Cable briefs
Woman executed
Velma Barfield, the first woman executed in the United States in 22 years, died from a lethal injection last evening for the murder of her fiance. Barfield,, a 52-year-old grandmother, was convicted six years ago of killing her fiance by poisoning his beer and iced tea with arsenic. She also confessed to killing two elderly people and her own mother. Barfield went to her death in her own pink pyjamas rather than prison garb. — Raleigh, N. Carolina. Probe reopened An investigation has reopened into the death of a Queensland bank manager after the release of the Costigan report A Queensland Assistant Police Commissioner Ron Redmond, said that all the original witnesses and the investigating officer would be interviewed, The Royal Commissioner, Mr Frank Costigan, Q.C., said he was convinced lan Percival Coote was murdered in December 1982. — Brisbane. Trial adjourned
The trial of 19 former Grenadan leaders, who are accused of murdering the former Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop, was yesterday adjourned until November 23 while the court considers a
legal challenge to its validity. The Chief Justice, Mr Archibald Nedd, said that he would rule on a defence motion challenging the validity of. his court on November 14. 4 St George’s. Withdrawal vote The United Nations General Assembly has called for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Kampuchea, which has been occupied by Vietnamese troops since December, 1978. It was the assembly’s fifth call for such a move., The vote on the resolution, similar to one adopted annually since 1979, was 110-22 with 18 abstentions — the biggest majority for? such a vote. The tally last year was 105-23 with 19 abstentions. — New York.
Art Record A Willem de Kooning painting, “Two Women,” has set a record for a contemporary work of art and for a living artist,: going for ?U51.98 million ($4.06 million) at Christie’s auction house. Hie 1953 work was bought by an unidentified private collector, The previous records in both categories were also for a de Kooning work, another of his “Two Women” series of paintings from the 19505, which sold at auction in November, 1982, for ?usyio,ooo. - New York.-
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