Grain subsidy rigging probe widens to shipping bids
Federal agents probe manipulation of Food for Peace grain shipments tied to subsidies. Investigators focus on shipping agents tied to foreign embassies who allegedly submitted unrealistically low bids to inflate subsidy payments, with potential kickbacks to foreign bidders.
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William Robbins
York Times
Ashington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Office of Investigation
Food For Peace
Indonesian paratroopers reportedly seize Timor capital Dili
Australian monitors cited Radio Fretilin broadcasts claiming Indonesian paratroopers landed in Dili and took the city after shelling at dawn. Reports said about 1 000 troops supported by amphibious assault occupied the capital with casualties, while Timor’s Fretilin movement had declared independence months earlier.
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Australia
Darwin
Dili
Portuguese Timor
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Australian Commission
Radio Fretilin
Fretilin
The
Revolutionary Front For Independent
East Timor
Timorese Democratic Union
UDT
Apodeti Party
Indonesia
Justice Department to send lawyer to Israel on Nazi war crimes case
A Justice Department representative will travel to Israel to coordinate evidence needs for deportation cases involving alleged Nazi war criminals in the United States. The move follows a House subcommittee report locating witnesses in Israel. 60 witnesses are said to exist, with 18 of 55 U.S. residents named on the list already processed.
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Justice Department
Israel
United States
U.S
Department
House Subcommittee On Immigration, Citizenship and International Law
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Joshua Eilberg
D-Pa
Eilberg
Edward H. Levi
Immigration Service
Near miss incidents haunt FAA over Great Lakes airspace
federal aviation officials report 14 near misses this year with 445 aboard in two recent Great Lakes events. A Trans World Airlines flight 77 avoided a United Airlines jet with 60 passengers at 21,000 feet above Lake Michigan. No injuries. Investigators review crew radio tapes and computer data.
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United States
Great Lakes
Federal Aviation Administration
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
FAA
Lake Michigan
Chicago
O’hare International
American Airlines
Michigan
TWA
Carey seeks top investment banker to rescue New York agencies
Gov. Hugh L. Carey orders a search for an outstanding investment banker to direct the rescue of state agencies facing default as New York City obtains federal loans. Edward M. Kresky declined the post. potential candidates include Thomas Kenny and George L. Shinn. The Senate approved up to 2.3 billion yearly in short term federal loans to cover city expenses.
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New York State Senate
New York City
Hugh L. Carey
Warren M. Anderson
Senate
Carey
Edward M. Kresky
Wertheim and Company
Kresky
Thomas Kenny
Kuhn Loeb and Company
George L. Shinn
First Boston Corporation
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
United States Senate
Ford
Far East
Congress
South Carolina man arrested as bodies found in county
Florence County authorities say Charleston resident James Koney Judy was arrested Saturday afternoon and charged with the murder of Johnny Sellers, 38, of North Charleston, one of six people whose bodies were unearthed earlier this week. Sellers had been missing since June 1974.
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Charleston
Florence
William Barnes
James Koney
Judy
Johnny Sellers
North Charleston
Spain May Ease Its Terror Law After Franco Regime
The general council of Spain's bar associations urged easing the antiterrorism law used under Franco. They propose judging terrorism crimes under the regular penal code, limit military courts to exceptional cases, allow prisoners to appeal to the supreme court, and give attorneys full defense facilities to protect human rights. Premier Arias Navarro contemplates forming a more liberal cabinet with King Juan Carlos I enabling reshuffles without parliament approval.
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Madrid
Spain
General Council of Spain
Bar Associations
Francisco Franco
Supreme Court
Carlos Arias Navarro
Franco
Juan Carlos I
Arias
World Church Council elects first two women presidents
The World Council of Churches elected its first two women to its six member presidium, including American Annie Baeta of Ghana and Cynthia Wedel of Virginia. Metropolitan Nikodim, the new Soviet leader, commented on religious liberty and aid to African liberation struggles.
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World Church Council
Nairobi
Kenya
General Assembly of the
World Council of Churches
Council
Ghana
Appeals Court
Annie Baeta
Nikedim
Car Crash Damages Pulaski Home Injures Resident
A Pulaski County woman sustained minor injuries when a car driven by Sabrina Crumble lost brakes and struck Thelma Jackson’s house on U.S. 51 near Meridian Road around 1 30 p m Thelma Jackson 53 of Spencer Heights was treated and released from Padco Hospital in Cairo Crumble 16 of Olmsted and a passenger were uninjured Crumble was ticketed for defective brakes In Randolph County Andrew G Sanders 22 of Chester was hospitalized after his vehicle hit railroad tracks on Illinois 4 and overturned into a ditch.
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Pulaski County
Thelma Jackson
Spencer Heights
Padco Hospital
Cairo
Sabrina Crumble
Olmsted
Miss Crumble
U.S. 51
Meridian Road
Jackson House
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