North to testify for the public on July 7 in Iran-Contra case
Lt. Col. Oliver North will break his silence starting July 7 under a congressional agreement. The testimony aims to reveal North’s role in the Iran arms and Contra aid affair amid a week-long standoff.
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Claims Of Drug Related Deaths In Race Investigated
In Tulsa Oklahoma authorities investigate gambling and drugs as factors in horse deaths after cross country races in heat and humidity. About 30 horses ran 15, 25, 50 and 100 mile events with a purse of 20000 dollars beginning in Catoosa.
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Carolyn Estes
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Falwell Rejects Bakker Plea for PTL Referendum
In Fort Mill AP report Rev. Jerry Falwell dismisses Jim Bakker’s call for a people’s referendum to end the PTL holy war. Falwell says the ministry’s fate lies with a bankruptcy judge and rebuffs reconciliation. Bakker, who turned PTL over to Falwell after a sexual scandal, seeks mediation and reunion.
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Tega Cay
Woman Turns Contest Writing Into Profitable Art
Helen D. Hering, 66, of Wausau, an antiques dealer, has won about half of nearly 400 contest entries and earned around 25000 in cash and prizes. She started writing in 1956 and treasures a telegram from Ed Sullivan awarding a Mercury Monterey for a jingle line.
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Wife Of Hostage Gives Birth At Beirut Hospital
The wife of American hostage Robert Jesse Turner delivered a daughter at the American University Hospital in west Beirut. Badr Turner, 35, and the baby, born Wednesday night, are reported to be doing fine. Turner, 39, from Boise Idaho, was kidnapped Jan 24 with two other American professors and an Indian educator at Beirut University College by gunmen posing as police. A group named Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility.
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