The Virginian-Pilot 
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, June 14, 1996                 TAG: 9606140690
SECTION: AUTO WEEKLY             PAGE: H1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: By Mary Scully
                                            LENGTH:   21 lines

HIGHWAY SAFETY FOR WOMEN

MEMO: [Complete text of this story can be found on the microfilm for

this date.] ILLUSTRATION: GARY C. KNAPP photos for The Virginian-Pilot

Zelda Freeman, left, and Nancy Armstrong of Chesapeake just returned

from a trip to California, 9,650 miles round trip. "Divorced or

widowed women would miss out on an awful lot if they waited until

they had a man with them," says Armstrong.

Kelly Jackson, associate dean of admissions at Virginia Wesleyan

College, plans ahead when she travels. She studies maps to avoid

getting lost and never starts out without a hotel reservation. by CNB