Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...officials have been advocating steps that may verge on martial law. A federal judge last week blocked on constitutional grounds implementation of an 11 p.m. curfew for minors. New Hampshire Senator Warren Rudman suggested putting the city's 4,000 beleaguered police under federal control. Congressman Stan Parris, a Virginia Republican, drafted legislation to appoint a federal public-safety administrator. There were even cries for deployment of federal troops or National Guardsmen...
...thirds of the 42 schools currently represented by the U.N.C.F. have seen an increase in enrollment this academic year. At many colleges, applications far outnumber openings. Last spring Virginia's Hampton University received 8,300 applications for 900 places, making the school as popular as Dartmouth. Says U.N.C.F. President Christopher Edley Sr.: "Black students are coming back home...
Croteau, who started playing Little league Baseball when she was six years old, experienced a lot of problems in her Virginia high school...
Croteau did play, however, for the Fredericksburg Giants, a semi-pro baseball team in Virginia; a lot of the players there were former minor leaguers or players heading to the minors...
After qualifying for the East Coast Tournament in Virginia April 1-2 with an 8-0 league record, the Black and White began a fundraising drive to finance the trip...