European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 14, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 5ex-gov. Moore to plead guilty to fraud Charleston . Apr three time gov. Arch a. Moore or. Agreed thursday to plead guilty to mail fraud tax fraud extorting $573,000 from a Coal company and obstruction of Justice a prosecutor said. The former Republican governor could be sentenced to 36 years in prison and fined $ 1.2 million . Attorney Michael Carey said in announcing the plea agreement and a five count indictment at a news conference. By signing the agreement Moore admitted committing illegal acts in his 1984 Campaign his term As governor from 1984 to 1988, and his 1988 re election Campaign. A a it a tragic for the state of West Virginia that an official of this stature was involved a Carey said. A this news will be greeted with a great Joy by some in the state of West Virginia a Moore said in a statement. A there will be others who will be sincerely grieved by reason of their Devotion to me and my family. I know i have their understanding and love. For that i shall be Ever  Carey said he did not know when Moore would be arraigned but said it probably would be within 10 to 14 Days. Moore whose 67th birthday is monday was the first West Virginia governor elected to two four year terms and the first elected to three serving from 1969 to 1977 and from 1985 to 1989. Moore Moore survived three decades of West Virginia a rough and Tumble politics despite a 2-to-l registration Edge for the democrats and almost constant controversy. Moore a democratic successor gov. Gaston Ca Perton said he hoped West virginians now realize that he inherited a government that was morally As Well As financially bankrupt. A the Back room Slipshod politics of the past must forever remain in the past Quot he said. It was the second time Moore was indicted for alleged improprieties in office. He and his 1972 Campaign manager were indicted in december 1975 on a charge of extorting $25,000 from the president of a shaky financial holding company trying to get a state charter for a new Bank. He was acquitted in 1976. Moore is the latest West Virginia politician in recent years to either become involved in a corruption scandal or resign. Since december 1988, a state attorney general a state treasurer two state Senate presidents a Senate majority Leader a top aide to a Senate president a House member and two lobbyists have lost their jobs. Under the plea arrangement Moore agreed to help Federal prosecutors in their investigation of political corruption in West Virginia. Carey declined to provide specific cases for which Moore would provide  Jose Oakland newspapers top pulitzer list new York apr the san Jose Mercury news and the Tribune of Oakland won pulitzer prizes on thursday for their coverage of last october a Northern California earthquake. The Mercury news which used emergency generators to put out its pos quake edition won for general news reporting. The Tribune a photo staff won for spot news photography. When the quake struck oct. 17, California newspapers from Monterey to san Francisco were forced to improvise. The Mercury news not Only published its own comprehensive coverage but also printed papers for a competitor. Four reporters from the Seattle times won a prize for coverage of another disaster. Ross Anderson Bill Dietrich Mary Ann Gwinn and Eric Nalder were Given the National reporting award for their coverage of the Exxon Valdez Oil spill. The prizes recognizing outstanding work in journalism and the arts Are presented annually by Columbia University. The Philadelphia inquirer and the Washington . Daily news won the pulitzer a Gold medals for Public service journalism the inquirer for reporting on How the blood Industry operates with Little regulation and the daily news for revealing that the City water Supply was contaminated with carcinogens. This is the first time in 23 years the pulitzer Board awarded two Gold medals. It was the inquirers 17th pulitzer prize. It also was the second award for the author of the inquirer series Gilbert Gaul. Gaul 38, won an investigative reporting award in 1979 for his work with the Pottsville a Republican. It was the first award for the Washington daily news circulation 10,000. Rescued from a collapsed Highway after Tribune of Oak land calif., won a pulitzer for spot news photography. Roy h. Williams photo shows a woman being _ _ the oct. 17 san Francisco earthquake. The photography staff of the Tribune a a Phy. Lou Kilzer and Chris Ison of the min Neapolis St. Paul Star Tribune won the pulitzer for investigative reporting for stories that exposed local citizens links to members of the St. Paul fire department and the citizens alleged profiteering from fires. The explanatory journalism prize went to David a. Vise and Steve Coll of the Washington Post for stories scrutinizing the securities and Exchange commission and its former chairman John Shad. Tamar sticker of the Albuquerque . Journal won the pulitzer Tor specialized reporting for stories that linked a rare blood disorder to an Over the counter dietary supplement a tryptophan. Nicholas d. Kristof and Sheryl we Dunn of the new York times won the International reporting prize for their coverage of political turmoil in China. The times now has won 61 pulitzer prizes More than any other newspaper. Dave Curtin of the Colorado Springs Colo Gazette Telegraph won the feature writing prize for his account of a family a struggle after its members were burned in an explosion that devastated their Home. Jim Murray of the los Angeles times won the commentary prize for his sports columns and Allan Temko of the san Francisco chronicle received the criticism prize for his writing on architecture. The prize for editorial writing went to Thomas j. Hylton of the Mercury of Pottstown a. Tom tolls of the Buffalo . News won the editorial cartooning prize. In feature photography the Winner was David c. Turnly of the Detroit free press for photographs of the uprisings in China and Eastern Europe. Hijuelos wins �?T90 fiction prize with fanciful a Mambo Kings Sands of time new York apr Oscar Hijuelos Book a the Mambo Kings play songs of love a a Mournful Melody of events distorted by nostalgia and loss won the 1990 pulitzer prize for fiction. The drama prize went to August Wilson for a the piano lesson a his second pulitzer since 1987. Stanley a mow so in our image americans Empire in the Philippines a won for history. A a prize for general non fiction went a i their children after them by Dale Maharidge and Michael Williamson. A Machiavelli in hello by Sebastian de Grazia won the biography pulitzer. Charles Simick so the world does no tend won for poetry. The prize for music went to a duplicates a concerto for two pianos and orchestra by Mel Powell. A Mambo Kings is a song of invented memory melding nostalgia music and a i love Lucy into a fanciful Story. In it Desi Amaz briefly drops in on the world of Brothers Cesar and Nestor Castillo and to their astonishment transports them to the living room of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. The prizes recognizing outstanding work in journalism and the arts Are awarded by Columbia University. Pulitzer winners receive $3,000 in each category in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 14,1950 a . Planes ended another Day of searching for a Navy patrol bomber missing in the Baltic sea off the coast of latvia.30 years ago today. April 14, 1960 a Britain scrapped its $1.7 billion Blue Streak rocket project deciding instead to stake its future nuclear strike capability on an american pledge to Supply it with a delivery system.20 years ago today. April 14, 1970 a a soviet november class nuclear attack submarine May have sunk off the coast of Northwestern Spain the defense department announced saying that the Fate of the Crew was not known.10 years ago today. April 14, 1980 a West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich guns Char said that a break of diplomatic ties Between Bonn and Tehran Iran would kill efforts to press Iran for the release of the 50 . Hostages