Two Navy retirees face spy charges in Norfolk case
Federal grand juries indicted retired Navy officers Arthur Walker and Jerry Whitworth on espionage related counts. Walker, 50, alleged to have passed documents from VSE Corp. to his brother 1981 1982, as part of a larger Norfolk based ring. Whitworth, 45, facing a single espionage count in San Francisco, with both men jailed without bond and facing life imprisonment if convicted.
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Doctors urge caps on malpractice awards to curb harm
Chicago report says rising malpractice awards threaten public welfare. AMA leaders consider federal model legislation and a 250000 cap on noneconomic damages. Doctors warn premiums jumped 40 to 50 percent, driving some physicians to relocate to states with lower liability risk.
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Mayors split on Reagan tax plan at conference
About 160 U S mayors heard HUD Secretary Pierce defend Reagan reforms as fair and growth oriented while New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial warned the plan shifts a heavy burden to cities. Morial urged tax reform for cities and mayors prepared to press Congress to preserve revenue sharing and tax exemptions. Senator Stevens backed reform as a fair start and urged support for final tax simplification.
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Sex-torture killings probe expands with missing linked
California Attorney General John Van de Kamp disclosed that 19 missing persons are linked to a bizarre sex torture case in the Sierra foothills and 21 more young women may have been victims. Photos of 213 women found in a torture chamber on a two acre property tied to Leonard Lake and his suspected accomplice Charles Ng are to be released for identification. A diary is believed to exist and may reveal further details of the killings.
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Comparable worth swatted down by EEOC ruling
The EEOC ruled unanimously that federal law does not require equal pay for jobs of comparable worth. The decision, targeting the Rockford Housing Authority, found that differing wages alone do not prove discrimination. It backs market and non sex based wage setting and drew praise from business groups while drawing fire from unions and women's advocates.
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Reagan taps panel to study arms contract abuses
President Reagan ordered a year long review of Pentagon procurement practices after critics highlighted waste and cost overruns in defense contracts. Industrialist David Packard will lead the commission, with praise for Caspar Weinberger but political pushback from Democrats on Capitol Hill.
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Supreme Court stays out as NAACP must share its name
The Supreme Court refused to review an appeals court ruling requiring the NAACP to share its initials with its former affiliate the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The decision notes the two groups share heritage and goals but have diverged over tax status and funding, yet must continue using the NAACP initials.
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