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...ARRESTED. Huey P. Newton, 43, co-founder of the Black Panthers, the violence- and faction-ridden black militant organization that enjoyed a radical-chic vogue in the 1960s and '70s; on charges that he and an associate embezzled as much as $67,000 in federal and state funds; in Oakland. The money was allegedly taken from a community education and nutrition program the Panthers operated from 1973 to 1983. A post-arrest police search of Newton's home turned up burglary tools, a loaded .45-cal. automatic and a shotgun, for which he also faces charges...
...news report did not say whether the hijackers had been taken into custody or whether warrants had been issued for their arrest. In Washington, State Department officials said they were not convinced that it was politically possible for the shaky Lebanese government to bring the hijackers to trial. After a decade of civil war, the Lebanese judiciary is, like much of the government, barely functioning. Accused lawbreakers are still arrested, but they are rarely brought before the courts. The Justice Department said it might seek the indictment of the three men for violating American antihijacking laws. The U.S. does...
...onetime manager of the Bulgarian airline's Rome office, Antonov, 37, has been under house arrest since 1982. He stated, "For two years and seven months I have been away from my homeland, my family, my friends, my colleagues because of [these] absurd, slanderous accusations." Agca retorted that the Bulgarian "has conducted a purely political speech to touch the sentiments of this courtroom...
...Harvard economics professor picked up a memorable birthday gift for himself last Friday: a truckload of stolen manure and an arrest, in a small-town controversy that has made a big stink among locals...
...arrested outside Annenberg Hall after an HUPD officer received reports that a man with an alcoholic beverage in hand had been waving a knife at the crowd outside the freshman dining hall. Officers who responded to the scene confiscated the man’s knife, dumped out his liquor, and searched him to find a marijuana pipe with “residue” still inside of it. David A. Powell, 37, of Western Avenue in Allston was then placed under arrest for possession of marijuana, disorderly conduct, and possession of a dangerous weapon...