Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.metro From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Wed, 28 Oct 92 15:01:10 EST Message-ID: \SE B;METROPOLITAN;LOCAL ROUNDUP;VIRGINIA \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Group wants to make blocking clinics a felony A lobbyist for the Virginia chapter of Planned Parenthood yesterday urged the Virginia Crime Commission to sponsor legislation making a second conviction of blocking an abortion clinic a felony. Karen Raschke said the state must get tough on anti-abortion activists whose arrests clog the legal system and run up local law enforcement costs. A bill to make a second or subsequent offense of blocking a health care facility a felony was killed in the 1992 General Assembly. S=NEW STORY Spooked by accidents, Amtrak renames route Amtrak has changed the name of its only daily passenger service between Newport News and New York after two derailments this year at nearly the same spot. On Sunday, the Amtrak Colonial on Sunday became the Old Dominion and the weekend Old Dominion train became the Tidewater. Howard Robertson, an Amtrak spokesman, said Amtrak wanted to avoid the "bad connotations" of the Colonial name because of the accidents in Newport News on April 29 and Aug. 12. Dozens of Colonial passengers were injured in the two derailments, although most injuries were minor. No passengers died, but the driver of a dump truck was killed in the April accident. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM