Former press secretary pleads guilty in 1988 Wilder tape case
Steven Johnson 31, ex-press secretary to Sen. Charles Robb, to admit in Norfolk federal court next week that he played a secretly taped 1988 phone conversation between Gov. Douglas Wilder and a political supporter to a Washington Post reporter and provided a transcript. Traffic deaths of women rise nationwide, experts report.
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Washington
Steven Johnson
Charles Robb
D-Va
Virginia
Douglas Wilder
Johnson
Norfolk
Washington Post
Break in serial killings in Riverside under investigation
A task force gained a significant break in the Riverside serial killings of 19 women believed to be prostitutes or drug abusers. A man in custody reportedly confessed to some slayings, and another arrestee provided investigators useful information. Details await a news conference this afternoon.
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Riverside
Calif
Riverside County Sheriff's
Henry Sawicki
Sawicki
Forecasters Gauge El Nino Mood and Global Weather Impact
The United States National Weather Service reports a warm equatorial water pool driving El Nino, predicting above normal rainfall from Texas to the Gulf and Southeast coasts this winter and cooler Southeast weather with a mixed California outlook. The phenomenon, occurring every three to five years, can produce varied outcomes including droughts and heavy rains.
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National Weather Service
Texas
Gulf and Southeast
Ed O'Leaie
Federal Climate Analysis Center
Midwest
Southeast
California
O'Leaic
Equator
South America
Vernon Kousky
Climate Center
Dave Rodenhuis
Jesus
Africa
French Polynesia
Peru
Ecuador
Australia
Social Health Index sinks to new low amid rising abuse
A survey by Fordham University finds 12 of 17 social categories worsened from 1970 to 1989. Child abuse cases reached 2.2 million in 1989, teen suicides rose to about 5,000, and health insurance gaps widened while the rich remain wealthier, signaling a broad social decline.
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King
Boston
Martin Luther King Jr
Boston University
Coretta Scott King
Gazette Wire Services
Associated Press
Marc Miringoff
Miringoff
Fordham University Institute For Innoa
Tarrytown
Israelis and Palestinians begin historic autonomy talks
In Washington a two hour session opened Mideast peace talks on Palestinian autonomy with Jordanian participation. The aim is self rule for 1.7 million Palestinians in Israeli held areas as both sides exchanged agenda items for a second round.
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Washington
Israel
Mideast
Haidar Abdul-Shafi
Eliakim Rubinstein
Faithful Sheepdog Shep Remembered At 50th Anniversary
In Fort Benton Montana AP 200 commemorate faithful sheepdog Shep honored at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of his death. Shep waited 50 years at the train station for his master returning from a fatal trip after August 1936. He met daily Great Northern passenger trains until he died January 12 1942. Steve McSweeney recalling as a boy noted Shep never met a freight train.
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Fort Benton
Mont
Shep
Great Northern
Montana
Steve McSweeney
Soviet Says Cuba Had Nukes in Sixty Two Crisis
Gen. A I Gribkov disclosed at a Havana conference that the Soviet Union secretly sent short range nuclear weapons to Cuba in 1962 and authorized their use against an American invasion. He said the local commander could fire if Kennedy ordered an invasion.
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Cuba
Washington
Soviet Union
A.I. Gribkov
Havana
Kennedy
Philip Brenner
American University
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