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Correspondence, memoranda, and technical information relating to (unsuccessful) bid by Newport News Industrial Council (NNIC, a subsidiary of Newport News Shipbuilding Co.) to build replacement steam generators for Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) at Surry, Virginia

29 items. Items include resolutions of Progress Committee of Newport News to merge into PEDC, proposed by-laws, lists of members and officers, and minutes of initial PEDC meetings, and information on economic conditions on Peninsula. See also Newport News Downtown, series 123.

33 items. Including agendas and minutes of board meetings and Director's reports, July-December 1980, summaries of VPEDC activities and marketing strategies, documents relating to July 1980 agreement between VPEDC and Peninsula Port Authority of Virginia for marketing of industrial revenue bonds, and agenda, minutes, and reports for 1982 VPEDC "Competitive Factors" workshop. See also Industrial Revenue Bonds, series 81.

Spiral-bound notebook of materials on Peninsula Nature and Science Center with letter from Center president to Bateman appealing for continuation of $50,000 state appropriation. (2 items.)

May 1978 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) memoranda refuting a Newport News Shipbuilding and Peninsula Shipbuilders Association, challenge of election victory by United Steelworkers Union at the Shipyard. 5 items. Also includes a 9 February 1979 letter from Bateman in which he explains his support of Virginia's right to work laws, and other 1979 correspondence. See also Privileges and Elections Committee, series 151.

Including Bateman's January 1976 correspondence with Pentran officials regarding state funding. 9 items.

11 items. Including letters and facts sheets from obstetricians, and copy of October 1981 interim report of state Prenatal Services Advisory Council on high rate of infant mortality in Virginia.

51 items. Items include background materials on homes for adults, 1979 materials on additions to Pine Haven, and 1980 correspondence between Bateman, Pine Haven President Paul Steele and Robert Adams of the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) regarding Steele's unsuccessful application for VHDA funding support. (items grouped as originally filed which is not in strict chronological sequence).

96 items. Including correspondence of Bateman, VPA officials, tobacco company officials, officials of Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and of storage facilities. See also series on Virginia Port Authority for information of Virginia ports, series 147, 204, 219.

63 items. Items contain extensive information on tobacco industry, including several industry magazines and information on tobacco industry conventions of 1971, 1974, and 1976. See also Tobacco Association Meetings, series 195.