THE DAILY ADVANCE, USA (Virginia)

     Now called THE NEWS & ADVANCE this is the daily newspaper of record in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Its primary circulation area consists of the city of Lynchburg and the surrounding counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell.
     THE NEWS was founded on January 15, 1866, as a morning newspaper, while THE DAILY ADVANCE was founded in 1880, as an evening newspaper. In 1888, future U. S. Senator Carter Glass bought THE NEWS. In 1893, he bought THE DAILY ADVANCE and merged its business operations with THE NEWS, with news and opinion operations remaining separate. In 1986, separate delivery of THE NEWS and THE DAILY ADVANCE was ended, replaced by a seven-day morning paper, THE NEWS & DAILY ADVANCE. In 1991, "DAILY" was dropped from the name and the paper assumed its current title.

Below: 24 June 1981. Thank you to Eric Galzi for this item.