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10823TDCV02B Local 823 B2 10823TDCV02B ZALLCALL 63 00:29:5 082301 B2 Thursday, 23, 2001 Virginia Richmond Times-Dispatch GOP ticket bashes rivals BRIEFLY Bond denied in two slayings CHARLOTTESVILLE Craig B. Nordenson, 20, charged with two counts of capital murder in connection with a double slaying near downtown Charlottesville Saturday, was denied bond yesterday in two separate court hearings. A bond hearing was held in Charlottesville General District Court in the killing of Marcus T. Griffin, 23, of Eastman, Ga. A second bond hearing was held in the city's juvenile court because of the age of the other victim, 16-year-old Katherine L.

Johnson of Albemarle County. The two were fatally shot in what police said was either a botched robbery or some type of confrontation. The slayings occurred about 4:30 a.m. Saturday near an abandoned coal tower east of the city's downtown pedestrian mall The undeveloped area is frequented by young people after downtown bars close. Nordenson also faces three counts of attempted robbery and other felony charges.

He surrendered Tuesday afternoon to police after a five-hour unions and wants to pliminatp the car tax next year if financially possible. "Instead of laying out any kind of agenda of what they want to do for Virginia, they're coming out with the same old litany of attacks every day," Warner said. "We're going to keep offering people reasons to hire us." The Republicans began portraying the Democratic candidates as too liberal as soon as McEachin and Kaine were voted onto the ticket in the party's June primary. McEachin has proposed mandatory child safety locks on guns, a proposal Republicans say is an attempt at gun control. McEachin also has called for a moratorium on executions in Virginia until the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission completes its study of the death penalty.

Also yesterday, Earley received the endorsement of US. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr. of Rocky Mount I-5th, a former Democrat who organizes with the Republicans in Congress.

Contact Rex Bowman at (540) 344-3612 or rbowmanftimesdispatch.com mer state secretary of public safety for Gov. George Men, is running for attorney general. The GOP nominees generally have been campaigning on then-own, but they united in Roanoke yesterday to publicly press their case. In speeches at GOP headquarters downtown, Earley, Katzen and Kilgore attacked their Democratic counterparts on the death penalty, gun control, taxes and same-sex marriages, saying their rivals' positions on each of those issues are far to the left of most Virginians. Katzen attacked his opponent Richmond Mayor Timothy M.

Kaine, as favoring same-sex marriages, which were legalized in Vermont last year. Kaine and his staff repeatedly have said he does not favor such unions. Earley, Katzen and Kilgore are running, respectively, against Alexandria high-tech entrepreneur Warner, lawyer Kaine and DeL A. Donald McEachin of Henrico County, also a lawyer. Warner, who spoke to Roanoke's Kiwanis Club later yesterday, said he supports the death penalty, does not want new gun-control laws, opposes same-sex BY REX BOWMAN Tmes-Dispatch Staff Writer rqanone The three Republican candidates for statewide office gathered in the Star City yesterday to bash their Democratic rivals as "too liberal" for Virginia but maybe just right for Connecticut or Vermont They're probably the most liberal ticket that has ever been fielded in Virginia for statewide office," said former Attorney General Mark L.

Barley, who is running for governor. "This campaign is about Virginia values, not Vermont values. Ifs about the commonwealth, not Connecticut" "I resent that" responded Barley's Democratic opponent Mark R. Warner, who spent part of his youth in Connecticut "I resent anyone who would question my Virginia values. I raised my family here." Barley's name-calling won hearty amens from a crowd of about 60 supporters and fellow candidates Jay Katzen and Jerry Kilgore.

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standoff in a residential area near the pedestrian malL A preliminary hearing has been set for Oct 4 and 5. Richmond officials concede their proposed site might have some complexities. Richmond Councilman Sa'ad FJ-Amin said the city may have to buy the Lehigh Portland Cement Co. distribution terminal at 3111 Water St and flatten it to make way for the museum. Richmond officials yesterday distributed a four-page marketing brochure that aims to make the case for putting the museum there.

The pamphlet highlights the city's black history, its other tnnapuma and access to inter-states 95 and 64. The place is Richmond; the time is now," it Ruby Martin, a member of the museum's three-member advisory board with Wilder and Hampton University President William R. Harvey, said each city's connections to slavery and the Civil War also would play a role. But in a state as steeped in history as Virginia, she said, "It just becomes shades of history." Wilder said he hopes a structure can be built within three years. He deflected a question about how much money has been committed to the project, instead saying the board had agreed not to seek money until a site was chosen.

