SBA funded New York sex venue sparks fury
Federally financed Show World Center Inc in New York faced scrutiny after a 1977 SBA loan of 65000 dollars at 9 percent interest aided an operation later described as an X rated venue. Rev Robert Rappleyea criticized the agency while William Gold contested the claim of improper approval. Rita Irick said auditors learned of the business in 1980 and noted the SBA bans gambling loans but classifies Show World as legal.
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New York
New York City
Small Business Administration
William Gold
Show World Center Inc
SBA
Miami Beach
Rita Irick
Show World
Irick
Oral Roberts' son found dead near Tulsa
Ronald D. Roberts, 37, son of evangelist Oral Roberts, was found dead with a .25 caliber pistol wound in a car in a rural area northwest of Tulsa. He had recently completed a one year deferred jail term for illegally obtaining cough suppressant and was ordered to attend drug counseling and perform community service. Authorities noted a note in his apartment and a note discouraged explicit wording about self harm.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oral Roberts
Ronald D. Roberts
Osage County
George Wyman
Roberts
Richard
George Stovall
Oral Roberts University
Evelyn
Charges against coach dropped in Latvia Nazi case
Edgars Laipenieks, a former Olympic coach, says he is destroyed after an immigration judge dismissed deportation procedures. The judge ruled the government failed to prove he ordered or participated in persecution at Riga camp during World War II. INS has 13 days to appeal. He claimed he fought Communists in Latvia.
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SAN Diego
Latvia
Edgars Laipenieks
U.S
John C. Williams
Laipenieks
Riga
Baltic
Jim O’keefe
INS
Immigration Service
Man linked to 100 contract murders seized in Florida
Bernard Barton Hunwick 37 of Plantation, held on attempted murder kidnapping and armed robbery charges in Broward County jail, tied by police to about 100 nationwide killings. Officers recovered automatic pistols silencers brass knuckles and handcuffs amid the seizure. Sheriff said Hunwick led a small hit squad connected to 100 to 300 slayings nationwide and up to 14 Florida slayings in five years.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Bernard Barton Hunwick
Broward County
Dale Adams
Hunwick
Adams
Plantation
Florida
Boston
New Jersey
Lafayette
Ind
Alan Chafin
Robert
Jury Fines 14 Million for Nashua Waste Dump
A New Hampshire jury awarded 14.1 million dollars in fines to state and federal authorities for cleaning up the Gilson Road dump in Nashua. William Sylvester, John Tinkham, Chemwaste Inc., Cannon Engineering, and Mary Charpentier face civil penalties tied to the 1979 spread of solvents and oils on a 12 acre site. Charpentier, 81, testified she was unaware of the poisoning. Tinkham and Sylvester have served prison terms for operating the dump.
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Manchester
N.H
Gilson Road
Nashua
William Sylvester
John Tinkham
Londonderry
Chemwaste Inc
Cannon Engineering
East Bridgewater
Mass
Tinkham
Sylvester
Mary Charpentier
Cannon and Chemwaste
New Hampshire
Tupper Kinder
In Vitro Baby Born Third Test Tube Birth Report
A Korean American couple in Los Angeles welcomed Christine Yung Lee, a healthy seven pound girl, the nation’s third test tube birth. Dr. Richard Marrs led USC Medical Center’s IVF program and noted the mother’s excellent condition. The baby was conceived in vitro last September and delivered by Caesarean section.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Richard Marrs
University of Southern California Medical Center
Christine Yung Lee
Women’s Hospital of
Los Angeles County
Usc Medical Center
Lee
Marrs
Long
The
University
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Holy Cross Church
Yorude
Nes
Show World Center
Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association
Wayman
Justice Department
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Wilton Manors
Richard Diego Messina
Ken Kreulen
Chafin
Steven Spielberg
Charles Foster Kane
Orange
Calif
Gene Autry
Autry
California Angels
Golden West Broadcasters
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Valerie Orleans
Jackie Autry
of Southern California Medical Center
Puch
Dad
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