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Raymond W. Smith, president and chief executive of Bell Atlantic Corp., Philadelphia, has been elected chairman and chief executive. Smith will become chairman on July 1, succeeding Thomas E. Bolger, who will remain on the board. Bolger has led Bell Atlantic as its first chairman and CEO. He retired as CEO on Dec. 31. Anton J. Campanella, who is now president and CEO of New Jersey Bell, was elected president of Bell Atlantic, effective July 1.