Potosi executes man in five-murder case
George C. Gilmore, 44, was put to death by lethal injection at 12:10 a.m. for the August 1979 murder of 83-year-old Mary Luella Watters. He previously faced a death sentence for three other killings and a life term for a fourth, part of a St. Louis area crime spree in which elderly or helpless victims were robbed and killed. Leonard Laws is noted as another executed participant.
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George C. Gilmore
Gilmore
Mary Luella Watters
Leonard Laws
St. Louis
Banker James L. Worthington Jr. Identified among Iraq hostages
The family disclosed that 83 year old banker James L. Worthington Jr. died in Iraq this week. He had been a consultant for the Alahi Bank of Kuwait and lived in Kuwait City. State Department officials declined to confirm the hostage's identity.
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Americas
Iraq
James L. Worthington Jr
Worthington
Marathon
Texas
The
Daily Freeman
Ake Hoste
Maggie Jean Neilson
Woodstock
U.S
Alahi Bank of
Kuwait
Hilton Hotel
Kuwait City
State Department
Katharine W. Worthington
Baby's marrow donation postponed to 1991
A 6 month old baby Marissa Eve Ayala, born April 3, remains a donor candidate for her leukemia-stricken sister Anissa. Doctors and family decide to wait until early 1991 to allow growth and safer marrow extraction while Anissa's leukemia is stabilized. There is little risk to the infant.
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Ls Angeles
Marissa Eve Ayala
Anissa
Marissa
Aiken Standard Subscription Rates
Subscription details show three and six month gives with a quoted price of seven dollars. The notice includes a post paid handling and a return address at PO Box 486 Akon South Carolina.
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Aiken, S.C
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Akon
Five South Carolina lawmakers released on $25000 PR bond
Five state lawmakers including Sen Rick Lee and Reps Robert Brown Danny Winstead Robert Kohn and Luther Taylor were released on bonds of 25000 after brief arraignment on federal Hobbs Act charges. Lee plans to plead guilty Sept 10, others awaiting further hearings. The FBI sting Operation Lost Trust implicated corruption tied to payoffs for votes.
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General Assembly
Rick Lee
Boiling Springs
Robert Brown
Marion
Danny Winstead
Rsharleston
Robert Kohn
Luther Taylor
Charles Gambrell
Taylor
Gambrell
Lee
Bart Daniel
Kohn
Daniel
House
Ron Cobb
FBI
Joe Williams
Bob Sheheen
Camden
Brown
Winstead
Macho Man Bravado Masks Fear
In Gainesville Florida male students and fraternity members join the Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol to escort women at night amid a spate of female victims. Volunteers say they fear for themselves yet offer help. Fraternities extend full memberships to SNAP duty to aid campus safety.
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Alo
Todd Silberman
University of Florida
SNAP
Uys
Suspects Interviewed in Gainesville Student Killings
Police hunt for a methodical killer tied to the stabbing deaths of five college women at off campus apartments near the University of Florida and Santa Fe Community College. About 600 law enforcement officers chase leads as funeral services are held for Christina Powell, Christa Hoyt, Tracy Paules, and Manuel Taboada in their hometowns.
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Fla
University of Florida
Santa Fe Community College
Christina Powell
Jacksonville
Christa Hoyt
Newberry
Tracy Paules
Coral Gables
Manuel Taboada
Miami
Tornado Warning System Malfunction Tied to Illinois Toll
The Associated Press reports a lightning-disabled radar system hindered early tornado warnings across northern Illinois. In Plainfield and Crest Hill 27 died and over 300 injured as Doppler and NEXRAD efforts lagged. Forecaster Carl Williams cautions the primitive setup offered little to no warning, as a 1974 add-on Doppler and newer NEXRAD tests unfold. The Times notes a testing team from the National Severe Storms Laboratory is evaluating forecast accuracy.
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Illinois
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Plainfield
Crest Hill
Carl Williams
Williams
Chicgo
National
New York ‘Times
Norman
Okla
NASA Cancels Saturday Shuttle Launch
NASA scrubs the planned space shuttle Columbia launch from Cape Canaveral due to a faulty electronic box in the Broad Band X‑Ray Telescope control system and a second countdown fault in a mid deck acceleration instrument. A midweek retry hinges on routing a cable or replacing a component, as NASA battles a string of shuttle problems and delays.
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Fla
NASA
Space Agency
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Jupiter
Earth
Columbia
Lisa Malone
Venus
Global climate treaty groundwork as US joins consensus
In Sundsvall, AP reports the United States and 73 other nations declare human activity is warming the climate at a U.N. conference. After four days, the delegates unanimously adopt a report to guide future climate treaties. The IPCC, under UNEP and WMO, spent two years preparing the document.
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Sweden
United States
U.N
World Meteorological Organization
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