The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER STAR

Local: Tuesday, June 3, 1997

• THE NUMBERS ARE RISING. MARIJUANA SMOKERS ARE LIGHTING UP AT A YOUNGER AGE.
• TWO NEW PORTSMOUTH CHURCHES FORCED TO MOVE
• LETTERS TO EDITOR -- THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
• MARYANN L. WILLIAMS
• MCKINLEY SPENCER
• CHARLES E. COOMBS
• GERTIE J. WOOD
• MARTHA P. TURNER
• MARGARET A. DUNTON
• CARMELA B. CAMPAGNA
• EDNA E. MARTIN
• ANNA S. GOODRICH
• MARY H. GORMAN
• BURWELL R. GALLOP SR.
• EUGENE E. ORTLEY
• ELEANOR K. ORTUTAY
• ULYSSES G. UMPHLETT
• CARLTON E. CHERRY
• RICHARD B. SMITH
• EDWARD A. BURMAN JR.
• BRADFORD L. BRAYE
• ARTHUR G. JANIS JR.
• ISABELL T. CLAUD
• FEWER VIRGINIANS TAKING GED TEST IS GOOD NEWS, EDUCATOR SAYS
• CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** Tom Watkins is a defense attorney for Zackary Anthony Carter of Virginia Beach. Watkins' last name was wrong in a story Tuesday about Carter's murder trial. Correction published Wednesday, June 4, 1997. ***************************************************************** COURTROOM SEES DEFENDANT'S TEARS AND HOSTILE SKETCH
• PARTY BATTLE BREWS OVER HEILIG'S SEAT NORFOLK'S DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ALLOW 25 POLITICAL DELEGATES TO SELECT HIS REPLACEMENT.
• VANDALS LEAVE MARK ON HISTORIC LIFESAVING STATION ``P-TOWN'' AND OTHER TERMS SUGGEST THAT VANDALS MAY BE FROM PORTSMOUTH.
• RAINS BRING RELIEF TO DRY FARMS BUT TRIGGER FLOODS IN VIRGINIA IN PARTS OF THE STATE, SUNDAY'S RAINFALL TOPS THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR ALL OF MAY.
• COOL, DRY SPRING FORCES RANCHERS TO BUY MORE FEED FOR THEIR CATTLE BEFORE SUNDAY'S RAIN, THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE WAS 5 1/2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
• TAR BALLS WASHING UP ON EASTERN SHORE BEACHES THREATEN PROTECTED BIRDS PIPING PLOVERS APPEAR TO BE AT RISK ON ASSAWOMAN ISLAND; SOURCE OF OIL A MYSTERY.
• DARE SCHOOL BOARD PICKS NEW CHAIRMAN PANEL REORGANIZES FOLLOWING BOND ISSUE DEFEAT
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