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DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 8, 1994                    TAG: 9406080663 
SECTION: BUSINESS                     PAGE: I1    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: Short 
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HAMPTON ROADS AD AGENCIES SECURE HEFTY ACCOUNTS

{LEAD} Barker Campbell & Farley, the Virginia Beach-based advertising agency, said it was chosen by Encore Computer Corp. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., as its agency. BC&F said it beat out nine agencies for the $2 million-a-year account. Encore, a computer manufacturer, plans a major print and direct-mail ad campaign this year. . . . Also, Hambright, Calcagno & Downing said it was chosen by Virginia Natural Gas as its ad agency. The Virginia Beach-based HC&D outmaneuvered eight other agencies for the account, which had been held by the Norfolk office of Earle Palmer Brown of Bethesda, Md.

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