Shootout Kills Man Wanted for Questioning in Portsmouth
Portsmout h Police launched an inquiry after a gun battle during which William Smith 29 of Portsmouth opened fire on detectives and died. Donna Lynn Foster 19 the vehicle driver was wounded critically in the chest. authorities say she may have been abducted. Ballistics tests planned. Internal Affairs will send findings to the grand jury.
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Portsmouth
William Smith
Donna Lynn Foster
Smith
Portsmouth General Hospital
Miss Foster
E.D. Wood
Police Department
Internal Affairs
Grand Jury
Williams
Wave-Equipped Pool Stirring Voter Dilemma
Prince William County voters weigh a 14.9 million recreation bond and two 150000 dollar machines designed to create three to four foot waves in proposed pools. Parks Director James Spengler argues the wave machines will profit the county citing a Decatur Alabama pool project as precedent.
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Manassas
Prince William County
James Spengler
Decatur
Ala
Spengler
No Uniformity in Rents Paid by State Agencies
A Virginia legislative subcommittee finds wide disparities in rents for state office space. The DMV pays the highest rents, Health Department the lowest, with Charlottesville illustrating 15 cents vs 10.24 dollars per square foot annually.
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Richmond
Legislative
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Division of
Health Department
Charlottesville
DMV
Frank Sencindiver
Boondocks
Agen
Department of General Services
Division of Engineering and Buildings
GSD
Sail
Vincent Callahan
R McLean
Peter K. Babalas
Norfolk
Time of-Usage Rates Draw Mixed Reactions in Virginia Pilot
A Virginia Electric and Power Co. survey of about 1,100 residential participants finds 58 percent satisfied with time-of-use pricing while 37 percent are dissatisfied. While 40 percent report saving money, 46 percent of the dissatisfied group say they use less yet pay more.
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Norfolk
Virginia Electric& Power Co
Vepco
Bishop
Boy Bridge Prodigy Excels in Las Vegas National
Doug Hsieh, age 9 from New York City, dazzles at the Summer National in Las Vegas. With a bold Blackwood sequence and precise play, he converts a potential thin contract into twelve tricks and a winner’s glare as experts watch a future champ.
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Golden Gate
Washington
Doug Hsieh
New York City
Hilton Hotel
Las Vegas
Doug
West
Declarer
Hsieh
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Harry Torbert
R. K. Williams
James Sennis
al Dumire
Foster
Tidewater Community College
TCC
Southeastern Research Institute of Atlanta
Guy Bishop
Norfolk Marketing
Pan
Rhoda
Whitacre
Rity
John P. Good, Jr
Rhoda Whitacre Maddox
Soe
Ron Ruark
Usco Structures, Inc
E. Atlantic St
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Argenbrights
Vality Footwear
161
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Queen St. Martinsburg
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Front Royal
Charles H. Goren
Omar Sharif
Chicago Tribune
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Hearts
Jack
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Forres
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C&p Telephone
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