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F8IHTE0 IH COLOR I Sunday January 12 1986 Richmond Virginia 23219 136th Year Na 12 75 cents Baliles Wilder Ms Terry sworn in assnin' Three look forward in hope Baliles says i Vj ''ris: 1 s'' a ir 6 minds more than our new attorney generaL Their presence on this platform signifies and ratifies our king sometimes painful but morally Imperative journey from tbe darkoess of subjugation and discrimination into the sunlight of a fuller 1 Wilder a week shot of Ms 55th birthday is the grandson iff slaves and was born into Richmond East End poverty the son iff a woman who said can do He is also the son of the Senate iff Virginia he Continued on page 12 col 1 By Dale Tlmee-Dispatch staff writer Celebrating the historic election of those who took office with him but insisting that are here as more than heirs of Gerald Lee Baliles became governor of Virginia yesterday As Douglas Wilder the first Mack lieutenant governor and Mary Sue Terry the first woman attorney general looked on Baliles proclaimed the state from old stereotypes and from the fearful prejudice which once paralysed our of us who take the oath of office today were children and stn- dents in the Virginia of the 1950s We had no part in shaping that divisive and often bitter time we do not look backward in anger but forward in the governor said Baliles a 45-yeardd lawyer and a Democrat stood beside his wife Jeannie as he took the oath of office just before 1130 pun He was sworn in on a Bible he read as a child in rural Patrick County A crowd of about 10000 witnessed the ceremony held under a brilliant blue sky and with temperatures near 44 unusually warm for an inauguration Moments earlier Ms Terry 38 and also from Patrick and then Wilder and a Richmonder were sworn in on the same platform The new attorney general took the oath on a family Bible held by her parents Wilder stood alongside his three children as be was sworn in by Justice A Christian Compton of the Virginia Supreme Court a great Compton told Wilder as he shook hands with the new lieutenant governor just a magnificent day in Virginia's said Linwood Holton one of three former governors on hand Tm only sorry from a partisan Continued on page 13 coL 1 Inside There are five more pages of inauguration coverage including more than a down pictures Last day as governor was emotional for Charles Robb and iamily Page A-13 The inauguration was a mix of pomp pageantry and history Page A-14 Gov Baliles' day ranged from the mundane to "The Impossible Dream" Page A-14 Text of Baliles' speech Page A-15 Columnist Shelley Rolfe found traditions maintained Page A-15 10000 "old friends" showed up last night for the inaugural ball Page A-16 History By Charles Cox TtaicaUepetch staff writer "Virginia has changed more than many Virginians said Doug- las Wilder yesterday an hour before he became the highest Mack elected state official in the United State and first Mack lieutenant governor are always behind the he said is being thrust upon If Maiy Sue Terry was mindful of history die tried not to show it as Mary Sue Terry Douglas Wilder Gerald Staff photo by Bruce Parker Baliles exuded joy at historic ceremony inians in rich history as a new beginning for free open and just St music Included A Bach and Battle Hymn of the sung by Harry Savage Chorale touching the viscera when the voices seemed to soar acroaa the beat of muffled drums Delivering Ms inaugural address history buff Baliles was acutely aware iff the day's leitmotif Wilder and Ms Terry be said are than our new lieutenant governor Ms running mates History was on a lot of minds Starting their official day at an interfaith service in St Episcopal Church aometimea called the Cathedral of the Confederacy Baliles Wilder and Ms Terry beard the rector rejoice that mantle of political kadersMp has passed to a new The Rev Canon Robert Hether-ington looked out at a standing-room-only congregation half black half wMte and saw yesterday as a Reagan expected end programs was oii a before Wider she was in as first woman attorney generaL But her father talking to a reporter earlier about her record-ehattering performance seemed to have it just right timing was right and the times were Md Nathaniel Terry He led several hundred Terry followers from Martinsville and Patrick County They swarmed through a sunny Capitol Square for the noon inaugural of Gov Gerald Baliles and to try balancing measure sponsored in the Senate by Phil Gramm R-Texas Warren Rudman R-NJL and Ernest Rollings D-SC The Gramm- Rudman law sets a ceiling on the deficit iff $144 billion for the fiscal year 1987 whkh begins Oct The limit may be readied through spending cuts tax increases or a combina- tion