Ex-leader Tanaka sentenced in Lockheed bribery case
Former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka received a four year prison term and a fine for accepting more than 2 million dollars in bribes to promote Lockheed aircraft sales in Japan. Co-defendants included secretary Toshio Enomoto and three Marubeni Corp. executives. The seven year trial covered 16 officials and agents in Japan’s largest postwar graft scandal.
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Kakuei Tanaka
Lockheed
Japan
Mitsunori Okada
Tanaka
Toshio Enomoto
Marubeni Corp
Lockheed Corp
All Nippon Airways
Diet
Fifteen Charged in Major Casino Skimming Case
An indictment unsealed in federal court charges fifteen men, including reputed crime bosses from Chicago Milwaukee and Kansas City, with skimming nearly 2 million from Las Vegas casinos. The five year FBI probe Strawman used wiretaps across several cities.
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Kansas City
Las Vegas
Justice Department
Midwest
FBI
Tropicana Hotel
William Webster
Joseph J. Aiuppa
Chicago
Anthony Chiavola Sr
Anthony Chiavola Jr
Angelo LaPietra
John P. Cerone
Anthony John Spilotro
Spilotro
Frank P. Balistrieri
Milwaukee
Carl A. DeLuna
Tropicana
Carl J. Civella
Peter J. Tamburello
Milton J. Rockman
Cleveland
Joseph P. Balistrieri
John J. Balistrieri
Carl Wesley Thomas
Kissinger meets Nicaraguan rebel in Costa Rica talks
Henry Kissinger met Alfonso Robelo and three other members of a Reagan commission in San Jose to discuss U S policy in Central America. Kissinger hinted he may urge increased U S aid, noting a small sum could make a difference in the region.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Henry Kissinger
Alfonso Robelo
U.S
Central America
Robelo
Kissinger
Special Commission
Reagan
Panama
Gemayel and Jumblatt Clash Over Peace Conference Site
President Amin Gemayel and Druse rebel Walid Jumblatt rejected each other’s peace conference site proposals. Syria favored the presidential palace near Beirut while Jumblatt balked at the palace and Gemayel dismissed Jumblatt’s offshore Greek ship option. The standoff raises doubts about starting talks to end eight years of civil turmoil.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Amin Gemayel
Druse
Syria
Walid Jumblatt
Gemayel
Jumblatt
Rebels Attack Nicaragua Port Ignites Oil Fires
Rebel saboteurs attacked dock installations at Puerto Corinto Nicaragua's main port triggering large oil-tank fires that burned for much of Tuesday. At least 10 people were wounded including three sailors from a South Korean tanker, Red Cross officials said.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Puerto Corinto
Red Cross
Military death penalty law ruled unconstitutional by appeals court
The U S Court of Military Appeals overturned Army private Wyatt L Matthews's death sentence for rape and murder, citing vagueness in military capital punishment law. The court left a 90 day window for Congress or the president to rewrite sentencing procedures and potentially reimpose the death penalty.
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U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Congress
Defense Department
Wyatt L. Matthews
Matthews
Phyllis Jean Villanueva
Grafenwoehr
West Germany
Supreme Court
High Court
Explosion At Convent Kills Nun In Dighton Mass
An explosion at the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation Novitiate in Dighton may have been caused by a gas leak. A 76-year-old nun was killed and another nun was critically injured as the three story convent was heavily damaged. St. Anne's Hospital, which runs in Fall River, provided details on the 1 30 p m blast.
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Dighton
Mass
Dominican Sisters of the Presentation Novitiate
St. Anne’s Hospital
Mary Ann Branin
Fall River
Daniel Cronin
Toronto businessman leaves Florida prison in land sales case
Sidney L. Jaffe, a Toronto businessman and naturalized Canadian, walked from Avon Park Correctional Institution after 19 months’ confinement. He faced Florida land sales charges following an abduction from Canada two years earlier and planned to fly to Toronto after his parole was granted last week.
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Fla
Toronto
Sidney L. Jaffe
Canada
Florida
Jaffe
Avon Park Correctional Institution
Tampa
Democratic presidential candidates halt campaigning for fund drive
In December the announced Democratic candidates will pause campaigning for two days to raise 2.4 million for the party. A six city fund-raising tour begins December 5 in Washington with a 1000 dollar dinner, then Atlanta Chicago St. Louis Houston, and ends December 6 in Albuquerque with another 1000 dollar dinner. All candidates attend Washington and Albuquerque events while splitting the other stops into two groups.
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Washington
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Houston
Albuquerque
N.M
Power station blast blacks out downtown Los Angeles
An explosion at a power station shut down a two square mile area of downtown Los Angeles for up to 17 hours. Thousands of workers were idled and companies faced millions in lost production. The garment district suffered the heaviest impact.
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Los Angeles
Israel Devalues Shekel as Shamir Government Takes Economic Steps
Israel's new government under Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir devalued the shekel by 23 percent and raised subsidized food prices by up to 50 percent. Subsidy cuts boost costs for bread dairy meat and gasoline while insulating bank stock investors. Labor unions call a two hour strike to press wage increases as budget cuts of about 1 billion dollars are planned.
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New York Times
Jerusalem
Yitzhak Shamir
Shamir
Histadrut
Federation of Labor Unions
Israel
Menachem Begin
Surgeon uses hypothermia to save cancer patient in rare operation
Doctors at Johns Hopkins cooled patient Robert Crowe to 66 degrees for 41 minutes causing his heart to stop during kidney and heart tumor removal. The 37 year old from Alexandria Va recovered and returned to work in six months with no detectable tumors.
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Baltimore
Robert Crowe
Alexandria
Fray Marshall
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Crowe
Marshall
Bruce Reitz
Reitz
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