The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Sunday, August 14, 1994                TAG: 9408150047
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS 
DATELINE: FREDERICKSBURG                     LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE ENDORSES NORTH

The Virginia Fraternal Order of Police on Saturday endorsed Republican nominee Oliver North in his bid for the U.S. Senate.

``These people are like all other people,'' North said. ``They're law enforcement people, but they're also concerned about health care and taxes. .

Only North and independent candidate J. Marshall Coleman accepted the group's invitation to a debate at the group's state convention Saturday.

KEYWORDS: U.S. SENATE RACE VIRGINIA CANDIDATES

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