Secord denies profiting from Iran arms sales
Retired Maj. Gen. Richard Secord told congressional investigators he did not profit from Iran contra arms dealings. He disputed 60 percent profit claims, said overall markup was 20 to 30 percent, and described a November meeting with Hakim and North as benign. He offered to waive attorney client privilege to reveal more details.
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Washington
Richard Secord
Secord
Air Force
Ther
Albert Hakim
Hakim
Irancontra
Philadelphia
North
Thomas Green
Brunei
State Department
Hundreds protest Klan rally in Greensboro march
About 600 anti Klan demonstrators marched through downtown Greensboro in a police cordon to counter a Ku Klux Klan march planned for today. The event echoed Greensboro 1979 clashes and drew City Manager William Carstarphen and local officials in opposition.
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N.C
Communist Workers Party
CWP
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Ku Klux Klan
Maurice Wilson
Carroll Crawford
The
Christian Knights
William Carstarphen
Earl Jones
Tommie Young
Governmental Plaza
F.W. Woolworth
China sacks Forestry Minister over deadly northeast fire
The State Council dismissed Yang Zhong for dereliction of duty after a forest blaze in the Daxinganling mountains killed 193 and injured 226. It burned 2.47 million acres, left over 50,000 homeless, and prompted an investigation into forestry officials and firefighting training shortcomings.
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Chinese State Council
Yang Zhong
China
State Council
Daxinganling
Heilongjiang
Xinhua
Yang
Sichuan
Forestry Ministry
Liu Jingsong
Shenyang
Liu
Tian Jiyun
Killer at Large After Folsom Prison Escape
Glen Godwin, 26, a Riverside County murder convict serving 26 years to life, vanished Friday after reportedly breaking into a storm drain that led to the American River. Authorities say outside help is suspected. an abandoned raft and prison clothes were found along the river.
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Folsom
Calif
American River
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Glen Godwin
Riverside County
Sacramento
California
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Yarborough
Bodies of two climbers found on Mount Rainier tent
Two 31 year old climbers from Olympia Don Wiltberger and John Weise were found dead in a tent at the 13 000 foot level near Liberty Ridge on Mount Rainier after a weeklong search. The cause of death was not immediately known though an avalanche was discounted. The bodies were recovered Saturday after a search team sighted the tent Friday and was flown to the scene.
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Paradise
Wash
National Park
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Mount Rainier National Park
Cy Hentges
Don Wiltberger
John Weise
Olympia
Hentges
Walesa says Solidarity won't disrupt pope visit
Lech Walesa dismissed government charges that opposition activists would disrupt Pope John Paul II's Poland visit. Police warned Solidarity supporters against protests while the pope, arriving in Warsaw for a seven day pilgrimage, plans stops in eight cities including Lublin Krakow and Gdansk.
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Poland
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Solidarity
John Paul II
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Jozef
Glemp
Onyszkiewicz
Walesa
Gdansk
Lublin
Tarnow
Krakow
Szczecin
Czestochowa
Lodz
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