Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, March 27, 1993                   TAG: 9303270201
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THE PEOPLE COLUMN

Smith, nephew of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., is nearing the end of his first year of residency at the University of New Mexico medical school in Albuquerque.

Smith left for Somalia on Feb. 4 and returned March 3, school spokeswoman Gail Sutton said. He treated patients at several locations under the supervision of a U.S. medical school professor.

The African duty counted as an elective course, Sutton said.

Smith's three-year residency was delayed by a Florida rape charge. He was found innocent in December 1991.

\ Teddy Gentry of the country group Alabama is being sued by a woman who claims he is the father of her 5-year-old daughter.

Pamela Jo Cortiana of Broken Arrow, Okla., tried for several years to work out an agreement with Gentry on child support and other expenses before filing the lawsuit this week, said her lawyer. A spokeswoman for Alabama's management company said she was unaware of the lawsuit and declined comment.