Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 22, 1994 TAG: 9407200034
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
PALMYRA - A former funeral home employee has filed a $1.4 million lawsuit against the company, alleging he was repeatedly called ``little nigger'' by his employers and told to use the back door when entering the homes of white clients.
Thomas L. Garrett Jr., 29, of New Canton also alleges that Charles T. and Brenda Colbert, owners of Colbert Funeral Home in Bremo Bluff, told him to eat in the back of the kitchen ``where you belong'' and not to be too friendly with ``little old white ladies'' in church, because people might be offended. Charles Colbert denied the accusations.
- Associated Press
Muffler hits car, injures motorist
SPRINGFIELD - A man was injured after a muffler struck his car on Interstate 95, shattering his windshield and hitting him in the head, police said.
State police said Thomas Adams, 43, of Stafford was driving to his printing plant job in Springfield about 6:30 a.m. Monday when the muffler came through his windshield and injured his head.
Police said it was unclear where the 2-foot-long muffler came from, but it appeared to have been roadway debris.
- Associated Press
Chase brings charge of attempted murder
PARTLOW - A Spotsylvania County man was charged with two counts of attempted murder and many other offenses after a chase through much of the county.
Thomas L. Tribby, 30, was apprehended after a 20-minute chase at speeds of more than 100 mph, police said.
The chase ended when Tribby rammed his car into a police cruiser driven by Sgt. Buck Acors of the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office, police said.
- Associated Press
Vandals desecrate private mausoleum
ARLINGTON - Authorities are investigating the desecration of a private mausoleum near Arlington National Cemetery.
The vandalism occurred last Wednesday or early Thursday, said Arlington County police spokesman Tom Bell.
``There were some remains taken out of coffins, and there were some bodies on the floor, although when we arrived here today, we didn't see that. They had been put back,'' Bell said Monday.
- Associated Press
Agency urges firm not to build in refuge
NEWPORT NEWS - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has told a security company it should not build its headquarters on land within the James River National Wildlife Refuge, near where hundreds of bald eagles roost during the summer.
Q Corp. President Robert T. Barbera responded by writing the wildlife service that the company still plans to buy privately owned land within the refuge and develop it.
Barbera has agreed to meet with Fish and Wildlife staff and the refuge's manager, according to the June 13 letter.
- Associated Press
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