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AP880212-0001 | More than 150 former officers of the overthrown South Vietnamese government have been released from a re-education camp after 13 years of detention, the official Vietnam News Agency reported Saturday. The report from Hanoi, monitored in Bangkok, did not give specific figures, but said those freed Friday included an ex-... | More than 150 former officers of the |
AP880212-0002 | The ripples from the Iowa precinct caucuses are spreading to New Hampshire, boosting winners and damaging losers in the final days before the nation's first primary, polls indicate. Vice President George Bush, who was slipping in New Hampshire even before his third-place Iowa finish, lost more ground in polls this week... | The ripples from the Iowa precinct caucuses are |
AP880212-0003 | The parents of a student slain when he apparently stumbled onto a reputed Mexican drug lord's party have dropped a $2 billion lawsuit against the man, saying a trial would rekindle painful memories. Alberto Radelat, a dental student, and journalist John Walker were tortured and killed in February 1985 in Guadalajara, M... | The parents of a student slain when he |
AP880212-0004 | Price supports for peanuts grown under 1988 quotas will be $615.27 per ton, an increase of $7.80 from last year, the Agriculture Department said Friday. Deputy Secretary Peter C. Myers said the increase was required by a formula in the law which takes rising production costs into consideration. The annual quota is set ... | Price supports for peanuts grown under 1988 |
AP880212-0005 | The end was bitter, his helmet dented from the combat of the campaign, and true to form, retired four-star Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. reined in his dark horse quest for the presidency in a pugnacious mood. Haig made clear that his new objective was not to seek the keys to the White House for himself but to deny them to... | The end was bitter, his helmet dented from the |
AP880212-0006 | A court ruled Friday that an egg producer who kept his 2,000 hens in small cages was not guilty of cruelty to animals, as alleged by animal rights activists. ``The verdict is a great relief. It would have been too much to be found guilty of cruelty to my 2,000 hens,'' Karl Wettre was quoted as saying by the national NT... | A court ruled Friday that an egg |
AP880212-0007 | Strategists for Jack Kemp's presidential campaign say George Bush's poor showing in Iowa, coupled with Kemp's tough-talking ads against Bob Dole, could put Kemp in the running for the Republican nomination. Before last Monday's Iowa caucuses, Kemp had been on a roll in New Hampshire, using an effective advertising camp... | Strategists for Jack Kemp's presidential |
AP880212-0008 | A chartered plane crashed into the snowy flank of a volcano in southern Chile, killing all seven people aboard, air force rescue officials said Friday. The chartered, two-engine Piper Seneca II was reported missing late Wednesday, after taking off from Temuco, a city 415 miles south of Santiago. Rescue helicopters were... | A chartered plane crashed into the snowy |
AP880212-0009 | About 90 soldiers have been arrested and face possible death sentences stemming from a coup attempt in Bophuthatswana, leaders of the tribal homeland said Friday. Rebel soldiers staged the takeover bid Wednesday, detaining homeland President Lucas Mangope and several top Cabinet officials for 15 hours before South Afri... | About 90 soldiers have been |
AP880212-0010 | A senior Panamanian diplomat broke with his country's military-dominated government Friday, declaring he could no longer in good conscience serve a regime stained by ``corruption, illigitimacy and dishonesty.'' Lawrence Chewning Fabrega, minister counselor at Panama's mission to the Organization of American States here... | A senior Panamanian diplomat broke with his |
AP880212-0011 | Pete du Pont, struggling to keep his presidential candidacy alive in the final days before the New Hampshire primary, lashed out Friday at fellow Republicans Bob Dole and Jack Kemp. At a news conference in this snowbound city, du Pont said: ``What Bob Dole says seems to depend on what state he's in.'' He also called Ke... | Pete du Pont, struggling to keep his |
AP880212-0012 | President Hussain Muhammad Ershad said Friday he was saddened by the violence in this week's local elections that left at least 100 people dead, but he added he was heartened by a heavy voter turnout. In a message released by the official Bangladesh news agency, Ershad said he was sorry at ``the loss of valuable lives ... | President Hussain Muhammad Ershad said |
AP880212-0013 | The son of a man who lived nearly 40 years in the United States and then died in a Yugoslav prison after being convicted of Nazi war crimes challenged U.S. officials Friday to admit they wrongly extradited his father to a communist court. Rad Artukovic, in a 135-page report submitted to the Justice Department, said the... | The son of a man who lived nearly 40 years in |
