Prison Inmates Free Hostages When Officials Refuse Demands PETERSBURG, Va: (UP our inmates armed with rison-made knives ended our seige at the Federalleformatory Monday when hey released nine hostages harmed and surrendered. The four attempted to bar. ain the hostages for their own reedom, but prison officials Refused the offer and persuaded he prisoners to give up. were no injuries," aid a relieved Jim Tippy, Acting associate warden of the 675-inmate, medium security facility. Prison officials, aided by two FBI agents.
talked to the inmates for several hours while shotgun- guards surrounded the vocational school where the four were holed Tippy said the inmates took the hostages, even vocational training instructors and two other prisoners, when they barged into the school at 7:30 a.m. "The four surrendered at 1:37 p.m. and were immediately transferred. to the Federal Penitentiary in Lewisburg. Pa.
They were identified as: Charles R. Bryant, 22, of Mt. Vernon, serving three years for violation of the federal auto theft act: Mark H. Easter. -21, of Jacksonville.
serving six and a half years for interstate transportion of a vehicle: Lawrence M. Librick, 22. of St. Petersburg. serving 30 years -for kidnaping: Timothy Moseley.
-20, of serving eight to 10 years for armed bank robbery. Tippy said the FBI was investigating the incident and that criminal charges were pending. Cities' Crime Rates Increase 0 WASHINGTON (AP)-Nor folk- and Richmond, Virginia's two largest cities. continue to have the state's worst crime problem, figures released by the FBI indicate. While Norfolk led the state in the total number of crimes during the first nine months of this year, Richmond paced Virginia number of murders and robberies.
Figures released by the FBI Monday also showed that the murder rate skyrocketed in Hampton. There were 23 murders the city during the January-September period this year, compared to only seven for the same period in 1974. In the survey that included Virginia's eight most populated cities, it was shown that crime has increased everywhere, but that the number of rapes de clined in three cities Richmond, Virginia Beach and Portsmouth. Robberies were up everywhere, but nowhere was the in- FROM ALL OF US AT TURNER SHELTON BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR W. 1 T.
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He said at the request of the FBI. the -identities of the hostages were not released. Tippy- said the inmates apparently hoped to utilize the hostages as bargaining power in talks with the administration. during the many discussion which occured between the and the. inmates, Tippy said, "it was constantly reiterated to them that no concession would be made to them, nor would the institution assist them any manner in their attempt to Richmond was second in that respect, tallying 15.167 crimes during the first nine months of the year, compared to 12,522 during the same span in 1974.
The FBI figures also revealed. significant increases in the 'number of forcible rapes. FEDERAL REFORMATORY Four inmates at the Federal Reformatory in Petersburg held nine hostages in the vocational school (building in background) for six hours Monday. The hostages were released unharmed after prison, officials refused to grant the inmates freedom in exchange for the hostages. (UPI) chairman of the Senate Democratic Steering Committee to replace Rawlings, who died Saturday following a heart attack.
Sen. Willard J. Moody of Portsmouth, the newly-named chairman of the Senate Democratic caucus, said Monday he planned to mail letters this week to Democratic senators announcing Hopkins' appoint- particularly crucial at the 1976 session. with the rise of a mod11 coalition of senators and the defeat of many conservative members of, the. upper chamber.
Rawlings, third-ranking member of the Senate, was chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. Conservation and Natural Resources. Group Tempers Requests For Government Shuffle RICHMOND -The Com- tive approval at the upcoming about what sort of legislation mission on State Governmental session. should be drafted. Management has backed away.
-Those the commission Sportsmen flocked to public at least temporarily, from would have introduced at the hearings held by the commissome of its more controversial session, with the understanding sion to oppose the plan for proposals for reorganizing that they would be carried over merging the game and marine Virginia's 's government. to the 1977 session to give resources commissions, and the The commission, meeting ample time for study. apparently decided Monday to decide on its recom- -Those that the commission "commission wasn't important mendations to the 1976 General itself wanted more time to con- enough to risk a fight in the asAssembly, scrapped a recom- sider and to resolve questions sembly. mendation to merge the State Division of Game and Inland rine It Fisheries also Resources with decided the that Commission. Virginia for Ma- -the Special Election moment, it wouldn't push most of its recommendations to resions from the State Corpomove several regulatory divi- Planned to Fill ration Commission.
Del. W. L. Lemmon. Smyth, commission.
recommendations vice said chairman the were of group's placed the Rawlings' Seat in three -Those categories: the commission RICHMOND -Gov. ment to the steering committee would recommend for legisla- Mills Godwin was expected to- post. day to set. a date for a special Hopkins had told an informal election to fill a vacancy in the press conference last month State Senate caused by the that, he was stepping down as 4 death of Sen. William V.
RawSenate majority leader and lings, D-Southampton. chairman of the Local GovernAnd Russell E. Darden of ment Committee because of Courtland said Monday night he business pressures and. his 1 was "seriously considering" en- work as chairman of a commistering the race for the 14th Dis- sion studying state government. trict seat.
reorganization. Darden, 39. an independent. ran for the House of Delegates But he apparently decided in the 44th District last Novem- that accepting the chairmanSTORE ber- but lost to the Democratic ship of the steering committee incumbent, J. Paul Councill Jr.
would not be too taxing. He said he would decide The chief function of the whether he would run for the steering committee, made up of post "as -soon -as the governor- one member from each of the set a date for a special election state's 10 congressional disto fill the vacancy. tricts, is members Meanwhile, State Sen. Wil- of the Senate's standing comliam B. Hopkins of Roanoke re- mittees.
portedly has agreed to That task is expected to be AND a JAN. 1st coo Li FOR INVENTORY WILL RE- 1 FRIDAY, JAN. 2 LR WATCH PAPER FOR FANTASTIC SALE DOWNTOWN MARTINSVILLE AND 1: COLLINSVILLE SHOPPING CENTER A Martinsville Bulletin, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1975 -Page -5 ET VIRGINIA TODAY Search Reveals No Bomb Located in Norfolk Airport NORFOLK. Va.
