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...Santos Dumont Airport, where he was dumped into the luggage compartment of a rented Learjet. He was then flown 1,529 miles to the northeastern Brazilian city of Belem, at the mouth of the Amazon, and hustled aboard the How Can I II, a luxury yacht chartered in Antigua two weeks earlier. His abductors ordered the two-man charter crew to set a course back toward the Caribbean...
...drivers said they originally planned to establish an independent union, but sought outside assistance on the advice of legal counsel. Lawyers told the drivers that they would need to write by-laws and a charter for an independent union...
...students appeared to make only two major concessions in return: 1) a pledge that their union charter would declare allegiance to the Polish constitution, which enshrines the party's leading role, and 2) a requirement that only those strikes approved by a majority of the student body would be considered legitimate. Referring to the whole student settlement package, one Western diplomat shook his head and said, "I just don't see how the Soviets can accept that...
Although his responsbilities brought him into contact with a wide range of issues--including a new charter for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), legislation limiting police authority to search newsrooms, and last summer's flap over Billy Carter--Heymann gradually became identified with the undercover operation in which FBI agents posing as Arab sheiks tried to buy favors from U.S. Congressmen...
When the Public Broadcasting stations in New York (WNET), Washington (WETA), Chicago (WTTW) and Los Angeles (KCET) launched the monthly television guide Dial (circ. 690,000) last September, praise from charter subscribers was all but overwhelmed by protests from other publishers. Reason: Dial, which is sent to supporters of sponsoring stations (now including WTVS Detroit) who contribute at least $25 a year, would compete for advertising with commercial magazines while enjoying Public Broadcasting's nonprofit advantages. Among those breaks: generous tax exemptions, lower postal rates, tax-deductible subscription fees and free promotion on PBS stations.* Publisher Philip Merrill, whose...