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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 20, 1993                   TAG: 9301200213
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 7   EDITION: METRO  
SOURCE: from wire reports
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PEOPLE COLUMN

Nancy Reagan's anti-drug foundation awarded nearly $500,000 this month in grants to organizations across the country.

The nonprofit Nancy Reagan Foundation has awarded more than $3.7 million since January 1989, for drug education, prevention and treatment. Fifteen recent recipients got $473,510.

The largest grants of $50,000 apiece went to The American Council for Drug Education in Rockville, Md.; Ohio Parents for Drug Free Youth in Columbus, Ohio; Optimist International in St. Louis; Partnership for a Drug-Free Community Inc., in Huntsville, Ala.; and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.

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