Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, February 1, 1992 TAG: 9202030147
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: A-8 EDITION: METRO
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IN BUSINESS
Chamber to support hotel funding billThe Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce said Friday it will support legislation that would allow sales tax revenues from the proposed Hotel Roanoke and conference center to be used to finance the renovation.
The bill creating a "Public Facilities Act," introduced by Del. Clifton Woodrum, D-Roanoke, is "good legislation because it does not take existing revenues from the state and encourages development of public facilities," said John Stroud, executive vice president of the chamber.
Stroud said the hotel project "is very important to the region. We need to have as many options available as possible." - Staff report
Senate OKs Casey to head S&L agency
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Friday confirmed former American Airlines executive Albert V. Casey as chief executive officer of the Resolution Trust Corp., the agency charged with handling failed savings and loans.
The confirmation, by voice vote, came two days after the Senate Banking Committee unanimously endorsed the 71-year-old former postmaster general during the Reagan administration.
Casey has been at the RTC since Oct. 17. Legislation passed by Congress in November vastly expanded the authority of his position and required him to be appointed by the president. - Associated Press
OSHA finds problems in Va., other states
WASHINGTON - A federal review of 22 state-run worker safety programs, including Virginia's, found some problems in all of them, but none serious enough to warrant a federal takeover, the Labor Department announced Friday.
"We are confident the states can and will make needed changes," said Dorothy L. Strunk, administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and an acting assistant secretary of labor.
Many of the criticisms said the state-run programs had failed to issue regulations as quickly as the federal government wanted, were not tough enough in categorizing problems as serious, imposed inadequate penalties and performed too few inspections.
Strunk said the states must give OSHA 1 a timetable and plan by March for fixing the problems or face a federal takeover of their programs.
OSHA launched the review following the Imperial Food Products poultry plant fire in Hamlet, N.C., which killed 25 people Sept. 3. - Associated Press