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

DATE: SUNDAY, March 21, 1993                   TAG: 9303210198
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: D3   EDITION: METRO 
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CHARLES F. WILLIS DIES; ENCOURAGED EISENHOWER TO RUN

Charles F. Willis Jr., an aviation industry pioneer who was instrumental in persuading Dwight D. Eisenhower to run for president, died Tuesday at a hospital in Washington. He was 74.

He died of lung cancer, his family said.

Willis was the co-founder and manager of Citizens for Eisenhower. The organization popularized the "I Like Ike" slogan and gathered support that helped push Eisenhower into the presidential race.

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