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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 28, 1995                   TAG: 9506290010
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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IN THE NATION

WASHINGTON - Former White house press secretary Dee Dee Myers faces possible jail time and a $2,000 fine after she was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Myers was driving on the wrong side of the street early Tuesday when stopped, according to police, who said the arrest came after she was told to move her double-parked car that was pointed in the wrong direction.

D.C. police spokesman Sydney Bennett said that when an officer asked Myers to move on, she continued the wrong way on the Northwest Washington street and again double-parked facing the wrong way. She was arrested for driving on the wrong side of the street, police said.

Myers was taken into custody and charged with driving under the influence after she recorded a blood alcohol level of 0.05 percent to 0.10 percent, police said. She was released on the promise to appear at a court hearing.

- Associated Press

Medicare fraud hot line opens

WASHINGTON - Medicare and Medicaid patients can call a new national hot line if they think their doctor, hospital, nursing home or other caregiver is ripping off the government.

The inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services invited the public to call the toll-free hot line - (800) 447-8477 - with tips about suspected fraud. The phone lines will be staffed from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.

- Associated Press