Honeymooner guilty in wife's death on Mexican cruise
Scott Roston, 37, an unlicensed chiropractor from Santa Monica, was convicted of second degree murder for choking his wife Karen and throwing her overboard from the Stardancer during a 1988 Mexican cruise after a spontaneous Las Vegas marriage. Sentencing set for June 5. Roston plans an appeal.
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Israel
Arafat Signals PLO Will Not Halt Raids in Talks
In Tunis, PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat refused a U.S. demand to curb cross border raids on Israel while stressing the Israeli army's actions in Lebanon. U.S. envoy Robert Pelletreau termed talks with PLO officials as producing a new dynamic that could lead to direct Israeli Palestinian talks if violence declines. Arafat wore battle fatigues and spoke after a five hour meeting with Pelletreau and PLO executive member Yasser Abed Rabbo and expressed mutual intent to drive the dialogue to success.
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Soviet trade representative expelled from the United States
The State Department ordered Sergei Malinin, a Soviet trade diplomat with Amtorg, to leave the United States by month’s end in retaliation for the Soviet expulsion of U.S. Lt. Col. Daniel Van Gundy. Officials stressed no improper activity by Malinin and said the move signals anger over the tit-for-tat incident.
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Final US GNP revision shows 2.4 percent Q4 growth
The final revision shows real GNP up 2.4 percent in Q4 1988, $24 billion higher to $4.33 trillion. Government purchases and business investment boosted growth while net exports trimmed it. Prices rose, with the implicit deflator at 5.3 percent in Q4, and farm losses from the drought trimmed late 1988 output. Personal spending rose $22.4 billion.
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Woes deepen for Bakker empire as eight stations drop show
In Charlotte, Jim and Tammy Bakker reportedly cancelled the program on eight of ten stations within 30 days due to unpaid bills and debt. Meck County officials warned their Pineville home cannot continue as a studio, while Bakker seeks new facilities and faces upcoming federal fraud and conspiracy charges with PTL.
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Secret Contras papers shredded during White House investigations
Testimony details North altering and shredding secret documents about aid to the Contras during the 1986 shutdown period. McFarlane recalled warnings of a shredding party as aides scrambled to hide incriminating records. Hall described shredding daily, shredding volumes, and hiding papers in boots and a skirt before returning them to North.
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Farmer fights tire removal ruling over ozone risk
Richard Bush, a farmer in Illinois Valley near the California border, vows to appeal a Josephine County Oregon order to remove 10 000 stacked tires from his 5 acre farm. He argues tires are needed to protect crops after the ozone layer dissolves, predicting the layer would be gone in about 4000 days. The matter centers on cooling and warming plants during extreme conditions.
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Weather system brings patchy rain and cold across regions
United Press International reports two high pressure systems in New England and the Southwest created fair skies for most of the nation. Temperatures ranged from below zero to the 70s with warnings of rain sleet and snow in the southeast and up to two inches of snow in western North Carolina.
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Five Day Chicago Forecast and Illinois Lottery Numbers
Illinois forecast through Monday factors in partly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers Monday. Highs reach 50s in the north and 60s in the south, with lows in the 30s to 40s. Illinois Lottery results show daily game 4 1 2, Pick Four 9 0 8 1, Cash Five 8 12 17 26 35, and an estimated Lotto grand prize of 6 million dollars for Saturday.
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Commodity quotes and futures for grains and livestock
Today's noon quotes from Merchants Trading Company list live cattle and hogs futures for April through October, noting prices such as Live Cattle April 78.17 and June 73.85, plus Pork Bellies March 37.47 and May 38.17, along with soybeans, corn, wheat, and metals including Gold April 393.20 and Cotton March 61.72.
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