The Virginian-Pilot 
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DATE: Tuesday, October 22, 1996             TAG: 9610220291
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS 
DATELINE: LEXINGTON                         LENGTH:   21 lines

U.S. SEEKS MEETING ON WOMEN WITH VMI

The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to order Virginia Military Institute to explain how it will integrate women into its corps of cadets.

The department, saying the school has never released plans for coeducation despite resolving to admit women, is seeking a Nov. 13 hearing in U.S. District Court in Roanoke to discuss the case.

At a meeting held with Virginia officials, ``The effort to reach an agreement failed and at this point the defendants still have made no commitment to produce a plan by a date certain, or indeed to produce one at all,'' the department said.

KEYWORDS: VMI by CNB