Navy captain convicted in cannibalism case
A military jury at Subic Bay spared Captain Alexander Balian from prison, finding him guilty only of dereliction of duty for failing to aid more than 80 Vietnamese refugees aboard the USS Dubuque. He received a reprimand and was relieved of command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Subic Naval Base
Philippines
U.S. Navy
Alexander Balian
South China Sea
Balian
Dubuque
Los Angeles
Philippine
Palawan
U.N
Persian Gulf
U.S
Indiana House panel approves castration for sex offenders
An Indiana House committee approved a bill allowing suspended jail terms for rapists, child molesters, and criminal deviates who undergo surgical castration. The measure, supported by Rep. Richard Worden, faces opposition over effectiveness and policy implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
House
Public Defender
Alen County
Hijacker Hussein Hariri sentenced to life in prison
Hussein Hariri 22 was convicted on seven charges including murder and hostage taking for the 1987 Air Afrique hijack in which French passenger Xavier Beaulieu, 28, was killed. The Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Lausanne handed a life term after a four day trial, satisfying prosecutors' demand for a harsh sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausanne
Switzerland
Air Afrique
Hussein Hariri
Federal Criminal Court
Hariri
Xavier Beaulieu
Satanic Verses sparks killings in India and protests
The death toll from protests over Salman Rushdie's novel rose to 17 as police fired on demonstrators in Bombay, killing at least 10. Seven more deaths occurred in Pakistan and India amid ongoing threats after Iran called for Rushdie’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Salman Rushdie
Bombay
India
Canada
Joe Clark
Toronto Sun
Christian Sarrazin
Tehran
Otto Jelinek
Rushdie
Marianne Wiggins
Britain
New York Times
Arphive Qo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cmdr
Stanley Halter
Baltar
Rep
Richard L. Worden
Worden
House County and Township Committee
John Gregg
Gregg
Ruth Peters
Indiana Civil Liberties Union
Pakistan
Iran
Ruhollah Khomeini
Khomeini
Jonathans
Elyria
Griswold
Lorain
Medina
Medina Rd
Plaza
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!