New Japanese Cabinet Faces Ethics Scrutiny After Scandal
The 20 member cabinet includes 15 new names with Keizo Obuchi staying as Chief Cabinet Secretary while Takeshita's image suffers from a stock trading scandal. Analysts say the reshuffle treats routine party rotation, yet the prime issue remains Takeshita’s link to the affair and calls for a full probe.
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Mainichi Shimbun
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Japan
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Stfe
Justice Ministry
Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal Democrats
Social Democratic Party
Miyazawa
Hisashi Shinto
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Soviet mob learns from American crime films in open era
Soviet crime leader Lt Col Alexander Gurov says mob bosses studied American movies on video tapes smuggled into Moscow to learn bribery, blackmail, embezzlement and smuggling. He notes growing mob sophistication amid limited economic freedom and official corruption aiding gang operations.
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Ainst
Ihven
Gurov
Eliot Ness
Chicago
Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Yuri Churdanov
Leonid Brezhnev
Interior Ministry
Krivoyrog
Soviet
West
Sandy Duncan Opens Up About Harsh Past and New Life
Sandy Duncan recounts her battle with a benign brain tumor behind her eye during the early 1970s TV stint and a divorce that fueled stress. She found recovery after surgery, shed the perky persona from Funny Face, and now embraces life with Don Correa, her children, and The Hogan Family. Gary Busey hospital recovery after head injuries from a motorcycle crash is reported as stable and improving. Donald Trump Tony Danza and Lou Gossett Jr. named among 1988's 10 most watchable men by Manwatchers Inc., emphasizing attributes beyond looks.
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TV Guide
Don Correia
Hogan
VS Angeles
Gary Busey
Peggy
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Busey
Los Angeles
Donald Trump
Tony Danza
Lou Gossett Jr
Suzy Mallory
Manwatchers Inc
Ms. Ig
Celebrities Get Unique Christmas Gifts in Detroit
Former heavyweight Leon Spinks received a new set of teeth this Christmas and said his smile would no longer scare. Detroit Tigers owner Tom Monaghan and wife Marge gave Tiffany cuff links, while Lions coach Wayne Fontes received a leather jacket from his wife Evelyn. Monaghan’s assistant Betsy Kanitz said the famous are extraordinarily hard to buy for.
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Leon Spinks
Spinks
Detroit
Detroit Tigers
Tom Monaghan
Domino's Pizza
Marge
Detroit Lions
Wayne Fontes
Evelyn
Furor Over Rapist Escape Threatens Patuxent Institute
In Jessup Maryland a rapist on furlough from Patuxent Institution is fueling a crisis over the prison thought to be the nation’s sole therapeutic facility for violent offenders. Delegates call for the director’s firing as lawmakers threaten abolition amid debates on furloughs and rehabilitation outcomes.
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Patuxent
Patuxent Review Board
R. Clayton Mitchell Jr
Maryland
House of Delegates
Norma Gluckstern
George Bush
Michael Dukakis
Dukakis
Willie Horton
Trial Over But Bitterness Remains for Toledo Civil Rights Leaders
In Toledo Ohio black leaders say the trial of 13 civil rights activists halted after they challenged a City Council meeting has ended but tensions persist. They fear lost national attention and doubt good faith in negotiations with City Manager Hawkey and Mayor Owens over issues including severance pay for former renewal ops chief Bernard Culp amid racial tensions following his firing.
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Toledo
Ohio
Floyd Rose
Rose
Alliance
Philip Hawkey
Donna Owens
Bernard Culp
Community Development Department
Culp
African Students Isolated From Angry Chinese Students
In Nanking a hotel kept about 130 to 140 African students from leaving as racial clashes with Chinese students intensified. Police blocked departures at the station and moved detained Africans to a hotel outside the city center. Four Americans were also held, a student said.
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Nanking
Carl
Jiangsu Ke
Foreign Office
Nanking University
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