ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, October 5, 1996 TAG: 9610070066
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
Parks bill to preserve battlefields
WASHINGTON - Legislation to preserve Civil War battlefields in the Shenandoah Valley has cleared Congress.
The Omnibus Parks Bill that passed Thursday creates the Shenandoah National Battlefields Federal Historic District.
The historic designation provides incentives to local governments to keep development away from historic lands.
Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Fairfax County, said a commission of local residents will be appointed to manage the historic district. The National Park Service will provide technical assistance and land acquisition.
- Associated Press
Eisenhower relative not a `Gump' fan
WINCHESTER - There's at least one person in America who didn't like the Oscar-winning movie ``Forrest Gump.''
Susan Eisenhower, the granddaughter of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower, was ``extremely distressed'' by the altered historical footage in the movie, she told about 200 people at a fund-raiser for the Frederick County Educational Foundation on Thursday.
``A history honestly told is important because it is the key to our own liberty,'' she said.
The movie used computer technology to show Gump, played by Tom Hanks, with former presidents Nixon, Johnson and Kennedy.
- Associated Press
Ex-coach pleads guilty to molesting
KING GEORGE - A former youth basketball coach and substitute teacher pleaded guilty in King George County Circuit Court to repeatedly molesting a young girl.
Joseph F. Wilson, 46, was arrested in March after King George County police received information from officials in Fauquier County, where Wilson recently pleaded guilty to taking indecent liberties with the same child.
Wilson pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of sodomy and nine counts of carnal knowledge with a child. He faces a maximum penalty of two life sentences plus 180 years when he is sentenced Jan. 23.
- Associated Press
Ex-state police chief to retire for 2nd time
NEWPORT NEWS - Police Chief William F. Corvello plans to step down Dec. 1.
A former state police superintendent, Corvello came out of retirement in 1994 to stabilize a city department shaken by the killings of two officers earlier that year. One of the slain officers was working undercover in a robbery investigation when he was shot in a botched sting.
- Associated Press
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