By CLAUDE R. MARX Vermont Press Bureau
MONTPELIER - Democratic National Convention officials are expected to announce today that former Gov. Howard Dean has been asked to speak on the first night of the convention, sources said Monday night.
Dean and several other former presidential candidates are scheduled to speak on July 26, the opening night of the convention at the Fleet Center in Boston. It has already been announced that _former Presidents Carter and Clinton will speak that evening.
Dean's spokeswoman, Laura Gross, said they are deferring to convention officials for any announcement. A spokeswoman for the convention did not return several phone calls.
Convention officials are scheduled to announce the times at which the speeches are to take place. The major broadcast networks have all said they will only televise about an hour of the convention on each of the four nights, probably from 10 to 11 p.m.
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