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...this state-supported urban institution with 19,150 students on two campuses in Richmond, Va. School created in 1968 merger of a medical college and professional institute. New president must be vigorous, politically sensitive manager with stable family life. Need not be outstanding scholar. Mammoth task will include raising academic standards, increasing the budget (currently $ 134 million) and improving the university's image. $50,300 base salary plus extras. Mansion with help; life insurance. Apply Virginia Commonwealth University...
...importers of wood-burning stoves (prices range from $75 to $1,000 and up) report that they are sold out for months to come. Even so, an estimated 500,000 wood stoves-$150 million worth-will be installed in the U.S. this year alone. Riteway Manufacturing Co., of Harrisonburg, Va., one of the leading makers of wood-burning stoves, has doubled production in the past year, and is preparing to build a new plant. At the Whole Earth Access Store in Berkeley, one of the West Coast's biggest retailers, October stove sales were five times greater than last...
Fidrych's descriptions of minor league life are the most colorful passages in the dialogue. Traveling through America's rural heartland, he plays in such populous cities as Thetford Mines, W. Va., and Bristol, Tenn. This is old time baseball, where Fidrych says "the game is still played." He recounts the pleasurable squalor of the "Jim Dandy Trailer Park," remembering how they whiled away the listless backwater hours with beer and cards. In contrast, his entry into the big leagues is a step into national limelight. Within two months of his first professional start, he is the best pitcher...
...cartel's operations are being probed in other courtrooms too. In Richmond, Va., federal court, 15 of the nation's largest electric utilities are suing Westinghouse Electric, the nation's largest supplier of uranium to private industry. They seek to compel Westinghouse to honor contracts to deliver 65 million Ibs. of uranium at an average price of $10 per Ib. Doing so could cost Westinghouse as much as $2.6 billion. To avoid that loss, Westinghouse is using the same argument as United Nuclear, that it was victimized by the cartel. Meanwhile, Westinghouse has filed its own suit...
Meredyth, near Middleburg, Va., has been growing hybrids only since 1975 and already produces 85,000 bottles a year. Says Owner Archie Smith: "We're selling almost as quickly as we can get it out." Nearby Piedmont is the state's first commercial vinifera winery, and expects to double its capacity over the next two years. Both Meredyth and Piedmont used to be cattle farms. Says Piedmont's manager, Jim Cockrell, 35, who over the past four years oversaw the transition from cattle farm to vineyard: "It sure beats milking cows twice...