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...last week Eden Pastora stunned the Sandinista leadership by resigning as Vice Minister of Defense and leaving for Panama. The ruling directorate tried to talk Pastora into returning. Three directorate members appeared on national television to plead with the revolutionary hero to "undo" his action...
...American soul laid bare came back three weeks ago when a House judiciary subcommittee opened debate on extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. A key provision of the law will expire in August 1982 and many of the nation's minority leaders were on hand to plead for at least a ten-year extension...
When the suit came to trial in Annapolis, Agnew did not appear. His attorney, T. Rogers Harrison, asserted that if the former Vice President were compelled to take the stand, he would plead his Fifth Amendment privilege against selfincrimination. In Agnew's absence, Judge Williams took testimony from contractors who said they had paid the kickbacks. Another witness was George White, a former Agnew attorney. White said that eight months before his resignation, Agnew had admitted to him that he received kickbacks from contractors doing construction work for the state...
...Neboville, Mrs. Milam told Sasser: "I'm concerned about the older people and the disabled because I know they're in trouble. I'm feeding them here and they can't pay their bills." More than 600 Social Security recipients and sympathizers showed up to plead for New York Congressman Charles Rangel's help at a meeting in Manhattan. They hope to muster a national rally of a million or more on the Mall in Washington this summer...
While the Business Roundtable has been a particularly effective lobbyist for corporate America in Washington, it is not the only one. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and the National Feder ation of Independent Business also plead the cause of business, especially for medium-and small-size companies. The Reagan White House is expected to give all these groups equal access. Before his economic message to Congress in February, the President called in representatives from the Roundtable and the other organizations for conversation, coffee and jelly beans. Says James ("Mike") McKevitt, a director of the NFIB...