
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, June 3, 1990                   TAG: 9006030167
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-11   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
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LAROUCHE CAMPAIGNS FROM JAIL

Political extremist Lyndon LaRouche has raised more than $200,000 in a campaign for Congress in Virginia's 10th District, despite the fact that he is serving a 15-year prison sentence in Minnesota on fraud convictions.

LaRouche - convicted of mail fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy in a $25 million fund-raising scheme - is running as an independent against Republican Rep. Frank R. Wolf.

According to records filed with the Federal Election Commission, the "LaRouche for Justice" campaign raised $221,318 between July 1, 1989, and March 31, 1990.

LaRouche's records show that as of March 31 he had spent all but about $8,000.

Meanwhile, prosecutors in Oregon, Ill., dropped all charges against three followers of LaRouche because of concern about the health of a key witness, prosecutors said.

Patricia Noble-Schenk, Ron Fredman and Richard Blomquist each faced charges of robbery, intimidation, theft by threat and three counts of residential burglary. Their second trial was to begin Monday.

Prosecutors, who had said the three bilked 89-year-old Harriet Driver out of $72,000, dropped the case because they feared for Driver's health.

The three were employees of a Chicago-based company linked to LaRouche, a former resident of Loudoun County. The firm solicited donations and distributed literature for the political extremist, and prosecutors had said Driver was pressured by the three to donate money.

by CNB