AP880212-0014 | Slippery, ice-covered roads and snarled traffic helped four people escape from a man who abducted them at gunpoint and took their cars, police said Friday. Larry F. Johnson, 43, of Logansport, Ind., was arraigned on four counts of kidnapping in Warren District Court after his arrest in the cases early Friday. He was be... | Slippery, ice-covered roads and |
AP880212-0015 | A court on Friday convicted fugitive guerrilla leader Abu Nidal and two of his Palestinian followers in the 1985 grenade and rifle attack that killed 16 people in a crowd of holiday travelers at Rome's airport. Abu Nidal and another fugitive, Rashid el-Hamieda, were sentenced to life in prison. The only defendant in cu... | A court on Friday convicted fugitive guerrilla |
AP880212-0016 | About 15,000 reservists, civilian militia, police and regular army troops will take part soon in civil defense and military maneuvers, the Sandinista newspaper Barricada announced Friday. Barricada said the civilians and military personnel will participate in the exercises in Managua and its surrounding region. It did ... | About 15,000 reservists, civilian |
AP880212-0017 | Empty Bullfrog County, created from scrubland in a bid to assure the state of federal dollars should the government build a nuclear dump in Nevada, violates the state constitution, a judge has ruled. Judge David Zenoff said Thursday the county stretched its legal limits ``every which way,'' and left too many constituti... | Empty Bullfrog County, created from |
AP880212-0018 | Secretary of State George P. Shultz will go to the Middle East in two weeks to try to promote two-stage negotiations between Israel and Jordan on Palestinian self-rule. A brief State Department announcement Friday said Shultz would make the trip at the end of the month ``for the purpose of advancing the Middle East pea... | Secretary of State George P. Shultz will go to |
AP880212-0019 | The Roman Catholic relief agency Caritas Italiana said Friday it has raised more than $10 million to help the victims of the African drought. The charity said $5.5 million of the $10.3 million total had been sent to support the people in Ethiopia's Eritrea and Tigre provinces until fall. The organization said in a stat... | The Roman Catholic relief agency Caritas Italiana |
AP880212-0020 | The government should ease back on acreage controls for the 1989 wheat crop, the National Association of Wheat Growers said Friday. Frank Johannsen, association president, said greater acreage should be permitted so the United States can keep filling a growing export demand. For the last two years, wheat farmers have b... | The government should ease back on acreage |
AP880212-0021 | A member of Israel's Parliament arrived in Athens on Friday to join Palestinian deportees in a planned voyage back to Israel, but two organizers said they still had not obtained a ship. The president of Greece's main seamen's union, meanwhile, said Israeli agents had used threats and pressure to block the PLO-sponsored... | A member of Israel's Parliament arrived in |
AP880212-0022 | Two U.S. Navy warships, under orders to assert international navigation rights, were deliberately bumped by two Soviet warships on Friday after moving within 12 miles of Russia's Black Sea coastline, the Pentagon said. No one was injured and damage to the two ships was described as light. But the administration immedia... | Two U.S. Navy warships, under orders to assert |
AP880212-0023 | The Kremlin accused the U.S. State Department on Friday of spreading ``malicious slanders'' about human rights in the Soviet Union and said the United States has violations of its own. The official news agency Tass carried an interview with Alexei Glukhov of the Foreign Ministry in which he discussed the State Departme... | The Kremlin accused the U.S. State Department on |
AP880212-0024 | Nuclear test-ban negotiations, resuming next week in Geneva, are making progress toward means of verifying two unratified test ban treaties, the White House said Friday. In a statement, spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the talks, which begin again Monday, ``represent a practical approach _ as the president has long advo... | Nuclear test-ban negotiations, resuming next |
AP880212-0025 | A Northwest Airlines jet returned to Kansas City International Airport safely following a collision with two geese shortly after takeoff, a tower official said. The DC-9 hit the geese Wednesday after reaching an altitude of 200 feet, said Ivan Hunt, manager of the KCI control tower. The plane suffered damage to its nos... | A Northwest Airlines jet returned to |
