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Collapse of Storefronts In Roanol~e Injures 3 Thr~ brick storefron111 tunibletl

woth • thunderous crash into • driwn1uwn Hoonok" ~lreet ye11ter· d•)'. inJuring three construction wurk.-rs. 111clud111g one wh~e ro-ht foot was anoputated at the scene. authoritieM :.nill. A station wagon WA~ cru~h•rl under railing debris. but Its pa•M:nger~ were not hurt .

1'1\j! facadeli were among 11even bemt saved during reconstruction of the Campbell Avenue businetS suop u a city tran~porlation ce11ter. Coty Manager Bern .~wert said that an 1ndepende111 structural en11oneer would check previou11 opinions that ot would be r.a(e to retaifl the three. story facadCll.

An orthopedic surgeon agreed woth rescue workers that the ri11h1 foot of trapped worker Richard Ni· chols, 37. of Roanoke had to be am· putated at the scene. Robert Hodg· es, 19. of Roanoke was treated (or cuts and bruises. as was a tlurd worker whose identity waa not Im· mediately available.

f%h1 RC6Clled al Sea Eight persons were rescued un·

harmed after they had jumped into the water when a 42·foot chartered fislung veael burst into flames Ind sank Wednesday nieht 17 mile¥ southeast of Ocean City, Md .. the Coast Guard reported.

The Enchantre11, chartered out of Ocean City, sank in 80 feet of water a(ter It was raked by a blaze that ·the Coast Guard said apparent· ly began in the -engine room. The identities of the reacued were not immediately available.

A Coast Guard helicopter , a Navy helicopter, a Navy Jet ind a Coast Guard ship alt responded to a dis· tress call. A spokesman uld 1he Coast Guard vessel pulled the eight people from the water and trans· ferred them 10 enother fishln11 ves· sel, whteh brought them to shore.

Anny to Remove PC& The Army win remove 940 tons ol

sod contammated with PCBs rrom 1 Woadbndge landfill by October 1985. The sotl, m an area oear the Army's Woodbridge Resea~·

JtWaS te.tedlor contanuna I · ter an employe recalled buryinfl equipment contain111a the toxic chemical about 10 years 110, an Army spokesman said.

Tesl8 M<lwed four 1ffected tr· ..ax, one with a level of 200 parU per million. Soil with PCB content

of more th.in 50 part~ per million is con&1dered contaminllted. Other ~amples were not in the contami· nation range.

The Mf)Okeaman said that envi· ronmental studies showed no dan· ger to human health because PCBs were detected only in soil, not in ground water that seeps into •I ream¥ or reservoirs.

l l-MJ. Mino1ity Repo11 The percentage of new black full·

time freshmen enrolled at the Um· ven111y of Maryland'• College Parle campus rose from 8.9 percent to 10 percent in the three yean; ended in 1983, officials Nid )'C$lerday. A total of 442 full·time black fresh· men enrolled in the fall ol 1983, c:om1>1red with 411 in 1980.

The report also indicated that in most odler categories al students, faculty, and employes, the campus's minority populations remained rel· atMly stable durine the period.

The report is the third submjtted to the Maryland Board of Higher Education in reaponse to a five.year plan started in 1980 by the board to assure equal educahonal opportunity for colle11e students in Maryland.

Garage Bonds Approved The Arlinaton County Board has

unanimously approved the sale or up to $26 million in tax-exempt, low·intereat revenue bonds to fi. nance 1 $100 million renovation of the garage at the Parkington Shopping Center.

The money wlU fund expanaion or the garage from 1,500 apacea to 2,900. County officials said demolition and reconstruction could beei1ua early aa next week.

Addend11: • Phillip N. Hepburn, 22, of Sun

derland, Mass., waa c:batged yesumlay with reckless driving in a collision in Great Falls Wednesday that killed a second driver, john R. Blaine, 56, of Sterling, Va., and hmt four other persooe, Fairfu County police said.

• The Maryland Department of Agriculture has warned hog f11111· era to watch for ligna ol puvo virus in their herds followina i9olated outbrC11k1 1t two Western Maryland fann1. The contqioua diseaae af. recu mainly aeatatlne hop, cuult· Ing In at.illbirtha and pigs with low birth weiahte.

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Prince William County . The /ollounng INIY among actions la· "'" al t/11 Oct. 3 mteling of tht PnHt1 JVilliam C,011nty Planning Commilsio11. For mor1 infor1natio11, call 335·6832.

