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DATE: Wednesday, April 23, 1997 TAG: 9704230071
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-4 EDITION: METRO
3 shot dead at complex for disabled
RICHMOND - Two men and a woman were shot dead Tuesday in an apartment complex for the disabled and elderly, police said.
One of the dead, a man in his 30s, had been a longtime resident of the Kensington Gardens apartments. Police would not say how old the others were, where they lived or discuss their deaths.
Police spokeswoman Brenda Hughes said a handgun was found in the apartment, but would not say whether it was used in the shootings.
Mike Mervis, a consultant for Kensington Gardens, said the three victims were either friends or relatives. ``It is clear that these people knew each other,'' he said in a telephone inverview from Milwaukee.
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12 King George pupils hurt in school bus crash
KING GEORGE - Twelve elementary school students were injured Tuesday when a tractor-trailer rear-ended a King George County school bus on U.S. 301, police said. The bus was carrying 31 students.
The children, ages 8 to 10, were taken by ambulance to Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg. State Police Sgt. Kerry Stiles said none of the injuries appeared to be serious.
The accident occurred about 3:26 p.m. near the U.S. 1 intersection. Stiles said truck driver Grant C. Totherow of Nathalie had just crested a hill when he saw the school bus and was unable to stop in time.
School district spokesman Louis Justis said bus driver Sandra Lee told him she had made a stop to let a child off the bus and was moving in the right lane of the four-lane highway when the bus was hit from behind.
Stiles said Totherow, who was carrying a load of asphalt shingles for a lumber company, was charged with reckless driving.
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Bush says volunteers can outdo government
RICHMOND - Former President Bush promoted an upcoming summit on community service, saying individual volunteers can do more than government programs to solve the nation's most serious problems.
``Whether it's teen-age pregnancy or illiteracy, someone in this country at this moment is solving some problem,'' Bush told the Virginia Forum for Excellence on Tuesday. ``Government can do some things well, but volunteers can do much more.''
Bush plans to join President Clinton and retired Army Gen. Colin Powell in leading a meeting to encourage private companies and individuals to do their part. Former President Ford and former first ladies Nancy Reagan and Lady Bird Johnson also are expected to attend the Philadelphia meeting Sunday through Tuesday.
Bush said the conference would encourage selfless good work on behalf of others.
``The concept of neighbor helping neighbor is ingrained in our spirit,'' the former president said. ``I think this volunteer spirit differentiates us from others.''
On other subjects, Bush said his interest in politics has waned since he left the White House more than four years ago. Other than an occasional fund-raiser, ``my political days are over,'' he said.
While he believes politics is a noble calling, Bush said, he is troubled by the ``incivility and ugliness that abounds in Washington today.''
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