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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1998
Page
4
Two Amish men Abner King Stoltzfus and Abner Stoltzfus admitted conspiring to buy cocaine from the Pagans motorcycle gang and sell it to Amish youth in the Philadelphia area. Prosecutors say eight Pagans members have also been charged with related offenses.
An oversize hot air balloon crashed into a power line at Kirtland Air Force Base, killing one person and injuring 12 aboard. The balloon, unregistered for the Kodak International Balloon Fiesta, split apart when it struck the line and its wicker gondola separated, plunging 18 feet, per Col. Jim Stevens.
Two helicopters collided about 107 miles south southeast of Cameron Louisiana over the Gulf of Mexico. One pilot was killed and the other rescued. no passengers aboard. The dead pilot worked for Tex Air Helicopters of Houston and was recovered from the water. Tex Air is investigating the incident.
Key West reopened four days ahead of schedule inviting tourists back ten days after Hurricane Georges struck the Florida Keys. U S 1 reopened curfew and alcohol sale bans were lifted while public schools resumed. City spokeswoman Cynthia Edwards cited debris cleanup and power restoration as reasons for the early reopening, with business owners supporting the move.
In West Paducah, 15-year-old Michael Carneal pleaded guilty but mentally ill to the Heath High School massacre. He will serve at least 25 years with no parole, transfer to adult prison after 18, and undergo mental health evaluation and possible treatment.
NATO may need to deploy ground troops including Americans to Kosovo to guarantee safety for hundreds of thousands of ethnic Albanian refugees. Officials fear a humanitarian crisis if peacekeeping is not secured, even if Milosevic agrees to end crackdowns. Air strikes could follow if Serb forces do not withdraw and sit at the peace table.
At a Washington ceremony organizer cited possible homes for a 309 foot statue of Christopher Columbus by Zurab Tsereteli. The artist, known for massive works such as Peter the Great, plans a 275 foot bronze Columbus destined for Catano near San Juan, with inauguration on Columbus Day 2000.
In Hanoi officials ban riding with mobile phones while driving. Starting Saturday riders using a phone face a 3 dollar fine. The move comes as Vietnam’s average per capita income sits around 300 dollars annually, highlighting the policy’s economic impact.
Interfax reports Tajikistan renamed Communism Peak the Ismail Samani Peak to honor the 1100th anniversary of the Samanide state and commemorate its founder Ismail Samani. The mountain stands as Tajikistan's highest peak in the Pamir range at 24 733 feet.
Police searched the home of Masumi Hayashi a 37 year old former insurance saleswoman after her arrest on suspicion of serving arsenic laced food to a man in September 1997 in Wakayama. The case may be tied to an arsenic poisoning that killed four people and sickened dozens. Hayashi and her 53 year old husband Kenji deny the charges.
Fishermen have recovered 29 bodies from the sea after the Lionair Antonov AN-24 disappeared last week off Sri Lanka. Officials say rebels may have shot it down thinking it was a troop transport. Twenty bodies were found Sunday off Poonakary, a village about 160 miles north of Colombo.
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