Witness to the Execution: A Macabre, Surreal Event April 22, 1992 The hiss of flowing liquid was our sign that the execution of Robert Alton Harris had begun. Sulfuric acid filled the two vats beneath his seat. He peered down, between his knees, into his personal...
Continue reading...The Soviet Union’s Endless Paper Trail of Evil Comes to Light : History: The communists, like the Nazis, kept detailed records of their atrocities. Not since Nuremberg have such mass crimes been disclosed.
The Soviet Union's Endless Paper Trail of Evil Comes to Light : History: The communists, like the Nazis, kept detailed records of their atrocities. Not since Nuremberg have such mass crimes been disclosed. March 15, 1992 In the mid-1980s, as the Soviet Union emerged from its...
Continue reading...S.F. Porn King Jim Mitchell Guilty in Slaying of Brother
S.F. Porn King Jim Mitchell Guilty in Slaying of Brother Feb. 20, 1992 Pornography king Jim Mitchell, who with his brother Artie became one of the nation’s most successful purveyors of X-rated films and sex shows, was found guilty Wednesday of killing his younger brother last...
Continue reading...60 Years Later, Doubt Clings to Lindbergh Baby Kidnaping Case : Crime: The trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann gripped America in the ’30s. His widow still insists that he was framed.
60 Years Later, Doubt Clings to Lindbergh Baby Kidnaping Case : Crime: The trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann gripped America in the '30s. His widow still insists that he was framed. Feb. 9, 1992 The passage of 60 years has muted but not silenced the controversy...
Continue reading...Antonia Novello : U.S. Surgeon General Moniters Nation’s Public Health
Antonia Novello : U.S. Surgeon General Moniters Nation's Public Health Jan. 12, 1992 Early in the Bush Administration, Dr. Antonia Novello, 47, succeeded C. Everett Koop as U.S. Surgeon General. Born in Puerto Rico, educated there and at Johns Hopkins University, Novello practiced in Virginia as...
Continue reading...Market Scene : At Hong Kong’s War Games Club, Training Is Basic : * Toy guns and gelatin ammunition are the stuff of military fantasies at an ex-FBI agent’s private battlefield.
Market Scene : At Hong Kong's War Games Club, Training Is Basic : * Toy guns and gelatin ammunition are the stuff of military fantasies at an ex-FBI agent's private battlefield. Oct. 29, 1991 Bright rays of sunlight filter through the cracks in the walls, painting...
Continue reading...23 Shot Dead at Texas Cafeteria : Massacre: A gunman drives his pickup through a window and opens fire with a semiautomatic handgun, in nation’s worst mass shooting. He is among the dead.
23 Shot Dead at Texas Cafeteria : Massacre: A gunman drives his pickup through a window and opens fire with a semiautomatic handgun, in nation's worst mass shooting. He is among the dead. Oct. 17, 1991 In the deadliest shooting spree in U.S. history, a man...
Continue reading...‘Crop Circles’ Their Prank, 2 Britons Say : Hoax: The scientific puzzle may have been solved. Painters show how they flattened corn to form patterns.
'Crop Circles' Their Prank, 2 Britons Say : Hoax: The scientific puzzle may have been solved. Painters show how they flattened corn to form patterns. Sept. 10, 1991 One of the most puzzling contemporary scientific mysteries in Britain may have been solved Monday when two men...
Continue reading...Frederick the Great at Peace–Not Germany
Frederick the Great at Peace–Not Germany Aug. 18, 1991 The remains of Frederick the Great were returned to his beloved Sans Souci palace Saturday for burial alongside his faithful greyhounds, fulfilling the Prussian king’s last wish 205 years late in a Germany still wrestling with the...
Continue reading...Ruby Is an Artist Whose Gigantic Talent Is Put to a Very Good Cause
Ruby Is an Artist Whose Gigantic Talent Is Put to a Very Good Cause Animals & Pets July 18, 1991 Ruby has had several successful one-artist shows. People stand for hours to watch her work, and there is a two-year waiting list for her paintings. She...
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