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1c93a3ca99363638e621ec24bb98d58c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-fi-2105-story.html | U.S. and Japan Break Off Beef, Citrus Talks | U.S. and Japan Break Off Beef, Citrus Talks
The United States and Japan broke off talks over American beef and citrus exports on Tuesday night and Washington said it would ask the world trade body GATT to settle the protracted dispute.
“Regrettably the final Japanese proposal offered only a modest increase in access, a... |
c16ab734699ada8c38aa85e0e6b363ae | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-fi-2106-story.html | COMMODITIES : Gold Futures at Lowest Point Since March | COMMODITIES : Gold Futures at Lowest Point Since March
Gold futures prices dipped to their lowest levels in more than six weeks Tuesday, bolstering bearish projections and prompting speculation that the metal’s price could tumble as low as $400 an ounce in coming months.
On other markets, energy futures rallied, cattle... |
2bdcc1d1e4e1a7c002a269e0e1d5da55 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-me-1946-story.html | Otay Mesa | Otay Mesa
The mother and sisters of an Otay Mesa man convicted of two brutal murders asked a jury Tuesday to spare his life.
The relatives of Richard Samoyoa, 35, testified in the penalty phase of his trial, in which jurors have only two choices: recommend a sentence of life in state prison without the possibility of p... |
7d7319763e5acb794bc2ed8e519a3162 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-me-1957-story.html | Mail-Order Company Accused of Fraudulent Peroxide Claims, Sales | Mail-Order Company Accused of Fraudulent Peroxide Claims, Sales
Federal authorities sought a court order Tuesday to seize the mail orders of a Huntington Beach firm that allegedly sells hydrogen peroxide under the fraudulent claim that the substance cures cancer and arthritis.
The complaint, filed in U.S. District Cour... |
94341025b4625e44d0023c54847cec13 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-me-1967-story.html | Reception to Honor Gompers Scholars | Reception to Honor Gompers Scholars
A reception will be held at 2:15 p.m. today at Gompers Secondary School to honor the school’s team, which last week won the national championship in Washington at the National Bicentennial Competition on the Constitution.
The Gompers students, coached by history teacher David Vigilan... |
5567f2db7b54bb4ace3a0bf0ce96db7a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-me-1968-story.html | Supervisors to Weigh Alcohol Warnings | Supervisors to Weigh Alcohol Warnings
The county Board of Supervisors ordered the drafting of an ordinance Tuesday that would require businesses selling alcoholic beverages to post signs warning pregnant women that alcohol can cause birth defects.
Santa Ana and Los Angeles County already have such ordinances, and the C... |
fdc3a9ae4db48a522f9cc19e0e919dc8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-me-1969-story.html | Tustin’s City Council Approves Route Plan for Eastern Corridor | Tustin’s City Council Approves Route Plan for Eastern Corridor
After settling minor disputes with neighboring Orange and Irvine, the Tustin City Council on Monday unanimously approved a route for the proposed Eastern Transportation Corridor.
The Tustin council’s action came after last week’s approval of the route by th... |
d7f3d1681287cd1e64ff4c8f442dfeed | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-me-1972-story.html | Driver Put on Probation for Role in Attack | Driver Put on Probation for Role in Attack
A purported member of a neo-Nazi youth gang was sentenced Tuesday to two years’ probation for his role in the spraying of a group of Latinos with a fire extinguisher.
The Latinos were sprayed from a passing car, some of whose passengers yelled, “White power!” authorities said.... |
4972e86b5c1c37e16bb4b49527ba0473 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-me-2182-story.html | Subsidy ‘Escape Hatch’ Is Major Threat to Low-Cost Housing | Subsidy ‘Escape Hatch’ Is Major Threat to Low-Cost Housing
Unlike other buildings in the run-down neighborhood, the Siejay Apartments at 1421 S. Hoover St. have grass, trees, flowering rosebushes--and subsidized rents. Joe Henshaw, a 70-year-old retired stock clerk, says he drove past the 72-unit complex for years, “wi... |
6c7e5cca2d6301c90891321ddec304b9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-me-2183-story.html | L.A. Leads in Assigned Risk Auto Insurance | L.A. Leads in Assigned Risk Auto Insurance
More Los Angeles motorists are being forced into the expensive, assigned risk system through their inability to find an auto insurer willing to sell to them than in any other large California city, a state Insurance Department report says.
In Los Angeles, 17.14% of all insured... |
75c219417cb2a12decafd34c874b53b4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-me-2187-story.html | Local News in Brief : Councilman Appointed | Local News in Brief : Councilman Appointed
One week after the death of fellow member Tom Mills, the Carson City Council on Tuesday appointed John Anderson, a city parks and recreation commissioner, to fill the vacancy, ending a two-year period in which the council had only four members most of the time.
Councilwoman Ve... |
bebace50cf3a166f9afc3382781d168d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-me-2195-story.html | Mail-Order Firm Accused of False Cure Claims | Mail-Order Firm Accused of False Cure Claims
Federal authorities sought a court order Tuesday to seize the mail orders of a Huntington Beach firm that allegedly sells hydrogen peroxide under the fraudulent claim that the substance cures cancer and arthritis.
The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, a... |
76c82a2cc432203a6cf84d40d91349cc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-me-2196-story.html | Council Votes to Approve New Loan for Developer | Council Votes to Approve New Loan for Developer
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to lend a developer an extra $600,000 to help pay for cost overruns in the Bryant Street-Vanalden Avenue redevelopment project in Northridge.