AP880212-0026 | A Texas prison escapee who robbed a credit union and then killed a policeman during a chase was shot 13 times by officers after his escape was blocked by a television station's helicopter, authorities say. Police also said the man, Phillip Hutchinson, 24, of Arlington, Va., had listed his goals for February, and at the... | A Texas prison escapee who robbed a credit union |
AP880212-0027 | Sen. Bob Dole's presidential campaign is wasting no time in trying to lure national convention delegates away from Vice President George Bush, even though only a handful have been chosen so far. Dole's Pennsylvania campaign has gone to work on at least some of the 18 delegates who were chosen there last week by the Rep... | Sen. Bob Dole's presidential campaign is |
AP880212-0028 | Geraldine Ferraro, whose vice presidential nomination marked a peak for the women's equality movement, said Friday that women must translate their increasing power at the ballot box to campaigns for elective office. ``If you don't run, you can't win,'' Ms. Ferraro said. ``And just as important, every time a woman runs,... | Geraldine Ferraro, whose vice presidential |
AP880212-0029 | Six people have been arrested in what federal officials say is an international counterfeiting scheme involving thousands of bogus $100 bills, and investigators are trying to determine whether the phony money came from Lebanon. The arrests began after an Iowa State University student from Lebanon, Roger Youssef El-Khou... | Six people have been arrested in what |
AP880212-0030 | Democrat Albert Gore Jr., campaigning with country music star Johnny Cash on Friday, cited increased violence and suicide among children as he defended his wife's efforts against raw music lyrics. ``What she has said is parents should be more aware that younger and younger children are targets of increasingly brutal an... | Democrat Albert Gore Jr., campaigning with |
AP880212-0031 | A small chartered plane crashed into the snowy flank of a southern volcano, killing all seven occupants, air force rescue officials said Friday. The two-engine Piper Seneca II was reported missing late Wednesday, after taking off from Temuco, a city 415 miles south of Santiago. Rescue helicopters were unable to locate ... | A small chartered plane crashed into the |
AP880212-0032 | A couple whose daughter spurned an arranged marriage and eloped with her cousin allegedly tried to hire a hitman to kill their son-in-law, his sister and mother and send pieces of the bodies to Jordan, authorities said Friday. Dr. Saud Tarawneh, 46, a gynecologist who became a U.S. citizen in 1980, and his wife, Ghada,... | A couple whose daughter spurned an |
AP880212-0033 | Acting Gov. Rose Mofford proclaimed a state of emergency Friday to free up to $100,000 so the National Guard can distribute supplies by helicopter to snow- and mud-bound areas of the Navajo Reservation. Col. Vince Barcolo, Chief of Staff of the Arizona National Guard, said he knew of no life-threatening problems on the... | Acting Gov. Rose Mofford proclaimed a |
AP880212-0034 | A joyrider who took four late-model cars and trucks this week has earned the grudging respect of Beckley's finest. The joyrider was brazen, bold, efficient and 11 years old. ``I've never seen anything like it,'' said Patrolman Don Lilly. ``He stole them like a pro.'' Like many professionals, the young suspect was a spe... | A joyrider who took four late-model cars |
AP880212-0035 | Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis said Friday ``there's a difference between talking about things and doing things,'' a dig at the long legislative careers of his Democratic presidential rivals. Trudging through a snowstorm that stalled New Hampshire, Dukakis suggested that his chief Democratic opponents make speeches... | Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis said |
AP880212-0036 | Emory University researchers have fitted monkeys with contact lenses in a study that they hope could yield new ways to treat babies born with cataracts and other vision disabilities. The study at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center involves a pediatric ophthalmologist, a primate behavioral psychologist, neurosc... | Emory University researchers have fitted monkeys |
AP880212-0037 | Police say they believe they have arrested the man who was shown ``cooking'' the hallucinogenic drug PCP on a network television news program. Michael Wilson Davis, 30, of College Park, was arrested Thursday as he allegedly arranged with an undercover police officer to buy chemicals needed to manufacture PCP, or phency... | Police say they believe they have arrested |
AP880212-0038 | Here is the text of Alexander M. Haig Jr.'s statement Friday announcing his withdrawal from the Republican presidential race. It's evident to me that the contest in Hawaii, Michigan, and Iowa, and my own assessment of New Hampshire, make it clear that Al Haig will not be the Republican candidate in 1988. My choice, the... | Here is the text of Alexander M. Haig |
