News of the World - Morning issue July 12, 1998
Government Minister implicated in International Drug Trafficking Shocker!
A government spokesman today announced that Sir Geoffrey Dove, Under-Minister at the Board of Trade has been suspended from his government duties pending a full inquiry into allegations of his involvement in drug trafficking. If the allegations are proven to be true, he may be asked to RESIGN HIS POST and retire from his position as an MP to face charges, and possibly up to 20 YEARS behind bars.
The story was first broken by an exclusive in your News of the World a week ago. Two of our journalists tracked down Dove's correspondence with Oguz Baykal, a Turkish businessman, which gave clear indications of the minister's involvement in SORDID SEX 'N DRUG ROMPS and of PAYMENTS given by Nandi in return for easing the transport of CERTAIN PACKAGES through UK customs. Disguised as associates of Nandi our reporters, together with a plain clothes customs officer were able to secure a taped conversation in which Dove agreed that CUSTOMS MEN WERE IDIOTS and gave a specified time and place to leave a package which would then be shipped out to the middle east, in return for a DOWN-PAYMENT OF 10000 POUNDS. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said that the evidence which had been given to them by the NEWS OF THE WORLD was being examined and expressed confidence that charges would be brought against the minister and other as yet unnamed members of the smuggling ring who had been identified. A spokesman for Sir Geoffrey had no comment to make .
Editorial on p 10
(Excerpt from Editorial)
The suspension of Sir Geoffrey Dove today pending inquiries into corruption and involvement with international drug smuggling notches another success into the belt of the forces of law and order, and is another blow to those who think that because they hold privileged positions, they can consider themselves to be above the law. For the modern day equivalent of 30 pieces of silver, he betrayed the voters who trusted him to represent them, the government who trusted him with a position of responsibility and the businessmen who trusted him to represent their interests abroad. He must resign. He thought that the law would not apply to him and that 'customs are idiots'; now he must pay the price.
(attributed to staff writer)
A newspaper clipping from the Washington Post, 30 May 1998. This was on page 4, and part of a quarter page article:
�...police on the scene, Detective Inspector Karen McKinnon and Detective Melanie Wills, reported that a large amount of stolen software had been recovered during the raid, including several virus prototypes. DI McKinnon believes that most of the virus programs found have not been released onto the Internet or other major computer systems. She also believes it likely that the members of the group of hackers linked to this cache were not all apprehended during the raid, and expects more viruses to be released as a result. She warns that all software and documents downloaded off the Internet should be scanned for viruses prior to being opened...�
Excerpt from the LA Times, 1994
"Crime fighters today mourn the death of Police Sergeant John Mitchum. In a bizarre raid on the policeman's North Hollywood home by local gang Mafioso "Cloak", the Sergeant was shot 6 times in the chest as he attempted to save his family. It is said that a mysterious bystander aided Sergeant Mitchum and his wife and 6 year old daughter are alive today."
"When questioned about who the citizen was that helped them to safety through a hail of bullets; Mrs. Mitchum indicated that it was a pretty young woman with blond hair. Nothing further is known about her at this time."
"Sergeant Mitchum headed the recent push against gang violence in Los Angeles and will be remembered for his efforts.......
Article in NME, July 1997: Searching for the Insubstantial.
After the debut CD for Ethereal Skies, "Truth in Advertising", was released to critical acclaim or indifference, we tried to find out more about what drives this band to produce the abnormally eclectic noises they do. We sent a reporter to their most recent gig, in France, and after the impressive but minimalistic show, his requests for an interview were met with a fax number. Here are some of our questions and the answers we received:
NME: Congratulations on the success of your debut album, currently in the Top 10 in almost all alternative music charts worldwide. Were you expecting this level of success?
ES: Firstly, thank you. We appreciate your interest and any publicity your magazine generates for us. Success is what we are looking for, rather than celebrity.
NME: Critics have described your music in various ways, from "pretentious post-modern Gothic" to "industrial ambiance". How would you describe yourself?
ES: Both...simultaneously.
NME: OK, let's talk about influences. Which bands do you see as having a direct influence on your style?
ES: We are only influenced by the moment. To explain: we began jamming over the Internet. Our current line-up merely consists of those people who participated when we decided to record a CD. It took less than an hour and a half to record.
NME: That's...interesting. What can we expect of your live shows then?
ES: We are on a world tour. You were present at our gig in Versailles. We were there because one of our members lives there. We will next be appearing in Luxembourg, and then Darwin. As for what to expect, well, we play the entire album as a soundscape with variations as the mood takes us or if the crowd wills it, and given our modus operandi we have more material available if we choose to keep going. Our debut CD is as long as it could be...we could release 4 more albums tomorrow if we wanted to.
NME: You mention the word "soundscape". So you don't write songs?
ES: That's right. We explore themes musically, treating the human voice as another instrument. This could be compared to a jazz mentality, but that would be a very distorted analogy. Let us simply say we don't plan to release a single...ever.
NME: Finally, where did you get the name "Ethereal Skies" from?
ES: Have you read John Milton?
New York Daily Courier, 19 August 1998
QUEENS, NY - Yesterday evening a 12 year old boy was rescued from the East River by a passing motorist. Apparently the boy and two friends were playing on the bank together. The other two boys went to the store to get some sodas and when they returned saw a car stopped near where they had been playing and a man swimming out from the shore. The unidentified man swam out, grabbed the motionless body of their friend, and swam back to shore. He then performed CPR until an ambulance arrived on the scene.
The man, although unidentified, was apparently an EMT on his way home when he saw the boy's body floating in the river. He called for an ambulance before rescuing the boy. The boy is in stable condition at Mt. Sanai hospital. His name was not released in accordance with the wishes of his parents. How the boy ended up in the river is still a mystery.
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