JurisprudenceThe criminal conspiracy involving former King owner...

Jurisprudence

The criminal conspiracy involving former King owner Bruce McNall continued to widen as federal prosecutors charged another of his business associates, Francis Carr, with single counts of conspiracy and mail fraud.

He is the 11th person to be charged in the case. Nine, among them McNall, have entered guilty pleas, and a 10th, Suzan A. Waks, is expected to do so Nov. 2.

Carr, an employee of several McNall coin companies, is charged with preparing false statements to secure more than $5 million in loans from Bank of California for Superior Stamp & Coin.

Miscellany

Juan Antonio Samaranch, International Olympic Committee president, has threatened to expel baseball from the Olympics if the International Baseball Assn. doesn’t permit professionals to compete in the 2000 Games, according to IBA chief Aldo Notari.

Notari said that Samaranch has warned him several times that unless IBA bylaws are changed to accommodate professionals at the Sydney Games, the organization will lose its IOC affiliation. Along with it would go the IOC’s annual $1.5 million subsidy to the IBA.

Tom Lehman will replace Scott Hoch in the $1.1-million Franklin-Templeton Shootout at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks Nov. 14-19.