The Virginian-Pilot
THE LEDGER-STAR
SERVING SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
: Wednesday, May 8, 1996
- VISIT SCHOOLS
- HOW TO DEFEAT GASOLINE-PRICE INCREASES
- DON'T REWARD PEDDLERS OF DEATH
- VIRGINIA'S LEARNFARE PROGRAM: TRUANCY AND THE POOR
- WHAT TRAVEL AGENTS CAN DO FOR YOU
- IS NOTHING SACRED?
- CLINTON PROPOSES A WELFARE REFORM: EDUCATION IS THE KEY
- CLINTON JUDGES LAND IN THE MIDDLE
THEY'RE LIBERALS, SOFT ON CRIME, DOLE CHARGED - BUT ANALYSIS TELLS A DIFFERENT
STORY OF THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS.
- CIVIC DUTY GETS BEACH VOTERS TO BRAVE RAIN
- A BULKY BALLOT TESTED VOTERS
- TURNOUT IS LIGHT IN SUFFOLK ELECTIONS
- COAST GUARD SAVES HAITIAN FREIGHTER CREWS
- FIRST-TIME CANDIDATES PICK UP FIVE SEATS IN WESTERN TIDEWATER
- BY 2-TO-1 MARGIN, VOTERS OPT TO RETAIN CITY'S PRESENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTING
OFFICIALS
- TEARS, MURMURS, THRILLS GREET COUNCIL OUTCOME
- HOUSING CHAIRMAN PULLS UPSET IN NANSEMOND BOROUGH RACE
- MCCLANAN, HEISCHOBER ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL; OBERNDORF STILL MAYOR
- 2 NEWCOMERS, 2 VETERANS WIN SCHOOL BOARD SEATS
- RATTLEY DEFEATED IN TRY TO MAKE HISTORY AGAIN, AS NEWPORT NEWS MAYOR
- AFTER TURMOIL, VOTERS RESHAPE BEACH BOARD
- NORFOLK'S VOTERS WANT ANSWERS ON SPENDING
- SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN VOTED OUT, CHANGE VOTED IN
- PORTSMOUTH GIVES HOLLEY A 2ND CHANCE
HIZONOR IS BACK IN MAYOR'S SEAT
- 3 INCUMBENTS, 1 ODU PROFESSOR AND A DENTIST TAKE SCHOOL BOARD
INCUMBENTS GOT 28% OF VOTES IN CITY'S FIRST SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.
- COMBAT STRESS MAY AFFECT BRAIN, LEAD TO DISORDER, STUDY FINDS
- U.S. ACCUSED OF GIVING GIS TEST DRUGS WITHOUT THEIR OK
CRITICS SAY FDA SHOULD REVOKE MILITARY'S AUTHORITY TO ISSUE EXPERIMENTAL
PRODUCTS.
- BREAST CANCER DEATH RATE CONTINUES TO DECLINE
- CAPE CHARLES VOTERS TURN OUT TO OUST MAYOR AND 3 OTHERS
- GRIPES OVER FAST GROWTH DRIVE MANY TO THE POLLS
- CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION:
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Turnout in the Suffolk city elections was 60.9 percent of the
voters in the precincts where there were elections. Not all Suffolk
voters participated. A report in Wednesday's paper listed turnout as
25 percent, which was erroneously based on the percent of total
voters citywide.
Correction published Thursday, May 9, 1996.
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THE RESULTS\
- HOLLEY TOUCH MAY BE BACK WITH RETURN AS MAYOR
- HESTER, ANDREWS: BIG COUNCIL VICTORS
- WARD RE-ELECTED MAYOR; GOP LOSES ITS MAJORITY
by SS