ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, February 20, 1996             TAG: 9602200057
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 


ROANOKE REGIONAL ECONOMIC INDICATORS

New car registrations in the Roanoke Valley fell 29.7 percent in January from January 1995 and 23.9 percent from December.

"I'm going to say it's the weather," said Don Hall, spokesman for the Virginia Automobile Association. He said sales across Virginia were off in about the same ratio as in the Roanoke area.

Of the Roanoke Valley registrations, 162 were in Roanoke, 181 in Roanoke County and 41 in Salem.


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