Diesel protest turns violent at Bristol truck stops in Virginia
Independent truckers confront high diesel prices with a nationwide slowdown. A Ponderosa Truck Stop fire in Bristol Tennessee/Virginia line area consumed tires and junked cars as firefighters battled the blaze. Rocks damaged vehicles at Campbell's Truck Stop where pumps stayed open. Officials blamed no one and noted ITA led protests against diesel shortages and varying state regulations.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Ponderosa
Virginia Line
Bristol
Tenn
Kelly Graham
Jim Sutherland
Sutherland
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Independent Truckers Association
ITA
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Campbell
Dan Campbell
Dalton Presses Board Over Community College System Issues
Gov. John Dalton holds private talks with all 15 state Board for Community Colleges members amid calls for sweeping management changes. A Times Dispatch report notes a pay raise for Chancellor Dana Hamel from 48200 to 51000 retroactive to March 1, with talks of new leadership and potential chief executive officer and vice presidents.
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Richmond
John Dalton
State Board For Community Colleges
Dalton
Dana Hamel
Hamel
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Times- Dispatch
Charles Walker
The
Times-Dispatch
Bain
Carl E. Bain
Sumpter T. Priddy Jr
Hanover County
Sea Delivers Sailor's Letter From Dilligence to France
A note Mark Smith tucked in a wine bottle at sea 3 years and 5 000 miles away found its way to teenagers in southern France. The 21 year old fireman on the cutter Dilligence near Nassau sent the message after a bout of loneliness. last week he received a reply from the French readers who found it.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Mark Smith
France
Smith
Dilligence
Nassau
Bahamas
Sailor's Blues
Pete
Weather forecast notes rain for upper plains and Carolina showers
National Weather Service forecast shows rain from the Eastern Dakotas to Wisconsin with showers in the Carolinas. Virginia today cloudy with likely showers, highs 70s to 80s, and extended trend for Monday to Wednesday, mostly cloudy then fair with mid 80s to low 90s.
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National Weather Service
Great Plains
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Carolinas
Virginia
Energy Exhibition in Park at Shenandoah opens to public
The Energy exhibition titled Energy, free and aimed at explaining the energy problem, will run in Big Meadows near the Byrd Visitor Center in Shenandoah National Park until June 20. Housed in two fifty foot trailers, the display features animated exhibits and is organized by the U S Department of Energy per Park Superintendent Robert R. Jacobsen.
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Byrd Visitor Center
Big Meadows
Shenandoah National Park
U.S. Department of Energy
Robert R. Jacobsen
Street Resurfacing Begins Monday on Cameron and Loudoun
Street resurfacing on Cameron from Boscawen to Piccadilly and Loudoun from Piccadilly to Fairfax Lane starts Monday June 18, by Stewart M Perry Company. Work lasts about two days with possible rerouting. Cameron St transfer point buses move to Manuel's Supermarket 7 am to 1 pm. Two exhibit managers from the American Museum of Science Energy in Oak Ridge will answer questions about energy exhibits supported by DOE and Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
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Cameron Street
Boscawen
Piccadilly
Loudoun
Fairfax Lane
Stewart M. Perry Company
Cameron St
Manuel’s
American Museum of Science & Energy
Oak Ridge
Tenn
DOE
United States
America
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
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Elizabeth Miller
Lord Fairfax Community College
State Department
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Mark Chaney
Superior Trucking Co
Atlanta
Roy Brummitt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brummitt
ICC
Community College
Richard Lee Luttrell
Omps Funeral Home
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Effie Mae
Jones
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Funeral Home
Sea
Star
Board of Architectural Revue
Thomas Phalen
Phalen
Daniel Morgan Middle School
U.S
St. Paul Les Dax
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Prime & Choice
Utility & Commercial
Canner & Cutter
Cutter
E Corsages Ismalts Florists, Inc
Winchester Evening Star Ees
Sind Esity Henge Hechigeay Seay Wien
Tome MA
Tds
Satan Tee
Vieata Cor
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NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Ace Steelee
Montgomery
Winchester
Long Ster
Lete Freide Grim
Empire Chest of Drawers Headleys
Boyd G. Headley, Jr
Joe L. Hedley
Holmes Pee Snapp
Tennessee Avenue
Martinsburg
W. Va
W. D. Orndor
Virginia Smallwood
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