The World-News from Roanoke, Virginia (2024)

April 1, 1976

Publication:

The World-Newsi

Location:

Roanoke, Virginia

Issue Date:

Thursday, April 1, 1976

Page:

12

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12 The Wnrld CM Konnoke Thursday April I 1976 Two urge basin study completion WASHINGTON Two Roanokers tes tified today before the Public Works Sub committee of the House Committee on Appropriations urging the completion of the feasibility study of the Roanoke River upper basin George Pitzer a member of Roanoke flood plain study committee and Sam McGhee assistant city manager went before the committee at the request of Rep Caldwell Butler Butler said he was disappointed in the amount of funding for the Army Corps of Engineers study over the past two vcars The President's budget for fiscal 1977 in cludes S90000 for the study Pitzer told the subcommittee that in the past six years $138000 or 28 per cent of the study cost has been allocated to the project Pitzer said the $90000 proposed alloca tion was significant in that it is twice any amount previously allocated will bring the study to 47 per cent of completion at the end of the seventh he said At that rate Pitzer added the updated study would be completed by September 1980 almost 40 years after the initial study was completed Pitzer pointed out that Roanoke suf fered severe damages during a 1940 flood and again in 1972 in the backlash of Hurri cane Agnes He said the city has instituted flood plain zoning and building flood proofing requirements The city also has participat ed in flood insurance programs and is de veloping programs to establish additional park areas within the flood plain in an at tempt to stabilize or reduce the amount of potential future flood damage losses However he noted none of these mea sures will eliminate major losses which have been sustained previously and which Sam McGhee jgjrak wit Brat ill i fis will again be sustained if major flood con trol projects are not constructed "These construction projects cannot begin until completion of the upper basin Pitzer said Pitzer said his committee needs to see the construction of Rood control facilities occur as soon as possible but the study must be completed first this reason I urge you to acceler ate funding of the feasibility study of the Roanoke River upper Pitzer con cluded Lung course set The Roanoke region Virginia Lung As sociation in cooperation with Virginia West ern Community College will present a seminar on hospital and home care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease April 20 at the Airport Holiday Inn from 8:30 a to 3:30 pm On the record MONDAY thru RIDAY Effective April 5 1976 A 745 like vto Hwy SJOA to Salem I0150A 235? 200? to Salem 1 9 00A II35A Il 23A II IDA to Roonokt to Salem 130P 640A to Salem 8 30A to Salem to RocnoH to Salem 1I 20A 12 35? ISA VelMcViiryLG via Melrose MiVitty via Vet 600? via lee Hwy to Roanoke 3 15p via Melrose via VetlG via Melrose McVttfy via Vet vto VetGoodwill Roanoke 6 20 A A05A via VelIG MSA via Lee Hwy 9:204 via Vet via Melrose LG ll50A via Vet 100P via Melrose 2: ISP via VetMcVitty 400? via Melrose via Vet Im will Arthur Anderson Jr end wife to Herbert Gil liam III and wife lot 10 block 8 sec 1 Georgetown Park $40400 John Powell and wife to Peggy Hammond lot 17 block sec 4 Penn orest $38000 Mary Stump to Roger Vest Virginia 696 par cel $6500 Betty Realty to Samuel Quarles and wife lot 11 block 3 Timberldge arms $28100 William Crutchfield and wife to Richard Harv ey and wife lot 3 Meadowwood $5000 Mary Baker to John Reynolds and wife lot 16 block 16 sec 5 Oakland Estates $34000 Jack Cauley and wife to Barry Ratliff and wife Pine Street parcel $19000 Kyle Wimmer and wife to Gary Murphy and wife lot 3 block 12 sec 4 Montgomery Village $48150 Phillip Lunsford and wife to Alan arley and wife lot 30 block 14 sec 2 North Lakes $45000 John Atkins and wife to Betty Steele Atkins parcel $15000 Strauss Construction Co Inc to Edwin Hans berry Jr and wife lot 5 block "GG" sec 9 Penn or est $51500 Billie A Aldridge and others to Eldridge Palmer and wife Virginia 619 parcel $600 Charles Saunders and wife to Allan Wingo and wife lot 16 block 3 Hedgelawn Gardens $34400 Tempo Homes Inc to Edward Craig and wife lot 10 block 2 sec 2 Meadow Wood Estates $34700 Lloyd Maxwell and wife to Carl I Wright and wife lot 2 block 13 Montclair Estales $30450 Harold Ballard and wife to Charles 8 Wright and wife lot 4 blcck 4 Green Valleys $36500 Charles Van Delian and wife to Larry King and wife Virginia 711 parcel $23500 Bennett Springs Co to Ira Jones and wife Ben net! Springs Co parcels $700 Lewis Updike and wife to Lewis Gibson Jr and wife lot 9 sec 3 Sunny Brook $43500 Ralph Mabes ano wife to John