22 Feb 1998
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1998
Page
1
The eight king abdicated English monarch's table drew fierce bidding at Sothebys with a final price of 375000 on a nine day sale of Windsors items. The 1755 George III library desk started near 30000 and soared after a phone bid to 375000.
The G seven finance ministers on Saturday pledged short term trade finance to Asia after a regional crisis and said world growth in 1998 should be manageable if reform continues and others respond. They singled out Japan for not boosting domestic demand and imports.
Two men arrested near Las Vegas on a tip about testing deadly anthrax faced conspiracy charges. FBI officials said the material tested at Fort Detrick was not military grade, and one suspect was released while the other, Larry Wayne Harris, remained jailed awaiting a detention hearing. The case hinges on misunderstandings and statements made to investigators.
Civil rights leader Julian Bond was elected chairman of the NAACP board defeating Joe Madison 29 to 24 in a runoff. He pledges to restore fiscal sanity and civil civility, reach out to emerging Americans including Hispanics Latinos Native Americans Asians and whites, and deepen the organization’s voice nationwide. He succeeds Myrlie Evers-Williams who led the group through recovery from internal disputes and financial improprieties. Bond is a veteran activist and educator who has long been involved with the NAACP and Crisis Magazine.
A 150 page CIA internal inquiry on the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion accuses agency leaders of misinforming the Kennedy administration planning poorly and conducting an overt operation beyond agency capability. It says the exiles were treated as puppets and notes deniability was the drive behind the plan. The fiasco resulted in 200 killed and 1,197 captured.
On the Warner Bros lot in a Western backdrop wedding setting attended by about 200 guests including brother Robert Carradine best man. The ceremony was kept secret to deter paparazzi on the Laramie Street set where Carradine films Kung Fu The Legend Continues.
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