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...leave the country and apply through a U.S. consulate. Brutus was willing to go along with INS's plan as long as the agency would guarantee him that he could reenter the United States. When INS refused to provide that assurance, he applied to the State Department for political asylum...
...captured Nicaraguan commando who had helped lead the insurrection in El Salvador. But when police let him loose to show the way to one of his purported contacts, he disappeared into San Salvador's Mexican embassy, which said he was only a student and granted him asylum. Then there were two Nicaraguan air force defectors who were scheduled to bear witness to their country's involvement in El Salvador but by week's end were judged "not ready" to face the press. Finally, there was a young Nicaraguan soldier who was produced by the State Department...
...PARADE. 1936: FRANCES FARMER, A MOVIE STAR AT 21. 1937: HOLLYWOOD BLOND WINS ACCLAIM IN BROADWAY'S GOLDEN BOY. 1938: STAR CAMPAIGNS FOR SPANISH LEFTISTS. 1939: FARMER WALKS OUT ON ROLE IN HEMINGWAY PLAY. 1942: FRANCES FARMER "DEPORTED" FROM MEXICO. 1943: ACTRESS ARRESTED, PLACED IN INSANE ASYLUM. 1945: FRANCES FARMER DISAPPEARS AGAIN, IS FOUND. 1950: EX-STAR RELEASED AFTER YEARS IN VIOLENT WARD. 1958: FRANCES FARMER, THIS IS YOUR LIFE! 1970: FRANCES FARMER, ACTRESS, DEAD OF CANCER...
...January 1963, while Pyotr was in prison, Augustina was among 32 church members who won headlines around the world by barging into the U.S. embassy and begging for asylum. They left when the Soviets promised better treatment. Instead, Pyotr and Augustina lost their home and jobs, Pyotr was confined temporarily to a psychiatric hospital, and both went to prison for several years...
...than a week. He sent Assistant Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger to Europe to try to sell America's allies on the idea of imposing joint sanctions against Poland and perhaps the Soviet Union as well. He received Poland's Ambassador to the U.S. Romuald Spasowski, who sought political asylum in the U.S. last week, and hailed Spasowski and his wife Wanda for their courage. In his Christmas ad dress, Christmas President expressed the concern with people." Administration over the events in Poland and declared, "If the outrages in Poland do not cease, we cannot and repression not conduct 'business...