The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, July 21, 1994                TAG: 9407210496
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: D2   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

BELL ATLANTIC EARNINGS RISE 14.5 PERCENT

Philadelphia-based Bell Atlantic earned $415.4 million, or 95 cents per share, in the quarter ended June 30, compared with $362.6 million, or 83 cents per share, a year earlier. The company had a special charge of $22.9 million, or 9 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter for retiring debt. Second-quarter revenue was $3.40 billion, up 5 percent from $3.22 billion a year ago due partly to a 54.1 percent increase in its wireless customer base.

- Associated Press by CNB