Congress OKs crime crackdown bill in major reform
Congress approved a broad crime package authorizing harsher sentences for gun wielding robbers, creation of a drug czar to oversee federal narcotics efforts, and felony penalties for tampering with drugs or cosmetics. The plan revives $170 million in anti crime grants and supports 12 regional task forces targeting organized crime and drug trafficking.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Congress
Reagan
Intelligence Agency
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Chicago
Department of Justice
Chile bishops urge democracy and rights amid crisis
In a letter to the faithful, 30 Chilean bishops press for human rights respect, full employment policy, and a return to democracy as the country confronts political, economic, social, and moral turmoil under Pinochet.
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Santiago
Chile
Gen
Augusto Pinochet
Salvador Allende
Polish man granted humanitarian parole to reunite with son
Mirek Bielecki, a 32 year old Polish construction supervisor, was granted humanitarian parole to travel to the United States after his 8 year old son Mariusz, separated since Poland’s martial law declaration in 1981, showed severe distress. Doctors note the boy refuses to eat and risks infection, while authorities await Polish passport or exit permission.
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Canton
Mass
State Department
United States
Paul Tsongas
D-Mass
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Mirek Bielecki
Cindy Fox
Bielecki
U.S
Warsaw
Mariusz
David Herzog
Massachusetts General Hospital
Five youths die from gas in hunting lodge after Christmas party
In Barnwell South Carolina five young people died in their sleep from natural gas from a heater with a failed pilot light in a rural Salkehatchie Coon Club lodge. A survivor, Robin Rogers, was rushed to University Hospital in Augusta Georgia with uncertain prognosis.
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Barnwell
S.C
UPI
Robin Rogers
University Hospital
Augusta
State Law Enforcement Division
Hugh Munn
Munn
Salkehatchee Coon Club
Lewis to Fight Charges in Tylenol Extortion Case
James Lewis agreed in court to return to Chicago to fight the charges after seven deaths from poisoned Tylenol capsules. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Leonard Bernikow in Foley Square, signing a waiver to skip identity and removal hearings.
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James Lewis
Chicago
Lewis
U.S
Leonard Bernikow
Foley Square
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