Hostage Toddlers Freed By Detective's Son From Bank Suspect
In Kansas City a bank holdup netted $60,000 and led to a hostage crisis involving two young cousins. Detective Sylvester Young talked with the suspect by telephone and later approached the residence with his other son. The two toddlers, Tamika Figures and Nekeidra Figures, were freed unharmed after about two hours. An ex-convict suspect, Sylvester Young Jr., is jailed. Police recovered $50,000, with some burned.
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Bombing at Tucuman Airport Kills Four
Leftist guerrillas planted about 80 pounds of dynamite in a drainage ditch beneath Tucuman airport runway in northwest Argentina. They detonated it by cable as a C130 loaded with border guards began to take off, killing four of 114 aboard and injuring 25. Troops were returning from an antiguerrilla operation.
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Argentina
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Monsanto president says coercion reports exaggerated
Monsanto chief John W. Hanley defends the company’s political contribution program as legal and necessary. He acknowledges some supervisors may have been overly zealous but denies coercion and vows to continue the plan. Prosecution officials say they will review legality and potential state-law violations.
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John W. Hanley
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Monsanto
Courtney Goodman
Bronfman case: state kidnapping charges filed in Westchester
Samuel Bronfman II kidnapping case moves from federal to state court as Dominic Byrne and Mel Lynch are held without bail in Harrison. Prosecutors say they abducted the Seagram heir Aug. 9 near Purchase, demanded 4.6 million, then settled for 2.3 million and released him unharmed. State charge carries 15 years to life.
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Rioting continues in Springfield North End prompts multiple arrests
Fourteen people were arrested as rock throwing and fire bombings continued for a second night in Springfield's North End. Four officers were injured, two hospitalized with a hand stab wound, and up to 20 fires were reported including a lumber yard. Police linked the unrest to a shooting incident that killed Jose A. Reyes earlier in the week.
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