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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1992
Page
2
A former Marine, Robert Black, was executed in Huntsville Texas at 12 20 a m after hiring a hitman via Soldier of Fortune magazine to kill his wife. He recited the poem High Flight as the drugs took effect and did not finish it.
A Justice Department study finds Southern state prison systems California and the federal government show high brutality complaint rates. Mississippi leads with 1 in 1,291 guards. Arkansas, Louisiana, and Alabama also rank highly. The data cover 1985 to 1990 across 28 systems, including federal prisons with 257 reports per 1000 guards.
Haitian American leaders and a human rights group accuse the U S government of risking lives by cutting back on rescue at sea. The Coast Guard says only urgent medical cases or boats in grave danger will be saved, others urged to turn back.
Iran indicates it will dispatch observers as Nakhichevan flare up triggers alerts. Turkey and Russia show involvement signs as Armenia Azerbaijan clashes widen. The Nagorno Karabakh war grows with a new land corridor claim and rising casualties.
Former White House spokesman Larry Speakes, 52, recovering from a heart attack, expects to return to work in a few weeks as vice president of communications for a telecom equipment company. He was stricken May 13 during a public relations executives trip in Laguna Niguel, California, said by John Callahan, spokesman for Northern Telecom.
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