Polish Workers Pause to Honor Riots Victims in Gdansk
In Gdansk and nearby Baltic cities, Solidarity and the Communist Party urged calm as two day commemorations mark workers killed in the 1970 food price riots. A 130 foot monument at the Lenin Shipyard gate honors six killed and 45 official dead tally, amid nationwide reflection and alcohol ban.
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Reagan unaware of mob links in Teamsters adviser
Ronald Reagan said he was unaware that a Teamsters official named as a senior adviser to a transition team is reputed to have links with organized crime. Jackie Presser, a Teamsters vice president from Cleveland, faced past FBI statements and a Labor Department suit accusing pension fund misuse.
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Entrapment to Be Used in Defense in Abscam Case
Lawyers for Rep. Richard Kelly and two Abscam co-defendants push entrapment and FBI overreach as FBI undercover agent Anthony Amoroso faces cross examination. Witnesses expected include Amoroso’s superiors while the Jan 8 videotape shows him handing Kelly $25,000 in bribe money.
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Hijackers Free 24 as Colombian Jetliner Heads to Mexico City
Guerrillas freed 24 more passengers from a hijacked Avianca Boeing 727 carrying 73 passengers and two hijackers now aboard after landing in Panama. The hijackers, believed to be 12 M 19 members, demanded fuel and flight plans for Central America and the Caribbean as Panamanian authorities ferried meals and tried to obtain permission from Bogotá. The plane originally carried 129 aboard when hijacked near Bogota and diverted to Santa Marta for the Latin American summit opening there.
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Money Guarantee Stands In Way Of Hostages
Beirut dispatch reports Iran says a U S financial guarantee to Algeria is the sole hurdle to freeing 52 American hostages. Prime Minister Rajai says the United States must secure the payment and Iran will decide the release timing after Khomeini approves the final answer.
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