Junkman's art fakes net $23 million in Europe
A self taught junk dealer produced 2500 fake masterpieces sold to art rings across Germany over 13 years, generating up to 23 million dollars in profits. Police say at least two works hang in museums and about 25 people were involved in the ring led by one jailed figure.
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Wiesbaden
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Engelen
Pablo Picasso
George Grosz
Max Beckmann
Oskar Kokoschka
Lady Bird Johnson Honored by Congress for Beautifying America
Lady Bird Johnson, at age 75, received a congressional gold medal from President Reagan after Congress honored her with a resolution praising her dedication to beautifying the nation's landscape. The former first lady's gesture capped a day of tribute from lawmakers.
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Supreme Court
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Lady Bird Johnson
America
Lyndon Johnson
Packard to Give $2 Billion to Charities
David Packard plans to donate virtually all his Hewlett Packard stock to the David and Lucile Packard Foundation over the next years. He says the move, connected with his wife and four children, will make the foundation one of the nation’s wealthiest. He estimates the endowment could reach about $100 million annual grants as market conditions allow. The foundation, created in 1964, now holds $145 million in assets and grants about $10 million yearly.
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New York Times
Los Altos
Calif
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Bhopal Gas Disaster Victims Face Long Term Death Toll
A government plan estimates more than 1,700 future deaths over seven years from Bhopal gas leak illnesses, adding to nearly 3,000 already dead since the 1984 disaster as relief for victims and families is outlined.
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Bhopal
India
Madhya Pradesh
Politburo member visits Polish steelworks strike site
In Poland a Politburo member toured the Lenin steel works at Nowa Huta near Krakow as a large strike at the plant continued. Police detained Solidarity leaders including Onyszkiewicz and Bujak and warned the three day old work stoppage was illegal while talks with the government sanctioned union began.
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Independent Union Federation
Bronislaw Geremek
Lech Wales
Zbigniew Bujak
Onyszkiewicz
Bujak
Ewa Kaberna
Zbigniew Romaszewski
Alfred Miodowicz
Lenin Steelworks
Nowa Huta
Krakow
Miodowicz
Zbigniew Szalajda
Nowa
Huta
Szalajda
Shell admits blame for California oil spill
Shell Oil Co acknowledged illegal practices allowed 175000 gallons of crude to enter bird sanctuaries and bays killing nearly 200 waterfowl and other wildlife. Officials projected up to 3 million in penalties and 1 million in cleanup costs as about 100 workers battled the spill 40 miles northeast of San Francisco during nesting season.
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Calif
Shell Oil Co
Larry Kolb
State Regional Water Quality Control Board
Shell
San Francisco
Northern California
Man who ordered children to kill jailed for 13 years
East German man, unnamed, was sentenced to 13 years after being found guilty on five counts of attempted murder for coercing children through calls to harm others. He allegedly directed a boy to kill his sister or face fines, and urged further deadly acts including drowning and pushing from a window.
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Deutsche Presse-Agentur Berlin
Tribune
East Berlin
Marzahn
CBS Delays Fall TV Season Amid Writers Strike
CBS postpones its fall slate by about two months due to a writers strike and potential tech worker strikes. The network planned a Sept 5 start but now targets late October at the earliest, while NBC gears up for Olympics and World Series coverage.
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Los Angeles
CBS
Thomas Leahy
CBS Television Network
NBC
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