. r1.. tom11,issio1& ,tcommt11dtd that · the Board of County Suparuisors O/J·

/)rove lh1 /ollow;ng rtqutsls.• DAVIS FORD ROAD AND HOFFMAN

DRIVE-By Southern Cross Invest· ment Corp. to rezone 25 acres from ngrkultural to general busJneas for future development. 6 to 1. Ntabsca

, District. POTOMAC MILLS CIRCLE AND PO· • TOMAC MILLS ROAD--By BPI-Po·

tomac Mflfs Limited Partnership for a ' special use permit to operate a gas ' station and convenience store. 7 to 0. : Occoqua.a District. ,TELEGRAPH AND HORNER ' ROADS-By Potomac Park RetaH

Center to rezone 25 acres from Jlght industrial to general business to con· struct a 320,()00.square·foot shoppjng center. 6 to 1. Occoquan District.

The commission Olrttd that th1 fol· lowing pla1• is in to11/onnanc1 .uill• cou,lly's compreh1nsi111 /J/an:

DAWSON BEACH ROAD AND JEF· FERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY-By 1 the Prince WUliam Board of County 11

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shelter in a duplex and seven town houses, which were formerly resl· dcncea (or employees of the U.S. Army's Harry Diamond Laboratory'• Woodbridge Research FacUlty. 7 to O. Woodbridg1 Disln'ct.


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Area D~alt Glancing Blow ~n U.S. Base-Closing Plan Kent Jenkins Jr; Dan Beyers Washington Post Staff Writers The Washin~ton.Post (1974-Currentfile); Apr 13, 1991 ;

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Area Dealt Glancing Blow In U.S. Base-Closing Plan By Kent Jenkins Jr. and Dan Boyers

w.,,lunaton Post S.;,fl Writers

More than 2,200 defense em .. ployees in Maryland could lose their jobs under a military cost-cutting pJan announced yesterday, b·ut new jobs at some Washington area bases could help soften the blow to the region's economy.

Two Navy research and electron· ics facilities in the Washington area would be hit hard by the pL1n. The Naval Surface Warfare Center in Silver Spring, an advanced research facility, would lose about 1,250 of its 1,800 civilian employees, including some scientists and engineers. And the Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Center in St. Mary•s County, which processes sophisticated systems for the Aegis cruiser, would be shut downJ eliminaring 1,000 jobs.

Despite those cuts, the local effect of Defense Secretary Richard B. Cheney's plan would· be far less than cuts suffered elsewhere in the nation.

Cheney has proposed that some bases in the area be expanded, including adding 1,800 jobs at the Naval Air ·Test Center in Patuxent,

Md., through transfers from other installations.

Statewide. Maryland would Jose about 900 civilian jobs and the District would lose about 100. Virginia, which has one of the highest concentrations of Navy bases in the country, would gain about 1,500 jobs, although most of those would be outside the Washington area.

Most local lawmakers expressed relief yesterday that the area did not fore worse.

"We have been hit badly in a couple of places, but overalI we're in pretty good shape," said Sen. Paul S. SarbClnes (D-M<l.). ''Compared to some states, the impact here is not very greflt. But I'm concerned nbout some of the individuals at bases most heavily impacted. These are highly skilled workers and we need to make the case for them."

Sen. John W. Warner (R~Va.) said in a statement that "I am pleased that Virginia has so many essential military installations that appear to have endured the stringent baseclosing test. I urge my fellow Vir· ginians to accept this circumstance without boasting:'

Chency•s announcement yester· day was the first step in a process

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Md. Suffers Hardest Blow In Base Plan

CLOSINGS, Fro11 Bl

designed to close 43 military bases and change the size of 28 others across the country. lt marks the second time federal officials have tal<en on the politically difficult task of eliminating instnllations military orficinls believe arc unnecessary. Several years ago, a similar process targeted Fort Meade in Anne Arun· del County and Cameron Station in Alexandria for closing.

In the Washington area, most of the facilities that would shrink sig· nificantly or disappear under Cheney's plan are in Marylnnd. Along with the Silver Spring and St. lnigoes bases in St. Mary's, the Da· vid Taylor Research Center in An· napolis would lose about 650 work· ers and the Naval Ordnance Station in Indian Head would lose about 600 employees.

In the District, the Naval Elec· tronic Systems Engineering Center would lose about 100 positions. And

.-!!llllii. in Virginia, the Harry Diamond __,. Laboratory in Woodbridge would be

closed, transferring about 90 jobs elsewhere.

