
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, July 3, 1990                   TAG: 9007030354
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: By Associated Press
DATELINE: LYNCHBURG                                LENGTH: Short

LYNCHBURG SELECTS FIRST BLACK MAYOR

The Lynchburg City Council on Monday elected the city's first black mayor, 14-year council veteran M.W. Thornhill Jr.

Thornhill defeated Julian Adams by a 5-2 vote.

Thornhill succeeds Jimmie Bryan, who was mayor for six years. "I think the city of Lynchburg has grown and matured," Thornhill said, "but I always thought Lynchburg was the finest city in the world."

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