California man pleads guilty to drug tampering
Edward Arlen Marks of Tem ple City California pleaded guilty to nine counts in a 27 count indictment for lacing Contac Teldrin and Dietac capsules with rat poison. He admitted hoping to spark a stock drop in SmithKline Beckman Corp and faces up to 54 years in prison with a sentencing set for October 10. FBI tests found warfarin in a handful of capsules and authorities said the contamination caused a store recall in Orlando and Houston. He worked for Merrill Lynch San Marino and was fired in 1985. prosecutors dropped remaining charges in exchange for the plea.
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Orlando, Fla
Edward Arlen Marks
Temple City
Calif
Orlando
Houston
Marks
U.S
Garry Stegeland
SmithKline Beckman Corp
FBI
Merrill Lynch
San Marino
Kucinich quits race to back Celeste for governor
Former mayor Dennis Kucinich ends his independent bid for Ohio governor and endorses Gov. Richard Celeste for a second term. Kucinich cites insufficient support to win, with Paul Kirk and James Ruvolo present as Democratic leaders praise the decision.
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Cleveland
Dennis Kucinich
Richard Celeste
Kucinich
James Rhodes
Celeste
Paul Kirk
National Democratic Party
James Ruvolo
Ohio Democratic Party
Kirk
Ohio
Governors call for peacetime state control of National Guard
After an 78th annual meeting governors urged Congress and the Reagan administration to keep peacetime National Guard control with the states. The statement backed by those who sent troops to Honduras and those who did not asserted governors are commanders in peacetime.
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Hilton Head Island
S.C
Congress
Reagan
Central America
Iowa National Guard
Honduras
Oregon
Victor Atiyeh
Arkansas
Bill Clinton
New Hampshire
John Sununu
Sununu
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Democratic Governors Association
Texas
Mark White
Arizona
Bruce Babbitt
White House concedes contra drug trafficking pressures
The State Department report to Congress acknowledges some Nicaraguan rebels and backers engaged in drug trafficking but finds no evidence that UNO leaders authorized or profited. It cites a senior Sandino Front member in 1984 who agreed to assist a Colombian trafficker in exchange for aircraft. The AP had previously reported cocaine trafficking by rebels in northern Costa Rica to fund their war.
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Washington
Reagan Administration
Congress
State Department
U.S
Eden Pastora
Sandino Revolutionary Front
United States
United Nicaraguan Opposition
UNO
Associated Press
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
John Kerry
D-Mass
Shaky airlines a gamble for ticket holders
Travelers face loss and stranded plans as Frontier Air Lines failure joins a pattern of airline bankruptcies since deregulation. Experts warn refunds are rare and protections few, while a proposal for a 100 million revolving fund faces political indifference. A revival effort for Frontier continues amid bankruptcy risk.
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Washington
Frontier Airlines
U.S
Hoyte Decker
Transportation Department
American Society of Travel Agents
Congress
Chris Witkowski
Aviation Consumer Action Project
Ralph Nader
Frontier
People Express
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Chester Lee Wicker
Suzanne C. Knuth
Beaumont
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