Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 20, 1994 TAG: 9407200105
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-5 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
NORTON - Six Virginia coal mines have been fined a total of $1,198 as a result of a recent sweep to check for compliance with laws prohibiting smoking in underground mines.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration said its enforcement teams found smoking materials at Calico Coal Inc. Mine No. 6 at Whitewood in Buchanan County. The mine was fined $500.
The other mines cited - Tanstafl Inc. No. 1 in Pound, Cola Coal Co. No. 2 in Keokee, Cedar Coal Inc. No. 1 in Hurley, Country Boy Mining No. 1 in Buchanan and the Triple E Coal Corp. Mine No. 8 in Big Rock - received fines for violations involving their search programs.
- Associated Press
Warner says rename Library of Congress
U.S. Sen. John Warner thinks the Library of Congress is inappropriately named.
``People keep thinking the Library of Congress is some little perk I've got,'' the Virginia Republican said. ``It's the nation's library.''
Warner's choice for a name: Library of the United States.
Members of Warner's staff are to meet today with library officials.
- Associated Press
Sensitive resident sues over pesticides
ALEXANDRIA - A woman who says she is sensitive to lawn chemicals sued the homeowners' organization in her condominium complex Tuesday charging its use of pesticides violated her fair housing rights.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, charges that the Country Creek Association Inc. of Vienna refused to accommodate Melinda Lebens' disability by spraying weed killer and other chemicals. The suit seeks damages of at least $300,000.
- Associated Press
Homicides by kids linked to handguns
CHARLOTTESVILLE - The number of juveniles committing homicides more than tripled from 1984 to 1991, and handguns made it possible, a University of Virginia researcher says.
Dewey G. Cornell, a clinical psychologist at the university, said he used FBI reports to study the characteristics of more than 2,400 juvenile killers.
He found that homicides committed with handguns increased by 375 percent over the eight-year period, and more than 61 percent of the youths who committed murders in 1991 used handguns.
- Associated Press
Gay paper's backer loses library seat
FAIRFAX - Fairfax County supervisors have eliminated the seat of a library board member who fought for the distribution of a gay newspaper in the county's libraries.
Monday's vote eliminated the seat of Linda Hunt, whose term had expired, and it means Republicans have a 6-5 edge on the board.
The decision could give opponents of the Washington Blade, targeted at homosexuals, a majority on the board as it continues the 18-month debate over whether the paper should be allowed in the county's libraries.
- Associated Press
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