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

DATE: TUESDAY, July 11, 1995                   TAG: 9507110076
SECTION: NATL/INTL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
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BRIEFLY

Robert Shepard, 35, of Parkersburg, W.Va., the inmate who escaped from prison using a rope fashioned out of minty-fresh dental floss, drew 30 years behind bars Monday.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $900 million nationwide for community projects to combate homelssness, the largest grant of its type in federal history.

by CNB