Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, August 18, 1995 TAG: 9508180047
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: A11 EDITION: METRO
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PINEVILLE, Ky. - Traffic along the CSX Corp. railroad system was shut down Thursday as the people who repair and maintain the railway went on strike.
Engineers and others were honoring pickets set up by the Southern System Federated Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Workers.
Local 2606 of Middlesboro set up a picket line at the railroad depot in Pineville.
Union member Carl Chaney of Middlesboro said CSX was trying to work supervisors in place of union workers. He said the strike was covering northeast Tennessee, southeast Kentucky and Southwest Virginia.
CSX officials did not return telephone calls.
- Associated Press
First Union adds ATMs in 2 places
First Union National Bank of Virginia has installed automated teller machines in its South Roanoke branch and inside the Hotel Roanoke.
Chuck Salderini, president of the Roanoke region bank, said an ATM was installed this week next to the gift shop in the Hotel Roanoke's lower lobby off Wells Avenue.
The second ATM is scheduled to open next week facing McClanahan Street at the South Roanoke branch. That machine was removed from the Towers Mall office that the bank closed. A drive-through machine remains at Towers.
- Staff report
PYA/Monarch to serve Tech
PYA/Monarch Food Distributors of Salem on Thursday was named the prime vendor for Virginia Tech's dining service. The company will provide about 75 percent of the food and food-related supplies purchased by Tech's culinary service.
According to Peter Jacob, PYA/Monarch's vice president of marketing and procurement, the five-year contract is potentially worth $20 million. Under the terms of the contract, PYA/Monarch will deliver supplies directly to food-preparation areas to eliminate double-handling. In the past, supplies had been stored in a warehouse and later distributed to the dining halls.
- Staff report
Hallmark markets home card system
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Hallmark Cards Inc. on Wednesday said it will market a CD-ROM based system that will allow home-computer users to design their own greeting cards and print them at home.
The new system, called Card Studio, will be available in such outlets as CompUSA, Toys 'R Us and Barnes & Noble book stores, Hallmark said.
For $49.99, the purchaser will get a compact disk and greeting-card paper and envelopes.
With Card Studio, computer users may select from more than 1,000 pre-designed cards or design their own cards by selecting from more than 200 Hallmark artworks, 900 clip-art symbols, 1,000 messages and 40 lettering styles. In addition, the user can write a customized message.
``This appeals to families,'' said Mindi Ellis, a Hallmark spokeswoman. She said children can use the simple system.
- Associated Press
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