Officials disavow Meese remarks about Taiwan and ACLU
Washington officials distance themselves from Edwin Meese III after he described the ACLU as a criminals lobby and suggested United States talks with Taiwan institute affiliates. State and White House stress Meese spoke for himself. The ACLU warns the comments mimic McCarthyism and notes its clients have included diverse groups and individuals.
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China
Los Angeles Times
California Peace Officers Association
California
Alameda County
Calif
Pacific Law Journal
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Ku Klux Klan
Communist Party
Henry Fonda Hospitalized for Heart Review on Birthday
Actor Henry Fonda remains in Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for diagnostic evaluation of his long term cardiac condition and pacemaker check as he nears his 76th birthday. Spokeswoman Virginia Bohannon said he’s been hospitalized since May 4 with no release date, after a recent San Diego visit where medication affected the pacemaker. Spokesman Ray Strickland provided few details.
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California probes hospital deaths widen to four more hospitals
State investigators probe 28 deaths in Riverside and nearby areas expanding to St. Vincent Medical Center, Centinela Hospital, Brotman Memorial. exhumation approved for Estel Lee Jones, 62, who died at Chino Community Hospital. Nurse Robert Diaz denies motive, sues Perris and Riverside officials.
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San Bernardino County
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Inglewood
Brotman Memorial Hospital
Culver City
San Bernardino
Robert Diaz
Community Hospital of the Valleys
Perris
San Gorgonio Pass
Banning
Riverside County
Soldier linked to killings eyed by grand juries in NY
Army private Joseph Christopher, 25, already charged with three .22 caliber killings, is named as a prime suspect in a Manhattan grand jury probe into four New York City murders. An Erie County grand jury also heard testimony about attacks on blacks in Buffalo Niagara Falls Rochester. witnesses identified Christopher in lineups. He was extradicted from Georgia and enlisted at Fort Benning.
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Entapment hearing set for Williams Feinberg in Abscam case
A June 22 hearing will review possible government misconduct and entrapment in the Abscam investigations of New Jersey Senator Harrison Williams Jr and lawyer Alexander Feinberg. Williams and Feinberg, both convicted May 1 of bribery and related charges, faced undercover FBI actions posing as Arab sheiks. Hearings before U.S. District Judge George C. Pratt are expected to last weeks, consistent with prior Abscam trials.
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