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PARDONS AND COMMUTATIONS GRANTED BY
PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH

Table of Contents

August 14, 1989
March 5, 1991
July 5, 1991
December 24, 1992
January 15, 1993
January 18, 1993

August 14, 1989
NAME	RELIEF	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Joe llen Deckert	Pardon	1979	Misprision of felony (relating to illegal firearms sales), 18 U.S.C. § 4
Donald Alvin Dibble III	Pardon	1978	Illegal possession of firearm with obliterated serial number, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(h) and 5871
Leo Friedman	Pardon	1969	Mail embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 1709
Armand Hammer	Pardon	1976	Making campaign contribution in name of another (misdemeanor), 2 U.S.C. § 440
Charles Arnold Jacobs	Pardon	1979	Submission of false income tax return, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1)
Mary Lou Peet	Pardon	1978	Fraudulent transfer of property in contemplation of bankruptcy, 18 U.S.C. § 152
Robert Gary Rice	Pardon	1973	Submitting false statements to Federal Housing Administration, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1010 and 2(b)
Billy Wayne Rodgers	Pardon	1973	Transporting firearm in foreign commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) Insubordination in violation of Article 91, Uniform Code of Military Justice
Raymond Joseph Shovelski	Pardon	1974	Conspiracy to accept kickbacks on Government contracts, 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 14 U.S.C. §§ 51 and 54
Douglas Bruce Fenimore	Commutation	1981	Receiving and concealing stolen property, interstate transportation of stolen property, and bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2314, 2315, and 2113(a) and (d)

March 5, 1991
NAME	RELIEF	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Dorothy Christina Damush	Pardon	1982	Conspiracy to transport stolen goods in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 371
David Feld	Pardon	1980	Interference with agent of National Labor Relations Board (misdemeanor), 29 U.S.C. § 162
Mark Christopher Felling	Pardon	1980	Theft of mail by postal employee, 18 U.S.C. § 1709
Howard William Fitzsimmons	Pardon	1974	Embezzlement of Government property, 18 U.S.C. § 641
Garth Stuart Hancock	Pardon	1959	Conspiracy to violate Commodity Credit Regulations, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Charles Walker Harrison	Pardon	1966	Unlawful possession of narcotics without having paid transfer tax, 26 U.S.C. § 4744(a)
Geary Travis Holstead	Pardon	1978	Theft of mail by postal employee, 18 U.S.C. § 1709
Michael Dennis Larsen	Pardon	1977	Bank embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Mark Allen Nelson	Pardon	1975	Involuntary manslaughter in violation of Article 119, UCMJ
Robert Anthony Pagnanelli	Pardon	1980	Conspiracy to defraud United States and mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1341
William George Spurlock	Pardon	1953	Interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2312
Harold Bennett Stewart	Pardon	1963	Theft of Government property, 18 U.S.C. § 641
Bernice Lena Telgemeier	Pardon	1980	Attempted income tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201
Julius Henry Telgemeier	Pardon	1980	Attempted income tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201
William Newton Tunnell, Jr.	Pardon	1977	Bank embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Robert Lee Warner	Pardon	1979	Obstruction of mail, 18 U.S.C. § 1703
James Alexander Womack	Pardon	1978	Possession of stolen mail, 18 U.S.C. § 1708

July 5, 1991
NAME	RELIEF	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Joseph Berger	Pardon	1959	Transporting gambling devices within a special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, 15 U.S.C. § 1175
Miles Oakley Bidwell	Pardon	1962	Filing false statement, 26 U.S.C. § 7206
Edward Meredith Dawsey	Pardon	1981	Making false statements to the Office of Workmen's Compensation Programs, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 and 1920
Leonard Gilmor	Pardon	1975	Mail fraud and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1341
Lewis Isador Goltz	Pardon	1976	Sale of firearms to out-of-state resident, failure to register firearms, failure to make appropriate entry in firearm acquisition disposition records, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922 and 924
Wayne Stanley LaTour	Pardon	1980	Dealing in firearms without a license, 18 U.S.C. § 922
Thomas Leoutsakos	Pardon	1968	Sale of methamphetamine (misdemeanor) 21 U.S.C. § 331
Mary Mahoney Longwell	Pardon	1976	Embezzlement of bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Barbara Cecil Livenia Chapman Portwood	Pardon	1962	Forgery, 18 U.S.C. § 495
Laurie Virginia Rossetti	Pardon	1976	Engaging in the conduct of an illegal gambling business, 18 U.S.C. § 1955
Myra Soble	Pardon	1957	Conspiracy to receive and obtain national defense information and transmit same to foreign government, 18 U.S.C. § 793
Rudolph Hartsel Young	Pardon	1960	Embezzlement of postal funds and falsification of postal records, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1711 and 2073

