ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, July 11, 1996 TAG: 9607110073
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-6 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: BOSTON
A former vice chairman of Bob Dole's presidential campaign finance committee agreed Wednesday to pay a record $6 million in fines for funneling illegal contributions through his employees to the Dole camp and other political causes.
If the plea agreement entered by Simon C. Fireman is approved by a federal judge as expected, it would be by far the largest penalty in U.S. history for illegal campaign contributions.
Fireman, the owner of Aqua-Leisure Industries, was accused of getting employees of his company to make contributions and then reimbursing them through a cash flume running to Hong Kong and then back to the United States. |- Associated Press
Former Klan leader to run for Senate
BATON ROUGE, La. - Denying that he still harbors any racist or Nazi views, former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke entered the Louisiana race for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, pledging to fight to preserve America's white, Christian heritage.
He joined two major Democrats and four other Republicans filing as candidates for the seat held by retiring Sen. Bennett Johnston, a moderate Democrat.
All the candidates were anxiously waiting to see if Rep. Cleo Fields, who is black, would enter the race before Friday's deadline. That could set up an ugly, racially divisive contest.
- Associated Press
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