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reported double-digit declines, ranging as high as 39 percent,” said poy L. Pearson, bureau director. Two of the urban areas had drops of seven to nine percent and only one. Franklin. reported an increase in new car registrations.
Even though Virginians aren't looking for cars, they are looking for ways to spend rather than save their money. A "likely prospect,” said Mr. Pearson, is for state residents to go on trips, which could boost the im-^ portant tourist industry in late spring and early summer.
An early Easter is credited with boosting the general retail trade in all parts of the Commonwealth, Mr., Pearson noted. Among the bureau’s; sample of stores only those in Pe-; tersburg reported a decline, a reduc-' tion of a slight 0.7 percent.
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