AP880212-0039 | Near blizzard conditions disrupted presidential campaigns and almost brought the state to a halt Friday with up to two feet of snow predicted and winds gusting to 60 mph. ``It's terrible out there,'' state police dispatcher Norman St. Hilaire said Friday. Weir Lundstedt of the National Weather Service in Concord added,... | Near blizzard conditions disrupted |
AP880212-0040 | The flight crews of Brazil's two largest airlines went on strike for higher wages Friday, tying up most domestic and some international flights on the eve of Carnival celebrations. Non-Brazilian carriers were not affected by the strike at Varig and Vasp airlines. Transbrasil, Brazil's other major airline, operated norm... | The flight crews of Brazil's two |
AP880212-0041 | Former President Jimmy Carter's boyhood home, high school and the railroad depot that served as his 1976 campaign headquarters are centerpieces of a project to turn his hometown into a major tourist attraction. The National Park Service will assume responsibility for preserving the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site d... | Former President Jimmy Carter's boyhood home, |
AP880212-0042 | A congressional critic of President Reagan's Central America policy said Friday the White House may have left a loophole in a directive barring government officials from aiding private fund-raising efforts for the Nicaraguan Contras. ``I was disturbed to learn ... that the White House instructions may not apply to all ... | A congressional critic of President Reagan's |
AP880212-0043 | An airline passenger with a beef over a bunless hamburger threw his plate and eating utensils at a flight attendant who was unable to placate him with a First Class roll, an airline official said Friday. Matthew Wallis, 45, of New York City, was booked for investigation of misdemeanor battery when American Airlines Fli... | An airline passenger with a beef over a |
AP880212-0044 | Three Eastern European countries have begun talks with the Boeing and McDonnell Douglas aircraft companies to supply long-range passenger planes to replace aging Soviet equipment in their national airlines, Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead said Friday. Whitehead, just back from a two-week trip to four Soviet... | Three Eastern European countries have begun |
AP880212-0045 | Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said Friday his coalition partner and rival, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, was going behind his back in an effort to sabotage Shamir's strategy for Middle East peace. His accusation came the day after Peres suggested that intransigence by Shamir thwarted talks with King Hussein of Jordan,... | Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said Friday his |
AP880212-0046 | The Fish and Wildlife Service added 59 species to the list of endangered and threatened species last year, the second highest total ever, the service said Thursday. In the previous most active year, 1979, 68 species were added. The list now stands at 993 animals and plants, of which 513 are found only in foreign countr... | The Fish and Wildlife Service added 59 species |
AP880212-0047 | A research satellite launched last week to test elements of the proposed ``Star Wars'' anti-missile shield failed in a secondary tracking excercise when an optical sensor gave false data to two on-board computers, an Air Force official said Friday. Air Force Col. John Otten, assistant director of the Strategic Defense ... | A research satellite launched last week to |
AP880212-0048 | The Marine Corps and the State Department on Friday minimized a report that more than 500 instances of possible wrongdoing by Marine guards at embassies worldwide had not been investigated properly. ``Many of the so-called `infractions' were very minor, such as curfew violations, insubordination, and misuse of telephon... | The Marine Corps and the State Department on |
AP880212-0049 | The Hotel del Coronado, a lavish Victorian seaside resort with a star-studded past, will celebrate its centennial next weekend with an extravangaza befitting its most gilded days. Built in 1888 for $1 million, the hotel is one of the world's largest wooden structures and the nation's only working commercial hotel with ... | The Hotel del Coronado, a lavish |
AP880212-0050 | Firefighters recovered the bodies of two people Friday after a six-alarm blaze roared through an apartment complex, causing more than $1 million in damage and leaving 200 people homeless. Authorities have not determined the cause of the fire at Harvey's Racquet Apartments. All residents were accounted for. ``Firefighte... | Firefighters recovered the bodies of two people |
