DATE: Friday, October 3, 1997               TAG: 9710030636

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AIRPLANE PULL TO AID VA. SPECIAL OLYMPICS

The Virginia Region 3-Hampton Roads and Eastern Shore Law Enforcement Communities will present the second annual Region 3-Airplane Pull for Special Olympics from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Norfolk International Airport Federal Express Terminal.

Area businesses and corporations will compete against law enforcement agencies in pulling a donated Federal Express 727 that weighs 145,000 pounds.

All proceeds will go to the Virginia Special Olympics.

For more information, contact Deputy Wayne Smith of the Chesapeake Sheriff's Office at 473-4562 or Detective Amber Whittaker of the Portsmouth Police Department at 393-8748.

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