IRS Commissioner claims smear campaign by former and current employees
Don Alexander, IRS commissioner, says a coordinated effort by former and current staff sought to discredit him over policy disputes. He holds a fiery news conference to rebut allegations of impropriety while Deputy Commissioner Williams reveals an incident involving a covert informant in Miami and the briefcase contents of a foreign national. The disclosures tie to halting Operation Haven and Tradewinds, a Bahamas money deposit probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald C. Alexander
Internal Revenue
IRS
Alexander
Ice
William E. Williams
Miami
Haven
Bahamas
Castle Bank and Trust Company of
Nassau
New York
Hoffa Body Clue Reaches Informant In Detroit Search
Investigators reestablished contact with a mysterious informant who claims to know Hoffa’s burial site. Police and FBI teams scoured a field 25 miles north of Detroit but found nothing, while officials pursue new directions and await precise grave coordinates near the Machus Red Fox area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Subcommittee On Permanent Investigations
Theipster
Henry Jackson
Dash
Washington
Jackson
Michigan
Gallinaro
Subcommittee
Washington spokesman reports eight days with no tipster word
The spokesman said as many as eight days passed since first contact with the informant and no word has come. Officials said they spoke with the informant on Monday but have no idea when he will call again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gallinaro
Aspin faults F16 sale terms to Belgium and others
Rep. Les Aspin charged that the United States agreed to sell 348 F16 fighters worth 2.1 billion dollars to Belgium the Netherlands Denmark and Norway without the required standard no transfer clause. He called the omission inex plicable and said the Pentagon acted sloppily. In Springfield Illinois the state supreme court ruled the death penalty law unconstitutional for the second time in three years leaving four inmates on death row awaiting potential mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPD
Les Aspin
D-Wis
United States
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Springfield
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois
Ilinois
U.S. Sureme
Northrop Hosts Officials in Hunt Lodge as It Seeks Pentagon Contracts
Northrop Corp hosted senators, congressmen, aides, and high Pentagon officials at a Maryland duck lodge while pursuing Mammoth jet fighter contracts from 1971 to 1974. Invitations and attendance are under scrutiny as the Defense Contract Auditing Agency reviews expenses charged to the Pentagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Northrop Corp
Pentagon
Maryland
Northrop
iLast
Defense
Also Mentioned on This Page
Assails
Donald Alexander
FBI
William Gallinaro
Senate
Aspin
Quires
Vantage
Vantage Menthol
Ben
Menthol
Waring
FTC
Knight News Service
Atlantic Blvd
Long Beach
Cal
Bixby Knoll
California
Molino Ave
Temple Ave
Eon Coast Hwy
City of Long Beach
America
Marsh Dozar
Burton Way
Beverly Hills
Dooley
KitchenAid
DWARE
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!