De Lorean arrested in $24 million cocaine plot
FBI says former GM prodigy John Z De Lorean staged a $24 million cocaine deal to rescue his bankrupt company. He was nabbed at a Los Angeles airport hotel with kilograms of cocaine as agents seized 60 pounds worth $6.5 million. Also charged were William Morgan Hetrick and Stephen Lee Arrington.
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John Z. de Lorean
General Motors
FBI
de Lorean
Richard T. Bretzing
Parker Center
Lance Romero
Romero
Northern Ireland
Auto
Bretzing
San Diego
Hetrick
Packard Motor Co
Packard Research and Development
Pontiac
de Lorean Motor Co
Johnny Carson
De Lorean's glittering life and bold industrial bets
John Z. De Lorean, famed for his Stainless steel car and flamboyant lifestyle, rose from Packard engineer to GM executive before founding De Lorean Motor Co. He pursued a blue collar social conscience, eyed a Belfast plant to ease sectarian strife, and faced a potential 15 year cocaine distribution conviction.
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Los Angeles
John Z. de Lorean
Maverick Auto
de Lorean
Kelly Harmon
Cristina Ferraro
Nancy Sinatra
Candace Bergen
Belfast
General Motors Corp
FBI and police seek top Tylenol suspect in New York
FBI and NYPD comb through Manhattan looking for James L. Lewis and wife Leann, tied to the 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders. Lewis, born Theodore Wilson, stayed at the Rutledge Hotel Sept 20 and faces extortion charges tied to the killings. Police use security photo analysis as investigators weigh the suspect’s connection to the case and possible motives.
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New York
Chicago
Manhattan
James L. Lewis
Leann
Rutledge Hotel
Chicago Area
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Tribune
New York City
Ed Burns
Lewis
Theodore Elmer Wilson
U S requests dismissal of A bomb cancer trial
The United States seeks to dismiss a lawsuit by 1,192 plaintiffs who allege Nevada nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s caused cancers in Utah Nevada and Arizona. Justice Department argues lack of jurisdiction and expired statute of limitations while contesting negligence.
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Salt Lake City
Nevada
Justice Department
Henry Gill
U.S
Bruce Jenkins
Gill
Utah
Arizona
Tylenol poison traced to local stores in Oroville area
Police linked extra strength Tylenol capsules tainted with strychnine to gopher bait sold at several area stores including Long's drugstore. Oroville couple Greg and Terry Blagg reported illness after taking capsules and underwent lie detector tests with results awaited.
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Oroville
Calif
Jack Lee
San Francisco
Sacramento
Long’s Drugstore
Greg Blagg
Terry
Blagg
Blaggs
Retail signage error on Radial Tuned shocks corrected
A mall display mispriced a Radial Tuned shock at 9.99 instead of the regular 19.99. The sale price shown for the shocks is 14.99 each, and the store apologizes for the mistake.
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