The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER STAR

Local: Wednesday, July 16, 1997

• VETERAN VOLUNTEER HAS IDEAS FOR OTHERS
• AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL WHEN TRASHING U.S. GOT TO BE TOO MUCH, WE TIDIED OUR HABITS
• LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
• WHEN TOBACCO WAS KING
• TAX CUT REAL NEED IS REFORM
• DAY CARE STATE OVERSIGHT LAX
• FRANCES C. CURTIS
• WILLIAM L. MCCLURE SR.
• FRANK A. SHEA
• CORA G. MOTLEY
• JOHN MANZI
• CARY R. BROWN
• ROSENELL B. CLARK
• DOROTHY L. WILSON
• JULIAN A. GROSSO
• SYLVIA M. HUGHES
• JOSEPHINE G. WILDER
• MARY G. WILLIAMS
• WILLIAM E. BURFORD
• MARY M. HILL
• BRIENNA M. CASHON
• MARGUERITTE E. PERRY
• SARAH J. YEATES
• ETHEL M. MCNEELY
• PEGGY L. GOODMAN
• RUBY J. HARDISON
• TREVOR G. DAVENPORT
• WILLIAM L. EARLY JR.
• LOUISE B. TREXLER
• VERNON L. WILKINS
• TARGETING MOSQUITOES EACH CITY DIFFERS IN ITS TECHNIQUES AND TAXES.
• OLDE TOWNE CHARMS MARKET CONSULTANTS STUDY: AREA IS A SECRET TOO WELL KEPT
• NEW LANDING OPENS FRIDAY AT FOOT OF OLDE TOWNE HIGH STREET INLET IS PART OF PORTSMOUTH'S REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
• RENO ASKS STATES TO HELP FIGHT JUVENILE CRIME ATTORNEY GENERAL TALKS TO PROSECUTORS AT NORFOLK WATERSIDE CONVENTION CENTER.
• COUNCIL TO CONSIDER PLAN TO DREDGE BENNETTS CREEK
• SENATE VOTES TO CONSOLIDATE MILITARY IDS LAWMAKERS ADOPT ROBB'S PLAN TO PROVIDE ``SMART CARDS'' FOR SAILORS AND MARINES.
• CHESAPEAKE'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS TUNE IN TO NEW MUSICAL OFFERINGS
• MUSEUM PLANS TO LET CHILDREN ``MOON WALK'' OVER HIGH STREET
• SUFFOLK POLICE REVAMP PATROL SQUADS INTO 3 UNITS THE CHANGES SHOULD PUT MORE WORKING OFFICERS ON THE STREET DURING PEAK TIMES.
• YESTERDAY
• REVENUE OFFICIALS SCOFF AT GILMORE'S PROPOSAL THEY SAY OTHER TAXES WOULD HAVE TO COVER LOSS OF REVENUE FROM PERSONAL PROPERTY.
• CO-WORKER CHARGED AFTER MIGRANT IS FATALLY SHOT
• CAR HITS TREE ON SHORE DRIVE, KILLING DRIVER
• HOT, DRY EQUAL PROFIT FOR SOME BUSINESSES
• BOY, 11, SLIPS OFF SANDBAR AT BEACH, FEARED DROWNED
• CHESAPEAKE STRENGTHENS GROWTH-CONTROL POLICY
• BRUSH FIRES TAKE TOLL, EVEN ON PATIO PLANTS
• KEEP OUR TEACHERS, TEARFUL PARENTS ASK BEACH OFFICIALS BOARD SAYS THE DOZEN OR SO TRANSFERS AREN'T PUNITIVE, BUT SUPPORTERS WONDER.
• A.R.E.'S PROPOSED EXPANSION RUNS INTO OPPOSITION
• NEW BASKETBALL COACH NO STRANGER TO EDENTON ACES
• BILLFISH PROVIDE EXCELLENT ACTION OFF TWO INLETS
• 3 ESCAPE AFTER ROBBING BANK IN ELIZABETH CITY
• POLICE DISPEL RUMOR THAT LINKS SLAYINGS WOMAN'S DEATH SUNDAY IS UNRELATED TO A 1993 NAGS HEAD CASE, THEY SAY.
• BODY WASHES ASHORE AT OCRACOKE; SENT TO MEDICAL EXAMINER
• CONSULTANT HIRED TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ALBEMARLE MUSEUM SALES STRATEGY TO FOCUS ON AREA'S HISTORY, POTENTIAL BUSINESS GROWTH
• HAMPTON ROADS [BRIEFS]
• SHIPYARD WORKERS MOURN 3 DEAD OSHA CONTINUES ITS INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCIDENT
• CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** A story Wednesday about school test scores should have said that, in eighth-grade and 11th-grade social studies, African-American students in Virginia Beach performed better than 50 percent or more of eighth- and 11th-graders nationwide. The story erroneously stated that 50 percent of the nationwide students did better. Correction published in The Virginian-Pilot, Thursday, July 17, 1997, page A2. ***************************************************************** BEACH TEST SCORES REVEAL RACIAL GAP THE SPRING TEST SHOWS BLACKS PERFORMING UNDER U.S. AVERAGES
• STATUS REPORT: THE LAKE GASTON PIPELINE