The 12-0 vote sent the proposed loan to Mayor Tom Bradley, who is expected to give his ... |
6d0be55438750a9e095cdc7a4ac87af9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-me-2210-story.html | L.A. Police Batter Way Into Suspected Rock Cocaine House | L.A. Police Batter Way Into Suspected Rock Cocaine House
Los Angeles police wheeled out the department’s battering ram Tuesday evening to break into a “very well fortified” house where rock cocaine was allegedly being sold, officers said.
Thirty people inside the house in the 3200 block of South Central Avenue were “de... |
657b6e67913c2a2f6d1b326bb8755f25 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-1875-story.html | OBITUARIES : Irving Kolodin; Classical Record Reviewer, Author | OBITUARIES : Irving Kolodin; Classical Record Reviewer, Author
Irving Kolodin, once one of the most revered of this nation’s music critics and the first of the well-known musicologists to seriously review recorded classical music, is dead at 80.
The New York Times reported that Kolodin died Friday in a New York City nu... |
dfca231ad12b48338d10fc74fd643d81 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2126-story.html | The World | The World
Afghan and Soviet forces routinely tortured and killed civilian refugees trying to flee to Pakistan from the war in Afghanistan, a human rights group charged. London-based Amnesty International, citing what it said appeared to be “a policy of deliberate killings” of refugees, noted one instance in which 100 f... |
5f2319cf66d36f551bcdbaf61b5153d6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2128-story.html | The State | The State
Mendota Mayor Alex Valdez and Fresno developer Jerry Harris pleaded innocent in U.S. District Court in Fresno to charges of bribery, extortion and conspiracy. U.S. Magistrate Alan Christensen set a May 23 status conference in the case. The two were indicted by a federal grand jury last month. The indictment a... |
a22b356449752006ea8da2da7c84d934 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2137-story.html | The Nation | The Nation
Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) underwent successful surgery to correct an aneurysm on an artery that supplies blood to the right side of the brain, a Walter Reed Army Medical Center spokesman said. The spokesman, Peter Esker, said Biden, 45, was awake, resting comfortably and talking with his family after... |
184b91b697dc0defaf27b96d3e1dc2d4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2148-story.html | 2 Bills Curbing High School Health Clinics Fall Short | 2 Bills Curbing High School Health Clinics Fall Short
Two bills aimed at prohibiting high school health clinics from providing abortion counseling to students and from prescribing or dispensing contraceptives were defeated Tuesday in their first legislative test before an Assembly committee.
The nearly identical measur... |
379e0445a4437c447f5db90884528777 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2162-story.html | New Publications Spring Up to Explore S. Korean Press Freedom | New Publications Spring Up to Explore S. Korean Press Freedom
Two months ago, Koh Jong Sok, 29, quit a $1,600-a-month reporter’s job with an established South Korean newspaper to go to work at $475 a month for a newspaper that will publish its first edition May 15.
Koh is excited despite the pay cut. His job with the n... |
5606178598fbce8ebb23d93a546d7faa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2163-story.html | Politics 88 : South, West Held Crucial for Bush : GOP Will Target 23 States in November Election Bid | Politics 88 : South, West Held Crucial for Bush : GOP Will Target 23 States in November Election Bid
While the Democrats are still trying to settle their race for the presidential nomination, the Republicans say they’ve come up with what they believe is a winning strategy in November. The plan is for Vice President Geo... |
4bbf77cbd40039185a9dd3780bd87243 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2167-story.html | Perot Financed ’85 Jackson Trip in Bid to Free Hostages | Perot Financed ’85 Jackson Trip in Bid to Free Hostages
Dallas billionaire H. Ross Perot says he asked the Rev. Jesse Jackson to help free American hostages held in Beirut and financed a 1985 trip by the Democratic presidential contender, according to a report published Tuesday.
Perot said the National Security Council... |
c9fdec0dc55b86893268286a683cfdb7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2168-story.html | Cars Derail; 1,000 Flee | Cars Derail; 1,000 Flee
Two cars of a Missouri Western Railroad train derailed Tuesday, spilling sulfuric acid and ammonium nitrate and forcing the evacuation of about 1,000 people, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the derailment.
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df379ca2f3b3860e5d684368b244cf03 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2173-story.html | Sale Mark Set for Work of Living Artist | Sale Mark Set for Work of Living Artist
In an art market of highly publicized sales and spiraling prices, records are made to be broken. Jackson Pollock almost lost his to Jasper Johns in 24 hours.
“Diver,” a seminal painting by Johns, sold for $4.2 million to an anonymous buyer Tuesday night at Christie’s. The previou... |
8a5065a936369790548264bcaf84f105 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2180-story.html | Aide to Liberace’s Executor Testifies | Aide to Liberace’s Executor Testifies
The former secretary to the executor of Liberace’s estate testified Tuesday that the executor overbilled the estate, had her fill out blank quitclaim deeds signed by the entertainer and tore up a receipt closing out his Swiss bank account.
Helaine Golding said she copied some Liber... |
30af94bb7ceeb5b25e416f30c1fe41e5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2220-story.html | Mob Boss Guilty of Bid Rigging | Mob Boss Guilty of Bid Rigging
Mob boss Anthony (Fat Tony) Salerno was convicted today of a racketeering conspiracy to rig bids in the construction industry, but was acquitted along with two co-defendants of tampering with Teamsters union national elections.
