Grand jury to hear PTL probe against Bakker in Columbia
The Justice Department will impanel a special grand jury to hear fraud allegations against PTL founder Jim Bakker and his ministry as part of a formal criminal investigation. Tax fraud wire fraud and mail fraud are cited amid concerns over PTL tax-exempt status and a $72 million debt and Chapter 11 filing. Bakker and Tammy Bakker seek new ministry sites and plan to reside in Gatlinburg Tennessee.
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PTL
Jim
Tammy Bakker
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Columbia
S.C
Justice Department
Jim Bakker
Bakker
John Russell
Washington
U.S
Jerry Falwell
Tammy
Iran Guards allegedly smuggle U.S. hostages to Iran
A Shiite source says two American captives were moved from Lebanon toward Iran and hidden in coffins for part of the journey. Named targets are believed to be Terry Anderson and Thomas Sutherland, seized over two years ago by Iran-backed extremists. Iran denies and a U.S. official doubts the report. The Independent Television network reports Waite and the two men may have been taken to Qom.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iran
U.S
Terry Anderson
Thomas Sutherland
Britain
Anderson
Terry Waite
Qom
Mosquitoes Not Thought to Transmit AIDS Study Says
Researchers caution that too early to judge public health risk after findings that mosquitoes fed AIDS contaminated blood carried the virus. Experts from NIH and CDC dispute mosquito transmission and awaiting published results.
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Atlanta
Jai Nayar
Medical Entomology Laboratory
Vero Beach
Fla
Atlanta Constitution
National Institutes of Health
Robert Gallo
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda
National
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
Gallo
Florida
Leading index shows fourth straight May gain
Washington AP government data show the Index of Leading Indicators rose 0.7 percent in May, the fourth consecutive monthly increase. April was revised to a 0.2 percent rise, reinforcing belief in a modest but ongoing economic expansion under the Reagan administration.
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Washington
Commerce Department
U.S
Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Michael Penzer
Bank of America
San Francisco
Gorbachev backs family farming to boost Soviet food supply
Mikhail Gorbachev urged expanding small scale family farming to raise meat vegetables and other foods. He proposed leasing unused village houses to city dwellers who farm part time and carving private leaseholds from state and collective farms as part of a broader agricultural reform aimed at reducing reliance on large scale irrigation and centralized planning.
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Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Communist Party
Central Committee
Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Officials consider Soviet arms compromise amid summit hopes
Washington indicates favorable view of an informal Soviet plan to remove major barriers to a new arms accord. The proposal would eliminate medium and shorter range missiles worldwide with U S concessions on ground launched cruise missiles and Pershing variants. Officials stress further details must be worked out as talks proceed. In a separate action the House froze the Moscow Embassy demolition plan pending a alternative bugged-post solution while approving a $9.4 billion spending measure with farm payments included.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Asia
Europe
West Germany
West Germans
Nikolai Chervov
General Staff
Chervov
Maynard W. Glitman
House
Senate
U.S
Moscow
Farmstate
Commodity Credit Corp
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Greyhound
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Iowa
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Donvier
Phillips Electric Ice Cream Maker
Small Electrics
Westdale & Lindale
Cityline
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Gazette
DowPhone World
DowPhone
DowPhone Financial
Dow Jones
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AMEX
OTC
Dow Jones and Company, Inc
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