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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 15, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 North considers candidacy but wants to pay debts first Salem a. Apr when retired Marine it. Col. Oliver North appeared before the Republican faithful at their recent state convention he got a More enthusiastic reception than the gop candidates who spoke. A Collie Ollie Ollie a party activists shouted As North took the podium to endorse a candidate for the National Republican committee. His candidate won and North left Little doubt that he wants to run for office himself soon. A people have urged me to consider it a he said in an interview. But he insists he will not run until he pays off about $1 million still left from the $5 million in debts he accumulated while fighting to Clear his name in the Iran Contra scandal. A once those Are behind me i May be Able to think about that a he said. North 48, is mentioned As a Likely Republican opponent for . Sen. Charles s. Robb no is mired in Legal troubles Over a Federal wiretapping Case that has led to guilty pleas by three of his former aides. Robb a first term Democrat whose term ends in 1995, is being investigated Over an illegally taped Telephone conversation Between a longtime rival democratic gov. L. Douglas Wilder and a political supporter of Wilder a. An Independent Mason Dixon poll released last week found that Robb would lose in a general election to North As Well As to two other prominent republicans former . Sen. Paul s. Trible and former attorney general j. Marshall Coleman. North of course has had his own Legal problems. He was convicted of destroying documents accepting an illegal gratuity and obstructing Congress in the Covert plan to Aid nicaraguan rebels with Money from arms sales to Iran. A Federal appeals court overturned the felony convictions and a Federal judge dismissed the charges after a special prosecutor declined to retry  my 30 years in politics i be never seen another person draw the crowds that he does a Donald w. Huffman former Virginia gop chairman profits from his Best Selling autobiography under fire an american Story helped reduce North Slegal debt. A the Book has been a Lifesaver a he said Between autographing copies for fellow republicans. He also does Well on the speakers circuit but charges nothing for his frequent speeches to state and local Republican groups. Some gop moderates however remain sceptical of a North candidacy. Don Moseley former 5th District chairman said the retired Marine a got off on a technicality and his Legal troubles would haunt him in a general election. North lives on a farm in Rural Clarke county with his wife Betsy and four children Ages 10 to 22. In his speeches North plays to conservative distrust of government with frequent references to the Bible his Marine past and his Legal troubles. A a american a citizenry has been pushed to the Brink by special interest groups that have More Power and influence than we the people a he said in one speech. A like marines in the Foxholes under mortal fire americans parents Crouch in anguish As our taxes go up and our children a future is mortgaged to a mounting National  police officers in riot gear surround White supremacists marching through Birmingham Ala., on saturday. White supremacists protesters face off Birmingham Ala. Apr about 50 White supremacists traded insults with some 300 counter demonstrators during a rally saturday to support three skinheads charged with killing a Black Man two months ago. Members of the Neo nazi aryan National front joined by a half dozen Robed Kun flux klansmen carried Confederate flags and nazi flags in a March to a Confederate memorial downtown. They shouted the nazi Salute a Sieg Heil and taunted Black and White counter protesters and spectators with racial epithets. During the March about 100 police officers in riot gear separated the White supremacists from the counter demonstrators who shouted a no Justice no  a sissies go Home a shouted one counter protester. A a you re a  three men were arrested on Misdemeanour charges said police spokeswoman Lafaree King Walker. One Man was charged with harassment and two were charged with disorderly conduct she said. I he three were counter demonstrators police said. A this is where the White revolution will Start a skinhead organizer and former Klansman Bill Riccio 34, told the rally. A a we re Gonna make Alabama a White  us air guard won t renew missions following crash from wire reports Evansville ind. A the Kentucky air National guard will not resume cargo plane training missions it suspended after la people died in a crash at a hotel restaurant Complex four months ago. A with something As devastating As that was to that Community its just Good common sense Quot col. Stewart Byrne commander of the Louisville  123rd tac Airlift Wing said Friday. The air National guard had practice touch and go and Low approach Maneu vers at the Evansville regional Airport. Military investigators blamed Pilot error for the c-130 crash on feb. 6 that killed All five Crew members aboard and 11 people on the ground. The plane had completed a Low approach Over the Airport just before it  s habits die hard Cincinnat Ian inmate awaiting sentencing for bilking investors of $3.4 million in an Oil scheme used a prison Telephone to swindle More people Federal authorities say. John g. Westine jr., 45, conducted a fraudulent operation called the land Bank out of the Burlington ky., jail while awaiting sentencing in the Oil scheme the government said in documents filed wednesday in . District court. He sold bogus shares in a Canadian Golf course and even used an alias to solicit fresh investments from some of the people he had bilked before according to the court documents. An Fri report quoted Westiner a cellmate. Lawrence Slayback As saying that Westine made $60,000 last month. Westiner a lawyer Peter Swinty refused to comment Friday. . District judge Carl Rubin delayed sentencing until july 2 on the Oil fraud conviction and ordered Westine moved to a jail in Indiana where his phone Calls will be restricted and his mail  accused of death los Angeles a three teen age Sisters have been booked for investigation of murder in the stabbing and bludgeoning of a 62-Ycar-old woman who lived in their condominium Complex. The girls Ages 13, 16 and 17, were arrested after friends said they boasted of killing Meta Frances Murphy police detective Mitch Robins said. Murphy a librarian was found dead nov. 21, 1991, in a closet in her condominium. She had a Gash in her head and 11 Stab wounds in her Back police said. The girls whose names were not released because of their Ages were arrested wednesday. They denied the charges during a juvenile court appearance thursday and were held pending a june 18  needs grave Columbus Ohio police Are searching for a grave to match a Headstone found on a Street. The Stone bears the name Chin h. Sin Markins and gives the Date of birth As june 30, 1933, and Date of death As june 17, 1942. It also says a your  detective James Lanfear said records of the Ohio Bureau of vital statistics list no one with that name born in the state in or around 1933 or having died in or around 1942. A Markins is not an uncommon name but what makes it uncommon is the first name a he said. The Headstone was found May 11 and Given to police. Lanfear said he checked with local cemeteries but to no Avail. Crevices at the top of the Headstone Are filled with dripped red Candle Wax. A with All the Wax on top we thought it might have been used in some sort of satanic ritual a he said. But the Stone was found near an Art College so authorities also think it May have been used in an Art project or that a student May have taken it to decorate a College dorm room  
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