NAME	RELIEF	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
December 24, 1992
Caspar W. Weinberger	Pardon		(See Proclamation No. 6518; 57 Fed. Reg. 62,145 (1992))
Elliott Abrams	Pardon		(See Proclamation No. 6518; 57 Fed. Reg. 62,145 (1992))
Duane R. Clarridge	Pardon		(See Proclamation No. 6518; 57 Fed. Reg. 62,145 (1992))
Alan Fiers	Pardon		(See Proclamation No. 6518; 57 Fed. Reg. 62,145 (1992))
Clair George	Pardon		(See Proclamation No. 6518; 57 Fed. Reg. 62,145 (1992))
Robert C. McFarlane	Pardon		(See Proclamation No. 6518; 57 Fed. Reg. 62,145 (1992))
Joseph Bear, Jr.	Pardon	1964	Burglary on Indian Reservation, 18 U.S.C. § 1153
Thomas Burley Berry	Pardon	1980	Detaining and destroying mail, 18 U.S.C. § 1703(a)
Robert William Dailey, Sr.	Pardon	1943	Failure to report for induction into the military in violation of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C. App. § 311
Paul Karsten Fauteck	Pardon	1. 1950 2. 1955 3. 1955 4. 1954 5. 1955	1. Interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2312 2. Conspiracy to smuggle alien into United States and attempting to conceal alien, 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 8 U.S.C. § 1324 3. Transporting false securities in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 2314 4. Absent without leave from Army and wrongful disposition of government property 5. Absent without leave
Dale Leonard Fix	Pardon	1944	Failure to report for military duty in violation of Selective Service Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C. App. § 311
Francene Geiger	Pardon	1980	Bank embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 657
Ivan Leon Gentry	Pardon	1946	Transporting stolen motor vehicle in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 408(a)
Joseph Gordon Haynie, Jr.	Pardon	1973	Misapplication of bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 656

Henry Levin	Pardon	1973	Violation of Customs regulations, 18 U.S.C. § 545
Guillermo Medrano Moreno	Pardon	1. 1961 2. 1967	1. Failure to register as narcotics user, 26 U.S.C. § 473 2. Illegal importation and sale of heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 174; 26 U.S.C. §§ 4704(a) and 4705(a)
Frank T. Passini, III	Pardon	1978	Possession and sale of 5,000 grams of marijuana and wrongful possession of 50 grams of marijuana in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice
Donald Rightmire	Pardon	1984	Misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4
Edwin Roberts	Pardon	1947	Carrying on the business of a distiller, possessing an unregistered whiskey still, and making and fermenting mash fit for distillation, 26 U.S.C. §§ 2033, 2810, and 2834
Patrick James Sheehan	Pardon	1981	Misapplication of bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Hildred Earl Spates	Pardon	1971	Theft of government property, 18 U.S.C. § 641
Alfredo Encinas Villarreal	Pardon	1971	Theft of mail by postal employee, 18 U.S.C. § 1709
Jack Alvin Walker	Pardon	1956	Failure to report for military duty in violation of Selective Service Act of 1950, 50 U.S.C. App. § 462
Carl Frank Westminster, Jr.	Pardon	1977	Possession, sale, and transfer of controlled substance in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice

January 15, 1993

NAME

RELIEF

SENTENCED

OFFENSE

Joseph Occhipinti

Commutation

1991

Conspiracy to violate civil rights, deprivation of rights under color of law (misdemeanor), and making false statement, 18 U.S.C. §§ 241, 242, and 1001

January 18, 1993
NAME	RELIEF	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Robert Edward Leigh Barnhill	Pardon	1980	Bid rigging in violation of Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1
George Edward Clements, III	Pardon	1987	Knowingly making false declarations before grand jury, 18 U.S.C. § 1623
Edwin L. Cox, Jr.	Pardon	1988	Bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1344
Lloyd Earl Davis	Pardon	1981	Making false entries in bank records, 18 U.S.C. § 1005
James Lewis Donawho	Pardon	1979	Making false statement to government agency, 18 U.S.C. § 1001
John Stinson Howell, III	Pardon	1979	Income tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201
Charles Elvin Huffman	Pardon	1955	Larceny on a government reservation, 18 U.S.C. § 661
Thomas Arthur Kardashian	Pardon	1974	Offering gratuities to public officials, 18 U.S.C. § 201(f)
Frederick Irwin Lorber	Pardon	1962	Obtaining marijuana without paying transfer tax, 26 U.S.C. § 4744(1)
Richard Norris Ware	Pardon	1973	Aiding and abetting bank embezzlement (misdemeanor), 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 656
Albert Teyechea Williams	Pardon	1980	Conspiracy to misapply bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Clyde Henry Umphenour, Jr.	Pardon	1956 1961	Interstate transportation of forged securities, 18 U.S.C. § 2314 Interstate transportation of forged securities, 18 U.S.C. § 2314
Aslam P. Adam	Commutation	1985	Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, importation of heroin, and use of mail in committing felony, 18 U.S.C. § 2, and 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, 952(a), 960(b)(1)(A), 963, and 843(b)


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