Pro Iran group claims Brussels clerics killings
Beirut based Soldiers of Truth Organization claimed responsibility for the March 29 1989 slayings of Abdullah Abdel 35 and Salem El Behir 48 in Brussels. They accused the two clerics of spying for Israel and said they executed God's sentence. The victims were a Saudi Islamic Center director and a Tunisian librarian found slain near Brussels main mosque.
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Lebanon
UPI
Brussels
Israel
Abdullah Abdel
Salem el Behir
Soldiers of Truth Organization
Abdel
Islamic Cultural Center
el Behir
Belgian Moslem leader Abdel Threatened After Rushdie Clash
Group The Soldiers of Truth claims responsibility for prior kidnapping in Tyre and warns Saudi rulers after Abdel condemned Khomeini call for Rushdie’s death. Abdel reported a death threat on March 24 following public disavowal of the Iranian decree. Shadowy group links Islam’s enemies to Mossad and targets Brussels Islamic center.
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Abdel
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Salman Rushdie
Khomeini
Rushdie
Mohammed
Soldiers of Truth Organization
West Beirut
Islamic Cultural Center
Brussels
Mossad
Rashidiyeh
Tyre
Beirut
Adultery law stays on New Hampshire books
In Concord New Hampshire the 200 year old adultery statute remains in force despite repeal efforts. Senate opposition led by Robert Preston of Hampton rejected House action to repeal, calling the law a reaffirmation of traditional values. The statute once prescribed public whippings and now carries a fine up to 1000 dollars and up to one year in jail. The ACLU calls the law an embarrassment and opposes its continuance.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Senate
Robert Preston
Hampton
House
Merrimack
the American Civil Liberties Union
Disney sues Academy over Snow White at Oscars
Walt Disney Co. alleges the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences used the Snow White character without permission in a 10 minute opening number of the 61st Oscars show. The lawsuit seeks materials policy relief, damages, and an injunction to stop further copyright violations. Disney notes three Oscars for Who Framed Roger Rabbit in the telecast.
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UPI
Walt Disney Co
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Disney
Academy
Snow White
Rob Lowe
Walt Disney
Allan Carr
ABC
Richard Kahn
Kahn
Roger Rabbit
Amblin Entertainment
Northwest Airlines faces takeover bid from Marvin Davis
Union leaders vow resistance to any raider plan that would break up Northwest Airlines as Marvin Davis bids $90 a share for NWA Inc. The offer, good through April 21, comes with a 50 percent premium and keeps the company based in Eagan, Minnesota.
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ST. Paul, Minn
UPI
Northwest Airlines
Marvin Davis
Davis
NWA Inc
Denver
Los Angeles
NWA
Eagan
Minn
Ueberroth withdraws bid for Eastern Airlines
Miami sources report Peter Ueberroth and backer J Thomas Talbot pulled their $464 million bid after losing to Jay Pritzker, who offered about $500 million. Pritzker, Hyatt Hotels head, still owns 10 percent of Braniff, which is relocating its headquarters from Dallas to Orlando.
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Miami
UPI
Peter Ueberroth
Eastern Airlines
Chicago
Jay Pritzker
Farrell Kupersmith
Air Line Pilots Association
Ueberroth
J. Thomas Talbot
Kupersmith
Pritzker
Braniff
Hyatt Hotel
Branniff
Dallas
Orlando
Defense consultant pleads guilty in Pentagon bribery case
Fred Lackner, a California defense consultant, pleads guilty to conspiracy bribery and fraud for funneling payoffs to a Navy contracting officer in the Operation Ill Wind probe. He is the 12th to plead guilty as the first prosecution phase nears completion, with penalties up to 25 years and $750,000 fines.
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Alexandria
UPI
California
Fred Lackner
Navy
Lackner
Pentagon
William Parkin
Stuart Berlin
Parkin
Teledyne Industries Inc
Newbury Park
Calif
Long Island
Judge upholds 53 million DeLorean ruling in Britain
A U.S. judge affirmed a 53 million judgment against former GM executive John DeLorean, tied to alleged theft from his Northern Ireland sport car venture. DeLorean and attorney Mayer Morganroth plan an appeal after the ruling challenges the 1987 out-of-court U.S. bankruptcy settlement.
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Detroit
UPI
Britain
John DeLorean
Northern Ireland
General Motors
DeLorean
DSQ Property Co. Ltd
U.S
Richard Suhrheinrich
Anne Tyler wins 1989 Pulitzer Prize for fiction Breathing Lessons
New York and Columbia University announce the 1989 Pulitzer winners with Baltimore novelist Anne Tyler awarded the fiction prize for Breathing Lessons. Other honorees include Wendy Wasserstein for The Heidi Chronicles, Neil Sheehan Taylor Branch and James M. McPherson for non fiction history, poetry Richard Wilbur, music Roger Reynolds, and posthumous biography Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann.
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New York
UPI
Baltimore
Anne Tyler
Columbia University
Pulitzer School of Journalism
Wendy Wasserstein
Heidi
Neil Sheehan
Wallington
Taylor Branch
James M. McPherson
Princeton
N.J
Susan
Richard Wilbur
Roger Reynolds
la Jolla
Calif
Richard Ellmann
Oscar Wilde
Severe storms lash South injuring dozen in North Carolina
Severe thunderstorms spawned tornadoes across the South injuring at least 12 people in North Carolina and causing major damage. A tornado in Northampton County ripped the Eastside Elementary roof while two construction workers were seriously hurt near Jackson. Fred Butler and Lawrence Pope were listed in serious condition in area hospitals.
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Ohio Valley
Tennessee Valley
Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Kentucky
Mississippi
Carolinas
Virginia
Northhampton County
N.C
Jackson
Nash General Hospital
Rocky Mount
Lawrence E. Pope
Rich Square
Halifax Memorial Hospital
Roanoke Rapids
Illinois Forecast and Lottery Draw Summary
Chicago area forecasts show highs in the 50s to mid 60s and lows ranging from the upper 30s to upper 40s across the state with a rain chance Sunday through Tuesday. Illinois Lottery results list Thursday winning number 7 8 8 and Pick Four 6 8 2 5. Saturday Lotto prize estimated at 14 million dollars.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois
Noon Commodity Quotes From Merchants Trading Co
Live cattle and hogs futures with April through October contracts listed, plus pork bellies feeders soybeans corn wheat and other commodities. Also provided are gold cotton silver and metal prices and a note that Blunt Ellis & Loewi of Sterling supplies additional noon stock quotations on request.
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Merchants Trading Company
S. T. Majewski
H. W. Beeler
O. M
Nysather
Blunt Ellis & Loewi, Inc
Sterling
Blunt Ellis & Loewi
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