State officials say $1.1 million in grants is available. He added a national design competition for the museum would be held. Neiditch said planners envision the museum as a place where busloads of school children and others would come to learn about the "richness" of the slave culture and the evil nature of human bondage. Wilder, the nation's first elected black governor and a grandson of slaves, also addressed the issue of his recent public silence on the project "I wasnt ever silent I was just unavailable," he said, eliciting laughter. "Sometimes you have to set your own timetable." Contact Kiran Kristinamuithy at (54(9 371-4792 or kknshnamuUiyUmesd ispatch.com Contact Jeremy Redmon at (804) 649-6804 orjredmonitimesdispatch.com Museum FROM PAGE Bl ments.

Petersburg officials, who attended yesterday's news conference, said they are assembling an incentive package that would likely include riverfront land and in-kind contributions rather than a cash payment Wilder said he hoped to settle on a site in about a week; adviser Michael Neiditch, a former executive with the US. Holocaust Memorial Museum, said early to mid-September is more realistic. Neiditch is analyzing sites and plans to give Wilder a report that could recommend a specific location. Wilder and Neiditch said money probably wouldn't determine which locality gets the tmiapum because the scope of the project is so large, estimated at $100 million to $200 million. Actual site characteristics are far more important, Neiditch said.

He said accessibility to an interstate, the availability of a large visiting audience and waterfront access are top considerations, as are parking and the potential for expansion. Fredericksburg officials say their region draws up to 700,000 visitors annually and that they also are within an hour's drive of Washington, which counted 19 million visitors last year, according to the DC Chamber of Commerce. Fredericksburg officials also say southbound travelers on Interstate 95 must pass Fredericksburg but can bypass Richmond by taking Interstate 295 north of the city. They also say the Celebrate Virginia site requires no renovation or demoli-tkn of existing buildings. "Ifs a clean site," Fredericksburg Councilman Ambrose Bailey said yesterday.

Richmond officials say their proposed site also offers high visibility from 1-95 and that the approximately 5 million visitors to the city each year could access the slavery tnnawim and other historic attractions via the canaL Collected from wikk services AND TLMES-DkPATCH RESOURCES Inmate in shackles outruns jail officers CHARLOTTESVILLE A man who has pleaded guilty to 21 charges in the rape of an Albemarle County woman outran two jail officers and escaped yesterday afternoon even though both his hands and legs were shackled, police said. Timothy Gerald Bads, who had been transported back to the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail around 3:35 p.m. after meeting with a doctor, fell while getting out of the vehicle and, when an officer approached, jumped up and took off, said Albemarle County police Lt John Teixeira. Bads, 37, was seen heading into a forest, Teiieira said. About 100 searchers, a bloodhound, a city dog and two county canines fanned out in a 5- to lO-square-mile area.

The search of that area was called off at about 11 p.m., and authorities said they were continuing to follow leads. Teixeira said he did not know whether Bads was assisted in his getaway, but police are seeking a silver 1997 Honda four-door with Virginia tags that they believe may be related to Bads' disappearance. The charges against Bads stemmed from a January break-in and repeated rape of an Albemarle County woman in her home near Batesville. Eads was awaiting a sentencing hearing scheduled for October. U.S.

29 bypass plan to be CHARLOTTESVILLE The proposed US. 29 western bypass was dealt a setback when a federal judge ordered transportation officials to conduct another environmental study before building the $180 million highway. Judge Norman K. Moon's 50page ruling Tuesday came a month after the Southern Environmental Law Center sued for more information about the highway's effects on traffic and the local water supply. The organization argued that the Virginia Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration acted "arbitrarily and capriciously' when they said the bypass poses no "significant" threat to the area.

Moon said state and federal officials acted inappropriately when they modified the bypass endpoints and ordered another study. The proposed bypass wouM loop around Charlottesville and alleviate congestion in the city and its northern suburbs. Democrat fles to run in 16th at last minute danville Area Democrats have a last-minute candidate for the 16th District House of Delegates seat Prty leaders confirmed that Axton resident Randy Collins officially filed for the race Tuesday, just hours before the nominating deadline. Collins will face Republican candidate Robert Hurt in the Nov. 6 election.

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