(UPI) The United Air Lines desk at Norfolk Regional Airport received a bomb threat Monday night. less than five hours after an explosion ripped through LaGuardia Airport in New York and killed at least 13 persons. Police said today a man called the air line's reservation desk at about 11:15 p.m. and said the bomb would explode in 25 minutes. Dispatcher James Joyce said about 20 police officers and' fire fighters combed the airport for more than an hour but the threat turned out to be a false alarm.
He said the FBI was notified and kept informed over the telephone but that no FBI agents went to the airport. Murder Suspect Shot ROANOKE (AP)-A 17-year-old youth has been arrested here and I charged with the shooting of a Vinton man who earlier had been charged with murdering his half brother. Police said the youth. who was not identified. was a cousin of Ernest G.
Casey, 27. Casey, who was free on bond on charges of murder, was shot and seriously injured Monday as he attended a wake for Joe Louis whom he had been accused of shooting to death on Saturday. Casey underwent surgery Monday night at Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley. Harper died at his home in Franklin County. Casey was shot in the parking lot of the Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home about 5 p.m.
Monday. police said, as he was attending a wake for Harper. Massage Laws Toughened RICHMOND (AP)-The City Council has adopted an ordinance that makes it a criminal offense for a person to give a massage to someone of the opposite sex. The proposition that was approved by a 5-2 vote Monday night represented the fiercest attack yet by the city on the approximately 18 massage parlors here. The ordinance is due to take effect on Thursday.
Dissenting from the council action was Vice Mayor Henry L. Marsh III, an attorney, who labeled the ordinance unconstitutional on the basis of sex discrimination. A second ordinance that would have required 1,000 hours of school and on-the- job training for persons rendering massages before they could work in a massage parlor was defeated by the council. 4 Queen to Visit Monticello CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va.
(UPI) Britain's Queen Elizabeth I will visit Charlottesville this summer on a one week tour of the United States, according to the British Embassy in Washington. The embassy said Monday the queen also would probably visit Philadelphia, Washington, Boston and New York. Michael Gleason, Charlottesville bicentennial director. said the queen will visit Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, and the Western Virginia Bicentennial Center on her visit July 10.. In '1957 Queen Elizabeth visited two other Virginia cities.
Williamsburg and Jamestown. Officials Deny For Kepone 3 1 THE WEATHER LOCAL STATISTICS rain in most of the state WednesThe Martinsville Water Puri- -day with highs in the mid to upfication Plant reports the follow- per 40s. ing statistics for the 24-hour VIRGINIA ZONE FORECASTS period ending at a.m.: high 53. Central Oclow 39. casional rain likely ending tonight with lows tonight from the REGIONAL FORECASTS mid to the upper 30s.
Variable VIRGINIA Occasional rain cloudiness Wednesday with spreading eastward across the highs in the low and mid 40s. state and likely continuing to Henry County Area. Southnight but ending from the west. eastern. Northeastern and Variable cloudiness Wednesday Southwestern Piedmont Ocwith highs from the mid 40s to casional rain likely tonight with low or mid 50s.
Lows tonight low in lows tonight in the mid to upper the mid to upper 30s except 30s. Variable cloudiness Wedto mid 40s in the southeast por- nesday with highs from around tion. 50 to the mid 50s: WEST VIRGINIA Rain likely tonight with rain possibly AREA LAKE LEVELS becoming mixed with light snow Philpott: normal 971.50 in the north and in the mountain. actual 972.73 ft. portions.
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(UPI) Federal and state officials Monday said they have no evidence that the Chesapeake Bay has been infiltrated by the -pesticide Kepone, saying the problem is confined to the James River in Virginia. According to Mary Jo Gar-reis, Maryland Health Department official. no samples are being taken from the Chesapeake because "We have no reason to check Maryland shellfish water for the compound, because the Kepone problem is localized in the James River." Kepone is a toxic chemical which caused the hospitalization of 28 workers in Hopewell, where it was produced. Kepone pollution of the James River resulted from waste dumping by the Life Science Products Company in Hopewell. 'The plant closed July 24 after several employes were stricken by the chemical, which is used commercially as a roach and fire ant poison.
Garreis said the "presence of Kepone in the James River in no way endangers Maryland water." adding that Kepone pollution "is confined to the James River watershed." Virgina Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. has banned all fishing in the lower portion of the James River from Richmond to the Chesapeake Bay while authorities search for evidence of the poison. Original reports said Maryland authorities were analyzing oyster samples from the Chesapeake for traces of Kepone.
A for the federal Food and Drug Administration said her office from was checking James River, but said there oysters shipped the was no reason to "check for Kepone pollution of the Chesapeake. is absolutely no. evidence of contamination in the bay." said Mary Kelley, have no confirmation that there is Kepone in the bay, we are studying the (James) river but nothing in the bay in conjunction with Kepone. GRAND PIANO AND FURNITURE COMPANY WILL BE ALL DAY WEDNESDAY DEC. 31st AND THURSDAY JAN.
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