CHILDREN OF TRAGEDY COMPETE IN VIRGINIA August 2 was the 25th anniversary of a tragedy that dramatically changed the course of modern Virginia political history. Two months after he won a thrilling convention battle to come the Republican nominee for U.S. senator from Virginia, lawyer and former State Party Chairman Richard Obenshain perished when a twin-engine Piper PA34 carrying him to a campaign appearance crashed in the trees a fraction of a mile short of the Chesterfield County Airport. Killed with the 42-year-old candidate were pilot Richard Neel, also 42, of Alexandria, and 28-year-old flight instructor Ronald A. Edden of...