Baton Rouge man charged after $200000 mail order spree
Thomas J. Hoffmann used five post office boxes and 227 aliases to order up to 50 boxes daily of catalog merchandise, then discarded the bills. Police recovered goods filling parts of an 8,000 square foot facility, with items including books magazines clothes porcelain globes videotapes and 600 plus compact discs. Hoffmann faced three counts of eft and was released on a $20000 bond after an hours long purge with 16 officers. The investigation started when a mail-order firm alerted a postal inspector about a problem at one box.
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Baton Rouge
Thomas J. Hoffmann
Randy Crowe
Hoffmann
Postal Service
Crowe
East Baton Rouge Parish
Town plants claim to banana title in Banana City push
Oxford Nebraska AP reports civic boosters bought 50 banana plants to dub town of 1,100 in the Cornbelt as Banana City. Gene Brooks Sr touts the plan as the start of a banana groves campaign in the Republican Valley after radio ads promoting Banana City. Brooks ordered banana corms from Mexico to grow the idea.
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Oxford
Neb
America
United States
Gene Brooks
Republican Valley
Brooks
Banana City
Mexico
Illinois makes square dance state folk dance
Gov James R Thompson signed the bill at the Illinois State Fair designating the square dance as the official American folk dance of Illinois. The move honors the 12000 plus Illinois square dancing club members and mirrors similar actions in eleven other states.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
James R. Thompson
Illinois State Fair
Thompson
Tazewell duffers tops in local tourney
BLUEFIELD Virginia Tazewell County Country Club dominated the Bluefield Daily Telegraph Area Golf Tournament after two rounds with six of the top ten golfers, led by Kenny Richardson at 140 tied with Tom Brittain at 141. Charles Green III slipped to four behind with 75. Joe McCall and Buck Brittain each posted 70 and 6 shots back.
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Bluefield
Tazewell County
Tom Brittain
Richardson
Brittain
Charles Green III
Joe McCall
Green
Buck Brittain
James Huffman
Iraq warns of foreigners amid Gulf crisis as U S ships fire warning shots
In the Persian Gulf crisis the United States fired six warning shots across the bow of the Iraqi tanker Khanaggin and three across another tanker to halt shipments. Iraq threatens to move foreign captives to strategic sites and warns of grave consequences if further actions occur. Baghdad’s Tariq Aziz says the foreigners’ treatment is not an act of war.
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U.S
Persian Gulf
Iraq
White House
Middle East
Washington
Pentagon
USS
Reid
Gulf of Oman
Bush
Bradley
Tariq Aziz
Unpaid bill cuts cable TV for inmates at jail
McDowell County Sheriff says an $220 unpaid cable bill leaves inmates without TV at Welch jail for weeks. He cites federal requirements, limited funds, and potential court trouble as the cause. The county owns the jail and must fund any recreation facility. The outage began August 13 and could trigger chaos inside the facility.
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Welch
McDowell County
R.J. Allen
Allen
County Commission
McDowell County Commission
Caperton seeks 50 million in power and coal tax hikes
Gov. Gaston Caperton proposes a 50 million package of electric power and coal tax increases to fund a special legislative session focused on education. Officials say the plan aims to raise taxes without a general tax increase while revising revenue projections and using a surplus for medical care needs.
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Charleston
Gaston Caperton
Caperton
House of Delegates
George Manahan
House
Chuck Chambers
Senate
Keith Burdette
Chambers
Tom Heywood
Nstructors
West Virginia Education Association
West Virginia Federation of Teachers
Public Employees Insurance Agency
Wilder budget cutting seen as political move
Governor L Douglas Wilder proposes broad spending cuts without tax hikes, a move viewed as a potential step toward national office in 1992. Critics say the cut plan contrasts with President Bush and signals Wilder may pursue higher office despite stating otherwise.
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Richmond
L. Douglas Wilder
Bush
Family wins running water in Appalachian lottery win
RALEIGH AP The Bowyer family gained two used pickups an electric stove and running water after Carol Bowyer chose the West Virginia Lottery over lunch Their $25 000 lottery prize in June transformed life on their mountain home Walter Bowyer a coal truck driver and their three sons inhabit a five room house still under construction The family calls the win a dream come true and says it changed daily life permanently
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Raleigh
Carol Bowyer
Bowyers
West Virginia
Eve
Walter
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