Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, May 27, 1993 TAG: 9305270091
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B8 EDITION: METRO
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Brendle's Stores Inc. said Wednesday it has sold inventories of the 13 stores it expects to close on June 2 to a New York liquidation company.
The Brendle's store at Valley View Mall in Roanoke will close after its regular hours on Tuesday. The company's store at Tanglewood Mall will remain open.
The company also said it has been given a 120-day extension, to Sept. 21, on the filing of a reorganization plan. The Elkin, N.C.-based company filed for reorganization in November under Chapter 11 bankruptcy law.
Pickets to support injured Axton worker
The Concerned Citizens to Improve Workers Compensation Laws of Virginia plans informational picketing today at Brown Products in Axton in support of Loretta Shelton, who lost a hand in an accident at the corrugated packaging plant.
The picketing will focus on "injustice and it will forewarn employees" of the plant, said Anita Lawrence, head of the Martinsville-based organization. She said leaders of the group will hand out worker compensation information and tell people how to file claims and get benefits.
A deputy commissioner of the state Workers Compensation Commission denied Shelton's claim for benefits because he said she willfully violated safety rules by putting her hand in a machine. Her case has been appealed. The accident occurred a year ago. - Staff report
Union wins 2-0 vote at Shively Electrical
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers on Wednesday won a representation election at Shively Electrical Co. in Roanoke by a 2-0 vote. The same union is seeking to represent 100 Appalachian Power Co. employees in Abingdon in a June 10 vote.
In one of the smallest National Labor Relations Board elections ever held in the Roanoke Valley, IBEW Local 637 won two votes from employees of Shively, a Rocky Mount firm, working at the Hampton Inn construction site on Thirlane Road Northwest in Roanoke.
IBEW Local 978 at Charleston, W.Va. is trying to represent Apco line crews, transmission and distribution clerks and customer service employees in Marion, Abingdon, Gate City, Lebanon and Clintwood, all in the Abingdon division. The IBEW local represents some Apco workers in the Roanoke, Lynchburg and Fieldale divisions. - Staff report
Makers offer guards for backyard swings
WASHINGTON - Three manufacturers of backyard swing sets are reissuing an offer of plastic guards for the handrails on certain playground slides that present a strangulation hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday.
The problem is that strings from children's clothing may become entangled where the handrail attaches to the slides, the commission said.
The Hedstrom Corp. received a report that a 3-year-old girl had strangled when her mitten strings, which were strung through her coat, got caught.
The sets that can be fitted with guards are Hedstrom Big T; Blazon-Flexible Flyer T-Type Play Centers; and Sears T-style sets, which were made by Hedstrom, Blazon-Flexible Flyer and Turco.
To get a retrofit kit, call Hedstrom at 1-800-453-7077 or 1-800-233-3271; Blazon-Flexible Flyer Inc. at 1-800-521-6233; or Turco representatives at 1-800-228-8237. Turco went out of business in 1986. - Associated Press
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\ USAir Group shareholders Wednesday ratified the sale of a series of the company's preferred stock to British Airways for $300 million. The sale, completed in January, was been subject to shareholder approval. The stockholders also authorized USAir's directors to permit further investment by British Airways, which has the option to buy up to $450 million in new USAir preferred stock over the next five years.
\ First Virginia Banks Inc., Falls Church parent of First Virginia Bank-Southwest based in Roanoke, on Wednesday declared a quarterly dividend of 28 cents per share, up two cents from its previous rate. First Virginia also declared a quarterly cash dividend of 12 1/2 cents per share on its series A preferred stock, 17 1/2 cents per share on its series B and C preferred stock, and 20 cents per share on its series D preferred stock, all payable July 19 to stockholders on June 30.
\ Piedmont BankGroup Inc. has declared a 5-for-4 stock split, to be distributed July 30 to shareholders on July 15, in addition to the regular dividend of 18 cents a share payable June 30 to shareholders of record June 15. The Martinsville-based bank holding company said the split will increase the number of shares from 2.9 million to more than 3.6 million. It has 2,100 stockholders.
by CNB