Wedtech panel indicts Biaggi in pay-for-passage case
A 58 count indictment charges Rep Mario Biaggi and six others with extorting Wedtech by offering bribes and using the firm to finance campaigns and jobs for relatives. The case ties Wedtech to nearly a billion dollars in federal no bid contracts and spans both major parties. The arraignment is set for Friday with others named or suspected as probes expand.
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New York
Mario Biaggi
Wedtech Corp
Wedatzi
White House
Wedtech
U.S
Rudolph Giuliani
Bronx
Mario Merola
Giuliani
Edwin Meese
Merola
Biaggi
Richard
Bernard Ehrlich
Peter Neglin
Small Business Administration
John Marietta
Reagan
Stanley Simon
Robert Betso
Neglia
Robert Garcia
Garcia
Jane Lee
Van Buren Thruway Exit 39 mega development planned
Syracuse firm R B Hazard Inc aims to build a motel restaurant and gas station on both sides of Interstate Island Road near the relocated Exit 39. A 200000 square foot freight distribution warehouse could bring 200 full time jobs with a Comfort Inn and Denny’s committed. The project centers on the upgraded interchange as part of a $30 million DOT reconstruction.
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Syracuse
van Buren
New York
R.B. Hazard Inc
Interstate Island Road
New Thraeae
Charles Rich
R.B. Hazard
Denny's
Rich
Northeast
Geddes
State Department of Transportation
Cuomo eyes Falkland barge to ease prison crowding
New York Governor Mario Cuomo ordered state prison officials to study buying a five story British troop barge used in the Falkland Islands to house about 700 inmates. It could cost about 10 million versus 50 million for a new land based prison. The barge, 300 by 120 feet, housed 850 soldiers at Port Stanley until six weeks ago. Legislature must approve. delivery could be within two weeks, location to be decided.
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Great Britain
Falkland Islands
Albany
Mario Cuomo
Thomas Coughlin
Coughlin
Port Stanley
Falklands
Argentina
South Atlantic Ocean
Cuomo
New York State
Hakim pockets 9.6 million in secret Swiss accounts
The disclosure shows Albert Hakim deposited 8.83 million for himself and nearly 2 million for associates including Richard Secord and Thomas Chines. A separate fund for Lt. Col. Oliver L. North’s family was linked to Hakim’s enterprise. North denies awareness and benefit. The funds arise from Iran arms sales and related profits.
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Washington
U.S
Iran
Oliver L. North
Albert Hakim
Air Force
Richard V. Secord
CIA
Thomas Chines
North
National Security Council
Hakem
Hakim
Secord
House
Stark attacked in Persian Gulf amid war zone dispute
U.S. and Iraqi officials clash over why the USS Stark was hit May 17 by two Exocet missiles. Iraq says the ship was in a war zone. a joint U.S.-Iraqi inquiry led by Rear Adm. David Rogers left many questions unresolved after 37 sailors died and fires burned on the Stark.
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Washington
U.S
Stark
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Penmn
Adm
David Rogers
Baghdad
Reagan Administration
George P. Shultz
Presi
Stark Position Dispute Reported By Reagan
President Reagan pledged to inform the American public after a completed probe into the USS Stark incident, asserting that any warranted actions would be announced once the investigation concludes.
First NY state women Lions Mary Lou and Julie Dudley inducted
Mary Lou Dudley and her daughter Julie became the states first women Lions after taking the pledge at the Euclid Hotel in Clay. The Syracuse pair joined Moyers Corners chapter and 1.3 million Lions worldwide, amid a broader global push after a Supreme Court ruling allowed women in Lions Clubs International.
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New York State
Mary Lou Dudley
Julie Dudley
Reed Ave
Moyers Cornets
Euclid
Route
Clay
U.S. Supreme Court
California
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Bill Dudley
Moyers Corners
Lions Clubs
United States
Charles Morse
Morse
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Mark Weiner
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Basra
Let Nemetas
Saudi Arabia
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