Ex cop to testify in extortion probe in Philadelphia
Former vice squad officer William Manks pleaded guilty to conspiracy and extortion and will testify against former Chief Inspector Eugene Sullivan who prosecutors say ran a fifteen thousand dollar a month extortion ring. The case marks continuing FBI police corruption prosecutions with twenty six officers pleading guilty or convicted.
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Philadelphia
William Manks
FBI
Eugene Sullivan
Maahs
Sullivan
U.S
Howard Klein
Edward Cahn
Teenager Believed Killed by Shark Off Fort Pierce
In Fort Pierce Florida teenager Jeff Justice 17 disappeared after diving from a 20 foot boat two miles off Fort Pierce Inlet while friend Mike Kinster 18 watched. kinster reported hearing Justice cry for help then seeing a shark and Justice vanish as Coast Guard units searched with slim chances of rescue.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Mike Kinster
Jeff Justice
Fort Pierce Inlet
Thursay
Kinster
Justice
Mike
Coast Guard
Port St. Lucie
Dave Lewis
Associated Pri
Springsteen Ticket Dare and Ohio Mail Scandal
In Dayton a radio contest offered Bruce Springsteen tickets for extreme stunts including eating and humiliating acts. Kay Thomas of Franklin devoured part of a Born in the U S A poster to win. In Cleveland Kenneth Young faces charges after 4514 undelivered mails were found in his apartment, with potential penalties for obstruction of mail.
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Springsteen
Dayton
Ohio
Bruce Springsteen
Kay Thomas
Franklin
U.S.A
Bruce
Cleveland
Kenneth Young
U.S. Postal Service
Young
East Cleveland
Bonanno hospitalized after contempt arrest in New York case
In Tucson Arizona retired Mafia boss Joseph Bonanno Sr 80 was jailed for contempt for refusing to testify about organized crime. He was hospitalized with chest pains at St Marys Hospital after being jailed at the Metropolitan Correctional Center. He remains in stable condition as prosecutors and Judge Owen push for his deposition in the New York commission inquiry.
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Bonanno
Tucson
Ariz
Joseph Bonanno Sr
New York
St. Mary’s Hospital
Federal Metropolitan Correctional Center
U.S
Richard Owen
Owen
Relief fiasco in famine areas across Upper Volta
After a decade of famine, 340 international missions studied food problems in Upper Volta Burkina Faso in a single year. Coordination failures across UN agencies, World Bank, IMF, and private charities hinder relief. Maurice Williams, World Food Council, warns that disjointed efforts prolong crises and waste resources.
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Rome
West African
Upper Volta
Burkina Faso
Actemptes
United Nations
Europe
el Geneiia
Sudan
U.N. High Commissioner Refugees Office
Alps
Maurice Williams
World Food Council
European Economic Community
U.N
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Nils Enquist
Biafra
Worldwatch urges four-part plan to end Africa famine
A Worldwatch Institute report warns Africa’s hunger crisis can drop with urgent relief, rehabilitation, development, and trade. It cites need for local market stabilization, better donor coordination, and sustained investments in seeds, irrigation, and infrastructure with roles for governments, private agencies, and international bodies.
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Washington
Worldwatch Institute
Africa
Frances D'Souza
International Disaster Institute
London
Independent Commission On International Humanitarian Issues
Sadruddin Aga Khan
Fred Cuny
Intertech
Dallas
George Simon
World Food Program
Ethiopia
Angola
Nigeria
Chad
Sahel
Aga Khan Commission
U.N
United Nations
Commission
Zimbabwe
The
World) Bank
Guy Gran
Worldwatch
Niger
Peace Corps
Eugene van Comfort
Iles de Paix
Timbuktu
Mali
M. Peter McPherson
U.S. Agency For International Development
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Trenton
N.J
Free Library of
Haverford College
Pennsylvania
Harold W. Thompson Jr
M. Marmontel
Trenton Library
Thompson
Midwest
Rans
Los Angeles
California
Richard Ramirez
Dick Walls
Ramirez
Walls
Central Jail
Acanria
Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Eugene Whelan
Central
England
Millicent Fenwick
India
Alain
Vidal Naquet
WFC
U.N. Environment Program
Israel
Soviet Union
Mozambique
Simon
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