FBI to conduct UMass fund probe at Amherst school
A full time FBI team will probe alleged mishandling of 15 million in federal funds at the University of Massachusetts School of Education. The investigation, expected to last four to five months, involves 10 to 20 staff workers and follows resignations and firings tied to an internal audit.
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Amherst, Mass
UPI
FBI
University of Massachusetts School of Education
Hampshire
Franklin County
John Callahan
James O. ‘Newpher
Department ‘of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
James Collins
Amherst
University
Robert Wood
Randolph Bromery
Wood
Bromery
School of Education
Dwight Allen
Africa
Umass
Atron Gentry
David Bischoff
Peace returns to Asmara after battles in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian government says peace is restored in Asmara after five days of fighting with Eritrean rebels. An airlift brings 50 tanks and 18,000 government troops to the area while around 15,000 rebels are reported. About 130 Americans and 253 foreigners were evacuated, with reports of looting and civilian casualties.
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Eritrea
Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Herald
Asmara
Five Indians face felonies in abbey takeover case
Five Indian activists led by Michael Sturdevant were charged with armed robbery burglary and false imprisonment after a 34 day occupation of a Roman Catholic abbey. Twenty eight others faced misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and trespassing. Minors were turned over to juvenile authorities and one pregnant defendant released on recognizance.
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Shawano, Wis
UPI
Michael E. Sturdevant
Michael Eberlein
Sturdevant
Eberlein
John Perote
Robert Chevalier
Doreen Dixon
Neopit
Wis
John Waubanascum Jr
Green Bay
Weapons cache found at Boston schools in desegregation era
Boston detectives report more than 300 extremely dangerous weapons seized during searches of a dozen schools amid desegregation tensions. U.S. District Judge Garrity appointed four experts to hearings on plans for total school integration by September.
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Boston
UPI
U.S
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
John J. Doherty
Boston School Committee
John J. McDonough
Garrity
State Supreme Court
Jacob J. Spiegel
Edward J. McCormack Jr
U.S. Commissioner of Education
Francis Keppel
Harvard University Education
Charles V. Willie. McDonough
IRA prisoner wards hunger strike refuses end demand
Irish Republican Army inmate Patrick Ward, in Curragh prison hospital, refuses to end his 34 day hunger strike unless the government grants political prisoner status to IRA detainees. Ward says he will not lift the fast despite pleas, and the strike groups’ aims center on political status and privileges restoration after a December riot.
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Dublin
UPI
Irish Republican Army
Patrick Ward
IRA
Portlaoise
Ward
Miss Lawlor
Patrick Wall
Northern Ireland
Chicago businessman reveals CIA ties in 1962 Uruguay case
Thomas H. Miner, a Chicago trader named among the city’s 10 outstanding young men, disclosed aiding the CIA to place agent Ralph Hatry in Montevideo in 1962. He said cooperation was voluntary and tied to the Cuban missile crisis era, while he criticized Philip Agee for publishing his CIA diary.
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Chicago
UPI
Thomas H. Miner
Jaycees
Central Intelligence Agency
Uruguay
Miner
CIA
England
Philip Agee
Agee
Ralph Hatry
Hatry
Montevideo
Key West
Cuba
Harry
Minor
United States
Onassis Faces Relapse of Muscle Disease
Family sources in Athens report Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis is battling a relapse of a potentially deadly muscular disease. A spokesman for Onassis Enterprises declined to confirm further details.
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Onassis
Athens
UPI
Aristotle Onassis
Dollar value opens lower on the market
The dollar slid on European exchanges in its sixth week of a slump with gold prices climbing in Zurich and London. Paris bankers called the move a technical reaction while London traders saw the gains as overdone. In Brussels and Amsterdam the dollar weakened against several currencies, and Tokyo bucked the trend with a higher close.
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Brussels
UPI
U.S
Zurich
London
Paris
Frankfurt
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