Salerno, 77, who is serving a 100-year prison term for his co... |
78bdfe280294dc24cfdad98785dcb3bd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2222-story.html | Shuttle Test Goes Smoothly | Shuttle Test Goes Smoothly
A make-believe fire and a simulated explosion set off an emergency launch pad evacuation drill today, complete with astronauts faking injuries, in a major test of post-Challenger shuttle safety improvements.
The evacuation exercise marked one of the last such tests before the shuttle Discover... |
761f43215b267f01945a8d4e8609a5a3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2224-story.html | FAA Steps Up Checks of 737s | FAA Steps Up Checks of 737s
The Federal Aviation Administration, a week after an Aloha Airlines jet ripped open at 24,000 feet, announced today the agency is expanding its required inspections of the aging Boeing 737s.
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baa84fabd0ef98e2aff7c2f5c3e30c50 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2232-story.html | ‘It’s Not Over Till It’s Over,’ Jackson Says : Meets Congressional Democrats, Calls for Party Unity, Fairness | ‘It’s Not Over Till It’s Over,’ Jackson Says : Meets Congressional Democrats, Calls for Party Unity, Fairness
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, saying, “It’s not over till it’s over,” met today with congressional Democrats who may determine the party’s presidential nominee, called for party unity and appealed to them for “fairne... |
b374fbbeb7f29ae74fb03e594e25f44a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-mn-2238-story.html | 4 1/2-Month Ban on BBC Lifted in Bangladesh | 4 1/2-Month Ban on BBC Lifted in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh government Tuesday lifted a ban that it imposed 4 1/2 months ago on the operations of the British Broadcasting Corp. in Dhaka. Information Minister Mahbubur Rahman made the announcement after talking with William Crawley, chief of the BBC eastern service.
The g... |
dce785baa2f96f811ed701e7f8e7e07e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-sp-1929-story.html | Huskies’ Vincent Takes Lead in Pacific 10 Golf | Huskies’ Vincent Takes Lead in Pacific 10 Golf
O.D. Vincent of the University of Washington shot a 2-under-par 70 to take a 1-stroke lead in the individual competition of the Pacific 10 golf championship Tuesday.
Vincent, who shot an opening-round 73, leads first-round leader Tom Kennaday of California, who shot a 74 t... |
9d08cd37bfb7eb7c5f93dffdda18f89b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-sp-1999-story.html | Community College Baseball : Hamelin Hits Two Home Runs to Lift Rancho Santiago, 17-7 | Community College Baseball : Hamelin Hits Two Home Runs to Lift Rancho Santiago, 17-7
Bobby Hamelin hit two home runs and had five RBIs to lead Rancho Santiago College to a 17-7 victory over Citrus in an Orange Empire Conference baseball game Tuesday at Rancho Santiago.
Hamelin has hit 9 home runs in the last 8 games a... |
433443bce53786178590265822864606 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-sp-2003-story.html | This Chang--Kimberly--Is Making a Name for Herself on Tennis Court | This Chang--Kimberly--Is Making a Name for Herself on Tennis Court
OK, before talking about what Kimberly Chang is, let’s first talk about what she is not, namely:
Related to that other Orange County teen-ager, Michael Chang, who also happens to have a pretty notable skill for hitting tennis balls over the net.
It is u... |
d0204c5b5659967391c98d61f5c464de | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-sp-2004-story.html | Jamison Decides to Attend NCAA Champion Kansas | Jamison Decides to Attend NCAA Champion Kansas
Alonzo Jamison, the co-state community college basketball player of the year at Rancho Santiago College last season, Tuesday signed a national letter of intent to attend Kansas next fall.
Jamison, a 6-foot 6-inch freshman forward who shared co-player of the year honors wit... |
f50ca10b97d5560acc5e13523cbdcdca | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-sp-2010-story.html | Cal Lutheran to Play Host to District Softball Playoffs | Cal Lutheran to Play Host to District Softball Playoffs
Cal Lutheran, which won its first Golden State Athletic Conference softball title this season, will play host to the NAIA District 3 playoffs Friday and Saturday.
Cal Lutheran (28-13, 16-3 in district play), the top-ranked team in the district, plays The Master’s ... |
b337fb7b6963abdbedc977817ecad5b2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-sp-2056-story.html | Aging players who formed the cornerstone of... | Aging players who formed the cornerstone of...
Aging players who formed the cornerstone of the National Basketball Assn but were left out of its pension plan will get benefits after all, an NBA executive told former players gathered at the basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.
But how much the pre-1965 players ... |
faf151aaea3d7f7fd91293e4a9011353 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-sp-2199-story.html | High School Review : Mt. Carmel Tries Scientific Approach to Get Up to Speed | High School Review : Mt. Carmel Tries Scientific Approach to Get Up to Speed
For 12 weeks last winter, the Mt. Carmel High School baseball team experimented with a program to help its players throw and hit harder by taking part in a study conducted by Dr. Coop DeRenne of the University of Hawaii.
This spring, midway th... |
a326a80092c12741c26794091e4aad7d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-vw-1909-story.html | No Knock on Wood: Hard Maple Floors | No Knock on Wood: Hard Maple Floors
Prized for their strength and resistance to wear and tear, hard maple trees, such as the sugar and black maple, often are used for flooring in ballrooms, bowling alleys and gymnasiums.
