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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1991
Page
3
New York police acknowledge a mistake after releasing a photo from an ATM transaction and labeling it as a rape suspect. The man, a taxi driver with no prior arrest, faced devastation until officials said a malfunction misaligned the ATM photo.
Gulfport authorities charged Donald Leroy Evans with serious case in the disappearance and presumed death of Beatrice Louise Routh after he allegedly abducted the 10 year old from a Gulfport area. Tammy Giles Routh was charged as accessory before the fact of sexual battery. Beatrice was last seen Aug 1 with Evans at a Gulfport beach. Evans claims to have harmed many others and faces federal charges for holding against will. He is set to plead guilty to a related federal count Monday.
In Beirut relatives of Arab prisoners in Israel and south Lebanon urge the U.N. to press for their release amid stalled exchanges. U.N. Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar says a solution may come within two weeks, while Iran signals possible holds over two German hostages.
A 13 year old Ryan Hendrickson fought off a burglar at home in St Paul using a baseball bat after catching him cutting a window screen. He described waiting for the intruder to enter and delivering a powerful hit before the man fled. Police noted the home had prior robberies in the neighborhood and praised the youth for defending his home.
Workers recover 46 bodies from the wreckage of an Indian Airlines Boeing 737-200 that crashed near Imphal in Manipur killing 69 aboard. A second crew seeks more debris as authorities review the cause. Flight from Calcutta, clouds and rain hindered initial landing. Foreign passenger presence deemed unlikely.
Moscow reports Alexander Yakovlev, a key adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev and architect of reform, quit the Communist Party Friday after a commission recommended expulsion for aiding the Democratic Reform Movement. At 67, he joins peers like Eduard Shevardnadze and Alexander Rutskoi in signaling a party rift and loss of influence amid hard-liner pressure.
The FAA commanded U.S. carriers to disconnect engine reversing devices on 382 two engine Boeing 767s amid safety reviews. Investigators cited possible valve discrepancies but found no conclusive link to the Lauda flight crash that killed 223. Boeing and FAA stressed safety remains intact.
A federal jury in London Kentucky found five of six eastern Kentucky law enforcement officers including four sheriffs guilty of taking bribes to protect undercover drug dealers. The defendants faced charges of conspiracy to distribute drugs and extortion with juries deliberating about 20 hours. Breathitt County Sheriff Dean Spencer was acquitted.
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