Young Denies Payroll Playmate Involvement
Rep. John Young of Texas requests Justice Department and House ethics probes to clear him amid a payroll playmate scandal. Gardner, a former staffer, accuses him of paying 26000 dollars yearly for sex and of pressuring her to meet job demands under threat of losing wages.
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Washington (Ap
Capitol
Justice Departent
House Ethics Committee
John Young
D-Tex
House
Young
Colleen Gardner
Gardner
Sol ° Z. Rosen
Hays Emerges From Coma In Payroll Sex Probe Fallout
Rep Wayne Hays awoke from a coma after an overdose of sleeping pills and is in satisfactory condition at Barnesville Hospital. Doctors say the overdose could be accidental or intentional and may reflect stress from the scandal. relatives say his wife Pat kept vigil as officials weigh ethics committee action and a potential grand jury probe.
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Barnesville
Ohio
Wayne Hays
Washington
Hays
Richard Phillips
Phillips
Barnesville Hospital
Pat
Young
John D. Flynt
Dga
Justice Department
Elizabeth Ray
Congressional
Mrs. Gardner
John Russell
Department
Miss Ray
Rosen
Gardner
House Approves Amtrak Funding and Safety Bill
The House cleared an Amtrak funding package totaling 878 million dollars plus a separate 70 million for railroad safety enforcement. The measures await Senate action. The Amtrak bill includes operating grants, capital grants, and debt payments, with some admin objections addressed by amendment. A leverage lease provision was struck amid debate over tax and risk to federal finances.
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Washington
House
Amtrak
Ford
Barber B. Conable
R-N.y
Federal Financing Bank
Quadraplegic Gary Young Convicted in Princeton Wife Murder
A Mercer County jury found 28-year-old Gary L Young guilty of first degree murder in the January slaying of his ex-wife Pamela Shrewsbury Young, 24, of Princeton. The verdict came after 48 minutes of deliberation as 175 spectators watched a weeklong trial.
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Barbara Hawkins
Mercer County
Gary L Young
Matoaka
Pamela Shrewsbury Young
Princeton
Young
Jerome Katz
Princeton Beautician
Austin
Burkett
Katz
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Lebanese Christians Reject Truce Rallying At Beirut Front
Lebanese Christian leaders vow to resist a pan Arab peacekeeping force, claiming it targets Christians as fighting rages in Beirut. Reports say Syrians fly in reinforcements while clashes flare between Christian and Muslim factions and shells hit the capital.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Arab League
Syria
Two Americans On Trial As Mercenaries In Angola War
In Luanda 2 Americans Gary Acker and Daniel Gearhart and 11 others face murder pillage and destruction charges at a landmark mercenary trial begun amid Angola's civil conflict. Prosecutors seek the death penalty while defense denies firing or killing.
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Luanda
Angola
Soldiers of Fortune
Ola
Gary Acker
Sacramento
Calif
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
Acker
Gearhart
Gustavo Marcelo Grillo
Tom’s River
N.J
Portugal
Chamber of Commerce
San Salvador
National Front
FNLA
Angeles
U.S
Rui Monteiro
London
Heathrow
Britain
Sprouse Lists $502,274.38 In Expenses As Candidates File Reports
West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidates filed post election financial reports. James M. Sprouse reported total contributions of $57,892.93 since the pre election, with expenses of $85,555.90 since then. Other candidates and committees disclosed various contributions and expenditures, including Darrell McGraw Jr and Thomas B. Miller, as the May primary totals were finalized.
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Sprouse
Charleston
W.va
James M. Sprouse
Secretary of State
John G. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Alfred L.mayferd
St. Albans
Ed Sas Hutchinson
Ezra Graley
Nitro
John D
Calhoun County
Carl Morris
State Committee
Douglas M. Widmeyer
Berkeley County
Democratic Supreme Court
Darrell V. McGraw Jr
McGraw
West
Supreme Court
William L. Jacobs
Parkersburg
Thomas B. Miller
Wheeling
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Pat Hays
Grand Jury
Ethics Committee
Carl Albert
Rep
James Quillen
Liz Ray
Senate
Betty Ray
James Dent
Bluefield
Billy Burkett
Lane Austin
David Knight
WVU College of Law
Bruce Ambrose
Knight
Gary Young
Pamela Young
Ian
Damascus
Shuturah
Robert Cesner
Columbus
Bill Wilson
St. Louis
Kevin Marchant
Costas Georgious
Col. Callan
Marchant
RSM
American Federation of State
United Mine Workers
Carroll Simpkins
Beckley
Teamsters Union
McKittrick
D.A. Lover
Clarksburg
Sprouse Committee
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