Government holds 82 million in seized property
The U S government has 82 million dollars in seized cars trucks boats and aircraft and cannot dispose of them quickly enough according to House Government Operations Committee Chairman Rep Jack Brooks The GAO and Customs warned of losses from vandalism theft storage and depreciation as agencies struggle to move surplus property. The INS DEA and Customs led seizures with thousands of conveyances stored amid storage bottlenecks and staff shortages.
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Washington
House
Jack Brooks
D-Texas
General Accounting Office of Congress
Customs Service
GAO
Customs
Brooks
Immigration and Naturalization Service
General Services Administration
GSA
William French Smith
Treasury
Donald Regan
Government Operations Committee
Justice
Treasury Departments
Observers fear UAW Chrysler pact doomed
An auto industry analyst and several local UAW officials say the tentative Chrysler pact is likely to be defeated by workers. National results show 67.1 percent against with 32.9 percent in favor as locals vote across the country. Local margins vary with New Castle approving while Huntsville rejects the agreement.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers Union
John Hammond
Data Resources Inc
Lexington
Mass
UAW
Grenade kills man at Fort Irwin range
A hand grenade thought to be a dud exploded at Fort Irwin on a weapons range killing Stephen Stulnaker 26 of Barstow and wounding five others. He stepped on the grenade while part of a five man civilian team scouring for unexploded ordnance.
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Fort Irwin
Calif
Army
Stephen Stulnaker
Barstow
Jim Fetig
Stulnaker
Weed Army Community Hospital
Fetig
Iraqi and Iranian forces clash near Samar in new offensive
Iraq says its air and ground forces repelled a new Iranian assault near Samar near the border, claiming 2352 Iranian troops killed and many captured after 214 bombing missions. Iran reports destruction of two Iraqi command posts and ammunition concentrations. In Liberia, a devastating mud and rock slide at Nye Nye mine kills at least 34, with up to 150 buried. Samuel Doe declares days of mourning.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Iraq
Samar
Baghdad
Iran
IRNA
Mandali
Dosheikh
Monrovia
Liberia
Samuel Doe
Vatican Experts Say Bank Not Legally Responsible for Ambrosiano Debts
Three financial experts appointed by the Vatican concluded the Vatican Bank should not be held liable from a strictly legal point of view for Banco Ambrosiano debts. The Il Sabato magazine quoted Vatican sources and said the report was turned over to the Secretariat of State. A Vatican spokesman declined immediate comment.
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Rome
Vatican
Vatican Bank
Banco Ambrosiano
Il Sabato
Secretariat of State
Romeo Panciroli
Handyman testifies in Pulitzer suit in Florida trial
West Palm Beach witness Brian Richards denied having sex with Roxanne Pulitzer or using cocaine with her. He said he smoked marijuana with Herbert Peter Pulitzer at a Florida ranch. A $10 million suit over a News Group Publications story seeks custody and fortune division for the couple’s 5-year-old twins.
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Gazette Wire Services
West Palm Beach
Fla
Herbert
Peter” Pulitzer
Roxanne Pulitzer
Brian Richards
Peter Pulitzer
South Florida
Post
Pulitzer
Pittsburgh
Sweden Calls Up Troops In Submarine Hunt Near Musko Base
Swedish navy pressed deeper into the five day hunt for a suspected Soviet submarine near the Musko naval base south of Stockholm. The HMS Belos joined the search with a midget rescue sub while more than 15 ships scouted the area and elite units were mobilized to be ready for any events.
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Musko
Sweden
UPI
Belos
Moscow
Tass
Navy
Sven Carlsson
Stockholm
Carlsson
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Mich
Joe Games
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Nathaniel Reed
Reed
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Maryland
Spiro Agnew
Court of Appeals
Iowa
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Elaine Powers
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