Charges Dropped for White House Maid in Ammunition Case
A federal judge dismissed the munitions smuggling case against Anita Sanabria Castelo, Nancy Reagan’s maid, after prosecutors found no criminal intent. Castelo, 45, was tied to 350,000 rounds found on a Paraguayan freighter at Richmond Deepwater Terminal. Co defendants Baez Acosta and Eugenio Silva pleaded guilty. sentencing set for December 5.
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Anita Sanabria Castelo
U.S. District Court
Richmond
Castelo
Michael Morchover
Nancy Reagan
U.S
Robert R. Merhige Jr
Michael Morchower
Henry Hudson
Hudson
Merhige
Paraguay
Joseph Kaestner
Silva
United States
Western group cites worsening Soviet human rights record
The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights and dissident Vladimir Bukovsky warned that despite Gorbachev’s gestures since 1985, Soviet human rights abuses have intensified. The 340 page report, issued ahead of a Helsinki conference, notes up to 10,000 political prisoners, increased torture, and restricted medical care, visits, and letters.
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Austria
Soviet Union
International Helsinki Federation For Human Rights
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Communist Party
Vladimir Bukovsky
United States
International Helsinki Federation
Canada
Moscow
Yuri Ortov
Nicholas Daniloff
Daniloff
U.S. News & World Report
Federation
Helsinki
Europe
Orlov
Anatoly Shcharansky
Bukovsky
Reagan
Yelena Bonner
Andrei Sakharov
Sakharov
Bonner
Gorky
Albania
Gorbachev backs productive superpower summit
Gorbachev said he favors another US Soviet summit but only if productive and taking Reykjavik into account. He warned against backpedalling on nuclear disarmament and noted Reykjavik created a new international situation. No date set. Shultz and Shevardnadze meet in Vienna to gauge talks.
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Mikhail &. Gorbahhev
Reagan
Reykjavik
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Gorbachev
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Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
Geneva
United States
SDI
U.S
George P. Shultz
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Vienna
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