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

DATE: MONDAY, August 7, 1995                   TAG: 9508070083
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
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IN THE NATION

KENNER, La. - Rep. Billy Tauzin, 52, a conservative Democrat serving his eighth term, announced Sunday that he is becoming a Republican.

``You know it is time to move when you don't want your own leadership to come back into power,'' the Louisiana congressman said at a news conference in his district.

- Associated Press

Gulf War syndrome database set up

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has established a computer database with newly declassified documents to help Persian Gulf War veterans research their physical ailments, officials have announced.

Dubbed ``GULFLINK,'' and available on the Internet's World Wide Web network, the database contains thousands of documents that relate to the 1991 conflict. The idea is to provide a research source for veterans concerned about diseases or ailments they believe may be linked to their service.

World Wide Web users can reach GULFLINK at http://www.dtic.dla.mil/gulflink.

- Associated Press

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