The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, January 24, 1997              TAG: 9701240521
SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS 
DATELINE: NEW YORK                          LENGTH:   21 lines

ALMOST $4.1 BILLION DOLLARS LATER, BENEFACTOR REVEALS HIS IDENTITY

MEMO: [Complete text of this story can be found on the microfilm for

this date.] ILLUSTRATION: [Photo Illustration]

MICHAEL HALL

The Virginian-Pilot

CHARLES FEENEY

Four billion $1 bills laid end to end would stretch to the moon and

anout a third of the way back.


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