U S drops probe of oil companies
The Reagan administration ended a six year federal antitrust investigation into international oil firms saying they no longer hold power to fix world oil prices. Assistant Attorney General Baxter released a 66 page report stating no plausible antitrust case existed and noting changed market conditions since 1977.
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William Baxter
Justice Department
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting
U.S
Arabian American Oil Co
Aramco
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Solidarity Calls Nationwide Demonstrations in Poland
Underground leaders of Solidarity urge peaceful protests nationwide on December 16 to honor workers killed in protests 13 years ago. The appeal arrives as authorities warn against anti government demonstrations amid tightened security and surveillance.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Moscow Activist Convicted in Single Day Detention Case
Soviet authorities detained tried and convicted Tatyana Trusova in one day in Moscow. The 46 year old activist received an 18 month labor camp sentence. Dissident sources voiced dismay and said there is no modern precedent for such swift action. They warned it could signal a new method of handling dissent similar to Stalin era assembly lines.
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Tatyana Trusova
Betancur Freed In Colombia Kidnapping Case
Jaime Betancur, brother of Colombia's president, was released after two weeks in captivity by leftist guerrillas. He told reporters he feared for his life, and public celebrations followed as authorities and Cuban leader Fidel Castro urged the release. Belisario Betancur joined the nationwide rejoicing.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
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Charlie Brown dies at 57 in Minneapolis
Charlie Brown, friend of comic artist Charles Schulz and the inspiration for the Peanuts character, died at age 57 after a seven year cancer battle. He died Monday in Metropolitan Medical Center hospice in Minneapolis, remembered for his genial nature despite personal setbacks and an uneven career.
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Minneapolis
Charlie Brown
Charles Schulz
Peanuts
Brown
Metropolitan Medical Center
IRS bribe bid tied to tax shelter probe largest in agency history
Two men Virgil Lovell of Cornelia Georgia and Charles Hara of Clayton Ohio and Santana Florida were charged after offering more than 500000 dollars to an IRS agent to halt an IRS investigation into a tax shelter promotion. IRS Commissioner Roscoe Egger announced the arrests at a news conference in Washington.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Virgil Lovell
Cornelia
Charles Hara
Clayton
Ohio
Santana
Fla
Roscoe Egger
Freehold Courthouse Entry After Murder Conviction
Richard F. Biegenwald, 43, leaves Freehold New Jersey courthouse after being convicted of one of five murders linked to his 1981 parole. Prosecutors say he shot 18 year old Anna Olesiewicz four times in the head in August 1982 to fulfill a desire to watch someone die.
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Richard F. Biegenwald
Freehold
N.J
Biegenwald
Anna Olesiewicz
Panel urges use of dental sealants to prevent cavities
A NIH panel says dental sealants are safe and up to 95 percent effective in preventing cavities on the chewing surfaces. Sealants reduce pit and groove cavities in molars by about 95 percent in the first year and remain highly effective after five years with reapplications possible.
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Los Angeles Times Service
Washington
National Institutes of Health
University of North Carolina
James W. Bawden
NIH
IRA guerrillas kill Protestant politician in Belfast
Edgar Graham 28, a member of Northern Ireland Assembly and Official Unionist Party figure, was shot dead outside Queen's University law school by two IRA guerrillas in jogging outfits. The attack drew condemnation from leaders in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
IRA
Graham
Official Unionist Party
Adam Butler
Britain
James Prior
Garret FitzGerald
Republic of Ireland
Assembly
James Molyneaux
London
Temper Flare Marks Space Shuttle Return Readiness
SPACE CENTER Houston AP The Spacelab crew prepares to return aboard Columbia after a record 10 day mission. Commander John Young and Pilot Brewster Shaw steer toward Edwards Air Force Base with a vast cargo of samples film and data.
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