ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Friday, February 9, 1996               TAG: 9602090071
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: B-8  EDITION: METRO 

IN BUSINESS

Days Inn sued on disabled facilities

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department sued the Days Inn hotel chain Thursday, contending that at least five of its hotels failed to provide facilities for disabled travelers required under a landmark 1990 law.

Five lawsuits, filed in U.S. District courts in California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and South Dakota, are the first under the Americans with Disabilities Act that challenge design and construction of a building erected after the law took effect, the department said.

The government's lawsuits resulted from an 18-month investigation of 28 newly built Days Inn hotels in 17 states. The checks revealed that all 28 hotels failed to comply with the disabilities law, the Justice Department said. Twenty-three of the hotels have negotiated settlements with the Justice Department.

- Associated Press

Medical dictionary on America Online

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Merriam-Webster and America Online have joined forces to help millions of Americans work through the maze of medical terminology with the on-line publication of "Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary," the only medical dictionary available through America Online.

AOL members can access this dictionary via the Reference Desk or the Health Channel or at keyword: medical dictionary.

- Staff report

Best Products chairman quits

RICHMOND - Stewart M. Kasen, who led Best Products Co. Inc. through bankruptcy, is stepping down as chairman, president and chief executive officer of the catalog retailer, the company said Thursday.

Kasen, 56, has been president and chief executive officer of the Richmond-based company since 1991 and was elected chairman in January 1994.

- Associated Press

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