A Peters and wife lot 30 block 19 sec 4 Montclair Estates $37200 Barry Thomas and wife to Herbert Snyder lot 20 block 20 sec 7 Bali Kai $21300 Lois Roatenberry to Carl Sommardahl Jr Roatenberry parcel $45000 Corp Inc to Dunford lot 5 block 9 sec 2 North Lakes $1 1200 A 19 year old Roanoker has been sen tenced to three years in jail for a series of break ins of vehicles in Roanoke County last month He is Ricky Gene Harrell 1000 block of Winona Avenue SW who was sentenced yesterday by Judge Norman Moore in Roa noke County General District Court Harrell and a 16 year old were arrested and charged with nearly 20 counts of break ing into vehicles in a Boxley Hills section of the county in early March As a result of plea bargaining Harrell pleaded guilty to 18 niisdemeanor charges icnluding petty larceny damage to property and tampering with vehicles IRECALLS 7:43 am Tuesday 2816 Idlewild Blvd NE Engine Cos 2 Ladder Co 3 Car 1 stove sparking 2:25 pm Tuesday 802 Kyle Ave NE Engine Cos 2 5 Ladder Co 3 Car 1 accidental alarm 5:57 pm Tuesday Whiteside Street NE Engine Co 2 dumpster 7:14 pm Tuesday Salem Avenue and 15th Street SW Engine Cos 3 7 Ladder Co 2 Car 1 false alarm 10:11 pm Tuesday 2701 Courtland Ave NW En gine Cos 2 10 Car 1 Tank Car 3 flooded oil furnace 5:21 pm Wednesday 4037 Clairmont St SW En gine Cos 4 and 7 Ladder Co 2 Car 1 Information not available the sentence and placed the defendant bri probation for 10 years Langley attempted to cash a forged check for $495 at a branch of the United Virginia Bank 1 In other cases: Carl Marvin Hale 18 of Copper Hill re ceived a 12 month suspended sentence and was placed on probation for three years on a charge of statutory burglary Hale who also was fined $50 and the Leovina Roanoke 4 6 10A 4 6 15A 4 4 1H 7:404 via Turnpike via lee Hwy 845A vic Veterans 10: IDA via Melrose MrVilty via VetLG via Melrose via VetAG via MrVitlyMelrose 230P vic VeiAG via tee Hwy via Vet 4 05? via Melrose 4 20? vic Vet via Turnpike via Melrose County transfers Windsor Martin Jr and wife to Halbert Edge and wife lot 4 block 7 Sugar Loaf arms $48150 Quick and wife to JCM Construction Inc Quick parcels $165000 Raymond Prater Sr and wife to Cyrus Mc Neill Sr and wife lot 11 block 3 sec 1 Robin Hood Park $32000 Slrauss Construction Co Inc to rank Sullivan and wife lot 7 block 6 sec 1 The Woodlands $46600 Harold A Shelton and wife to James Hanaver and wife Virginia 639 oarcel $4500 Gary Carroll ard wife to Thomas Mason and wie lot 14 block A Meadowlark $35000 William Anderson and wife to David Barnhart and wife lot 5 sec 5 Montgomery Village $41800 Alan Parley and wife to Glen Collins and wife lot 4 block 2 Oak Ridge $50600 Realco investment Corp to James Hughes and wife North Lake Drive parcel $40000 Thomas Musselwhite and wife to Larry Short and wife Musselwhite parcel $2000 Robert awcett and wife to Larry Stevens and wife lot 13 block 4 sec 2 Montgomery Village $40500 Loeb Construction Co to Blair ulton II and wife lot 7 sec 2 Algoma Park $43000 Ralph Hammond and wife to John Bender and wife lot 8 block 3A sec 6 Hunting Hills $93000 Carl Sommardahl Jr to Jesse Spiller and wife lot 16 Brookwood $79000 He was sentenced to 36 months in jail as a result of the charges A felony charge of grand larceny was certified to a Circuit Court grand jury and another grand larceny charge was reduced to a misdemeanor The juvenile has not been tried a court official said In a case in Roanoke Counfy Circuit Court today a 29 year old Roanoke man received a one year sentence on a charge of passing a forged check He is Willie Langley 2400 block of Staunton Avenue NW who was sentenced by Judge red Hoback Langley receivdd a six year sentence but Judge Hoback suspended five years of court costs was convicted of breaking into Grocery on Bent Mountain1 William Morris HI 19 1400 block ol Staunton Avenue NW was 8'ven 12 month suspended sentence ano tnrte( years on probation on a charge of granu larceny Morris was arrested by a county deputy and charged with taking a Citizens Banl! radio from a vehicle in the parking lot oi the Holiday Inn on Thirlane Road 6 05A 4ih I Mom via Vel LCCA Vol 7:05 A (allege Main vic Turnp ike jjA via vet via lee Hwy 830A Salem via Melrose 8: 45A 4lh St Sol via Vet 9 30A Sal via Mehose 1 via LGVetetans 4th 4 Main via Vet Salem via Melrose 4lh I Mom via Vet via Melrose via LGVel Salem fot via Vet 4 45? Maia via Melrose 4 55? via IG 5 45? via Lee Hwv A HP Mom via LGVet SATURDAY SCHEDULE ONLY Youth gets three years for break in spree 3 PENDLETON BUS LINE 602 Orange Ave NE Roanoke Va Schedule for Veterans Hospital Lewis Gale Hospital Turnpike lee Highway Melrose Ave and Salem and Roanoke Va 4 705 A via Melrose 8 45A Salem via Vet 10 00A Salem via Melrose 1 1 