The only Wnshini:ton area law· maker to immediately condemn Cheney's proposal yesterday wns Rep. Tom McMillen (D·Md.), whose district includes the David T11ylor center in Annapolis. McMiUen, S.1r· banes and other Maryland lawm:ik· ers hnve urged Cheney to put mil· itary research centers in n scparaw cntegory from opr.rntinr. bases :md not to close or consolidate any until an ongoing stutly is complete. McMillcn s.1id he would 01ipose :my base closing~ unless the rciscarch centers arc remove<! from the li~t.

The Silver Spring research facility induces underground chcmi:,t•v lah· oratories, three high·i;pecd winit tun· nets. a 1.75 million·gilllon VAiter tanlc for testing underwatc:w missle launches ;111d a nine-hole t~olf course. Under Cheney's plan, m<ast of its re· search positions would be tr<llls· ferred to a base in rurul Dahlgren, Va., just acros.-; the Potomac River from St. Mary's County. Other jobs would be cut through attrition.

"No one is p<1rlicularly hcen to go to DahlSlren. Therc~s uot much out then•," suid on<: c111pluy1!e who de· cluied to .:1ve his munc.

But most wurkcrs, citinc prcvi· ou~ 111111ors of 111ov1:s or dosiuJ!:i, :.ccm!:d to ta\\c yesterday'::; illl· :1011nccmcut in :;tri<lc. "We've h1;u1 llnousih this many limes hcfcm:,"

" :;nid lkim1 F•:rl·.:dint, a 111;;chinh1t

ARIEA MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AFFECTED PROPOSED CLOSINGS /\ND RE/\LIGNMENTS

O Proposed military bases and lnstallatfons j to be closed.

A Prop~ mmt.:iry bases ;ind installlll!OM to ba reduced or realigned.

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O Washington: Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Center-toslnc 41 military, 162 civilian jobs

0 Yorktown, Va.: Nav<il Mine Warfare Engineering Activity-losing 12 military, 206 civilian jobs

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A Fort Oclrlcl<, Md.1 losing nine military, 30 clvillao jobs

A Patuxent river, Md.; Naval Air Test Center-gaining 1,300 posi· tlons.

SOURCES: Wa~hloi;ton Post ropo•l5 nud A~socl~led Pto~s

from Hagerstown, Md. "We'll jusl h:ivc to wait and s1!c what happens."

Ca11t. lfo:h:ird W. Moore, thl! of· ficl!r in chari:c of tht: '/:.IO·acrn, campus·lilw r.cntcr, said 550 cm· 11loyecs will r<:11mi11 wl11m the cuts <Jrt! com11lctcJ in 1997, But he 1mid the q~ntcr's managers. who over·

SL-e b.1sic rcscnrch u:ied in such pro· r:r;ims m1 tlm Stralt:~ic Dc:f1:ns1! lni· ti:itivc ;incl s11prr<:o11ductivc wiring, will haw: to cnt hnc!< nn rcsc:irch.

"You will destroy an awful lot of l(ood worlc going on," Moort: :.aid. .. ________ _ Staff Writ11T M11¥y/011 To11signa11I cm1t~t11h-d to I/ii.,· rt!/>Or/.


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UPDATE ON THE NEWS Still Witting for Money fGr W.shfngton Monument

It was to be one ol the most extensive face lilta of the Waahillaton Monument srowida since the marble obeliak ns completed in 1884. There were to be new walkways, a visitors center. 111 improved road system and an end to the lonl lines that snake around the city's lllOllt visible 1D011.ament.

But the National Park Service's ambitious plan is lanpishlng beclu&e Congress baa not appropriated the lnltla1 $3.1 millioo needed to get the project going.

The plan was conceived lZ yea.rs aao. and four years qo tomorrow the National Callital PJanninc ('.ommi1tlon, the federal pemment's plannlni agency for the region, gave the Park Semce its bleaaing to ao ahead.

"Our image as the 111tion's capital la of great importance to the m1ny visitors and tourists who frequent that area · daily." commiasion Chairman Glen T. Urquhart said at that time. "Our commission's policy calls for the ever-im· proving maintenance of hiah quality visitor attractions in a manner that is appropriate to Washington." --

But the optimism expressed thaf day bas faded. Park Service spokeswoman Sandra Al· ley said agency officials have asked a House subcommittee for permilSion to proceed with the pr-oject but have so far been turned down each time.

"It just didn't make the list In terms of being a priority," Alley said.

One reason may be that th.e Lincoln and Jefferson memorials are involved in an extensive 10-year, $22 million miovation project.

