The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, October 8, 1996              TAG: 9610080005
SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A16  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                            LENGTH:   18 lines

FITTING DAY FOR ECLIPSE

The total eclipse of the moon the night of Thursday, Sept. 26, was a fitting end to the black day in the history of the United States when a majority of the Senate failed to override the president's veto of the partial-birth bill.

I suppose it was just an exclamation mark to the statement that there have been over 35 million abortions in America. Does anyone's conscience bother them?

JEAN HARKEY

Virginia Beach, Sept. 26, 1996 by CNB