Roanoke AP Dispatches Mixed on Rail Loads and Local Issues
AP reports Norfolk and Western merchandise and coal volumes declined week over week but remained above year earlier levels. Wytheville considers near doubling town area via annexation, with hearings set and court date to follow. Virginia highway deaths reach 1000 for 1976, urging restraint and safety. Roanoke County sues Salem over school funding, with annexation shifts noted. Marine Science Institute inventories wetlands to guide management and research.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
Wytheville
Wythe County
Carl E. Stark
Roanoke County Board of Supervisors
Salem
Gloucester Point
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Virginia
Institute
Robb to Visit Winchester Amid Lieutenant Governor Bid
Chuck Robb plans a two day swing through Virginia stopping in Norfolk Richmond Roanoke Lynchburg Charlottesville Harrisonburg and Winchester where he is expected to announce his candidacy for lieutenant governor He travels with his wife Lynda and has previously campaigned for Democrats and worked on the party platform committee.
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Charles
Chuck
Robb
Winchester
Del
Ira Lechner
Richard S
Major) Reynolds, III
Democratic State Central Committee
Norfolk
Richmond
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Charlottesville
Harrisonburg
Lynda
Amtrak Defends Safety Record Amid Derailments
Amtrak argues its annual safety record is improving despite six derailments since November and a total of 26 derailments this year. Officials say there have been no fatalities since 1973 and emphasize highway fatalities as a counterpoint. They cite track problems and negligent driving as key causes and outline $1.6 billion in rail upgrades.
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Federal Railroad Administration
Weather and quirky water-saving toilet patent in New England
A mix of stormy to cold weather outlook across Northern Valley and Virginia with snow flurries possible in mountains. In North Smithfield Rhode Island, Nicholas Ludovici files a patent for a rubberized toilet dam device claiming to save about two gallons per flush and potentially billions of gallons yearly statewide.
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North Smithfield
R.I
Nicholas Ludovici
Ludovici
Central Plains
Great Lakes
Pacific States
Associated Press
Boyce Trash Pickup Altered Schedule This Week
The town of Boyce will collect trash on Thursday and Friday instead of the normal Friday and Saturday pattern. Regular service resumes next month.
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Boyce
Convict Escapes While Granted James River Fishing Walk
Melvin L. White, 32, a trustee at the James River Correctional Center in Goochland County, escaped Sunday after permission to fish in the James River. He was serving 29 years for statutory burglary robbery and possession of a sawed off shotgun.
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Goochland County
Melvin L. White
White
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