Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, September 3, 1993 TAG: 9309030102
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina should get the chance to show that its coastal environment would be harmed if Virginia attempts to take water from Lake Gaston, North Carolina Attorney General Mike Easley said Thursday.
Easley has filed suit against the U.S. Department of Commerce to block Virginia from using the lake - which is in Virginia but eventually empties into the Atlantic in North Carolina - to provide water to Virginia Beach.
"If North Carolina's theory is correct, then Louisiana could block any federal license or permit anywhere up the Mississippi," said Tom Leahy, a Virginia Beach water official.
The Commerce Department has ruled that North Carolina could not object to the proposed 85-mile pipeline to Virginia Beach because the pipe would be laid in Virginia.
"We're going to continue our fight to keep North Carolina's water in North Carolina," Gov. Jim Hunt said. "We will take every legal step to ensure that happens. The Lake Gaston project poses serious environmental problems for North Carolina, and we must do everything we can to see that it does not become a reality."
- Associated Press
\ Teen mother runs away with acutely ill infant
FAIRFAX - A 17-year-old girl has run away from a group home with her 8-week-old daughter who needs immediate medical attention, Fairfax County police said.
The child is in need of continual medication for what was described as a life-threatening condition, police said Wednesday.
Laws protecting patient confidentiality prevented police from releasing more details, but authorities said the child must be on a heart monitor.
The mother, Kimberly Stewart, was last seen about 5 p.m. Saturday at Fairfax Hospital, where she was receiving unspecified treatment, police spokesman Warren Carmichael said. - Associated Press
\ Charges against two in HIV case dismissed
PETERSBURG - A judge dismissed attempted murder charges Thursday against two women accused of infecting their partners with the virus that causes AIDS.
Brenda Hines, 31, and Rita Conway, 36, embraced each other after the charges were dismissed. Hines had been charged with one count and Conway with five counts of attempted murder.
Commonwealth's Attorney Cassandra S. Burns said she asked Circuit Judge Oliver A. Pollard Jr. to dismiss the charges because two witnesses in the case had given conflicting statements to prosecutors and defense attorneys. - Associated Press
\ Again, no Lotto winner; $3.5 million in next pot
RICHMOND - No ticket correctly matched all six numbers to win a $2.2 million jackpot, a Virginia Lottery spokeswoman said Thursday.
The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night were 4, 9, nine, 20, 30, 34 and 37.
Matching five numbers to win $1,604 each were 38 tickets, and matching four numbers to win $54 each were 2,390 tickets, lottery spokeswoman Cherie Phaup said. Matching three numbers to win a free play were 39,899 tickets.
The estimated jackpot for Saturday's drawing is $3.5 million.
- Associated Press
\ Va. localities included in drought declaration
RICHMOND - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Michael Espy has included 17 Virginia localities in a North Carolina drought declaration, making farmers there eligible for low-interest federal loans, Gov. Douglas Wilder said Thursday.
Espy found 89 North Carolina counties were eligible for the designation due to crop damages and losses. Neighboring areas in Virginia also are eligible under the ruling, Wilder said.
Included are the cities of Danville, Emporia, Franklin, Galax, Martinsville, South Boston and Suffolk; and the counties of Brunswick, Carroll, Grayson, Greensville, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Patrick, Pittsylvania and Southampton.
Wilder has asked the Agriculture Department for a drought disaster declaration in 22 localities. - Associated Press
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