In the meantime, Park Service officials have revised the plan, though the concept is the same. Among other things, the Park Service wants to improve control of pedestrian traffic on the 106-acre grounds so the grass east of the monument plaza won't be trampled by

people walkin1 to the monument &om Tour· mobile8 and the Mall,

Tbe exiatin1 monument lodge would be used as the entrance to a new underground v:iaitol'll center, where tourista would gather for orientation before being taken In amall groups by a ranger to the monument. In thia way, the lines at the monument would be eliminated. The cuicrete and aapbalt -pavin1 at the base of the monument would be replaced with lfBIS•

The snack bar and gift shop would be torn ~ and rebuilt on the north side of Madison Drive and the 80Uth side of Jefferson Drive between 14th and 15th streets. Parts of Mad· ison and Jefferson drives and 15th Street would be realisned.

'arelloases to Go El • The Li~ no longer is a threat to the birds and furry animals on l 00 acres of meadow land in Prince William County.

Not that the library-nor Congress, for that matter-bears the wildllfe any malice.

The land is part of a 577-acre tract that over the years bu had a variety of Defense Department installations (a secret listening post and later an electronic testing' ground 'Where-cutain effects of nuclear blasts were simulated).

Now known as the !'.ooclbrNge Re~~ F~ it i.s to close next september, an a

"1iiifiliC 100 acres will go to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a wildlife preserve.

What will happen to the 100 acres is stlll unresolved, but the land won't go to the Li· brary of Congress, which wanted it as a site for warehouses.

Jn October, President Clinton signed legislation containing an amendment proposed by Rep. Leslie L. Byrne CD-Va.) that gives the library surplus military land near Laurel for the warehouses it was thinking of building in Northern Virginia. ·

The future of the 100 acres is still unre-

solved. The Audubon Naturalist Society is leading a drive to add the land to the wildlife preserve.

A local citi7.ens group, working with the Ar· my, will decide what to do with the site, said Todd A. Wahemyer, Defense Department base coordinator.

- SpeDCer S. Bau

Churdes Defend Help for Homeless • About 20 members of reJJijoua organiza· tions have mobilized in reaponse to moves by the D.C. Board of Zoning Acijustment to curtail aome church programs that help the homeless.

Noting that three churches have been fined or- been prevented from starting long·planned programs, members of the group said they feared government Interference in their programs too.

The group met last week with city officials to convey its concerns, City Administrator Robert L. Mallett gave assurances that the clty respects and appreciates the work of au the religious bodies that care for the poor.

But Mallett said he emphasized that the city's role is to serve as "fair referee· between religious institutions and residents conce~d that the homeless are encroaching on their neighborhoods.

"Our coocem." said the Rev. Rodney Young, executive director of the Council of Churches of Greater Washington and one of those at the meeting, "is that we have the right to say that feeding homeless persons in our churches is our decision, not the dec.ision of government.•

It was decided to form a group of city offi. cials and representatives of the religious com· munity to help mediate disputes between religious institutions and their neighbors.

Young said city officials are invited to a prayer service Dec. 13 at First Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church to see the strength of the religious community's commitment to serving. the poor.

- Laurie Goodstein


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Vi1rn<'r. Warren Mnyer. t:vcrell Griffith, David Shenk and Harold filch . . . . .. when he r r ll or Jumped 15 reel from Ute Bath SU°fl!l • i1dud In Kl\l,TIMORE. Papeno In hlll pock· el lndl('11led he wa.1 a Spaqh1hl\mrrlcan Wu w.trnn, Wuhlnc· ton S. Cox. 17, or ISalllmore.

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County rarmers al the counly as:cnt'' nrrtcc In MANASSAS. Va., membcni or two commlll eeio were cl«l<'d . The 0~1ricl Pasture Comrnltlrc Includes: Dr. Grover F. rtrown. Lc51cr W. Uurr. Phlllp 8. Rr:idlns:. John M. Piercy, Jr., Or. .rnhn Aldred. Gordon Pattie. /\Inn St11nlcs. J . L. Cato. L. D. Ultcrh~rk . W. J\f. Johnson, John Bnrrcll. C. C. l..ynn, K W. Thompi;on. Jr .• Giimer G;irh<'r. G. C. Ru~scll. rtnhcr1 Tyrrell. The Olslrlcl Corn

• Committee lnclude11: /\. Blake. more t 'lcmlng. John W. Elll11, I t:wlns: llnu!IC. Eds:ar 8. Tlcflln.

