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...couples were shot, again with the same Beretta that was used on the previous victims. Each year since then, the Monster of Florence has murdered one couple parked or camped within a 19-mile radius of Florence. The pattern was broken only once. In 1983 two young West German men lying in a camper were shot to death with the trademark bullets. Police believe that the killer mistook one of the youths, who had long blond hair, for a woman...
...Volcker, who had to push up interest rates in 1980 to conquer inflation, has reason to remain vigilant. One threat that could fuel new inflation is the falling value of the dollar, which pushes up the prices of America's imports. German automakers, for example, are increasing their prices by as much as 6% to offset the dollar's decline...
DIED. Eugen Gerstenmaier, 79, West German political leader who helped establish democratic reforms after World War II and served as President of the Bundestag from 1954 to 1969; of a stroke; in Bonn. Imprisoned by the Nazis for his involvement in the 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler, Gerstenmaier in the 1950s vigorously supported reconciliation with Israel and negotiated reparation payments to help ease bitter feelings...
...essential date in the history of journalism." J 'Accuse was "an indictment of the forces and virtues of traditional France, its religious passion, military spirit, and hierarchies." Zola's outrage proved contagious. Slowly the bodyguard of lies surrounding the actual villains began to defect. Major Ferdinand Esterhazy, a German agent, fled the country. Lieut. Colonel Hubert Henry, who had forged Dreyfus' handwriting on incriminating documents, committed suicide...
...Nezar Hindawi, a Palestinian reportedly carrying a Jordanian passport, on suspicion of attempting to blow up an El Al plane leaving London's Heathrow Airport on April 17, British authorities advised their counterparts in Berlin to arrest another Palestinian named Ahmed Nawaf Mansur Hasi. Inside Hasi's apartment, West German detectives found what appeared to be a sketch of the La Belle discothèque, where an explosion three weeks earlier had killed two people and left 230 wounded. They also discovered that Hasi was Hindawi's brother, that he had visited Libya at least once since moving to Berlin...