PTL Board Cuts Payments and Sparks Clean Sweep
PTL’s board moved to overhaul the ministry by cutting salaries to Rev. Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy, removing Bakker from leadership, and launching investigations into alleged homosexuality and wife swapping. The five hour meeting also named Harry Hargrave as chief operations officer and ordered royalties disputes to be resolved as the ministry faces over 50 million dollars in debt.
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Richard Dortch
PTL
Falwell
ABC News
Nightline
Moral Majority
Plex
Bakker
Tammy
Bakkers
John Ankerberg
Larry King
Ankerberg
Harry Hargrave
Dallas
Heritage USA
Jessica Hahn
Miss Hahn
Dortch
Farmers Rally in Wichita Draws Small Crowd
About 130 supporters gathered in the Wichita Farm Credit Services lot for a protest against the Farm Credit System. Organizers claimed goals included loan restructuring, lower interest rates, foreclosures moratoriums, and appeal rights, while speakers urged action and juries for foreclosures.
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Wichita, Kan
Farm Credit System
Stephen Anderson
Alma
Kansas American Agriculture Movement
AAM
Wichita Farm Credit Services
Cade
Wichita
FCS
Peckham
Anderson
Topeka
Darrell Ringer
Quinter
Ron Wilson
Reagan Maintains No Implications In Irongate
President Reagan says there is no way John Poindexter or Oliver North could claim they acted with his approval in the Iran Contra funds diversion. He called Poindexter honorable and suggested he may have withheld information to protect him. Walsh warned Congress immunity grants may preclude prosecutions as Iran Contra probes expand.
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America
Falwell
Jim
Washington
Reagan
John Poindexter
Oliver “North
Poindexter
National Security
North
Navy
National Security Council
U.S
Iran
Nicaragua
Oval Office
White House
Lawrence Walsh
Congress
Walsh
Senate
House
Warren Rudman
Legislators Propose Prison Overcrowding Solutions in Kansas
Three Kansas legislative committees approved emergency housing plans to ease prison overcrowding by creating minimum security compounds on state hospital campuses. Bed capacity ranges from 390 to 549, with Gov Hayden backing 509 beds. Costs vary, Hayden’s plan moving to budget committees.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate
Ways and Means
Mike Hayden
Hayden
Joint Committee On
Ment of Corrections
Kansas Parole Board
Richard Mills
Winfield State Hospital and Training Center
Norton State Hospital
Osawatomie State Hospital
Forbes Field
Winfield
Osawatomie
Norton
Topeka State Hospital
Forbes
Hutchinson
Checks Cashed After Decades Highlight Government Burden
The article notes long-delayed government checks cashed after decades, totaling 361 people receiving $32,221.40 last year and a larger pool of nearly 5.5 million checks worth about $1.2 billion outstanding. Treasury officials warn the aging unpaid checks complicate balancing books amid a trillion-dollar annual payment system.
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Washington
Nebraska
Texas
Michigan
Uncle Sam
William E. Douglas
Commis
Sioner
Financial Management Service
Treasury Department
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PTL Board
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
John Arens
Fayetteville, Ark
Arens
Wilson
Oklahoma City
Larry Jones
Jim Bakker
Larry Jones International Ministries
Jones
Wichita Food Bank
House Appropriations Committee
Kansas State Penitentiary
Hillsdale Lake
Olathe
House Committee
Oak Haven
Richmond
Mary SueCox Barbara Neal
Dir. of Nursing
Eve Waheed
I Dafoe
Hoosiers
Jene Hackman
Barbara Hershey
Dennis Hopper
Elialy
Annes
Wed
Bréecoe
Harwnace
South Main
Ottawa
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