Jury finds Marcello Roemer guilty in Brilab case
In New Orleans a federal jury convicted Carlos Marcello and former Louisiana Commissioner Charles Roemer of conspiring in a Brilab racketeering scheme tied to a state group life insurance contract. Marcello cleared on 11 counts. Roemer acquitted on three others. two co-defendants were acquitted. Sentencing set for Sept 9 with potential 20 year terms and fines.
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Marcello
Louisiana
Charles Roemer
FBI
Roemer
Group Life
Roemers
I. Irving Davidson
Washington
Vincent Mari
U.S
Morey Sear
John Volz
Gene-fixers near hepatitis vaccine in yeast
Scientists at UCSF and University of Washington report altering yeast DNA to produce a complex molecule that could form the basis of a cheap hepatitis B vaccine. The particle mirrors a vaccine component from infected livers, offering potential for cost reduction amid a global hepatitis B burden of about half a billion people.
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San Francisco
University of California
University of Washington
Seattle
Pablo Valenzuela
UCSF
U S says Soviet Cuban buildup exceeds Cuba defense needs
Washington AP The Reagan administration claims Cuba hosts a Soviet military buildup far beyond its defense needs. State Department spokesman Dean Fischer cites a 2 300 ton Koni class frigate with missiles guns torpedoes and mines as the latest addition. He warns the vessel and other weapons allow Castro to project power beyond Cuba threatening Caribbean shipping and neighboring states. Other officials list 120 MIG 19s 12 MIG 23s two Foxtrot submarines and troop transport planes among the items supplied by Moscow.
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Cuba
State Department
Dean Fischer
Fischer
Moscow
Caribbean
Reagan and Sadat to discuss autonomy talks reset
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and President Reagan will use their first meeting to explore reopening negotiations with Israel on Palestinian autonomy in occupied territories. Sadat arrives in Washington for a five day visit that includes a trip to Plains, Georgia, for a private meeting with former President Carter.
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Anwar Sadat
Reagan
Israel
U.S
Say. Sadat
Plains
Carter
Street protests halt traffic in Warsaw and Czestochowa
Warsaw workers blocked the city center in the biggest intersection as about 115,000 employees walked off for an hour long warning strike. In Czestochowa and Radomako roughly 100,000 workers in 300 factories joined protests over food shortages and other goods, according to Solidarity.
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Warsaw
Poland
Czestochowa
Raddomako
PAP
Independent Labor Union Solidarity
Stand-off as 300-vehicle convoy blocks Warsaw street
About 300 vehicles gathered on a main Warsaw thoroughfare Monday and idle while police bar passage to the Communist Party headquarters nearby.
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Warsaw
Communist Party
Soviet boy seeks U S permanent residence in asylum case
Walter Polovchak, 13, and his sister Natalie, 18, filed Monday with the U S Immigration and Naturalization Service for permanent residence status in America. The case arose last July when Walter ran away after his parents planned to return to Soviet Ukraine, disillusioned with life in the United States.
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Chicago
America
United States
Walter Polovchak
Natalie
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Walter
Ukraine
Thunderstorms and Twisters Strike Upper Midwest
Storms spawned several tornadoes and large hail across west central Wisconsin and southeast South Dakota with heavy rain in Upper Michigan. No injuries reported. seven twisters observed—four in Wisconsin and three in South Dakota. Wind gusts reached 70 mph at Abbotsville Wisconsin and damage occurred at multiple sites. Centerville South Dakota and St Croix Falls Wisconsin saw large hail. Escanaba and nearby areas soaked by over two inches of rain. Rainfall elsewhere in the storm belt mainly one inch or less with additional showers across the Mississippi Valley and coast states.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Upper Michigan
Abbotsville
Wis
Centerville
S.D
St. Croix Falls
Escanaba
New push to end hunger strikes in Belfast by primate committee
A committee led by Ireland's Roman Catholic primate outlined plans for a new effort to resolve the hunger strike of imprisoned nationalist guerrillas seeking political prisoner status. Police reported scattered firebombings in the Cavan Monaghan area with no injuries, including extensive damage to a customs post at Tyholland on the border.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Cavan- Monaghan
Irish
Tyholland
Brownsville boy seeks classroom air conditioning to cool box plan
Seven year old Raul Espino Jr. with paraplegia cannot regulate body temperature. His parents asked a federal judge to order the district to air condition his entire classroom to 72 to 78 degrees as Brownsville Independent School District opens the school year without AC in 28 schools. Judge Filemon Vela said a decision would come by August 15.
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Brownsville
Texas
Raul Espino Jr
Raul
U.S
Filemon Vela
Ana
Raul Espino
Oil merger bid pits Mobil against Du Pont for Conoco
Mobil Corp raised its bid to 8.6 billion in an auction for Conoco Inc as Du Pont could clinch the prize for 7.3 billion. Mobil seeks to offset antitrust risks with a higher stock price while facing a Justice Department inquiry and a possible consent decree affecting Du Pont.
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Mobil Corp
Conoco Inc
du Pont Co
Mobil
du Pont
U.S
Justice Department
du Pont-Conoco
Conoco
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