The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER STAR

Local: Friday, August 8, 1997

• TOBACCO-TAX DEAL A SORRY SURRENDER CIGARETTE-INDUSTRY LOBBYIST MANAGED A LAST-MINUTE DEAL THAT SPOTLIGHTS THE DRAMATIC IMPACT OF BIG MONEY ON POLITICS.
• BULLETIN BOARD
• READING, READING AND READINGA FEW SPORTS STARS, RECORDING ARTISTS AND SUPERMODELS MAY MAKE MILLIONS WHILE DUMB AS STUMPS, BUT AS A RULE THE BETTER EDUCATED AND MORE LITERATE HAVE THE SUCCESS IN OUR SOCIETY.
• GEORGE H. DELBRIDGE
• LAURA L. COTTRELL
• CATHERINE S. COBB
• HAZEL F. BRYANT
• VONZELLA O. HARGETT
• JAMES E. TILLETT
• MURIEL B. SHAVER
• GEORGE T. LINDSEY JR.
• MARY L. PANTON
• RHONA S. WEINSTEIN
• ROBERT E. COLLINS
• JOSHUA A. COUNTS
• NORMAN V. EDNEY
• EDUCATORS' TOUR IN REAL WORLD ADDS RELEVANCE TO CLASS WORK
• STATE HOLDS RIBBON-CUTTING RITES FOR $43 MILLION YOUTH INSTITUTION
• VIRGINIA [BRIEFS]
• THE POWER OF THE PEN PROGRAM FOR YOUNG WRITERS UNLEASHES DETECTIVES, ALIENS, ADVENTURES
• MILESTONES
• GRAND JURY INDICTS TEEN-AGER IN KILLING AT BASKETBALL COURT
• QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD BECOMING CONCERNED ABOUT SPATE OF CRIME TWO TEEN-AGERS WERE ROBBED AT GUNPOINT IN THEIR BACK YARD IN SUFFOLK SUNDAY.
• SUSPECT IN CHESAPEAKE DEATH SEEKS TO MOVE TRIAL
• SECOND BLAZE BRINGS FIREMEN BACK TO MANTEO RESTAURANT
• PRELIMINARY STUDY AUTHORIZED FOR NEW MANTEO COMPLEXWILLIAMSBURG FIRM WILL DETERMINE WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IT WILL COST.
• POLICE TO TURN GAS STATION INTO SUBSTATION IN HIGH-CRIME AREA
• MEATPACKER HOOKS INTO SEWAGE LINES, A RELIEF TO RIVER SMITHFIELD FOODS STOPS DECADES-LONG PRACTICE OF DUMPING INTO PAGAN.
• A DUTCH TREAT, NATO STYLE
• QUEENSRYCHE SHARP, BUT TURNOUT LIGHT
• BANK DONATES $500
• CATHERINE M. THOMAS