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Michael H. Martz, staff writer ,(fbr the feoudoun, Times-Mirror will cover the 1986 session of the General Assembly for the Arundel Newspapers group.
The announcement was made this week by Times-Mirror Editor George L. Barton IV, state political editor for the group which is owned by Arthur W. Arundel of The Plains. Newspapers in the group are The Fauquier Democrat, the TimesMirror, The Heston Times, The Herndon Times, The Clarke Courier and (he Rappahannock News.
Mr. Martz will concentrate on issues of concern to individual newspapers — including local government insurance, highway improvement funding, proposed transferable development rights, education funding, mobile home regulations, transportation and how major issues affect local governments.
“I expect our coverage this year to be the best ever,” Mr. Barton " said,
“This year for the first time we will be able to supplement coverage of local issues with Associated Press copy. This will leave Michael free to concentrate on local issues while we use the wire to track major statewide issues of interest to our readers.”
In May, Arundel Newspapers
Seal sales
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Contributions to the 1986 Christmas Seal campaign are running more than 11 percent behind last year’s totals, according to E. R. Seward Jr., executive director of the American Lung Association of ^prthem Virginia.
“We are concerned because Christmas Seals are our principal means of support,” Mr. Seward said. “Without this funding, our goal to eradicate such diseases as lung cancer, emphysema, chronic bronchitis and tuberculosis will never be realized.”
The physical and economic costs of lung disease continue to mount,, rather than diminish. Now the third most common cause of death in the United States, lung disease kills more than 246,000 Americans each year. More than a third of the population suffers from chronic respiratory illnesses, ranging in severity from emphysema to chronic sinusitis. The direct and economic cost of these diseases in 1985 is estimated at $30 billion.
“We hope our faithful contributors will answer their Christmas Seal letters today, and that many new supporters will join us to help control and prevent all lung diseases,” he said.
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