ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, October 17, 1996 TAG: 9610170026
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: C-8 EDITION: METRO
Changing times irk some old Dylan fans
TORONTO - The times indeed have changed.
Outraging some members of the '60s generation, a major Canadian bank is using Bob Dylan's 1964 protest anthem, ``The Times They Are A-Changin''' as the theme for its marketing campaign. Fans are angry not only at the Bank of Montreal but at Dylan, too, for letting the civil-rights era protest go commercial.
The bank is using the song ``to help it do what it has always done - make money,'' an Ontario reader, Patricia Woodhatch, wrote to the Toronto Globe and Mail. ``The real villain is Bob Dylan, who traded in a generation's memories when he allowed the song to be used as an advertising jingle, probably for a tidy profit.''
The bank, No.3 in Canada and No.10 in North America, was unapologetic about using it. ``We have done massive amounts of testing, and the reaction is overwhelmingly positive,'' said bank chairman Matthew W. Barrett.
- Associated Press
Fran victims must apply this month
Virginia residents who lost income because of Hurricane Fran face deadlines this month to apply for cash compensation.
Virginia Employment Commission offices will accept disaster-relief applications until the close of business today from residents of Alleghany, Rockbridge, Montgomery and Henry counties and Lexington.
Residents of Franklin and Roanoke counties and Bedford and Buena Vista may apply through Oct. 28. Botetourt County residents may apply through Oct. 30.
Filing deadlines depend on when authorities declared each jurisdiction eligible for the disaster relief program, which supplies replacement income for up to six months. Those who applied for regular unemployment benefits are not eligible, state officials said.
Most of the damage in this state was in Southside, central and northwestern Virginia, when the storm, downgraded from hurricane status, swept through Sept. 6.
-Staff report
Briefly
* A Medicap Pharmacy opens today at 4375 Brambleton Avenue in Roanoke County. The pharmacy features a drive-through window and 24-hour prescription drop box. Medicap is a franchised network of 135 pharmacies in 25 states. The Roanoke County facility is owned by Steve Nuckols.
* Roanoke Electric Steel Corp. on Wednesday declared a 9.1 percent increase in the cash dividend, or 12 cents per share of common stock, payable Nov. 25 to shareholders on Nov. 8.
LENGTH: Medium: 55 lines ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: Bob Dylan in 1965by CNB