Teamsters leader Roy Williams indicted for bribery
Federal grand jury in Chicago indicts Roy Williams, president of the Teamsters, on 11 counts charging conspiring with mob figure Joey Lombardo to bribe Senator Howard Cannon to influence trucking legislation in 1979. Co-defendants include two other officials and two Chicago businessmen. Williams, interim president, faces re election by June 1 delegates in Las Vegas.
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Pope John Paul II leaves hospital after stitches removed
The pope had the last 14 stitches from his gunshot wounds removed and planned a pizza gathering with President Pertini upon discharge. Authorities said no verdict on whether Mehmet Ali Agca acted alone. a suspected accomplice Hassan Taskin in West Germany is unconfirmed and missing.
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Prime rate jumps again as banks raise lending to 20 percent
Banks raised the prime rate to 20 percent amid higher short term rates and a weaker money supply. Treasury bills hit record highs with the three month at 16.75 percent and six month at 15.68 percent as inflation signs appeared to ease. M1-B money supply fell $2.2 billion in the week to May 13, signaling potential restraint on Fed tightening.
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Reagan Schmidt vow firmness with dialogue on Moscow
Reagan and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt issued a joint statement committing to a policy of firmness toward the Soviet Union while keeping dialogue open. They urged equal weight to the 1979 NATO decision on deploying U.S. missiles in Europe and negotiating limits with Moscow.
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Cosmonauts complete Soyuz 40 mission in final Soyuz flight
Soviet Romanian team Leonid Popov and Dumitru Prunariu land safely in Soyuz 40 southeast of Dzhezkazgan after an eight day mission linking with Salyut 6. Popov declares the 14 year program a success as Tass confirms the end of Soyuz. Prunariu, 28, among the youngest cosmonauts, began May 14.
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Busing and Hiring Quotas Attract Reagan Top Aide Critique
Attorney General William French Smith criticized compulsory school busing and minority hiring quotas as divisive and counterproductive. He urged reexamining racial remedies and pursuing color blind government action. He pledged practical problem solving to address direct results of discrimination.
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Mitterrand appoints cabinet without Communists in France
Paris AP report says President Francois Mitterrand dissolves Parliament and names a new cabinet devoid of Communists who aided his election. The line up adds a radical leftist justice minister and new portfolios for leisure time, national solidarity, the sea and decentralization as elections approach. The aim is a left-leaning shift to win a socialist communist majority in the National Assembly next month.
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