J11me11 Wnl1on. f'rcston Smit h. Kit<' R°"'berry, Harvey Youni:. f.. r. llunL

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Buried Pentagon Is Revealed As 3-Story Building Inside Hill The Washington Post (1923-1954); Nov 7, .1952; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Washington Post ( 1877 - 1994)

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~ \.(} ~ """ . ·-~7!1*!>~·~12.'•.'l'h• ~}'(a~~ii,l'!!C~· CO. : v ~ ~ ~:~TJie .-.:Ai'iJ:iY'.;,-·y~aterdb.:...::Pt!rJ and\.nnpi:ov~ents- at: Vint. ·uw ~~ co 5 :~~~~ :11i· · .tn~4verte.~t9-:.;;..~~ ·~~·;·.n~.>~.i:~&t~ii· Hail, .. va;, , ~· :::::J .. ~ .some -of t'he~Wrij>a,, oll 'ilte hire.· and Li Plata. '-Md;. · · . ~ ~ <..:> ~ to!ore tOp iedet-- "UDdqround Deacribing~:aie .. Ritchie ProJ· ~ ~ :::::J .ci Ptµitae~n'~ . · tn the Maryland ect, .. the 'tiook di&closed that the

CO ::::J inountalhs, 65 miles north of over-all cost. will be 35 mll\lon

~ ~ en woashlnl!lcl~n. 1 d h ~~~m;~~~v:~ ~=~~tf3! - £ cu. re ease a p oto- clared: ~ ~ c= erap,h of the interior of' hol- "Here, one halt million cubic ~ - :::> ; lowed-out Raven Rock Moun· Yards of the hardest rock on the U5 ::::I a: "Wn At Fort iUtchie Md. where East Coast was blasted out and

'.:::::loo - • • hauled away in ten months. In <..:> ::::- -=:; an alternat:e 1lobal communlca- the hole created, a three-story cc UJ CO • tlons center is being con- bulldiJ:tg la being erected. C) <..:> U . atructed for use in case ']>resent · "Thia '. b~g -stands behind ~ ~ :::::J I Army Ni..Y and Air Foi:ce fa· .two ~eavy steel blast doors that ..., ,,, cc: UJ ·· u • ... , · close tlfe tunnel o,penines dur· :E D- a: ~- !"ll es nere are. lgi~ked out by ing an. alert. Specilll ·means are

a~omlc att~ provicl~d fo~ yentllatlon, gas and At tlle. same time, they made bJolo«fCal agent 'filtering, emer·

public ·the first oUiclal descnp- gency .J19wer· and reserve water 1:Uo.n of-the·project.·clv12: new: "!Uf!>lf·" · Id. ·ui't' ~ bo- t 'th . '--.:. .. -.. h d . - ··~01'. features_ of the project, . e • .a u . . ~ ~... · c- it was said, are: velopment. Release bf the pie- "(a) A coinmunlcaUons cen· lure. and data came . not from ter designed to zesfst atomfo

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Department o·f Defense public attack. Tb.la . ia located • inside inf · Raven Rock Mountain, about

o~niaUon · officers .- which five miles east of Fort R.ltchfe. have confined: tbemselvei to a lt has been dubbed the 'Under· few· one-paragraph announce- 1round Pentagon: ments and "can't taik about it" ',"(b} Conversion . of F o rt warnings-but from a history Ritchie to house the personnel book just·off·the press. . . ronnectc,ct with operation of lbe

It J• caJJed "A Historical Sum. P!~J.ec~ see.

warrungs-t:>ut. from a history ~•·-•••_.. • V •&~"'<>'C> UU; t'ClO:.UUUCl

book just.o!f·the press. . . · ~onnectc,d with operation of the It Js called "A Historical Sum- Project. ·

marf of the Wo1·k of the Corps' "(c) A transmitter station at of Engineers in Washington, D •. c., G~~~ncastle, Pa. and Vicinity, 1852-1952.'' and was (d) A receiver station at prepared by the Washington Sharpsburg, ?.Id.' Engine~r Distrlct. Elsewhere in "(e) Five micro-wave stations the volume is· described ·the build· that. Ue , the 'Ritchie Project• up in the primary mllltary com· lnto th~ atgnal facilities of the municattona faclliUea since Korea, Army, Navy and Air Force altelling of the construction. of Ae.W ready const.r.ucted in the Wash· ~ station1ft.WoofibrWge,-Vaq Ulgton area.''

ews Atrase, Pgeon House, No menUon fs made in the Brand~e ~d.Sllver. Hill; Md., hlst!>ry of the fact that much

more costly ~ousing facilities were contracted :tor and started at Fort Ritchlo !or use in an emera:ency and then canceled by Department of Defense ~rders. Top Pentagon o!Clclals feared the standby quarters, recreational facilities and clubs planned would become a wcek· 1

end haven !or mflitary bra~s. 1 . i

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