AP880212-0051 | Iraq said Friday its air defenses shot down an unmanned Israeli surveillance plane over Iraqi territory near the border with Saudi Arabia. In Israel, the military command said it had no information about such an incident and an army spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity, said ``I believe we will not have any in... | Iraq said Friday its air defenses shot |
AP880212-0052 | Gov. Tommy G. Thompson ordered attorneys Friday to go ahead with a lawsuit against Chrysler Corp., but held out hope for a settlement that would preserve jobs at the Kenosha plant the automaker wants to close. Thompson said Chrysler does not want a breach of contract suit to be filed over its plan to lay off 5,500 auto... | Gov. Tommy G. Thompson ordered attorneys |
AP880212-0053 | Thirty-two Senators have written to Kremlin leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev asking him not to interfere with demonstrations and religious services scheduled this Sunday and Tuesday in the Soviet republics of Lithuania and Estonia, it was announced Friday. The senators wrote Gorbachev ``to urge you not only to allow the Lit... | Thirty-two Senators have written to Kremlin |
AP880212-0054 | The National Education Association said Friday its teachers turned out in force in the Iowa caucuses and are poised to grab a large share of New Hampshire's Democratic convention delegate slots. The union said 10,000 members turned out for the Republican and Democratic precinct caucuses in Iowa last Monday, or 30 perce... | The National Education Association said Friday |
AP880212-0055 | Presidential candidates' schedules Here are tentative schedules for the presidential candidates for the week beginning Feb. 14. The information was provided by the candidates. Sunday, Feb. 14: Democrats: Babbitt _ New Hampshire Dukakis _ New Hampshire Gephardt _ New Hampshire Gore _ New Hampshire Hart _ New Hampshire J... | Presidential candidates' schedules |
AP880212-0056 | A psychiatrist may be barred from conducting federally sanctioned drug testing because of alleged inaccuracies he published regarding an experimental treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Dr. William K. Summers of Arcadia, Calif., received the warning last month in a letter from the Food and Drug Administration that invol... | A psychiatrist may be barred from conducting |
AP880212-0057 | Paul Gillmor, president of the Ohio Senate, announced his candidacy for Congress on Friday and suggested that his Republican opponents withdraw to avoid a divisive 5th District primary. Gillmor, 49, who earlier was considered a likely candidate for governor in 1990, decided to enter the race after veteran Republican Re... | Paul Gillmor, president of the Ohio |
AP880212-0058 | A convicted IRA bomber serving a life sentence married his American sweetheart Friday in a simple ceremony in the prison chapel. Paul Hill, 33, has been imprisoned for 14 years for bombings that killed seven people in England and injured 85. He says he is innocent and is hoping his conviction will be overturned by a ne... | A convicted IRA bomber serving a life |
AP880212-0059 | The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it had begun a special review of the insecticide dichlorvos, which is used in fly-killing pest strips and many other applications. The agency said studies on laboratory animals show the chemical may cause cancer and liver damage. Some 2 million pounds of dichlorvos are us... | The Environmental Protection Agency said |
AP880212-0060 | Angola has rejected a South African proposal for a regional peace conference that would include Angolan rebels, Angola's official ANGOP news agency reported Friday. It quoted a government statement as saying Angola was prepared to hold direct peace talks with South Africa if that country rejected the United States as a... | Angola has rejected a South African |
AP880212-0061 | PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ Parliament gave unanimous approval Friday to Prime Minister Martial Celestin's 14-member Cabinet, which includes a member of the former ruling junta as defense minister. No one identified as a Duvalier supporter is in the Cabinet but the new defense minister, Brig. Gen William Regala, is no... | PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ Parliament gave unanimous approval |
AP880212-0062 | Four leaders of the leftist terrorist group Direct Action were convicted of belonging to a criminal organization Friday and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Jean-Marc Rouillan, Nathalie Menigon, Joelle Aubron and Georges Cipriani, all on hunger strikes for the past 72 days, face trial later on more serious charges, inc... | Four leaders of the leftist terrorist group Direct |
