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

DATE: FRIDAY, January 24, 1992                   TAG: 9201240049
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

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RED CROSS DISASTER FUND $28 MILLION IN DEBT

The American Red Cross disaster relief fund is $28 million in debt after two straight years of record-breaking numbers of storms, floods and other disasters, the organization said Thursday.

"We have a very difficult situation," said Elizabeth Dole, president of the Red Cross, in issuing the organization's second major appeal to the public for funds in less than a year.

In February 1991, the Red Cross set a goal of $30 million in announcing a fund-raising campaign for Gulf War relief.

This time no figure is being announced as a goal. - Associated Press

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