In hii weekly radio address yesterday Reagan provided a preview iff the budget proposal by saying he would reject any tax increase and would insist on the iff a strong Administration officials said Reagan would continue to Insist on a I percent rise In military Continued on page 20 coL 1 Scandinavia Holland pul on terror alert From wire dispatches An Interpol warning that the renegade Abu Nidal faction will aim at Jewish and Israeli institutions in Scandinavia and the Netherlands has sent security forces onto high alert police and government sources said yesterday Synagogues historic sites and Israeli diplomatic and commercial buildings were placed under increased guard and airports border crossings and ports under close surveillance after the warning The Paris-based international police organization said Thursday that two commando groups directed by again to New York Times Service WASHINGTON President Reagan will propose eliminating several federal programs in 1987 to achieve more than a third of the f50 billion in savings required under a new budgetbalancing law WMte House officials said yesterday approach will be similar to one that Congress rejected last year said the officials who spoke on the condition they not be identified Reagan in the budget he will submit to Congress in three weeks will call for another portion of about the same size to come from cuts in other programs that would not be eliminated Slightly less than one-fourth of the Index $50 billion would be generated through the large-scale sale of federal assets which a high-ranking official said was being undertaken be- cause need the The officials did not name the programs Reagan would seek to eliminate but they suggested strongly that the programs would be similar to the ones that the he sought to terminate last year like the Small Business Administration and direct loans for the Export-Import Bank They did name several broad categories that would be protected including programs for the poor which Reagan has not sought to cut in recent budgets The $50 billion in savings are mandated by recently enacted budget 1 1 sections 218 pages Job promises tried to lure more masons By Carlos Santos Times-Dtapateh stale stall CHARLOTTESVILLE Bricklayers and masons are in such short supply across Virginia that contractors are setting up programs offering free training to students and guaranteed jobs for the graduates Charlottesville contractors have' taken the unusual step of guaranteeing foil-time jobs starting at $5 an hour for people who graduate from a training program offered by the local community college The contractors are so desperate for masons that they are even offering to pay for the textbooks supplies and other material needed to learn the trade saying we will put these people to work that guarantee them a said Roger Brill of Allied Concrete in Charlottesville is really an emergency In Richmond and Norfolk contractors hope to start similar programs this summer to train masons free and also guarantee them jobs be offering them a trade that will last them for a lifetime and if wiQ be said Stephen Catlett of Southern Brick Contractors Inc in Richmond Catlett is also a board member of the Virginia Masonry Council which represents block producers masonry contractors and brick producers statewide Under the Charlottesville program Piedmont Virginia Community College will begin a 10-week masonry course on Jan 29 and offer a maximum of 18 people the chance to begin to learn the apparently not very popular occupation It is the first time the college has offered the course If the course is completed area contractors belonging to the Pied-montShenandoah Valley Area Ma- rwjpwvl nn pen 9 -cl 1 4 South African Bishop Desmond Tutu (left) congratulated Bishop Edmond Lee Browning yesterday after Bishop Browning was installed as the 24th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington (Story page A-4) Business Review Times-Dis patch 1 The section also looks at trends such as whether interstate banking will continue to spread out of Virginia or whether the state will begin to attract out-of-state banks Other stories focus on state and national worries over insurance wMch are shaping the business scene as the new year begins Virginia's economy enters 1986 showing a continuation of the growth that has been faster than the national average since 1958 That story and others such as a look at the sudden growth of Washington Dulles Airport after 23 years of underuse and the development of hospital marketing techniques are included in the annual Business Review Virginia? State Newspaper Continued on page oL 4 mishei! v- Sm-ma 1 FRUITED C0L0R 1.

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