ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, February 19, 1997 TAG: 9702190104
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-3 EDITION: METRO
Glenn plans retirement, source says
WASHINGTON - Ohio Sen. John Glenn will announce later this week that he will retire in 1999 after nearly a quarter-century in office, a Democratic source said Tuesday.
The 75-year old senator and former astronaut has served in the Senate since 1975. He become the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962.
Glenn's press secretary, Bryan McCleary, said Glenn would make an announcement Thursday afternoon about his plans for 1998, but he said a retirement announcement was ``pure speculation.''
- Associated Press
IRS seizes house of missing atheist
AUSTIN, Texas - The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday seized the house of missing atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair to pay $250,000 in back taxes.
O'Hair, whose 1962 lawsuit led to the ban on school-sponsored prayer, has been missing for about 18 months.
The house and its contents will be auctioned off to cover taxes for 1986, 1987 and 1988, said Stuart Bradford, a spokesman for the IRS in Texas.
Missing along with O'Hair is one of her sons and an adopted daughter, who is the daughter of her estranged son, William Murray.
- Associated Press
Carter, Holbrooke are Nobel nominees
OSLO, Norway - Former President Carter, Bosnian peace envoy Richard Holbrooke and Balkan peace activists are among this year's nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize.
So far, 100 individuals and 25 organizations have been nominated, Geir Lundestad, secretary of the prize awards committee, said Tuesday.
This year's prize, worth $1.03 million, will be announced in mid-October, Lundestad said. The committee meets Feb. 25 to begin reviewing candidates.
- Associated Press
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