Word: norfolk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...figures bolster the White House argument that privatization could save taxpayers billions of dollars annually at the federal level. The Administration's most important initiative in that direction has been its proposal to sell Conrail, the Government-owned railroad formed from the remains of the bankrupt Penn Central, to Norfolk Southern, a private railroad, for $1.2 billion. Said President Reagan in a talk two weeks ago: "Government ownership is no way to run a railroad. When the private sector can deliver better service for less money than the public sector, as it can with Conrail, then the Government must step...
...last year, Kevin Futch decided he wanted to circulate a petition denouncing a correctional officer at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Norfolk, where he is an inmate. Futch thought the officer was giving the best cells in his cell-block primarily to white inmates...
Futch's situation is special because, unlike most PLAP cases, which are handled within the prison by law students, his may be brought to court. On November 13, PLAP filed on his behalf in Norfolk Superior Court, and the state Department of Corrections filed a response December 27. PLAP will now either go to court or file a motion to have the judge decide the case in a summary judgement...
...does see a great difference among the prisons and prefers MCI-Concord to MCI-Norfolk. There's a "constant cloud over Norfolk," Grannum says. Concord is the Massachusetts prison system's classification center, where officials determine whether prisoners should be given minimum, medium, or maximum security. From Concord, they are shipped to the appropriate prison. Because of Concord's largely transient population, it is known to be one of the more peaceful prisons in the state...
Radcliffe's solid showing in the Victorian Urn Women's Intersectional at Radcliffe in late October qualifed the squad for the Women's Atlantic Championships in Norfolk...