The wood of hard maples has a natural luster, says Georgia-Pacific, which also makes is popular for... |
dcf75f1addf317ae211d2b4ebd7395de | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-vw-2200-story.html | Shattering the Sounds of Silence : With a New Deaf President, Gallaudet Students Bask in Benefits of Having Made Their Protests Heard | Shattering the Sounds of Silence : With a New Deaf President, Gallaudet Students Bask in Benefits of Having Made Their Protests Heard
Weeks after the protests have died down, a dormitory window still proudly bears a message scrawled in large painted letters: “Dear God, I want a deaf prez!”
Although the biggest crowds o... |
2b40d5aa7c054f39c3b6e318d5b16f12 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-04-vw-2201-story.html | Birds Poised to Perch in No. 1 Pet Spot | Birds Poised to Perch in No. 1 Pet Spot
Roll over, Fido. Move over, Morris. Here comes Tweety Bird.
Just as felines surpassed dogs as America’s pet of choice during the ‘80s--there are now 57.8 million cats, 49.4 million dogs in American households--visual and statistical implications indicate that birds may emerge as ... |
ff4d8bc879e36d375b97e95ed2e2e742 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-fi-3345-story.html | LOS ANGELES COUNTY | LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Frank H. Huggins, president of Unitours, Glendale, has left the company. Recently appointed Chairman Ken Larsen will assume the duties of president and chief executive. Donna Ashley, Southwest regional sales manager, has been appointed vice president-marketing.
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4a3876ec8c8ef286e3acb9abe588c43d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-fi-3351-story.html | LOS ANGELES COUNTY | LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Glendale Federal Savings & Loan Executive Vice President James W. Dearing has been promoted to general manager of retail delivery. Dearing will supervise the operational aspects of the branch system. His predecessor, Senior Executive Vice President Frank P. DePaul Jr., will manage the mergers and acq... |
46b306c924e7e31a933e2352a42429d7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-fi-3721-story.html | General Dynamics has reached an agreement to... | General Dynamics has reached an agreement to...
General Dynamics has reached an agreement to sell its Cessna Fluid Power unit to Eaton Corp. as part of its continuing business plan to focus on defense and aerospace programs. The price of the deal was not disclosed by St. Louis-based General Dynamics. Cessna Fluid Power... |
0d1231bbf3640ac247326699c13f2636 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-fo-3254-story.html | Take some inspiration from the beautifully arranged, low-calorie, high-energy dishes. : Spartan Spa Dining | Take some inspiration from the beautifully arranged, low-calorie, high-energy dishes. : Spartan Spa Dining
Gone are the days when only European royalty flocked to the health spas to purge body and soul of the excesses of too much living. Gone is the stigma of spas spare, Spartan fare--the miserable muesli and mineral w... |
c49dd4581314c4c806377357ab1157b0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-hl-3756-story.html | Paramount : Water Main to Be Cut Off | Paramount : Water Main to Be Cut Off
Some Paramount residents could notice a slight drop in water pressure during a six-day period beginning Sunday, while a Metropolitan Water District of Southern California water main is relocated, city officials say.
The water district will shut down a 73-inch water main to the city ... |
762a448f6e7abf2bfaba48371773d02a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-hl-3759-story.html | Bellflower : Schools Refute Low Rating | Bellflower : Schools Refute Low Rating
The Bellflower Unified School District has launched a public relations campaign aimed at refuting the claim in a just-released book on public schools that gives the school system one of the poorest ratings in the country.
In the 366-page “Public Schools USA,” in which author Charl... |
2315259d497caf5c3b7682797966d916 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-hl-3765-story.html | Caltech Expansion Plan Calls for Razing of 11 Houses It Tried, Failed to Give Away | Caltech Expansion Plan Calls for Razing of 11 Houses It Tried, Failed to Give Away
Some things are hard to even give away.
Take the 16 Craftsman and ranch-style houses on the northwest corner of the Caltech campus in Pasadena that were scheduled to be demolished to make way for a new $35-million research facility.
Rath... |
3b258a8b390091a90d366cadeb59f843 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-li-3457-story.html | Deaf Gain New Voice : Innovative Tools, Services Help Break Silence Barrier | Deaf Gain New Voice : Innovative Tools, Services Help Break Silence Barrier
The world went silent for Patricia Halloran more than 60 years ago, when she tumbled off a stairway inside her family’s home in Tennant, Iowa.
She was just a toddler then and couldn’t understand. Even the grown-ups, it seemed, were at a loss. N... |
222654fb93d7b750d0a67a2caf1cc885 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-me-3309-story.html | More Mall Merchants Go for Gravy by Serving Up Their Wares a la Cart | More Mall Merchants Go for Gravy by Serving Up Their Wares a la Cart
Pushcarts, which have been plying the streets of the world’s cities for centuries, have been reborn in upscale shopping malls all across the country.
Today’s pushcart peddlers don’t sell secondhand clothes or seafood or fresh vegetables. They don’t of... |
5407a04dfbcf29759f492826505b1a2d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-me-3330-story.html | ‘Victory Without War’ Author Is Easy Winner Among Friends at Home | ‘Victory Without War’ Author Is Easy Winner Among Friends at Home
He cracked a few jokes, dropped a lot of names and spoke in the royal “we.”
He offered personal prophesies and preferences. He smiled and he waved, stiff-armed and upright, and then politely took his seat while his admirers abandoned theirs to offer appl... |
7b438bcb546f9dfa913f42d287bfc520 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-me-3406-story.html | Wary Apartment Resident Slays Intruder; Dead Man Was on Parole From Prison | Wary Apartment Resident Slays Intruder; Dead Man Was on Parole From Prison
A paroled burglar was shot and killed early Wednesday by the 22-year-old occupant of an East San Diego apartment the parolee had entered, apparently for the second time during the night, police reported.
