ROANOKE TIMES 
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DATE: Friday, December 20, 1996              TAG: 9612200046
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: B-3  EDITION: METRO 

THOUSANDS LOSE ELECTRICITY IN S.W. ROANOKE

About 4,700 American Electric Power customers in Southwest Roanoke lost power for more than 11/2 hours Thursday night.

AEP district manager Terry McMahan said a relay failed in a power station near Brandon Avenue and Mud Lick Road-Edgewood Street about 8:40 p.m. Power was restored about 10:20 p.m., McMahan said.

- Staff report

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