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Bicycle Messenger Christopher Stalvey, 19, reached Attorney General Edwin Meese's Justice Department all set to rush in and deliver a package. No way, said guards at the door after taking a look at his T shirt. It read, "Experts Agree! MEESE...
Washington-based Atlas Video, a typical newcomer to the field, has just released the second in a series of historical cassettes on the Civil War. Narrated by Edwin Newman and illustrated with archival drawings and paintings, the half-hour history lessons appeal to the "same kind of people who collect National Geographic magazines and put them on their bookshelves," says Atlas' founder and president, Peter Edwards. Another small but imaginative firm, Rhino Video, has done well with compilations of old TV clips, sensational movie trailers and oddball cartoons like Bambi Meets Godzilla. Notes Rhino President Richard Foos: "There...
Another custody matter, this one involving the U.S., moved a step closer to resolution in Britain's favor. Attorney General Edwin Meese ordered that Joseph Doherty, a Northern Ireland fugitive convicted of killing a British army captain in 1980, should be deported to Britain rather than Ireland. Doherty, who entered the U.S. illegally in 1982 after escaping from a Belfast jail, faces life behind bars if he is sent to Britain. Meese's action was the Reagan Administration's latest effort to sidestep federal court decisions holding that Doherty is exempt from extradition to Britain on the grounds that...
Nonetheless, he had more than his share of frustrations in the job. Associates speculated that he was troubled by Attorney General Edwin Meese's determination to stay in office and by the Administration's inept negotiations with Panamanian Strongman Antonio Noriega. A man who dislikes confrontation, Baker was often reluctant to argue a position with the President. But he maintains that he was not upset by a failure to sway Reagan. "The President makes his own decisions," says Baker. "I've never been disappointed if he goes some other course. All that has nothing to do with my decision...
...sustain the defense buildup, the scandal will make his task more difficult. Nor will it help Vice President George Bush, whose campaign for the Oval Office has already been saddled with the Iran-contra affair, implications of widespread impropriety among Reagan appointees and the investigation of Attorney General Edwin Meese. The Vice President could be further embarrassed by his close association with former Navy Secretary John Lehman. One of the principal targets of the investigation is former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Engineering and Systems Melvyn Paisley. He and an associate, retired Admiral James ("Ace") Lyons...