Bakker Charged With 24 Counts of Fraud and Conspiracy
Prosecutors say Jim Bakker and wife Tammy faced 120 years in prison and over 5 million dollars in fines for using nearly 4 million in PTL funds to fund an opulent lifestyle. Witnesses describe lavish renovations at the Tega Cay parsonage and expensive purchases including jewelry, security gear, and a presidential Rolex.
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Bakker
Bakkers
Taggart
Tega Cay
S.C
Don Hardister
Jamie
Jerry Miller
Hardister
PTL
Gatlinburg, Tenn
North Augusta incident prompts state party anti discrimination call
The North Augusta case involved a restaurant owner who said he did not discriminate against black customers and claimed no laws were broken, while no Salter listings appeared locally and the restaurant phone was busy. The state Democratic Executive Committee adopted a resolution urging the General Assembly to pass a public accommodations anti discrimination law to show state leadership on racism.
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Bruce Salter
Rose Z. Salter
North Augusta
State
Democratic Party
General Assembly
Territorial fight erupts over power rights in city
SCE&G and Aiken Electric contend over municipal power control as growth on the south side tests state cultivated territorial agreements. Each side touts tax contributions and civic leadership in a public relations battle since a 1970s reshaping of provider zones.
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Public Service Commission
Sce&g
S.C. 19
U.S. 1
Aiken Electric
Mak
Cooperative
Hollings Backs Funds Aimed at Drug War Financing
Hollings and Warren Rudman plan to add a provision to the 1990 State Justice and Commerce Appropriations Bill to increase funding for the drug war and fully fund last year’s omnibus crime bill. Hollings favors raising taxes but recognizes political limits on tax increases.
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Bush
Hollings
Warren Rudman
R-N.h
Fisherman Finds 60-Pound Cocaine Bundle Offshore Georgia
A Savannah fisherman returning to port found a floating bundle containing about 60 pounds of cocaine about 30 miles offshore. He turned the bundle over to the U S Coast Guard, which later handed it to the Customs Service for destruction. The fisherman requested anonymity for safety.
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Georgia
Savannah
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
U.S. Customs Service
Deaths continued list large Souther Region
Death notices from New York to Beech Island and Newberry include Raymond S. Cochran of Beech Island died Sept 11 1989 at home. funeral arrangements to be announced by Williams Funeral Home. He served 34 years in civil service at Fort Gordon and was a Korean War veteran. Survived by wife Mary and multiple children and grandchildren.
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Beech Island
Raymond S. Cochran
Cochran
Swamp Road
Williams Funeral Home
Detroit
Mich
Monticello
Calif
Macon
Augusta
Fort Gordon
Mary Cochran
Shevan Cochran
Leonard Wood
Ervin D. Cochran
Lowell M. Cochran
Hesky C. Cochran
Antoine S. Cochran
Philadelphia
Suzette A. Kran
Frank L. Bush Jr
Fort Hood
Texas
Newberry
Mary McCary Chapin
Chapin
Edgefield
Howell Valley
West Plains
Whitaker Funeral Home
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MTV
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Nickelodeon
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Associated Press
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New York
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Cheatham-Brighthorp Mortuary
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HBO
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Moscow
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