
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 19, 1990                   TAG: 9004190454
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

CHAIRMAN: KENNEDY CENTER `BANKRUPT'

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is $15 million in debt and needs $30 million worth of renovation, its new chairman said on Wednesday.

"That's a $45 million nut. It's bankrupt," James D. Wolfensohn said in an interview published in today's editions of The Washington Post.

Wolfensohn said White House chief of staff John Sununu promised him that the administration would support the Kennedy Center.

"If they don't come through with the money, I think I'll probably quietly withdraw," he said.

- Associated Press

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