The shooting in the 4200 block of Estrell... |
05d20eb313aeab25eb802923b1a23aae | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-me-3408-story.html | Over Neighbors’ Protests, Planners OK 202-Home Project in Saugus | Over Neighbors’ Protests, Planners OK 202-Home Project in Saugus
A 202-home development in Saugus was approved by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission on Wednesday, despite protests by nearby residents that the project sets a precedent in the rural, mountainous area.
“There will be other projects now,” V... |
92ef99fa45f66f344203f48501b6f0dd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-mn-3400-story.html | The State | The State
Federal authorities in Los Angeles won a temporary court order to seize the mail of a Huntington Beach firm that allegedly sells hydrogen peroxide under the fraudulent claim that the substance cures cancer and arthritis. The move was taken against DRK Buyer’s Plan because officials fear that victims are delay... |
af1afa1f497a481cd2990c1ada8e6a1a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-mn-3614-story.html | French Storm Cave, Free 23 Hostages in New Caledonia | French Storm Cave, Free 23 Hostages in New Caledonia
French security forces freed 23 French hostages in an assault on a remote jungle cave today after a 14-day drama that threw this South Pacific island territory into one of its worst political crises, government officials announced here.
Bernard Pons, France’s ministe... |
6389124f9a50d78ebea06690aa02a209 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-mn-3631-story.html | The World | The World
A nationwide search continued in Colombia for at least 10 people, including three foreign diplomats, kidnaped by the National Liberation Army, a pro-Cuban rebel group. They include two West German honorary consuls, two Swiss citizens, France’s assistant press attache, the president of a state assembly and an ... |
458c4fe6d2d1b46bc9bfe9f796875611 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-mn-3632-story.html | The State : Gang Busters Hit the Street | The State : Gang Busters Hit the Street
Riverside police vow that a new anti-gang squad will follow drug-dealing street thugs anywhere, until they are driven from gang-ridden neighborhoods and the entire city. The team, activated this week, is a response to growing gang activity and gang-linked crime. “If they give us ... |
a9b625a969778c955eb966f2de56987b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-mn-3642-story.html | Church Enters Poland’s Labor Disputes : Catholic Emissaries Visit Striking Workers in Mediation Effort | Church Enters Poland’s Labor Disputes : Catholic Emissaries Visit Striking Workers in Mediation Effort
The Roman Catholic Church entered Poland’s labor conflict Wednesday, dispatching teams of church intellectuals to speak with striking steelworkers and shipyard employees in an effort to mediate between the workers and... |
a697d7aefea2e2d4db61be78ebe31a54 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-mn-3653-story.html | CAMPAIGN ’88 : Parade Funds Denied | CAMPAIGN ’88 : Parade Funds Denied
The City of San Francisco has notified the organizers of a Cinco de Mayo parade that the city will not reimburse parade expenses because Jackson is the grand marshal. Jackson’s visit about a month before the California primary violates rules prohibiting spending city funds on politica... |
779f577bace156385119628f35bdf90c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-mn-3656-story.html | Chicago Mayor Pressured to Dismiss Aide | Chicago Mayor Pressured to Dismiss Aide
Pressure built on Chicago Acting Mayor Eugene Sawyer on Wednesday to dismiss a top aide whose statements attacking Jews, Christians, Italians and some prominent blacks stirred a controversy that has paralyzed city government this week.
The aide, Steve Cokely, serves as the mayor’... |
1244d9791838bb8f44fca7483329459e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-mn-3665-story.html | Amnesty Applicants’ School Registration Begins Today | Amnesty Applicants’ School Registration Begins Today
Registration begins today for what Los Angeles Unified School District officials are calling the largest adult “back to school” program in its history--the Amnesty Preparation and Citizenship Program.
The school district is offering free courses at 27 adult community... |
9af891acc3ec18d11cf0c23ca0d390e3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-ve-3293-story.html | Charreadas : Unspoiled by Glitter, Bucking for Tradition, Mexican Rodeo Fights Critics and Carries On | Charreadas : Unspoiled by Glitter, Bucking for Tradition, Mexican Rodeo Fights Critics and Carries On
Enrique Gonzales belted down a beer, gripped his sombrero and jumped from the audience into the Ventura County Fairground’s main arena.
In minutes, the 24-year-old ranch hand from Somis was straddling a bucking bronco,... |
3b253abcefbc32af5ac689dc11b9f7fc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-vw-3604-story.html | Tass Pokes Fun at Astrology Caper | Tass Pokes Fun at Astrology Caper
The official news agency Tass poked fun Wednesday at President Reagan’s reported faith in astrology, wondering in a dispatch what the stars are telling the leader of the West.
“It is difficult to say what the May night sky, studded with stars, predicted to the President, but it hardly ... |
d4736b85eddf9aef90052bfe58ee5aab | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-we-3581-story.html | Measure Puts $500 Limit on Donations | Measure Puts $500 Limit on Donations
The amount of money a person may contribute to a Santa Monica candidate--currently the highest of any city in the state--will be reduced if voters approve a newly proposed ballot initiative this fall.
The measure, filed late last week with the city clerk’s office, would slash the ma... |
9dabed3e8213aeb9b1453a3bcbc7184f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-05-we-3582-story.html | W. Hollywood Park Arrests of Homeless Hit | W. Hollywood Park Arrests of Homeless Hit
Angered by four arrests of homeless people in West Hollywood Park in the last two weeks, several of West Hollywood’s homeless have accused city officials of reneging on a commitment not to enforce a 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. curfew in the city’s parks.
“We thought we had a commitment co... |
db21f37d740d18a2aacad43d9b78ec3f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-ca-2661-story.html | POP/ROCK | POP/ROCK
Huey Lewis and The News announced Wednesday that they will celebrate the band’s 10th anniversary with their fifth album and a world tour starting this summer. The new LP on Chrysalis Records will be called “Small World” and will be released in July, a spokeswoman for the group said. The album contains nine ori... |
f7ec371c304d433225af7d69aed477fe | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-ca-2668-story.html | FIRST OFF . . . | FIRST OFF . . .
The Bolshoi Ballet will give its first performance in China in 30 years in 1989, Soviet Minister of Culture V. G. Zaharov said Thursday. China’s official Xinhua News Agency quoted Zaharov, now visiting Beijing, as saying he hoped the visit would strengthen cultural ties between China and the Soviet Unio... |
6c28391e5e3ac45305472a528bd47e45 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-ca-2669-story.html | BALLET REVIEW : Nijinsky’s ‘Sacre’ Dominates Bill | BALLET REVIEW : Nijinsky’s ‘Sacre’ Dominates Bill
It is unsettling. Last year’s wow has a nasty habit of turning into this year’s ho-hum.
When the Joffrey Ballet introduced its thoughtful yet daring construction of Nijinsky’s original “Sacre du Printemps” on September 30, 1987, the entire world of dance came to watch a... |
296bacf74decd4329aa721db8b42e62d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-ca-2670-story.html | MOVIE REVIEW : ‘Shallow Grave’ a Fable of Love | MOVIE REVIEW : ‘Shallow Grave’ a Fable of Love
When a film is as gentle and caring as Kenneth Bowser’s adaptation of James Purdy’s 1976 novel, “In a Shallow Grave” (selected theaters), you want to like it. But the harder you try, the more aware you become of why it doesn’t work.
Bowser’s initial miscalculation is to ap... |
83fe2fe837706eb814ed5a23f70ca411 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-ca-2671-story.html | Movie Reviews : ‘Shakedown’ Escapes Courtroom With Chases | Movie Reviews : ‘Shakedown’ Escapes Courtroom With Chases
“Shakedown” (citywide) is mindlessly enjoyable escapist fare in which a courtroom drama is enlivened by intercutting it with a couple of wholly improbable but spectacular chases in--and above--New York. It’s said to be based on a true story, but you could have f... |
195b6549c2890da53cda439aae439071 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-ca-2672-story.html | Movie Reviews : ‘Sticky Fingers’ Charms With Lilt, Sassiness | Movie Reviews : ‘Sticky Fingers’ Charms With Lilt, Sassiness
Many of the new all-girl buddy-buddy comedies are arch variations on their all-boy counterparts, but “Sticky Fingers” (selected theaters) has some lilt and sass. It’s erratic but charming: a crazy-quilt fable about how money can destroy friendships and how an... |
a2391d16c1058db653cfcd3b3b37f83e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-ca-2675-story.html | Some Special Restaurants for Mother on Her Holiday | Some Special Restaurants for Mother on Her Holiday
For most restaurants Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year. This is due to Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. When her mother died on May 9, 1906, Jarvis decided that a day should be devoted to honoring motherhood. She formed a support group and started lobbying. Her a... |
90264dd4b499c6247c6cb1beba44ac39 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-fi-2806-story.html | Joe Isuzu’s New Role Is a Natural : Notorious ‘Liar’ Pitches Burgers for Maker of Whoppers | Joe Isuzu’s New Role Is a Natural : Notorious ‘Liar’ Pitches Burgers for Maker of Whoppers
The world knows that Joe Isuzu tells whoppers. Now the company that sells Whoppers has signed him up as a pitchman.
When Burger King introduces a new hamburger next month, actor David Leisure--who has portrayed Joe Isuzu for more... |
3e1a95e12ad95f2fc97119af8cdfe5ea | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-fi-2821-story.html | USG Corp. said it has received commitments... | USG Corp. said it has received commitments...
USG Corp. said it has received commitments to finance a $2.2-billion recapitalization plan designed to thwart a hostile takeover bid from Desert Partners. Under its recapitalization plan, New York-based USG would borrow $2.2 billion to pay its shareholders $37 in cash, debe... |
00b8b730d45567f6f0133344d1625969 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-fi-2828-story.html | LOS ANGELES COUNTY | LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Four Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Co. executives have been promoted. David Beed has been named executive vice president and chief marketing officer of the company’s sales line. He previously was senior vice president and chief marketing officer. James Dederer has been named to executive vic... |
357a4f158590f28f2400248e67ce8bd6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-fi-2831-story.html | LOS ANGELES COUNTY | LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Jill Gomes has been named president and chief executive of Commonwealth Thrift in Torrance. Commonwealth Thrift is a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Bank, where Gomes is a director.
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1bda0833edcaa961d42a9fc3bbde0341 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-fi-2840-story.html | CREDIT : Bond Prices Steady in Cautious Trading | CREDIT : Bond Prices Steady in Cautious Trading
Bond prices closed unchanged to slightly higher Thursday as traders awaited today’s scheduled release of the government’s latest unemployment figures.
