FBI supervisor investigated in bank robberies claims
The Justice Department confirmed an FBI supervisor has been under criminal investigation for two years over alleged role in seven bank robberies across five states. Giuliani denied a cover up and said the case remains before a grand jury with no firing, reassignment pending evidence.
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Washington
Justice Department
FBI
Department
Scripps-Howard
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rudolph W. Giuliani
Giuliani
Reagan
Mass killer Watts gets 60 years in prison
Coral Eugene Watts, 28, was sentenced to 60 years after pleading guilty to burglary with intent to commit murder. A judge read 13 admitted victims and warned of stern prison conditions as part of a plea bargain that granted immunity from murder charges. The case spans Houston Austin Galveston Michigan. Separately the Reagan administration proposed warnings on most non-prescription drugs for pregnant and nursing women.
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Houston
Coral Eugene Watts
Watts
Douglas Shaver
Shaver
Austin
Galveston
Michigan
Washington
Four Key Dissent Leaders Arrested in Poland Strife
Four prominent dissidents including Jacek Kuron and Lech Walesa ally Henryk Wujec were arrested on sedition charges as Poland tightens after martial law. In Lubin crowds mourned at least two deaths amid clashes with riot police, with curfews and shutdowns across the city.
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Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Solidarity Union
Lubin
Solidarity
Jerzy Urban
Lech Walesa
Urban
Jacek Kuron
KOR
Adam Michnik
Jan Litynski
Henryk Wujec
Bialoleka
Portillo Speech At Mass Rally Calls Banks Action Clear
President Jose Lopez Portillo addressed about one million supporters in Mexico City amid bank nationalization controversy. He framed the choice as between justice and a treasury looter, with labor leaders backing him from the Presidential Palace balcony as business leaders threatened court challenges.
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Mexico City
Jose Lopez Portillo
Zocalo
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Lopez Portillo
National Bankers’ Association
Danish PM resigns as coalition talks fail
Danish Prime Minister Anker Jorgensen and his Social Democratic minority government resign after failing to win support for austerity plans. Queen Margrethe invites Conservative leader Poul Schluter to form a new ruling coalition, potentially making him Denmark’s first Conservative premier this century.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
UPI
Anker Jorgensen
Saosaeen Social Democratic
Margrethe
Poul Schluter
Schluter
Jorgensen
Appeals court upholds Abscam convictions of four lawmakers
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed convictions in the Abscam sting against four congressmen from New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The court ordered a new trial on one minor conflict of interest count for former Rep. John Murphy and cut his fine from 20000 to 10000. Murphy's attorney said a full review and possible Supreme Court appeal will follow.
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New York
UPI
FBI
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
2Nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John Murphy
D-N.y
Murphy
Michael Tigar
IRS Announces Mass Layoffs Amid Funding Crisis
The Internal Revenue Service told 19,000 employees they will be laid off Tuesday as funding dries up after President Reagan vetoed a key appropriation. The furloughs affect more than a fifth of IRS staff and mark the largest layoffs in agency history. Money runs out at midnight Monday.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Reagan
IRS
Thom Smith
Andrews Sisters Suffer Heart Attack Hospitalized
Maxene Andrews of the Andrews Sisters was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago after a heart attack. The 66 year old performed in Evanston the prior day and was expected to stay in coronary care for about ten days.
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Chicago
Maxene Andrews
Andrews
Miss Andrews
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Evanston
Andrews Sisters
Maxene
la Verne
Patty
Federal examiners to help register black voters in Georgia counties
The Justice Department will dispatch about a dozen federal examiners to Butts and Screven counties in Georgia, the first use in seven years, to assist black voter registration. Alabama will host 461 observers in nine counties to monitor the primary election and prevent minority interference.
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Washington
Georgia
Justice Department
Mississippi
Butts
Screven
Alabama
Butts County
County Registration Board
Nuclear X-ray records doctored at several nuclear plants
NRC says three workers at two pipe supply firms altered weld X rays with pencils to misrepresent safety conformance. The practice spanned up to six years and involved about three dozen units. no weld defects found yet. WPPSS audit triggered the discovery. ITT Grinnell and Associated Piping & Engineering cited.
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New York
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Palo
NRC
John Kopeck
Washington Public Power Supply System
Satsop
Wash
WPPSS
Associated Piping & Engineering Corp
Compton
Calif
ITT Grinnell Industrial Piping Inc
Consumers Power Co
Midland
Mich
Consumers
Robert Wischmeyer
Wischmeyer
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