AP880212-0063 | Romania allowed a citizen employed as a U.N. disarmament official to return to his job and family in Geneva on Friday after keeping him in his communist homeland for more than two years. Liviu Bota, who headed the U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research in Geneva, said an ``error'' by Romanian authorities prevented him... | Romania allowed a citizen employed as a U.N. |
AP880212-0064 | The dollar soared in value Friday against most major currencies around the world after the government reported that the U.S. trade deficit shrank for the second consecutive month in December. Gold prices rose. At Republic National Bank in New York, the late bid for the precious metal was $445.50 a troy ounce, up $5 fro... | The dollar soared in value Friday against most |
AP880212-0065 | The Environmental Agency hasn't proven it can legally authorize the retail sale of small amounts of the pesticide chlordane as part of a deal to ultimately take the anti-termite chemical off the market, a federal judge said Friday. The agency's latest court filing does not satisfy federal law which requires the EPA to ... | The Environmental Agency hasn't proven it can |
AP880212-0066 | The head of the U.S. delegation to a review of the Helsinki accords accused Moscow and its allies Friday of hampering progress on a final document by stalling on human rights issues. ``What we see now is that things are beginning either to level off or in some cases to go backward,'' Warren Zimmermann said at the third... | The head of the U.S. delegation to a |
AP880212-0067 | A winter storm Friday stretched across the Midwest through New England, dumping more than a foot of snow and unleashing strong wind as schools, offices and roads were closed. At least 18 traffic deaths were blamed on the storm. As much as 13 inches of snow were measured at Woodstock, N.Y., with up to a foot reported ac... | A winter storm Friday stretched across the Midwest through New |
AP880212-0068 | Angry tenants and a banner reading ``Welcome You Reptile'' greeted a landlord Friday when he reported to one of his buildings to serve a 15-day sentence of house arrest for failing to correct housing violations. Morris Gross, 77, who lives in a luxury high-rise in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, will be confine... | Angry tenants and a banner reading ``Welcome You |
AP880212-0069 | The Navy acknowledged late Friday that ``due to an oversight,'' the remains of a Vietnam War victim had been transported from Hawaii to California this week without informing the man's widow. The Navy and Pentagon also said they could not explain why a request by the widow to withhold public announcement of a military ... | The Navy acknowledged late Friday that ``due |
AP880212-0070 | President Reagan helped raise more than $500,000 in political funds Friday at a gathering of Republican high-rollers, demonstrating he is still a big drawing card for the GOP. The president and first lady Nancy Reagan were the featured attraction at a reception at the Bel-Air mansion of millionaire-businessman David Mu... | President Reagan helped raise more than |
AP880212-0071 | Ireland's prime minister said after a chilly meeting with Margaret Thatcher on Friday he was not satified with the British attitude in a dispute over police conduct in Northern Ireland. British officials said the 30-minute meeting between Prime Minister Thatcher and Charles Haughey of Ireland was ``calm and dignified,'... | Ireland's prime minister said after a |
AP880212-0072 | Doc Whitehead is a yapping yuppie, a 14-month-old lakeland terrier whose paw print carries purchasing power. His owners, Kenneth and Susan Whitehead, gave him his own bank account, and the distinctive paw-print signature has paid for a parking ticket and a custom-made dog tag. Doc got his picture in the London Standard... | Doc Whitehead is a yapping yuppie, a 14-month-old |
AP880212-0073 | Rep. Jack Kemp on Friday accused Pat Robertson's rival GOP presidential campaign of ``deliberate distortions,'' and won a standing ovation from conservatives when he lectured the former television evangelist on the need to obey the Ten Commandments. ``I can't insist that all candidates abide by Ronald Reagan's 11th com... | Rep. Jack Kemp on Friday accused Pat |
AP880212-0074 | Leftist guerrillas exploded dynamite under a troop truck on a mountain highway Friday, killing 10 soldiers and wounding 14, officials said. President Alan Garcia confirmed the attack by guerrillas believed to belong to the Mao-inspired Shining Path organization, which has been fighting for eight years to topple the gov... | Leftist guerrillas exploded dynamite under a |
AP880212-0075 | A state official is being asked to help serve the elusive Walker Railey, a former Dallas minister, with a wrongful death suit that accuses him of trying to choke his wife to death. Railey's mother-in-law, Billie Jo Nicolai filed an amended suit Thursday asking the secretary of state to assist in notifying Railey of the... | A state official is being asked to help serve the |
