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

DATE: FRIDAY, April 5, 1991                   TAG: 9104050345
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-12   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: The Washington Post
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

HEINZ PROTECTED WORKERS, ELDERLY

Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., was a wealthy business heir who prospered in politics by protecting his constituents' everyday needs.

In almost 20 years in the House and Senate, Heinz was noted most for his dogged battles against foreign imports that threatened Pennsylvania industrial jobs and for better health and retirement benefits for his many elderly voters.

Once seen as a rising star in the Republican Party, Heinz became almost an isolated figure in the Senate and in Pennsylvania politics, but an important influence on trade and health matters.

Heinz never lost an election from the time he entered politics in 1971.

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