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...Maciej Wierzynski, 45, was one of Poland's leading television personalities, the host of Studio Two, a popular Saturday-night mix of entertainment and conversation. Now, as he drives around Warsaw in his battered 1979 Zastawa, he is the city's best-known taxi driver...
...morning of Dec. 13, 1981, Maciej turned on his radio to hear the announcement that martial law had been imposed. Within hours he, his pregnant wife Ewa and their son Grzegorz, 3, had moved to a relative's apartment. As an official of the Liberal Polish Journalists' Association, Maciej quickly realized that he was a candidate for internment. The police never came, even after the family returned to its own apartment following the birth of their second son. A few weeks later, while being interrogated during the "verification," or purge, of Polish television, one official even hinted that...
Driving a taxi is a tough and demanding job, but, he says, "my car was the only investment I had." By working seven days a week, Maciej manages to equal his previous salary of roughly 24,000 zlotys ($279) a month. Ewa still receives maternity-leave benefits, and family members in the West help as well. The price increases of the past year make it difficult to maintain their previous standard of living. But, as Ewa says, "there really isn't anything to buy anyway...
...received jail sentences ranging from three to 6½ years. In Tarnow, three workers drew three-to 3½-year terms. Three employees of the F.S.O. automobile plant in Warsaw got two years each. In the same Warsaw court building, meanwhile, proceedings began in the highly publicized trial of Maciej Szczepanski, the former head of the state broadcasting networks, who is accused of embezzlement and bribetaking. He is one of several former officials, including former Party Boss Edward Gierek, who face criminal charges stemming from their alleged corruption and economic mismanagement...
Poland's Communist Party was undergoing its own housecleaning. In a continuing purge, Radio and Television Chief Jozef Barecki was sacked just four weeks after replacing his disgraced predecessor, Maciej Szczepanski, still under investigation for embezzlement. Barecki's apparent sin: years of loyal service to discredited ex-Party Boss Edward Gierek. Further changes were expected. Warsaw's new leader, Stanislaw Kania, continued to shape his own administration. Said Interpress Director Miroslaw Wojciechowski: "The situation is new. It demands new faces, new attitudes. It is a question of democracy within the party...