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DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 5, 1992                   TAG: 9202050137
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: ABINGDON                                LENGTH: Short


PULASKI MAYOR TO LEAD 9TH DISTRICT DEMOCRATS

Pulaski Mayor Gary Hancock has been chosen by the 9th District Democratic Committee to be its chairman for a two-year term.

He succeeds Willard Owens of Grundy, who stepped down at a committee meeting Sunday in Abingdon.

Hancock had been the committee's secretary for eight years. He is a lawyer with the Pulaski firm of Gilmer, Sadler, Ingram, Sutherland & Hutton.

Hancock was appointed Pulaski's mayor Oct. 7, 1985, and was elected in 1986, 1988 and 1990. He has not announced whether he will run for re-election again this year.



by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB