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When Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines more than two years ago, a U.S. Air Force plane flew him into comfortable exile in Honolulu. But last week American hospitality came to an abrupt end for the ousted President. In New York City a federal grand jury indicted Marcos, 71, and his...
Marcos is the highest-ranking former foreign official indicted in this country, said U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani. Giuliani refused comment on published reports stating that the indictment was sought after plea bargain negotiations broke down earlier this week.
The indictment also accused the Marcoses of a scheme to buy $5.9 million in art objects and of transporting money and certain works of art they knew to be stolen.
The six-count indictment also charged that the Marcoses defrauded two U.S. banks--Citibank and Security Pacific National Bank--and the Security Pacific Mortgage Corp. of more than $165 million in order to buy one of the buildings and refinance others.
JAMES MICHAEL CURLEY--Four times elected mayor, four times elected to Congress, once elected Governor and twice imprisoned, this upstart Irishman was the model for the protagonist of Edwin O'Connor's political novel, The Last Hurrah. But Curley's career was as checkered as it was successful. During his...