Japanese PM admits Recruit donations linked to scandal
Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita acknowledged that Recruit Co paid about 20 million yen for tickets to his May 1987 fund raising party, a purchase seen as a large political donation. A former Recruit executive received an 18 month suspended sentence for attempted bribery, as the scandal shakes Japan’s political and business ranks.
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Tokyo
Noboru Takeshita
Friday
Takeshita
Recruit Co
Junichiro Koizumi
Home Ministry
Asahi Shimbun
Feds seize 10th largest savings and loan
Federal regulators seized control of Gibraltar Savings in Beverly Hills the nation’s tenth-largest S&L with assets of 13.4 billion and fired its chief executive amid findings of unsafe operations and asset dissipation. An affiliated Bellevue, Washington thrift with 1.7 billion in assets was also placed into conservatorship.
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Savings and Loan Association
Gibraltar Savings
Beverly Hills
Calif
S&l
William Fulwider
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Bellevue
Wash
Gibraltar Financial Corp
James N. Thayer
Gibraltar Financial
Fulwider
Paris Celebrates Centenary of Eiffel Tower with Pageant
Champagne flowed as 21 guns sounded for a troupe climbing 1710 stairs to the Eiffel Tower top for the centennial celebration. The event echoed Eiffel's 1889 ascent as a flag rose over the tower. Outdoor cafes filled the levels, with blooms in Parisian gardens and monitors tracking the actors’ ascent.
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Eiffel Tower
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
Palais Chaillot
Seine River
Champs de Mars
Political staffing shift in state agency contracts
The office at 2809 Broadway gains seven year status as contracts are awarded with a new unfettered process. Meads and Denihan emphasize formal notification and the depoliticized review, while Patricia Riffe of New Boston wins Scioto County work as the sole bidder.
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Broadway
Skinner
Denihan
Mary Rosa
Cuyahoga County
Scioto County
Patricia Riffe
New Boston
House
Vern Riffe Jr
Foreign buyers move on United Artists in $1 billion sale
Australian Qintex Group to acquire United Artists for $1 billion, gaining most MGM-UA Communications assets including Rain Man rights, a 4,000-movie library, and Bond and Pink Panther titles, as Australian and Japanese interests push to buy MCA Universal in separate deals.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
United Artists Movie Studio
MCA
Universal Studios
United Artists
Rain Man
Qintex Group
CBS
Mgm-Ua Communications Co
Japan
Sony Corp
Entertainment
Mgm-Ua
Kirk Kerkorian
MGM
Wanda
Kerkorian
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Hollywood
Burt Sugarman
Snowstorm Spreads Across State With Fatal Traffic Accidents
A winter storm blanketed the region on Friday dropping 9.6 inches in parts and temps in the 30s. Two women died in central Ohio traffic accidents while flooding threats lingered as rain and snow raised water levels. Heaviest snowfall occurred between Akron and Youngstown with 8.3 inches at Youngstown Municipal Airport. Lake Erie shore towns saw 2 to 4 inches, with higher depths in snowbelt areas. Central Ohio saw 1 to 4 inches on the ground. Wind speeds 15 to 25 mph produced teens wind chills.
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Akron
Youngstown
Youngstown Municipal
Lake Ewe
Snowbell
Lake and Geauga
Ohio
Delaware Post
State Highway Patrol
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Knx-Am News Radio
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Tracinda Corp
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Ray Diederich
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