CIA Officials Named In North Iran Contra Documents
The Miami Herald reports Reagan administration withheld documents from Oliver North prosecutions that could reveal Latin American CIA linked officials. Sources cite Costa Rica El Salvador and Venezuela ties, including Bustillo and Piza, with more names kept secret. Ledger notes declassification during Iran Contra probes but redacted again. Judge Gesell weighs dropping charges as withholding influences Walsh strategy.
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NFU to draft own policy oppose decoupling in Farm plan
National Farmers Union President Leland Swenson rejects lowering crop loan rates and subsidies via decoupling. He says NFU will write its own farm policy, aiming to raise loan rates and curb surpluses, while opposing Reagan's 1990 subsidy cuts and price targets.
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D-Mo
States Attorneys Get Pay Raises On Governor's Pledge
Gov James R Thompson said he will sign a bill giving state s attorneys pay raises of five to fifteen thousand dollars per year. The plan raises salaries across counties from forty thousand five hundred to ninety thousand in Cook County with tiers by county population and imposes a five thousand dollar hike for rural lawyers who also practice law privately. The measure costs about one point three five million annually when fully phased in and may not take effect mid term due to rules on pay raises.
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Bush to form bipartisan ethics panel in Congress
New bipartisan ethics commission to tighten standards for Congress and the administration will be named within a week of Bush's Jan 20 inauguration and report in 30 days. Three Carter era officials, including Griffin Bell, named for panel. Malcolm Wilkey Jr. to head the group as ambassador to Uruguay and former appeals judge.
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Baker Withdraws as Drexel Chief Candidate
Talks ended between Howard Baker Jr and Drexel Burnham Lambert, ending months of speculation that the former White House Chief of Staff would chair the Wall Street firm. Drexel cited mutual agreement and said Baker will not take a position, amid the firm being under a government securities fraud investigation and facing substantial fines.
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Death Penalty Clash Over Mentally Retarded Defendants
Supreme Court debates whether the Eighth Amendment bars execution of the Mentally retarded, as Texas prisoner Johnny Paul Penry with the mental age of 7 fights his death sentence. His lawyer argues lack of moral culpability, while Texas counters he is aware of consequences. Ruling expected by July.
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