ISA 4lh Mom vta Vet 4th I Mom via Melrose 1: 40P Mom via Vet 300? vic LG 445? SolemtGAet 6 ISP 4th i Main vm Melrose SUNDAY AND HOLIDAYS ONLY 7 GOA via Vel M04 305P via LG to Roanoke vrim necTm a yiam A Kin DCAH flAWKl The bus leaving Roanoke 6:15 AM AM and 2:15 PM will go ro ZAcVitty House Buses leaving Roanoke via Melrose will go via Loudon Ave Hospital 6 40A ia Salem Escapee pleads guilty to robbery While a jury waited in another room Thomas William Robinson a 20 year old jail and prison escapee pleaded guilty in Roanoke today to one of five armed robberies he is said to have committed while he was at large following his flight last fall from the Botetourt Correctional acility in Troutville Robinson a fresh faced blond youth did not testify and no evidence was offered on his behalf during a brief trial in which he was linked with the holdup Nov 29 at the Williamson Road Pharmacy Robinson had been scheduled for a jury trial on the charge today The jury had been called and assembled in Roanoke Circuit Court when he changed his mind Judge Robert Rogers after accepting guilty plea and hearing enough evidence to sustain the con viction sent the jurors home with thanks Pharmacist owner Edgar Crockett was the only wit ness for the prosecution a court observer said Crockett in a preliminary hearing on the case in Janu ary said he was talking on the telephone to a friend when Robinson and a companion advanced on him with drawn 4 guns Crockett said he told his friend in a low voice to call police because he was being robbed One of the robbers asked the pharmacist what he had said When Crockett told him the gunman was incredu lous according to the testimony Before the pair left however they took about $1000 in cash and checks When Crockett last saw them they were running down the street Insurance agent gets Henry County position MARTINSVILLE John Richardson an insurance agent and former industrial management employe has been named administrator of Henry County Richardson 43 will start work Monday at a salary of $18000 He was hired yesterday by the board of supervisors on a 4 2 vote Richardson said he is a friend of Lawrence Martin who has resigned the county administrator position effec tive May 1 lhe two will work togetner until tnen Robinson was found guilty of both charges in a two count indictment that accused him of both the robbery and the use of a firearm (a pistol) to commit a robbery He is still to be tried in Roanoke Circuit Court on charges connected with four other holdups: of Lendy'k Restaurant on Melrose Avenue Nov 29the iesta Cantina on Melrose Avenue Dec 16 the Pizza Hut on Hershberger Road Dec 23 and Evans Drug Store on Williamson Road Dec 29 A court clerk said he will probably be tried on those cases one by one between now and May 12 the date set tor sentencing on the Williamson Road Pharmacy holdup Judge Rogers ordered a presentence report prepared by a probation officer Robinson a two time escapee from the Roanoke Coun ty jail last year ran with another inmate from the Trout ville field camp Halloween night after a guard let them out of a cellblock to get a soft drink He was recaptured the night of Dec 29 at his brother's mobile home on Williamson Road 50th wedding anniversary Joseph Root and his wife Mildred Messersmith Root have been honored on their 50th wedding anniver sary with a reception at Huntington Court Methodist Church The Roots were marred March 24 1926 in Mineral Ridge Ohio and moved to Roanoke in 1948 Root a retired businessman is a 50 year member of the Gustavus Lodge 442 Mrs Root is a member of Williamson Road Chapter 119 of Order of East ern Star She is also active in the Williamson Road Wom an's Club and the Dig and Dream Garden Club They have a son and a daughter and six grandchildren The reception was attended by about 200 people from Virginia Pennsylvania lorida and Ohio Industry started spinning An industrial revolution in the textile industry followed invention of the spinning jenny that could make many threads at one time compared to the single thread pro duced by the spinning wheel I 1 Someday a prince will ride up and carry you away Or maybe you see it that way Not that got any thing against handsome princes just that not very reliable why nice to know got some control over your future Like being financially prepared for whatever lies ahead And one of the easiest ways to build future funds is with US Savings Bonds Buy them through vour bank Or join the Payroll bavmgs Plan where you work Bonds are steady solid dependable ust the kind of security a girl needs Then if yOur handsome prince does come along so much the better You can always buy him a castle Nca Bonus pav interest when hex! 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