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

DATE: MONDAY, October 10, 1994                   TAG: 9410110055
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: DAVID M. POOLE
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

NEW ROBB AD TAKES THE OFFENSIVE

U.S. Sen. Charles Robb switched into attack mode Sunday with a television ad listing former associates of Republican Oliver North, including former President Reagan, who have questioned North's veracity.

``Why do so many people who have worked with Oliver North say he doesn't tell the truth?'' a narrator asks in the 30-second ad, which begins airing today across the state.

The ad claims that a virtual Who's Who list of conservatives has accused North of ``making false statements,'' including Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf; Robert McFarlane, North's boss at the National Security Council; the widow of former CIA Director William Casey; and even editors at Reader's Digest.

North, who in recent days has accused Robb of mudslinging, could not be reached for comment Sunday night.

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