ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, July 10, 1996 TAG: 9607100042
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-8 EDITION: METRO
DETROIT - Owners of 292,860 1996 and 1997 General Motors cars will be asked to take them to dealers to fix a problem that could make them refuse to start or cause an engine fire, the automaker said.
And Toyota Motor Corp. said it would recall 257,000 Corollas and Sprinters in Japan to repair a faulty safety feature in the transmission.
The GM recall includes some 1996 Pontiac Bonneville sedans, Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight and Eighty-Eight luxury cars, Buick Park Avenue, LeSabre, Riviera and Regal models and some 1997 LeSabre sedans with 3.8-liter engines. All were built before May, before the problem was corrected at the assembly plants, GM said.
A spokesman said the engine problem could cause backfiring and possibly break the intake manifold. No accidents or injuries have been reported, he said, but the recall notice tells drivers not to start the cars with the hood open.
In the Toyota cars being recalled, the driver is able to shift out of park without stepping on the brake, possibly causing the steering-wheel lock to malfunction, the automaker said. |-Associated Press Covington trucking
firm to be picketed
A picket is scheduled today by union employees of Jennings & Webb Inc., a Covington trucking company, in a bid to get what the union membership considers a fair contract.
The company and union have not talked since workers rejected a contract offer June 27, said Glenn Anglin, international representative of the United Paperworkers Local 496.
The union is still striving for its first contract with Jennings & Webb since the company's 70 drivers, dispatchers, mechanics and unloaders voted for representation in October.
Company officials could not be reached after the picket was announced late Tuesday. It is to take place outside company headquarters on West Main Street. |-Staff report
Roanoke firm wins
design contracts
Motley & Associates, a Roanoke architectural and planning firm, said Tuesday it has been awarded several new design contracts.
Motley is working on the $7.5 million renovation of Poquoson High School in Poquoson, to include a 1,000-seat auditorium, science and technology labs and classrooms.
The firm also has been chosen for open-end contracts with the Virginia Community College system and with Longwood College.
Motley is designing a $10 million prototype elementary school for Culpeper County and is nearing completion of the schematic design for the $4 million Halifax-South Boston Continuing Education Center. |-Staff report
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