The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER STAR

Front: Friday, October 10, 1997

• FOCUS: STUDENT DRINKING SEVERAL RECENT INCIDENTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES HAVE TURNED THE SPOTLIGHT ONBINGE DRINKING, A WORRY FOR PARENTS, MANY OF WHOM WONDER WHAT THEY SHOULD TELL THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS ABOUT ALCOHOL.
• U.S. FORCES PACK GULF, WATCH FOR AIRSPACE VIOLATIONS IN IRAQ
• FALLING MURDER, SUICIDE RATES RAISE LIFE SPAN FOR AMERICANS YOUTHS, SENIORS ARE FARING BETTER; AIDS DEATHS ARE FALLING.
• NORFOLK CALLED BEST PLACE FOR WOMEN LOOKING FOR A BACHELOR
• CORRECTIONS
• GREENPEACE FINDS HIGH LEAD LEVELS IN VINYL PRODUCTS
• GILMORE CALLS BEYER LIAR, CANCELS LOCAL DEBATE DEMOCRAT INSISTS HIS STATEMENTS WERE RIGHT.
• 1 IN 3 LACKS BASIC COLLEGE SKILLS 30% OF AREA'S PUBLIC-SCHOOL GRADS NEED REMEDIAL CLASSES AT STATE COLLEGES.
• HOW TO IMPROVE SCHOOLS? PANEL GIVES ITS IDEAS
• HOUSE OKS PRIVATE-SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR D.C. THE CHILDREN COULD ATTEND PRIVATE AND RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS OF THEIR PARENTS' CHOICE.