AP880212-0076 | Three former police officers who pleaded guilty to federal corruption, racketeering and cocaine trafficking charges were each sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison and $350,000 in fines. Armando Estrada, 28, Roman Rodriguez, 31, and Arturo De La Vega, 28, were among the original seven Miami police defendants whose fir... | Three former police officers who pleaded guilty to |
AP880212-0077 | They have no campaign posters, no television ads, little money and virtually no chance of beating Gen. Alfredo Stroessner in Sunday's presidential elections, but two opposition candidates refuse to step aside. Luis Maria Vega of the Radical Liberal Party and Carlos Ferreira Ibarra of the Liberal Party are bucking calls... | They have no campaign posters, no |
AP880212-0078 | The U.S. Embassy will provide $25,000 to help victims of floods and mudslides that killed at least 196 people and left more than 10,000 homeless in Rio de Janeiro state, it was announced Friday. U.S. Consul-General Louis Schwartz will give a check for that amount to Gov. Wellington Moreira Franco on Saturday, the consu... | The U.S. Embassy will provide |
AP880212-0079 | Three Calvin College science professors who taught evolution instead of the biblical version of creation were sharply criticized in a report released Friday by trustees of the private college. But the report, which followed a yearlong investigation by a study committee, called for no sanctions against the professors an... | Three Calvin College science |
AP880212-0080 | Alexander M. Haig Jr. ended his quixotic quest for the presidency Friday, endorsing Kansas Sen. Bob Dole and attacking Vice President George Bush as no more than a spectator in Reagan administration councils. Asked his opinion of Bush's involvement in important decision-making, the former secretary of state said Bush h... | Alexander M. Haig Jr. ended his quixotic |
AP880212-0081 | The government accused foreign media Friday of a disinformation campaign and said a report that Ethiopian troops killed at least 20 civilians at a drought relief camp was ``unfounded.'' ``Fanatics of one calling or another have in recent months tried to disrupt the relief distribution efforts and their accomplices cont... | The government accused foreign |
AP880212-0082 | Network polls released Friday showed Vice President George Bush and Sen. Bob Dole neck-in-neck for New Hampshire's Republican primary, with one poll putting Dole ahead and the other giving Bush the edge. An ABC News-Washington Post poll taken Thursday night showed Bush with 32 percent to Dole's 26 percent. That was an ... | Network polls released Friday showed Vice |
AP880212-0083 | About 500 people demonstrated outside the headquarters of an electric power company in southwestern Japan Friday protesting a test at a nuclear power reactor. Some of the demonstrators had stayed overnight at the site after attending a rally Thursday that police said drew 1,500 people. The protesters at the headquarter... | About 500 people demonstrated outside the |
AP880212-0084 | Bus drivers and mechanics overwhelmingly approved a contract proposal Friday night to end an 11-day strike that had left 90,000 daily riders without public transportation. The board that runs the Queen City Metro transit system also approved the tentative agreement and hoped to restore bus service by Sunday morning. ``... | Bus drivers and mechanics overwhelmingly |
AP880212-0085 | A group of 30 prominent intellectuals appealed to communist authorities to respect the right of free association, but the state-run PAP news agency called their petition unnecessary. In a commentary on its English-language service released late Thursday, PAP said the appeal's ``postulates seem to be somewhat belated, l... | A group of 30 prominent intellectuals |
AP880212-0086 | A British group said Friday it could not afford to buy a secondhand Spitfire for a new World War II museum in France. More than 20,000 of the famous British fighters were built and saw service from 1938-1954. The wartime cost of a Spitfire was 5,000 pounds _ then about $24,000. ``There aren't many Spitfires left and wh... | A British group said Friday it could not afford to |
AP880212-0087 | Vice President George Bush campaigned in a snow-bound condominium complex Friday, telling reporters he didn't believe his candidacy would be hurt by Alexander Haig's endorsement of Sen. Bob Dole. Haig, who dropped out of the Republican race, called Dole ``head and shoulders above'' Bush as a potential president. Bush p... | Vice President George Bush campaigned in a |
AP880212-0088 | Accidents involving Aeroflot flights killed 47 people last year, officials said Friday. They also said the Soviet national airline made $3.3 billion and transported 119 million passengers in 1987. Aeroflot, which claims to be the world's largest airline, is notorious for its flight delays and poor service. Officials fr... | Accidents involving Aeroflot flights killed 47 |
