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

DATE: SATURDAY, June 25, 1994                   TAG: 9406290079
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LYNCHBURG                                LENGTH: Short

ALLEN: WARNER SHOULD REMAIN IN GOP

Gov. George Allen says he is not among those Republicans clamoring for U.S. Sen. John Warner to be tossed out of the party for his support of independent candidate Marshall Coleman.

Allen, who supports Republican nominee Oliver North, said Thursday in Lynchburg that the state GOP is a diverse party with room for differing opinions.

``I don't think we should be throwing anyone out of the party,'' he told the high school seniors attending Boys State.

North, Coleman and former Democratic Gov. L. Douglas Wilder are challenging incumbent Charles Robb.

Warner has refused to support North, saying he's unfit to serve in the Senate because of his role in the Iran-Contra scandal.

``I think John Warner is doing a great job for us in the U.S. Senate. I think of him like an uncle,'' Allen said. ``I disagreed with him about Mike Farris, who was obviously my candidate for lieutenant governor last year, and I disagree with him about Ollie North.''

Warner refused to endorse Farris last year, although he did not criticize him publicly.

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