Dresser Faces Clash Over Which Law It Must Follow
The Dallas based firm seeks a federal court ruling to determine whether it must obey U.S. export controls or a French government order to complete a contract. The case stems from a French demand to deliver three gas pipeline compressors to a Soviet freighter at Le Havre despite Reagan era sanctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post Service
Washington
U.S
Reagan Administration
France
Dresser Industries
Dallas
U.S. District Court
Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Department
le Havre
Dresser France
Reagan
Britain
Siberia
Europe
State Department
John Hughes
White House
Larry Speakes
United States
Dresser
Borodin
General Electric
Edward Luter
Dresser Industries of
Jean-Pierre Chevenement
Luter
Baldrige
Planned union rallies prompt threat in Poland
Poland's Soviet backed government warned that even minor demonstrations marking Solidarity's founding will be crushed with a decisive, firm response. Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski reassured officials from 207 factories that mass demonstrations would be defeated. Police tightened patrols and a formal protest was lodged over Western radio broadcasts backing Solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Solidarity Union
Communist Party
Trybuna Ludu
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Solidarity
Jaruzelski
PAP
Old Town
Royal Castle Square
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Radio Free Europe
Voice of America
BBC
Bond set at 15000 for 500-pound sex offender Giorgianni
Mercer County judge keeps original sentencing under review after freeing Joseph Giorgianni due to health concerns. Bond set at 15000 with prosecutors given until Sept 17 to file motion. Giorgianni must post or be jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N.J
Superior Court
Richard J.S. Barlow Jr
Mercer County
Joseph “Jo-Jo
Giorgianni
Carnally
Barlow
Alfred Bloomingdale Dies at 66 in California
Alfred Bloomingdale longtime Reagan adviser and cofounder of Diner’s Club died of cancer at 66 in Santa Monica. He valued privacy with a public life and was honored with a memorial at St Paul the Apostle Church in Westwood. His wife Betsy was with him until 6 p.m. and burial followed. Vicki Morgan later sued Bloomingdale and his wife for 5 million each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Alfred Bloomingdale
Reagan
M.L. Raab
Bloomingdale
New York
Diner
St. John’s Hospital
Los Angeles
Miss Raab
Betsy
St. Paul the Apostle Church
Westwood
Vicki Morgan
Miss Morgan
Prince Andrew near disaster during Falklands air missions
The Sun reported Prince Andrew, 22, a Royal Navy Sea King pilot on HMS Invincible, faced three near-disasters. He warned of faulty engine readings and a Sea Wolf lock on his helicopter during the Falklands War, with quick base signaling averting catastrophe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prince Andrew
Britain
Elizabeth II
Falkland Islands
Andrew
Invincible
Argentina
The
Sun
Prince
the Sun
Sheffield
World monarch Sobhuza II to rest in secret cave
Royal elders in Swaziland planned a secret cave burial for King Sobhuza II as 200 tribal chiefs met to discuss his successor. Sobhuza died age 83 after a long reign since 1921, leaving more than 100 widows and at least 500 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mbabane
Swaziland
Sobhuza II
Lion
Sobhuza
French police call for return of guillotine after attacks
Paris police unions declare they are fed up with terrorism and urge the government to restore the death penalty. The latest anti American bombing killed one officer and maimed another, prompting a demand for immediate action from President Mitterrand's Socialist government which abolished capital punishment last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Francois Mitterrand
Brain defects linked to violence in prisoners study
Researchers reporting at the American Psychological Association meeting say violent offenders show brain function defects detectable by the Luria Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery. Twenty five violent inmates scored poorly on reading and spatial tasks and 25 nonviolent criminals performed normally. findings suggest a link between brain function and violent behavior but not all violence is due to brain dysfunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Luria- Nebraska
Hungarian-born spy Gilbert jailed for attempting to buy U S military secrets
Otto Atilla Gilbert, 50, was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to conspiring to receive and transmit classified military documents. Three remaining espionage counts were dismissed as part of the deal.
Justice Pentagon form joint unit to probe defense procurement fraud
The Department of Justice and the Pentagon establish a special investigative unit to prosecute fraud in government military purchases. Defense officials said the unit aims to fill a vacuum of support from the Justice Department for the department's criminal investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Justice
Pentagon
Defense Department
Michael Eberhardt
Justice Department
Gazette Wire Services
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kissinger
Henry A. Kissinger
Lord Carrington
Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Stewart
James Stewart
Mr. Smith
Harvey
John Strauss
Strauss
China
Peking
Xinhua
State Council China
State Council
Deng Xiaoping
Italy
Rome
Giovanni Spadolini
Spadolini
Republican Party
Sandro Pertini
Nebraska State Prison
Monte Scott
Nebraska
Veterans Administration Hospital
Seattle
American Psychological Association
KING
3Rd St
Cedar Rapids
Continental Cleaners
Guaranty Bank
Bob Welch
National Council On
Alcoholism
NCA
Third Avenue
N.Y
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!