AP880212-0089 | Five rare old navigation charts on vellum, the oldest dating from about 1460, will be sold in London in April. Auctioneers Christie's said the charts were found recently ``in Europe,'' after being hidden since the time of Napoleon's campaigns. The seller's name was not disclosed. Two documents are by a well-known famil... | Five rare old navigation charts on vellum, the |
AP880212-0090 | A former nurse's aide who is serving life prison terms for 34 slayings was indicted Friday for the murders or attempted murders of six more patients at Cincinnati's Drake Memorial Hospital. Donald Harvey is expected to plead guilty to the indictments next week when he is brought to Cincinnati from his Lucasville state ... | A former nurse's aide who is serving life |
AP880212-0091 | Cuban officials boarded a U.S.-registered sailboat Friday only hours after they released the vessel, which had been fired upon and seized the day before, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said. The three people aboard the Tranquility radioed a Coast Guard cutter out of New Orleans Friday evening that they were on their way ... | Cuban officials boarded a U.S.-registered sailboat |
AP880212-0092 | A military spokesman said Friday the armed forces will investigate allegations that high-ranking officers are involved in drug trafficking. Col. Manuel Suarez Benavides told reporters, ``This situation worries the High Command, and all of us.'' ``We are going to investigate.'' The New York Times published an article Fr... | A military spokesman said Friday |
AP880212-0093 | Leaders of the European Economic Community reached agreement early Saturday on agricultural spending, ending nearly a year of deadlock, a spokesman for the executive commission said. ``We have an agreement on a farm package. We are having a good summit,'' European Commission spokesman Nico Wegter told reporters at the ... | Leaders of the European Economic |
AP880212-0094 | An airport restaurant employee who gave Mayor Eugene Sawyer a $4.95 beef sandwich without charging him was fired Friday for ``misappropriation of company funds.'' ``Police officers at the airport get free coffee, sandwiches and doughnuts,'' Michael Bueschel, 23, said after getting his pink slip. ``I figured if Chicago ... | An airport restaurant employee who gave Mayor |
AP880212-0095 | President Oscar Arias, main author of a Central American peace plan, urged Moscow Thursday to halt arms shipments to insurgents in the region. He said Mikhail S. Gorbachev's new image would be tested now. Arias won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize for drafting the peace accord signed last August by himself and the presidents... | President Oscar Arias, main author |
AP880212-0096 | A team of doctors Friday reattached a man's left hand to his arm 2{ months after it was joined to blood vessels in his abdomen for temporary preservation following an accident. Twelve doctors and support staff spent 22{ hours in surgery on Mike Thomas, a 31-year-old ironworker from Cleveland, Ala. He was listed in seri... | A team of doctors Friday reattached a |
AP880212-0097 | Democratic presidential hopeful Richard Gephardt said Friday that rival Paul Simon should withdraw negative advertisements from television and radio or ``take off the bow tie because he's just another politician as long as they're on.'' Simon, battling with Gephardt for second place in New Hampshire's leadoff primary T... | Democratic presidential hopeful Richard |
AP880212-0098 | Communist rebels killed three police officers and a street vendor and wounded dozens of others in a series of attacks late Friday in this central Philippine city, police said. Police said the four people were killed when a dozen gunmen aboard a jeep opened fire at police officers directing downtown traffic in the city,... | Communist rebels killed three |
AP880212-0099 | The Army withdrew a full-page advertisement from the February edition of Student Lawyer magazine because the issue featured an article on homosexual law students, the magazine's editor said Friday. The decision to pull the ad came shortly before a federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned as unconstitutional the Ar... | The Army withdrew a full-page advertisement from |
AP880212-0100 | Highly efficient and obedient, robots have replaced workers who used to shout strike slogans and have helped Fiat vault from financial gloom in the 1970s to a leadership role in the world's auto industry. The task of turning a deficit-burdened company, faced with high absenteeism and low productivity, into a vanguard, ... | Highly efficient and obedient, robots have |
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