Controversy Over Chicago Custody Hearing for Polovchak Siblings
Soviet born Walter Polovchak twelve and his sister Natalie seventeen appeared in Chicago custody hearings after seeking asylum in the United States. Their parents urged return to the Soviet Union as the dispute drew public attention.
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Walter Polovchak
Chicago
Polovchak
Natalie
United States
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Golden Mountains
Walter
Ann Polovchak
Joseph C. Mooney
Rick Michael
Richard Mandel
American Civil Liberties Union
Polovchaks
Pentagon adjusts view of low mental aptitude recruits
The Pentagon reports underestimation of lower-mentality recruits in 1979 at 30 percent instead of 5 percent. Officials cite technical errors inflating entrance test scores and say problems likely date back to 1976, affecting multiple years.
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Washington
Pentagon
Congress
Hostage incident at Fisher Body plant in Pontiac
A veteran autoworker seized 13 to 14 hostages at the Fisher Body General Motors plant in Pontiac. The captives included the shop superintendent and two foremen in the paint shop office. Police said the man may have a pistol and that officers arrived around 6 45 a m.
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Pontiac, Mich
Fisher Body
Norman E. May
General Motors Corp
John Bridgewater
Bridgewater
Pontiac
WPON
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