Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, September 24, 1993 TAG: 9309240224
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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NORFOLK - The nude body of a Old Dominion University freshman from Lynchburg was found floating in a creek Wednesday evening.
Sara J. Wisnosky, 17, was found about 6 p.m. near the Lafayette River, said police Sgt. Jim Richardson. She had been living in a campus residence hall, ODU officials said. An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for a 26-year-old New Jersey man wanted in connection with the death.
Richardson identified the suspect as Derek R. Barnabei of Northfield, N.J. He said police did not know a motive.
- Associated Press
Lotto players blow it; jackpot at $3.5 million
RICHMOND - No ticket correctly matched all six winning numbers to collect a $2.1 million Lotto jackpot, the Virginia Lottery said Thursday.
The drawing Wednesday produced 50 winners who matched five out of six numbers to collect $1,178. Four correct numbers earned $51 for 2,439 ticket holders and three correct earned a free play for 41,706 ticket holders.
The jackpot will grow to an estimated $3.5 million for Saturday's drawing. The numbers drawn Wednesday were: 1, 9, 10, 21, 35 and 43.
- Associated Press
Fertilizer plant blast sends 2 to hospital
IVOR - One worker suffered minor injuries in an explosion at a fertilizer plant and another was treated for breathing difficulties caused by an ammonia cloud released by the blast, authorities said.
The explosion about 10 a.m. Thursday at the Plant Food Products Co. also halted traffic on U.S. 460 for about three hours. A 2,000-gallon ammonia tank outside the plant ruptured.
Hazardous materials units from Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Chesapeake were attending a conference in Virginia Beach and were sent to the scene.
However, by the time they arrived the cloud of anhydrous ammonia that spilled out of the ruptured tank had dissipated and the tank itself was empty.
- Associated Press
Justice Department backs stiff UMW fines
RICHMOND - The Department of Justice is siding with a Southwestern Virginia judge who wants the U.S. Supreme Court to force the United Mine Workers to pay $53 million in fines imposed during a 1989 coal strike.
Russell County Circuit Judge Donald McGlothlin Jr. imposed the civil contempt-of-court fines against the UMW during the 10-month strike against Pittston Coal Co. in 1989-90.
In a friend-of-the-court brief filed Wednesday, Solicitor General Drew Days said the fines did not violate the Constitution.
McGlothlin imposed the fines following hundreds of acts of violence and violations of court injunctions limiting the number of pickets at mine sites. The state Court of Appeals overturned McGlothlin's decision and dismissed the fines in March 1991, but the state Supreme Court last year reversed the appeals court decision.
Oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court are expected to be scheduled in December.
- Associated Press
Efforts begun to start new nursery school
BLACKSBURG - Parents and staff members of the Mount Tabor Nursery School and Day-Care Center met Wednesday night to begin a grass-roots effort to form a new day-care center.
Thirty to 40 youngsters have been withdrawn from Mount Tabor since its board announced a new curriculum with elective religious instruction. Some parents were concerned about the content of the instruction and the effects of segregation on the children who opted out.
"Parents had a problem more with the process and not the program," said Alyson Bowling, the group's spokeswoman. "A lot of the people withdrawing their kids are Christians."
The group elected officers and formed committees to find a site, hire staff members and work out the logistics of starting a day-care center.
Fourteen Mount Tabor staff members have submitted their resignations. Some, including 10-year director Gluben Essen, have expressed interest in working at the proposed facility. - Staff report
$10 million suit claims brain surgery mix-up
FAIRFAX - Doctors mistakenly operated on the wrong side of an injured woman's brain and then tried to disguise the error, a lawsuit filed by the woman's family claims.
Ruth Dell, 75, slammed the right side of her head into a car window during a head-on collision in December 1991. She was flown to Fairfax Hospital, where a CAT scan showed extensive bleeding on the right side of her brain.
The $10 million lawsuit filed by her husband, Chuck, and two sons in Fairfax County Circuit Court claims neurosurgeons operated on the left side of her brain. The family said they weren't told of the error and learned about it only when a family member who is a doctor reviewed Dell's records.
"I can't really describe the emotions, except to say I was incredibly angry. I'm still very angry," Chuck Dell said. His wife, a former school board member and civic activist, is often confused and has great trouble remembering simple things.
- Associated Press
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