Wealthy farmer pleaded innocent in multimillion tax case
In San Diego AP reports Mario Saikhon, a wealthy farmer businessman, pleaded innocent to a 22 count tax evasion indictment alleging more than $10 million in income tax evaded from 1985 through 1989. Prosecutors say back taxes penalties and interest exceed $20 million and rise daily, including bribery of an IRS auditor.
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Teen charged in slashing on date in Houston
Scott Edward May, 17, was charged with attempted murder after a dating incident in Houston on April 11. He allegedly slashed a 16 year old girl several times, cut her throat, and she fled to seek help. The victim remained hospitalized as May faced a $150000 bond.
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John Leggio
Leggio
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Rapper to Protest in Omaha Over Record Distribution
Luther Campbell of 2 Live Crew plans a visit to Omaha to protest attempts to limit his group's recordings. City Councilman Steve Exon seeks prosecutions of stores selling to teens while Nebraska law bans distributing porn to juveniles. Publicist Phyllis Palack said a concert at Leola's Records and Tapes may occur today.
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Neb
Luther Campbell
2 Live Crew
Steve Exon
Nebraska
Exon
Campbell
Phyllis Palack
Leola
Vermont social services revises swearing ban amid new lawsuit
The state Social and Rehabilitation Services office in St. Johnsbury revised its swearing policy on Thursday after two secretaries filed a fresh lawsuit. The policy bans offensive language including sexually explicit terms and requires workers to avoid language that could offend colleagues. Commissioner William Young said the update emphasizes common sense while maintaining the ban.
Crooner Andy Russell Dies at 72 in Phoenix Hospital
Andy Russell the 1940s crooner known for Besame Mucho and What A Difference A Day Makes died at St. Joseph's Hospital from complications of a February stroke. Born Andres Rabago in East Los Angeles, he rose to fame with contemporaries like Frank Sinatra and Perry Como.
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Andy Russell
Russell
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Leo Walker
Andres Rabago
Los Angeles
Frank Sinatra
Perry Como
Mucho
Doolittle Raiders Toast Fallen Comrades in Ceremony
In Columbia, South Carolina, 32 of 40 surviving Raiders gathered to toast their fallen comrades two days before the 50th anniversary of the Tokyo raid. The private ceremony honors the 40 who died or were lost. eight survivors skip today's event including Jimmy Doolittle. Chase Nielsen, a navigator and POW survivor, spoke tearfully of the long wait for justice and memory.
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Tokyo
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Knobloch
Jimmy Doolittle
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Chase Nielsen
Brigham City
Utah
Nielsen
NATO Commander Galvin to Step Down for West Point Post
Army General John Galvin, NATO’s top military adviser for five years, will retire to teach at West Point. A veteran of the Cold War era, he helped oversee reductions in Europe from 326,414 to about 150,000 by 1995 while opposing deeper cuts that could destabilize the continent.
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Washington
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NATO
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Galvin
Europe
U.S
Four Iowans named in House overdraft list
Gazette and AP report four Iowa figures appear on the final House bank overdraft list covering July 1 1988 to Oct 3 1991. Among them former Rep Tom Tauke wrote 17 overdraft checks, while Rep Jim Ross Lightfoot had 105 qualifying checks. Ex-lawmakers in the cabinet include Dick Cheney 25 overdrafts and Jack Kemp 1.
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Lowans
Tom Tauke
Jim Ross Lightfoot
House Ethics Committee
Lightfoot
Dave Nagle
D-lown
Nagle
Neal Smith
Iowa
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Dick Cheney
Labor
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Edward Madigan
Housing and Urban Development
Jack Kemp
House Bank
Shultz and Weinberger Questioned Over Iran Contra Testimony
Iran-Contra prosecutors probed George Shultz and Caspar Weinberger about their 1987 testimony on White House arms sales to Iran. Sources say prosecutors seek to know what they knew and when, with Shultz and Weinberger labeled as subjects of the grand jury investigation.
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Caspar Weinberger
Congress
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Associated Press
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Weinberger
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Lloyd Cutler
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Japan
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Reagan Administration
Walsh
Radar tracking provokes Pentagon says Iraqi radar monitoring
The Pentagon calls radar tracking of Allied aircraft by Iraqi missile crews in northern Iraq provocative and urges cessation. Iraqi officials say missiles are for self defense and oppose moves to remove them, while Britain France and the United States push Baghdad to withdraw the anti aircraft missiles, warning of possible confrontation.
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Hamed Yussef Hammadi
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France
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