FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                         PAO
TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1995                             (202) 616-2777
                                               TDD (202) 514-1888



               NOTICE TO EDITORS AND CORRESPONDENTS


The Justice Department's Office of Public Affairs will offer
telephone FACTLINE service to reporters and editors who need to
verify the accuracy of statements during the Waco hearings in the
House of Representatives. 

This research service will be available to the news media 
at 616-0188 until 7 p.m. each day that a hearing occurs.  It is
intended for fact checking only.  Requests for comment should be
made in the normal manner to the Public Affairs Office.


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