FBI supervisor investigated for bank robberies amid denials
The Justice Department confirmed an FBI supervisor is under a two year criminal probe for allegedly directing seven bank robberies across five states. Giuliani said there is no evidence of the agent’s involvement in robberies and the case remains before a grand jury with the official reassigned to non sensitive duties.
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Four Key Dissidents Arrested in Poland
Four prominent opponents of Poland s military regime were formally arrested on sedition charges with the death penalty possible. In Lubin thousands attended the funeral of a riot victim as Solidarity protests spurred security crackdowns and a curfew. Urban dismissed dialogue with Solidarity and Lech Walesa, while KOR leader Jacek Kuron and four others faced trials for planning a violent overthrow.
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Solidarity
Jerzy Urban
Lech Walesa
Urban
Jacek Kuron
KOR
Adam Michnik
Jan Litynski
Henryk Wujec
Bialoleka
Watts sentenced to 60 years for murder admissions
Coral Eugene Watts was sentenced to 60 years after pleading guilty to burglary with intent to commit murder and naming 13 victims. Judge Douglas Shaver urged no parole, while Watts admitted killings in Houston Austin Galveston and Michigan under a plea deal shielding him from murder charges.
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Douglas Shaver
Shaver
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Galveston
Michigan
Portillo rally frames bank nationalizations as national bargain
President Jose Lopez Portillo addressed about a million supporters in Mexico City’s Zocalo. He framed bank nationalizations as a choice between just majorities and a corrupt minority, with labor leaders backing him from the Presidential Palace balcony amid business opposition and banker threats to challenge the move in court.
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National Bankers’ Association
Warning labels to accompany most nonprescription drugs
The Reagan administration proposed adding a pregnancy advisory to labels on thousands of nonprescription medicines from aspirin to antihistamines. The warning would urge pregnant or nursing women to seek professional advice before using the product.
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Washington
Convictions Upheld in Abscam Case Against Four Lawmakers
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld convictions from the FBI Abscam sting targeting four congressmen from New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The court ordered a new trial on one minor conflict of interest count against former Rep John Murphy and cut his fine from twenty thousand to ten thousand dollars. Murphy’s lawyer said a broader review may follow or seek Supreme Court review.
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Abscam
Danish leader resigns after failed austerity push
Prime Minister Anker Jorgensen and his Social Democratic minority government resigned on Friday. Queen Margrethe asked Conservative leader Poul Schluter to form a new ruling coalition, potentially making him Denmark’s first Conservative prime minister this century. The resignation came after Jorgensen failed to win backing for austerity measures to cut interest rates and unemployment and to boost Denmark’s finances and global competitiveness.
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Denmark
UPI
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Margrethe
Poul Schluter
Schluter
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Andrews Sister Maxene Hospitalized After Heart Attack
CHICAGO AP Maxene Andrews of the Andrews Sisters, 66, was hospitalized with a heart attack at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in the coronary care unit after completing a two week cabaret in Evanston. She is expected to stay about 10 days. La Verne died in 1967.
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Andrews Sisters
Federal examiners to register black voters in Georgia counties
About a dozen federal examiners will be sent to Georgia’s Butts and Screven counties to register black voters the first time in seven years. The Justice Department also plans 461 observers in nine Alabama counties to monitor the primary election and prevent interference with minorities.
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Georgia
Justice Department
Mississippi
Butts
Screven
Alabama
Butts County
County Registration Board
X ray weld records at nuclear plants faked by pencil marks
Officials are reviewing X-ray weld films after three people at two pipe suppliers altered images with pencils to falsely show compliance. NRC says no defects found. at least five plants affected or under construction. Details trace to WPPSS and ITT Grinnell projects, with audits revealing the alterations.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Satsop
Wash
WPPSS
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Calif
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Mich
Consumers
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Wischmeyer
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