Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, October 22, 1993 TAG: 9310220160
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
LURAY - Shenandoah National Park, which threatened last year to close sections of the Skyline Drive during the winter to save money, will keep the entire drive open this winter.
Tourism businesses surrounding the park met last November's proposal by Park Superintendent J.W. Wade with vociferous opposition, and lined up politicians to pressure the park to keep the scenic 105-mile drive open.
A news release Wednesday said the drive also would stay open this winter, although some visitor centers will have shorter hours, and campgrounds will close Oct. 31 because of budget constraints.
- Associated Press
\ 2 winners divide $1 million jackpot
RICHMOND - Two winning tickets match the numbers drawn for a $1 million Lotto jackpot, according to the Virginia Lottery.
The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 6, 13, 15, 21, 40 and 43.
The winning tickets were sold in Chester and Falls Church.
Thirty-five people won $1,303 each for picking five of the numbers, while 1,935 players won $50 each for choosing four out of six. A free play went to 30,405 people who got half of the numbers right.
- Associated Press
\ 3 guns found at school; 16-year-old charged
VIRGINIA BEACH - For the second straight day, authorities have found a sawed-off shotgun at a city high school. This time, the weapon was loaded, police said Thursday.
Green Run High School authorities, acting on information that police declined to describe, found a 9mm handgun with 12 rounds on a 16-year-old student shortly after noon, police spokesman Mike Carey said.
After talking to the ninth-grader, authorities found the loaded shotgun and another 9mm handgun wrapped together in a shirt under a portable classroom near the school gymnasium, Carey said.
The student, who was not identified because of his age, was charged with possession of a sawed-off shotgun and two counts of possession of a firearm on school property, both felonies.
On Wednesday, authorities at Bayside High School found an unloaded sawed-off shotgun in a school locker. A 16-year-old ninth-grader was charged in that case. - Associated Press
\ Teen convicted in prank that became deadly
SMITHFIELD, N.C. - A teen-ager from Four Oaks was convicted Thursday on charges that he dropped a 42-pound cemetery vase from an overpass onto Interstate 95, critically injuring a woman.
Shane Beasley was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, inflicting serious injury. Beasley is to be sentenced Monday. He faces up to 10 years in prison.
The crime occurred in February as Phil and Ellie Daley, of Loudoun County, Va., drove their Jeep Cherokee under the overpass in Johnston County.
- Associated Press
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