Ex Gov Arch Moore Jr Sentenced For Corruption
Former three term West Virginia governor Arch Moore Jr was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison and fined 170000 dollars after pleading guilty to mail fraud extortion obstruction of justice and filing false income taxes during campaigns in 1984 and 1988 and his 1985 89 term. Police brace for Zodiac gunman as NY detectives plan a large scale hunt with a 21 day interval pattern and a possible next strike after the June 21 shooting.
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Moore
Charleston
W.va
Arch Moore Jr
Zodiac
New York
New York City
1st black archbishop resigns amid health worries
Archbishop Eugene Marino the nation’s first black archbishop and Atlanta's leader since 1988 resigned citing health reasons. He had a May 1988 suspension and a heart stress episode. he rests at a New York area resort.
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Eugene Marino
Marino
Atlanta
Kenya Riots Leave 18 Dead Across Rural Areas
Rioters clashed with riot police in rural Kenya as President Moi blamed hooligans and drug addicts for the unrest. Eighteen deaths were reported over four days, while the State Department warned Americans to defer non essential travel to Kenya.
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Kenya
Nairobi
Daniel Arap Moi
State Department
Washington
Gorbachev Wins Re election as Soviet Party Leader
Mikhail Gorbachev won re election as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in a lopsided vote against Teimuraz Avaliani, amid backing for his perestroika reforms and a conservative mood at the party congress. Delegates approved his retention of both key posts with a wide margin.
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Washington Post
Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Communist Party
Gorbachev
Central Committee
Soviet Union
Teimuraz Avaliani
Siberia
AIDS emerges as major killer of women age 15 to 44
A CDC study in JAMA shows AIDS rising nationally as a leading cause of death for women 15 to 44, especially among black women in New York and New Jersey. By 1988 deaths among this group reached about 1,430, with possible higher true numbers.
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Brawley
Albany
N.Y
New York
Alton Maddox
Tawana Brawley
Maddox
New York Times
New Jersey
Federal
Centers For Disease Control
Journal of the American Medical Association
Diamond ring adrift after balloon bouquet escape
In Spring Valley Illinois Mark Turner tied his wife’s diamond and ruby ring to helium balloons as a birthday gift. A gust carried the bouquet into a house and the ring floated away. A farmer found the balloons in a soybean field but the ring and card remained missing. The Turners seek help from police stations radio volunteers and a local psychic.
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Spring Valley, Ill
Mark Turner
Turner
Sue Ann Turner
Moody faces charges in mail bombing probe arrest
Walter Leroy Moody Jr and his wife Susan McBride Moody were arrested in Georgia on conspiracy obstruction of justice subordination of perjury bribery of a witness and tampering with a witness amid a federal probe of two fatal mail bombings. Their Rex home was searched last year by agents investigating the case.
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Macon, Ga
Walter Leroy Moody Jr
U.S
Moody
Susan McBride Moody
Moodys
Rex, Ga
Restaurateur testifies he and Barry used opium
Hassan Mohammadi, a Teh ran born restaurateur, testified he repeatedly smoked opium with Marion Barry and warned the mayor to slow down. He said Barry also snorted cocaine at home and began cocaine use on boats after hotel visits drew police attention in 1988. Mohammadi claimed he lied to police in 1989 to protect Barry.
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Washington
Marion Barry
Barry
Hassan Mohammadi
Mohammadi
Iran
Charles Lewis
Ramada Inn
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