remain from 10 days to two weeks. A State Department spokesman said she has a history of ulcer trouble. She married Kissinger on March 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nancy Kissinger
Henry A. Kissinger
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Painter Freed From Prison
Manila AP reports Bolivian painter Benjamin Mendoza Amor was freed after 38 months for attempting to knife Pope Paul VI. Immigration officials ordered his return to detention pending deportation. Mendoza, 39, attacked the Pontiff in November 1970 at Manila International Airport, claiming a religious protest and expressing a wish to seek medical treatment in Sweden.
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Manila
Benjamin Mendoza
Y Amor
Paul VI
Edmundo Reyes
Bureau of Deportation and Immigration
Mendoza
Manila Intrnational
Philippines
Sweden
Bolivia
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John L. Ebbert Jr
Ebbert
Wakefield
Washington, Va
Dublin
Susan Kincer
Kirk Marshall
Dayton Ward
Wynn Woaks
Washinton
William Warehauer
Woodville
William Lynn Sr
Trinity Manor
Frances W. Salter
Pew Rally
Winchester Evening Star
Post Office
Europe
FIAT
Painter
Shenandoah
Kings Dominion
Ashland, Va
Tangier Island
Reidsville, Va
Jamestown-Williamsburg, Va
Busch Gardens
State Fair of
Billy Graham Crusade
Hampton
Shenandoah Tours Inc
Poplar Street
Staunton
Phone Enterprise
Lasso
Monsant
Monsanto
Lorox
E.J. DuPont de Nemours and Company
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