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

DATE: TUESDAY, March 1, 1994                   TAG: 9403010108
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: TOWSON, MD.                                LENGTH: Short

JEERING STUDENTS SHORTEN NORTH SPEECH

Hecklers shouted down U.S. Senate candidate Oliver North and prompted him to cut short a speech at Towson State University.

North, who is seeking the Republican senate nomination in Virginia, intended to speak Sunday night about "family, trust and commitment."

North's supporters tried to outshout his critics. That touched off five minutes of bickering among audience members.

North, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel who was President Reagan's national security aide, has admitted arranging the illegal sale of arms to Iran in exchange for the release of American prisoners. He was convicted in 1989 of three felonies, but the convictions were overturned on technicalities on appeal. - Associated Press

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