Major Fish Kill Probed In Virginia
The State Water Control Board investigates a second major Tye River fish kill in Nelson County with water samples collected. Aide Penny Marshall notes an Amherst Nelson county team worked over the weekend while lab work aims to determine extent and cause.
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Piney River
State Water Control Board
Tye
Nelson County
Penny Marshall
Amherst
Nelson
U.S
Virginia
Larry Simmons
Water Board
Bridgewater
James River
Simmons
U.S. Titanium
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Henry A. Williams
State Health Department
Williams
Virginia State Parks set closing dates and fall activities
Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer facilities in Virginia state parks. Day-use areas stay open through Labor Day while camping runs to December 3 and cabins to October 1. Contact the Virginia Division of State Parks for reservations at 120 State Office Building, Capitol Square, Richmond 23219, or call 1 804 786.
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Virginia
Ben H. Bolen
Bolen
Virginia State Park
Virginia Division of State Parks
State
Capitol Square
Los Angeles Transit Strike Halts Area Buses Amid Contracts
More than 600000 Southern Californians lose bus service as four unions strike the Los Angeles Rapid Transit District over wages part time driving and sick pay rules. In Northern California two unions break off talks with Bay Area Rapid Transit District as a strike date may be set soon.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cleveland
Ohio
Regional Transit Authority
Rapid
Jack Gilstrap
Eee Nose of Railway and Steamshiperks
Amalgamated Transit Union
United Transportation Union
California
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Sniper Held After Waikiki Shooting Wounds Six
A 35 year old outpatient was examined after being held as a sniper suspect in a Waikiki crowd shooting that wounded six. A .22 rifle was later found at a construction site near the Aloha Hotel.
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Honolulu
Robert Nase Miller
Waikiki
Ahoeba
Bishop Granted Stay of Execution
In Carson City Nevada AP Justice Rehnquist issued an indefinite stay of execution for Jesse Bishop delaying the gas chamber death. Public defenders sought more time while questions were sent to the attorney general and defenders with a midnight Tuesday deadline to respond. Bishop 46 pleaded guilty to a casino patron murder during a robbery and is held in the Nevada Maximum Security Prison near the gas chamber.
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Nev
Jesse Bishop
Bishop
U.S. Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Attorney General's Office
Rehnquist
Clark County
Supreme Court
Nevada
Local Carrier and Mail Delivery Rates Summary
Delivery rates listed: Local Carrier 26.00 per year, 14.08 for six months, 7.58 for three months. Mail and Motor Delivery 73.08 per year, 15.08 for six months, 9.8 for three months. Rates shown as simple price quotes without additional terms or conditions.
Weather outlook with warm humid conditions and scattered storms
Northern Valley and Virginia regions show warm humid pattern with showers or thunderstorms tonight into Tuesday. Temperatures tonight mid to upper 60s, Tuesday highs mid to upper 80s, with mountains seeing more clouds and storms. Extended outlook calls for partly cloudy warm days with thundershowers and 80s to near 90 degree highs, nightly 60s to around 70. Past rainfall and monthly data noted with yearly totals and August moon phases listed.
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Valley
Virginia
National Weather Service
Legionnaires' disease bacteria may be airborne says CDC expert
Dr David W Fraser of the national Center for Disease Control says Legionnaires' bacteria normally live in fresh water but can become dangerous when sprayed as a fine aerosol inhaled into the lungs. He cites outbreaks in Philadelphia and Memphis and notes questions about why Pontiac fever differs.
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Atlanta
David W. Fraser
National Center For Disease Control
Fraser
Philadephia
Memphis
Virginia Electric Power Co
Pontiac
Virginia
Rape victim stabbed in eyes to prevent identification
Milwaukee police report a well dressed man abducted a service station attendant, robbed the station, then raped her twice in a park before stabbing her eyes with a screwdriver to hinder later identification. The 20 year old victim, found hours later, survived the assault and was receiving care. The attacker fled in a Cadillac after the robbery and abduction.
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Milwaukee
Joanne Wall
Family Hospital
Glendale
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