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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1997
Page
2
An Army UH-1H Huey crashed during night flight training east of Samson Alabama. Two student pilots and a flight instructor died. The chopper from Fort Rucker went down Friday night. wreckage found Saturday morning at about 7:30. Identities withheld pending family notices.
Nana Okoda Darko, a 42 year old Connecticut state worker, graduate student, and father of five, has been crowned king of the Akim Kusi traditional council in Ghana where he was born. He plans to return to Ghana with his wife after earning a master's in social work at Springfield College. He has lived in Connecticut since 1982 and works as an investigator for the Department of Children and Families. The ceremonial title carries authority to convene courts and rule on minor criminal cases.
Archaeologists retrieved two 800-pound bronze cannons from The Belle, La Salle's supply ship, deep in a cofferdam off the Gulf coast. The weapons, bearing royal crests, date to the late 17th century and mark a pinnacle in Texas underwater archaeology. The Belle carried colonists toward the Mississippi, ending with La Salle's murder in 1687.
A convicted stock manipulator, Eric Wynn of New Jersey, attended a December 1995 White House coffee meeting with 15 other guests organized by the Democratic National Committee. Wynn was later convicted in a scheme tied to Bonanno crime family captain Frank Coppa and sentenced to 52 months in prison. The Post reported a Florida firm he partly controlled gave $25,000 to the DNC two days before the event, prompting an internal review on possible restitution.
FBI official says about 200 espionage investigations remain active despite Cold War end. Raymond Mislock notes Russians still operate from Washington residencies, with SVRR and GRU cited, while domestic terrorism has driven expanded agent staffing and a new focus on terrorism analysis.
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