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- NATION, Page 38American NotesWASHINGTONEnd of the Line For Barry?
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- Through all the speculation about his alleged drug abuse,
- Washington Mayor Marion Barry had retained the loyalty of many
- citizens. The lodging last week of an indictment charging him
- with three counts of perjury and five counts of possessing
- cocaine dealt a severe blow to his support. Already a committee
- has been formed to draft the city's congressional delegate,
- Walter Fauntroy, as a candidate for mayor. Barry, who is
- undergoing treatment for alcoholism in Florida, blasted the
- indictment as a "political lynching." Some of his advisers
- suggest that his motive for staying in office is to offer to
- resign as a bargaining chip in negotiations for a lighter
- sentence. If convicted, he could be fined $1.25 million and
- sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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