The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, November 15, 1994             TAG: 9411150015
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A12  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

HOORAY! HAPPY NEWS

I know that all your readers were just as delighted as I was when I saw the beautiful and happy faces of the Wall family after their near-tragic boating outing (news, Nov. 8). It made my day!

But what really made my day was the fact that Martin Smith-Rodden and Karen Quinones Miller gave ``good news'' such positive coverage and that The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star found it newsworthy enough to give it almost a half-page of coverage.

Thank you!

BERTHA BUCHANAN RUSSO

Chesapeake, Nov. 8, 1994 by CNB