First U S employer jailed for hiring undocumented aliens
Aliens' employer Mahard, 52, of Collin County, receives two years in prison and a $10,000 fine for conspiring to transport illegal Mexican workers to her egg farm near Prosper Texas. Judge Fred Shannon calls alien smuggling a growing problem and says sentence aims to deter.
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San Antonio
Helen Mahard
Collin County
U.S
Fred Shannon
Texas
Mahard
West Texas
Prosper
Madard
Prosecutor's court record nearly perfect in 1983
Odessa defense lawyers note the Ector County District Attorney's Office posted a flawless jury trial record in 1983 with 30 criminal verdicts, including two capital murders, six murders, and eight aggravated robberies, while a single acquittal occurred in a non jury murder trial. They say state resources and a courtroom system tilted toward the state contribute to the success, though DA Mike Holmes defends the office's efforts and improvements.
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Ector County
Odessa
John Cliff
Gene Ater
Cliff
John Smith
Mike Holmes
R.L. McKim
Holmes
Richard Alvarado
Las Vegas
Michael McLeaish
Mind power for world peace draws 7000 meditators to Iowa
Thousands of transcendental meditation practitioners converge on Fairfield at Maharishi International University to send a unified field of enlightenment. Organizers expect 7,000 meditators from around the world to arrive within 10 days to influence events on a global scale.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Maharishi International University
MIU
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
India
MIA
Lebanon
Bob Oats
IRA blamed for car bomb that shatters Harrods
A car bomb exploded beside Harrods in Knightsbridge London during lunchtime shopping injuring at least 77 and killing five. Police said the blast, triggered remotely, was the work of the Irish Republican Army and marked the first fatal attack in a planned Christmas bombing blitz.
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London
Harrods
David Powis
Irish Republican Army
Jackie McPherson
Hamilton
Scotland
Hans Crescent
Knightsbridge
Scotland Yard
The
Samaritans
Texan survives Harrods bombing in London shopping day
Mario Messina of Highland Park and his wife Jenni were Christmas shopping at Harrods in London when a loud explosion shook the crowded department store. He described a chilling premonition followed by chaos as ambulances arrived and shoppers screamed.
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Dallas Morning News
London
Mario Messina
Highland Park
Jenni
Harrod’s
Messina
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Eet
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Texas Rural Legal Aid
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Michael P. Gibson
Dallas
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Iraan
Pecos County
Ollie Garland
Chevron
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Oats
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