Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, November 18, 1994                   TAG: 9411180120
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
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IN VIRGINIA

RICHMOND - Attorney General Jim Gilmore said Thursday he will side with a student-run Christian magazine in its funding dispute with the University of Virginia.

Gilmore, who generally argues on behalf of state agencies such as the university, said he instead will file a friend-of-the-court brief for the magazine, called Wide Awake.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last month to hear the magazine's case against the school. UVa denied funding for the magazine in 1991 because it was determined to be a religious activity.

UVa's policy forbids the use of student activity fees for political organizations, fraternities, sororities and religious groups.

- Associated Press

Naked drug suspect found in junkyard

STAUNTON - A naked man jumped through the second-floor window of a hotel room where police were looking for drugs, leading to a four-hour search that ended when he was found in a bus at a junkyard.

Robert Flythe, 22, of Newport News, was treated at the Augusta Medical Center for various lacerations caused by his jump Wednesday morning, police said.

Flythe was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony.

- Associated Press

House committee tables leftover bills

RICHMOND - The House of Delegates' Privileges and Elections Committee on Thursday tabled or killed term limits, the Equal Rights Amendment, two terms for the governor, and initiative and referendum.

Although the issues can be brought up again in the 1995 General Assembly, the votes indicate little chance the constitutional perennials will win legislative approval.

The committee acted on measures that were carried over from the 1994 session.

- Associated Press