Tapes of convicted mayor in court report
Federal prosecutors released a 54 page memorandum and 500 pages of secretly recorded conversations portraying former Atlantic City Mayor Michael J. Matthews as a thoroughly corrupt public official bent upon selling his office to the highest bidder. Matthews pleaded guilty on November 27 to accepting a $10,000 bribe from a federal undercover agent and faces sentencing December 31 with a potential 20 year prison term and $10,000 fine.
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N.J
Atlantic City
Michael J. Matthews
Matthews
U.S
Harold A. Ackerman
Boy's hike leads to crash survivors as mother dies
In Hamilton Alabama a 13 year old boy legs three miles through dark woods to summon help for a small plane crash survivors. He arrived with one shoe on and one off leaving a shoe as marker. Rescuers found pilot David McMillen 32 and Sharon Andrews 37 both of New Albany. Sharon died about 15 minutes before responders reached the wreck. Stacy Andrews, also from New Albany, led rescuers to the site and suffered a broken arm.
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Hamilton
Ala
Stacy Andrews
New Albany
Miss
Buttahatchee
Judy Pickard
Andrews
David McMillen
Sharon Andrews
Yule cards with stamps of Jesus banned in school
In Sanford Florida an eight year old girl was refused permission to distribute Christmas cards to classmates because the cards included small Jesus stamps. The district policy on religious content drew strong reactions from the girl's mother and school staff who questioned the guidance.
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Seminole County
Cotton
Kathleen Procon
United Press Inter
Akron plant blast kills three workers at trash facility
Three workers died and seven were injured after explosions at Akron's Recycle Energy System plant where fumes were reported minutes earlier. Investigators seek cause amid prior 1983 blasts linked to illegally dumped industrial waste. Names Henry Teasdale and William Griggs identified among the dead. Dale Liller died later.
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Akron
Onic
Tom Sawyer
Coer William Cox
Claire Merrix
Henry Teasdale
William D. Griggs
Stow
Dale E. Liller
Ravenna
Teens raise funds for burial after classmate’s death
Dallas reports Polish teen Sertorine Novater ial dies at 16 from prostate cancer spread to stomach and lungs. Classmates raise about $2,000 to ease medical bills his parents cannot pay while he concealed illness. Paul, an only child, died Saturday at St Paul Hospital after surgery revealed advanced cancer.
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Sertorine Novaterial
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Paul
Father Finds Bodies of Five Teens in Canal Crash
William Fernandez discovered an overturned car at the canal bottom shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday. The five victims include his daughter and four Central Union High School affiliates, identified as Ron Thompson 17 Sabrina Bejean 16 Carlton 17 and York Pres 19, after leaving a bonfire party near the canal around midnight.
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EL Centro
Calif
William Fernandez
Juhe
California Highway Patrol
Central Union High School
Imperial County
Fernandez
Ron Thompson
Sabrina Bejean
Oo Carlton
York Pres
Navy Trident contracts spark probe into General Dynamics profits
A Washington inquiry centers on General Dynamics profits from 1982 and 1983 Trident submarine contracts. A former exec in Athens claims a 1981 deal with Navy Secretary Lehman raised target profits, while Sen. Proxmire questions inflation and cost overruns. GD and officials deny improper ties and defend profit figures as inflated by inflation.
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United Press International
Athens
Greece
Pentagon
Navy
Washington
General Dynamics Corp
John Lehman
General Dynamics
P. Takis Veliotis
Lehman
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Electric Boat Shipbuilding
Veliotis
David Lewis
George Sawyer
Elliits
Justice Department
UPI
James Dorsey
John Rigos
Sawyer
Proxmire
Gorbachev's Britain visit unsettles U S on Star Wars
U S officials worry over Mikhail Gorbachev's success in winning Western European leaders to oppose the Star Wars space defense plan during his eight day Britain tour. He met British leaders, urged compromise on arms control, and pressed Washington to meet halfway. Thatcher, Reagan to discuss, while others expressed reservations about the program.
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U.S
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
America
Gorbachev
Scotland
Moscow
Britain
Washinashington
Charles Price
Malcolm Rifkind
Price
Rifkind
The
Daily Telegraph
Konstantin A. Chernenko
London Chamber of Commerce
West
United States
Margaret Thatcher
Presdent Reagan
Camp David
China
Hong Kong
Francois Mitterrand
France
Helmut Kohl
West Germany
United States open to space arms talks in Geneva negotiations
A U.S. official said Washington is willing to negotiate on space arms and a broader arms control approach. The "Stars Wars" program remains a plan with limited funding, but could serve as a bargaining chip in talks with the Soviet Union. The official stressed commitment to stability and reductions in nuclear arsenals and to constructive, sensible negotiation.
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United States
U.S
Geneva
Soviet defense minister Dmitry Ustinov dies in Moscow
Moscow AP reports Defense Minister Marshal Dmitry Ustinov, age 76, has died after decades leading Soviet military affairs. Officials and media offered no immediate confirmation, as notice of his passing came as World Chess Championship officials called off the Karpov Kasparov game. Ustinov, born 1908 in Kurbyshev, rose through the Politburo after directing defense production since World War II.
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Dmitry Ustinov
House of Unions
Kremlin
Ustinov
Ort
Volga River
Kurbyshev
Politburo
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