Judge Says Skimming Bolstered KC Underworld
A federal judge sentenced two former Tropicana Hotel and Casino managers in Kansas City for skimming gambling receipts. Donald Joe Shepard received four years and $10,000 fine, Billy Caldwell three years and $5,000, with immunity granted for grand jury testimony.
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KC Underworld
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Donald Joe Shepard
Tropicana Hotel and Casino
Billy Clinton Caldwell
Ant
Tropicana
Chicago
Shepard
Caldwell
Stevens
Carl Civella
Carl DeLuna
Charles Morentina
Carl Thomas
Anthony Chiavola Sr
Nick Civella
Joseph V. Agosto
The
Agosto
U.S
Elmo B. Hunter
Argent Corp
Stardust
Fremont
Hacienda
Teamsters Central States Pension Fund
Grand Jury
Thomas
Argent
River Quay
DeLuna
High Technology Report pushes Kansas to shift banking and taxes
A 40 item task force report on advancing high tech in Kansas urges scrapping unit banking for multi bank holding firms and overhauling property tax. It centers on leadership, education, R and D, capital, tax incentives and promotion, with calls to ease restrictions and boost computer science in schools.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas’ Unit
Mlti-Bank
John Carlin
Kansas
Sunflower
U.S
James B. Pearson
Pearson
Board of Regents
Department of Economic Development
Poland approves emergency powers amid crackdown lift talks
Parliament votes to empower the Council of State to declare a state of emergency to quell unrest while pursuing a plan for an 18 month recovery period under new regulations. An amnesty may free up to 1200 prisoners, though top Solidarity leaders would stay jailed, with Church pressure potentially shaping drafts.
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Warsaw
Poland
PAP
Council of State
Stanislaw Gucwa
Communist Party
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Solidarity Union
Solidarity
Vatican Kidnapping Threat Demands Midnight Release
Vatican employee's daughter Emanuela Orlandi remains alive amid a kidnapping. The abductors threaten to kill her by midnight unless Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca is freed. ANSA reports two callers conveyed the ultimatum and reiterated the demand despite confusion.
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Rome
Vatican
ANSA
Italy
Mehmet Ali Agea
Santa Francesca Romana
Republic of Italy
Agea
Agca
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