Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, November 20, 1993 TAG: 9311200187
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
BOWLING GREEN - A Caroline County convenience store was gutted and four people were injured Friday when gasoline vapors built to explosive levels, authorities said.
Firefighters found flames shooting through the roof of the store when they arrived shortly after the 5:30 a.m. blast. It took them about an hour to control the blaze.
Roger Raines, Caroline County's emergency services coordinator, said an underground tank was being filled when the fire erupted. Raines said employees had noticed a strong odor of gasoline. - Associated Press
Va. women arrested in W.Va. slashing of 2
SUTTON, W.Va. - Two Virginia women were jailed Friday after turning themselves in to authorities in the knife attack on a Braxton County motel clerk and her 11-year-old daughter, state police said.
Elizabeth Pope Armour, 22, and Jennifer Ann Blake, 23, both of Richmond, Va., were charged in the Nov. 10 attacks at a motel in Burnsville.
The suspects were ordered held on $450,000 bond each in the Central Regional Jail in Flatwoods, said Sgt. B.L. Burner in Sutton.
The women each were charged with one armed robbery count and two counts of malicious wounding. - Associated Press
Ex-dentist sentenced in sex abuse of patient
RICHMOND - A judge sentenced a former dentist to 25 years in prison for sexually abusing a sedated patient.
Richard G. Preston, 41, of Richmond, will be eligible for parole after serving about four years, authorities said after Thursday's sentencing.
Preston, who surrendered his license in August after his arrest, pleaded guilty in September to three counts of sodomy and one count of aggravated sexual battery.
Prosecutor William H. Parcell III said the victim, who was 17 at the time, became suspicious because her clothes had been disheveled in attacks on March 12, May 7 and June 29 while she was sedated with nitrous oxide.
- Associated Press
If Disney builds, so must rail, officials say
HAYMARKET - Interstate 66 and the Capital Beltway will be overwhelmed by tourist traffic unless a light-rail line is built between Vienna and the planned Disney's America theme park, state officials said.
"Disney is a huge boon to the region, but it could also be a disaster if we don't start planning at this moment" for a rail line from the Vienna Metro station down the I-66 median to the park, said Del. Jay O'Brien, R-Fairfax.
The park near Haymarket, about 35 miles west of Washington, could draw up to 30,000 visitors a day, Disney officials say. It is expected to open in 1998. - Associated Press
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