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After defeating BC, 8-5, in a midweek match-up, the Crimson toppled Penn, 14-12, in Philadelphia on Saturday--the squad's second Ivy upset of the week...
...week's end the sketch had produced no arrests. Danish police briefly detained two Yugoslavs after they crossed from Sweden to Denmark on a ferry, then released them. Commissioner Holmer revealed at a midweek news conference that his officers had followed up on 4,000 leads and interviewed 600 people. He also announced that the 120-officer team investigating the case was being expanded to 300, and that the police were offering an unprecedented $70,000 reward for information leading to the assassin's conviction. Said Holmer: "This is a murder that cannot be compared to any other...
...widespread joy felt by the American public at finally getting a chance to strike back against terrorism. When reporters asked whether he had any reason to apologize to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Reagan issued a one-word reply: "Never." Richard Wirthlin, the White House pollster, told the President at midweek that his job-approval rating had hit a heartwarming...
While Italian authorities continued their investigations, Abbas continued his elusive travels. There was strong evidence that he was in Belgrade at least through Tuesday. Reports at midweek placed him in South Yemen, but the country's Marxist government issued a denial. Other speculation put him in Baghdad, where P.L.O. Leader Arafat was slated to put in an appearance at a meeting of the P.L.O.'s ten-member executive committee. Abbas is also a committee member, but in his case, attendance might not be advisable. Said another P.L.O. executive committee member: "Not even the Israelis could have achieved so much (damage...
...controversy centered on the Defense Ministry, Fabius was aware of the need to reassure the armed forces. In his midweek TV appearance, he stressed that the army "is absolutely not to blame in all this." He chose a respected military man, Army Chief of Staff General Rene Imbot, 60, to replace Lacoste at the head of the Direction Generale de la Securite Exterieure, France's overseas espionage agency. Imbot's first assignment was to reorganize the DGSE. The housecleaning had begun with the arrest of four agents suspected of leaking information on the Greenpeace case to the press. They were...