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...first, it seemed like a worthy and public-spirited idea. The Fredericksburg, Va., realty office of Shannon & Luchs set aside $2,200 and offered to pay 10 for each can found littering the local roadsides. Alas, the firm had underestimated the fervor of the environmental movement. Last week a parking lot adjacent to the realty office was buried under a mountain of cans, all put into plastic bags. Ten ft. high and 190 ft. in diameter, the pile contained 585,156 cans brought in before the offer expired and another 100,000 or so that came in after the deadline...
...holding a big benefit dance or carnival later this month. To the disappointment of ardent environmentalists, all of the cans will eventually be buried as landfill; earlier plans to recycle the aluminum containers had to be abandoned. Reason: insufficient manpower to separate them from the rest of Fredericksburg's immense mountain of cans...
...Bethesda, Md. (40 miles from the stadium). The hotel, which is equipped with an extra-high antenna to pick up Baltimore stations, offered a gridiron buffet of lox, whitefish and onion rolls ($2.25) and a post-game open bar ($3). Fans at the Sheraton Motor Inn in Fredericksburg, Va., known for such victory celebrations as nude swim-ins, this time observed the Redskins' decisive 16-3 win over the Green Bay Packers with a nice orderly tumult. "When the Skins win," says Jim Graham, manager of the Fredericksburg Holiday Inn, "that's when we have trouble with...
Like some European and Canadian trains, the Auto-Train hauls passengers and their autos in separate coaches. Manned by crews from the Seaboard Coast Line and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, the 400-passenger train takes 15 hours to make the 1,000-mile trip from Lorton, Va., to Sanford, Fla., which is a few miles from Walt Disney World. One-way fare is $190 for a car and two people, and $20 extra for each additional person. Passengers ride in reclining chairs in domed coaches, see up to two free movies and eat two free meals. The menu frequently...
...Strikes. Donnahoe set out on a shopping spree and bought the Tampa Times and Tribune in Florida, the Winston-Salem Journal and Twin City Sentinel in North Carolina, as well as the Newark Evening News. Other acquisitions included a television station in Tampa and a cable-TV system in Fredericksburg, Va. Most of Media General's properties are profitable, but labor difficulties have dogged Donnahoe in Richmond and Newark...