Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 24, 1995                   TAG: 9505240100
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
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IN THE NATION

WASHINGTON - Americans, including those who have never been to a national park, overwhelmingly favor government efforts to assure the future of the national park system, according to a survey by two Colorado State University researchers.

The researchers said they found that 85 percent of those surveyed agreed that protecting the future of national parks was very important and that roughly 80 percent would not oppose higher park fees or paying $1 more in taxes if the money was earmarked for parks.

The findings by Glenn Haas and Darla DeRuiter were based on 943 telephone interviews conducted in February. The survey had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.

- Associated Press

Senators: Improve Hanoi relations

WASHINGTON - Two senators who fought in the Vietnam War urged President Clinton on Tuesday to normalize relations with Hanoi, saying Vietnam has made an extraordinary effort to account for missing American servicemen.

However, the president did not make any decision and he does not have a timetable for reaching one, the senators said.

Clinton discussed the issue with Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., who spent six years in Vietnamese prison camps, and John Kerry, D-Mass.

- Associated Press