The Treasury’s bellwether 30-year bond rose 5/16 point, or about $3.13 for every $1,000 in face value. Its yield, which m... |
f791ef98894619ed87cbcb36583580a9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-li-2733-story.html | At 86, Burroughs Keeps Eye on County He Helped Shape | At 86, Burroughs Keeps Eye on County He Helped Shape
When Walter Burroughs was asked recently whether he came to work every day, he was astonished at the question.
“The work wouldn’t get done,” he said with impeccable logic, “if I didn’t do it.”
Walter Burroughs, a county original since the early 1940s, will be 87 in A... |
4092a0f5d51d6cfe64f404c9eb1e7727 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-li-2734-story.html | Balboa Island Shops Ride Fashion Wave, but There’s More Than T-Shirts, Bikinis | Balboa Island Shops Ride Fashion Wave, but There’s More Than T-Shirts, Bikinis
Once you get beyond the bikini shops and frozen bananas, you will find that Balboa Island’s Marine Avenue commercial district has a lot of charm. Sandwiched between the sea and Bayside Drive, the scenic two-block stretch of Newport Beach is ... |
61382ea8f46642163427e0f13af299b1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-li-3011-story.html | MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DATA: For December, 1987 | MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DATA: For December, 1987
COUNTY COMPARISONS TOTAL ACCIDENTS State total: 52,300 Los Angeles: 14,202 Orange: 4,808 Riverside: 2,059 San Bernardino: 2,686 San Diego: 3,101 PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY State total: 31,511 Los Angeles: 7,822 Orange: 2,976 Riverside: 1,302 San Bernardino: 1,608 San Diego: 1,4... |
68502ad1c2bbceec0062630275ba0c39 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-me-2581-story.html | Local News in Brief : Irvine : UCI Physics Professor Honored for Research | Local News in Brief : Irvine : UCI Physics Professor Honored for Research
UC Irvine’s Academic Senate has named physics professor Norman Rostoker as the recipient of its 1988-89 Distinguished Faculty Lectureship Award.
Rostoker, who has been at UCI 16 years, has focused his research on plasma physics--work that has pot... |
3da6917911285fbf1f9e0750e2bd8d29 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-me-2593-story.html | Several Tall Buildings in County Have No Sprinklers | Several Tall Buildings in County Have No Sprinklers
County and Anaheim fire officials revealed Thursday that several high-rise buildings, including a retirement home in Laguna Hills and eight high-rise hotels and office buildings in Anaheim, do not have sprinkler systems.
Fire officials said most high-rise buildings in... |
4bea13e56732477419468c10f1a33cc9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-me-2604-story.html | Fall’s in the Air : Cool, Brisk Air Moves In for Weekend | Fall’s in the Air : Cool, Brisk Air Moves In for Weekend
The calendar says it’s springtime, but the weather this weekend in Orange County and the rest of Southern California will be more like autumn.
The cool weather predicted already nipped Santa Ana early Thursday morning, when the mercury dropped to a low of 45. The... |
815d880e9348ec1362b7615e17bf28c0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-me-2621-story.html | Local News in Brief : Detective Kills Gunman | Local News in Brief : Detective Kills Gunman
A Los Angeles police detective who spotted a gunman chasing another man in South-Central Los Angeles Thursday shot and killed the pursuer, who allegedly pointed his revolver at the plainclothes investigator.
Detective Kenneth Alexander was driving to the Southeast Division s... |
51ed9a1714bb612af49952cef3a3b0b9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-me-2624-story.html | Local News in Brief : Burglar Pleads Guilty | Local News in Brief : Burglar Pleads Guilty
A paroled burglar pleaded guilty Thursday to 16 felony charges stemming from eight residential break-ins, including one at the Hollywood home of former “Candid Camera” host Alan Funt.
David Washington, 31, entered his plea before Municipal Court Judge Alban I. Niles to charge... |
85de7985082c02b7770476acafb199f8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-me-2637-story.html | Neighbors May Fight Retirement Home on Temple-Leased Land | Neighbors May Fight Retirement Home on Temple-Leased Land
Saying that a Jewish group leased more surplus Pierce College land for a temple than it needs, Woodland Hills residents have balked at plans to turn most of the site into a 303-apartment retirement complex.
Homeowners said they do not object to a 5 1/2-acre temp... |
da44dabfd26f16a3cded8036206fb390 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-me-2694-story.html | Wild Animals, Pets to be Examined : Tests for Plague Set in Rancho Palos Verdes | Wild Animals, Pets to be Examined : Tests for Plague Set in Rancho Palos Verdes
County health officials began testing wild animals and pets in Rancho Palos Verdes this week for a disease related to bubonic plague, but they said residents should not be alarmed.
The recent discovery of a house cat exposed to sylvatic pla... |
c4be1418f021a1696387d0ca41e233ee | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-me-2697-story.html | Local News in Brief : Pay Increases Approved for Police | Local News in Brief : Pay Increases Approved for Police
Redondo Beach police captains, lieutenants and sergeants were given 4.5% pay raises this week after 10 months of labor negotiations.
The City Council approved the raises, retroactive to Oct. 10, as part of a two-year contract with the Police Supervisory and Manage... |
5b7b12ab3edd31c524949fb2cecd1607 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-me-2701-story.html | Local News in Brief : Plan for Shower Is Rejected | Local News in Brief : Plan for Shower Is Rejected
By a unanimous vote, the Avalon City Council rejected a proposal to convert a donated restroom trailer to a temporary shower facility for visitors and recreational boaters.
