The Virginian-Pilot
THE LEDGER STAR
SERVING SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
Front: Thursday, July 17, 1997
- FOCUS: THE MYSTERY OF FLIGHT 800 A YEAR AFTER THE DEADLY TWA CRASH, THE MOST EXPENSIVE, COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT DETECTION EFFORT IN U.S. AVIATION HISTORY HAS PRODUCED NO FIRM CONCLUSION ABOUT WHAT CAUSED IT.
- BEACH COUPLE'S OVERSEAS ADOPTION DERAILED WIFE OF GEORGIA'S PRESIDENT WANTS TO STOP BABY EXODUS.
- ARMY GENERAL PICKED TO LEAD JOINT CHIEFS
- FINALLY, RAIN! AREA'S FIRST SUBSTANTIAL PRECIPITATION IN WEEKS - 2 INCHES IN SOME PLACES - HELPS LAWNS AND GARDENS BUT LIGHTNING INJURES 3 AND SPARKS SEVERAL FIRES.
- AFTER COLD SPRING, DRY HEAT BESETS GARDENERS
- CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** A chart in Thursday's newspaper, showing the number of naval federal civilian employees, had an error in the range of numbers. The graph should have shown a span of between 27,000 and 43,000 employees, not 270,000 to 430,000. Correction published in The Virginian-Pilot, Thursday, July 17, 1997, page A2. ***************************************************************** MILITARY DOWNSIZING HAS UPSIDE PRIVATE-SECTOR GROWTH HAS HELPED OFFSET LOST MILITARY JOBS, DOLLARS
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