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...Swiss would consider only one concession: if the Irvings would replace the $650,000 that Edith/Helga has cached in Zurich banks, then the Swiss government might consider accepting a guilty plea, upon which she could-possibly-receive a suspended sentence. For the Irvings, that amounted to no deal at all; they are believed to have spent about $100,000 of the money, and authorities have been unable to account for another...
...tired that the moment that we went to get a record, we forgot what had been requested. However, since we had not forgotten what records we liked, we played them. As we sifted through the piles of records, calls sporadically came in, a response to our often repeated plea: "Keep your announcer awake. Call...
Perkins, who could not be reached for comment yesterday, is also expected to plea "not guilty...
...districts and helping children with special problems would considerably increase the state's school bills: by at least $715 million, the commission estimated, over the present $5 billion. That money would have to be raised through existing sales and income taxes-although the commission put in a strong plea for new federal funds to help with the job-and there are substantial political pressures against any such tax increases...
...criminal case grew out of violations of Section 5650 of the Fish and Game code, which makes pollution of coastal waters a criminal misdemeanor. Under it, the oil companies were each charged with 343 counts, making a total possible fine of $812,000. Barker, however, accepted a guilty plea from the companies on only one count each...