The cost estimate was $68,925, about 3 1/2 times a previous estimate. City staff was directed to ... |
3dcff63b09bc75e574858df13d7c7179 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-me-2758-story.html | Firmness Is Fine, but-- | Firmness Is Fine, but--
There probably are as many White House-watchers in Moscow as there are Kremlin-watchers in Washington. But people in that line of work in Moscow are said to have an easier time of it because America is such an open society. Try telling that to the analyst who perhaps even now is trying to explai... |
adc845ef6d0a008161e85e51069a85b4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-me-2877-story.html | Suspect in ’81 L.A. Killing Now in Japanese Jail : Businessman Charged in Wife’s Murder | Suspect in ’81 L.A. Killing Now in Japanese Jail : Businessman Charged in Wife’s Murder
Kazuyoshi Miura, a Japanese businessman who was suspected for several years of arranging the 1981 fatal shooting of his wife on a downtown Los Angeles street, was charged Thursday with murder and conspiracy in her death.
Dist. Atty.... |
08142aa245613d341dc45a31cc679194 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-mn-2848-story.html | The World : 20 Filipino Soldiers Killed | The World : 20 Filipino Soldiers Killed
Philippine military officials said at least 20 soldiers were killed in a fresh outbreak of guerrilla warfare. In the heaviest combat, nine soldiers were killed and eight were wounded on Negros Island in two days of fighting that began when a patrol stumbled onto a training camp o... |
5f77478ad57aea79ee580c5014d1b6e5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-mn-2850-story.html | The Nation : ‘Can’t Go On’ With Cuts, NASA Warns | The Nation : ‘Can’t Go On’ With Cuts, NASA Warns
Dr. James C. Fletcher, administrator of NASA, said the country’s civilian space program “is facing extinction this year” if Congress carries out threats to cut space funds. The proposed space station, he said, will be doomed if Congress doesn’t grant the money that the s... |
9a553b3d9c5b434300513594225548ab | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-mn-2960-story.html | Blaze Spurs Call for Sprinkler Laws : Fire Crews Faced Host of Problems at First Interstate | Blaze Spurs Call for Sprinkler Laws : Fire Crews Faced Host of Problems at First Interstate
The battle to extinguish the fire that raged through five floors of Los Angeles’ tallest skyscraper was hampered by:
--The lack of a built-in sprinkler system, which fire officials said might have quenched the fire in the 62-sto... |
f50666d30fbc43fbc00b7e60e501eea7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-mn-2961-story.html | 5 Hours in Smoky Office : 2 Trapped on 37th Floor Improvise to Survive Fire | 5 Hours in Smoky Office : 2 Trapped on 37th Floor Improvise to Survive Fire
For five hours they were trapped in their office on the 37th floor, two young colleagues fighting alone for their lives with the only survival skill they had ever studied: the analytic reasoning they had learned in business school.
Together, th... |
35cd55b0f94fa6b1d38f283ccef5fa50 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-mn-2962-story.html | Tough Exam Near : Bush Just a Distraction at Garfield High | Tough Exam Near : Bush Just a Distraction at Garfield High
The scene was all too familiar to the students at Garfield High School--the visiting dignitary, the entourage, the crush of cameras and lights, the swarm of reporters.
Weeks ago, they had ceased to be impressed by such displays. But by the time Thursday’s guest... |
c152d3cb79ee0102cb34889328987991 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-mn-2971-story.html | Tower May Have Escaped Serious Structural Damage | Tower May Have Escaped Serious Structural Damage
Owners of the fire-scarred First Interstate Bank building said Thursday that it appeared the downtown Los Angeles skyscraper escaped serious structural damage but announced that it could take up to two months before bank employees and other tenants on the lower 21 floors... |
34f3b46dde6e378fb8226d924634e1f5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-mn-2981-story.html | 15 Melanesians Killed in New Caledonia Assault : Bloody Rescue From ‘Sacred’ Cave Told | 15 Melanesians Killed in New Caledonia Assault : Bloody Rescue From ‘Sacred’ Cave Told
The cave where separatist Melanesian tribesmen took 23 French hostages at gunpoint 12 days ago is a sacred place, where each leaf has a special meaning, where not even the tribe’s women are allowed to enter, where warriors killed a c... |
0260c81cef978394131f273909414502 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-mn-2984-story.html | At 97, Swede Can Still Throw Punch | At 97, Swede Can Still Throw Punch
A crusty 97-year old former fur trapper was the hero of his small Swedish hometown this week after knocking down a burglar with a right jab and a left hook.
“I saw the villain climbing in through my bathroom window and punched his throat with a quick left-right combination,” Freddy Ni... |
0de486bb18d7acae840f588154254ae5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-mn-3015-story.html | Jobless Rate at 14-Yr. Low as Exports Put More to Work : Rising Pay Spurs Fears of Inflation | Jobless Rate at 14-Yr. Low as Exports Put More to Work : Rising Pay Spurs Fears of Inflation
Unemployment fell in April to 5.4%, the lowest it has been since 1974, with export-sparked hiring on factory assembly lines leading the latest spurt of new jobs, the government said today.
The number of Americans at work rose b... |
255928b0ba6c7357271595fc338eaeed | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-06-mn-3027-story.html | E. F. Hutton Charged With Federal Count of Laundering Funds | E. F. Hutton Charged With Federal Count of Laundering Funds
The government today charged E. F. Hutton & Co. Inc. with conspiracy and laundering at least $532,000 for organized crime figures and businessmen who wanted to hide income from the Internal Revenue Service.
U.S. Atty. Lincoln C. Almond said the company is expe... |
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