The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER-STAR

• FARMERS COTTON TO THIS CROP
• CONRAIL RULES OUT A MERGER NO DEAL WITH NORFOLK SOUTHERN, CONRAIL'S BOARD SAYS: THE COMPANY REMAINS INDEPENDENT.
• NEWPORT NEWS DAILY PRESS NAMES PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER: JACK W. DAVIS JR., VICE PRESIDENT AND EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS, HAS BEEN NAMED PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER OF THE NEWSPAPER. DAVIS SUCCEEDS JOSEPH D. CANTRELL, WHO WAS NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF TRIBUNE PUBLISHING IN JULY TO DIRECT THE UNIT'S SIX DAILY NEWSPAPERS AND TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES. CANTRELL SPENT EIGHT YEARS AS PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER OF THE PAPER. DAVIS JOINED THE DAILY PRESS AS AN EDITOR IN 1987 AND HAS BEEN VICE PRESIDENT SINCE 1991. HE WAS METROPOLITAN EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE FROM 1984 TO 1987.
• CORRECTION: MORTGAGES
• DUPONT, LG&E POWER END TALKS
• HOMEBUYERS GET A SLIGHT BOOST VHDA EASES RULES ON PAY AND HOME COSTS FOR LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME BUYERS.
• WOWI'S OWNER SELLS STOCK TO RAISE CAPITAL