Secrecy Lid Clamped on Virginia State Purchase Probe
Virginia officials shield details of a 1976 investigation into alleged forgeries in state purchasing. No indictments were issued and the report remains unpublished as Attorney General Coleman cites potential harm to innocents. The probe, led by the State Police and AG, began at the department director’s request eight weeks ago amid propriety concerns.
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J. Marshall Coleman
Department of Purchases and Supply
Coleman
Ledger-Star
State Police
Philip Reed Brooks
California
Angelo Marino
Cosa Nostra
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Deavers
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Andrew Miller
James Moore
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Toni Radler
Purchasing Department
Confessed Killer Ray Marries Divorcee Today
James Earl Ray the confessed killer of Martin Luther King Jr was to marry Anna Sandhu a 32 year old divorcee at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in east Tennessee. Five guests would attend behind three locked doors with no reporters or photographers present. The 50 year old Ray serving a 99 year sentence pleaded guilty in 1969 but later recanted seeking a new trial.
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James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
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Anna Sandhu
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
Tennessee
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Governor Dalton Responds To Ledger-Star Supply Probe
Gov. John Dalton comments on the Norfolk Ledger-Star investigation into the state's Purchases and Supply Department. He defends police cooperation with California inquiries, notes a 1976 bid-suppression and the absence of indictments, and cites privacy and secrecy around the reports.
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State Department of Purchases and Supply
Norfolk Ledger-Star
David Chandler
Associated Press
John Dalton
Department of Purchases and Supply
Ledger-Star
State
Philip R. Brooks
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Santa Clara
Brooks
Board Weighs Teacher Competency Tests Across Virginia
Virginia state education chief W. E. Campbell urged adoption of compulsory teacher competency tests at a meeting of superintendents. He said the Virginia Education Association opposes testing and outlined plans for reading and math tests for ninth graders aiming to graduate in 1981.
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Virginia
Superintendent of Public Instruction
W.E. Campbell
Campbell
State Board of Education
Virginia Education Association
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