Looking Back: Roanoke Area History From Nov. 11

1988 (25 years ago) n “The General Electric drive systems plant in Salem will get a piece of an $89.5 million contract to build and test an electric drive system for the Navy’s future warships.” n “Alice Burton Fielden was a 20-year-old secretary when ...

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