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...possibly to direct suspicion away from himself. Last week the 15-month investigation against Hofmann came to a close when he pleaded guilty to reduced charges of second-degree murder in the bombings and to two counts of theft by deception for selling forged or nonexistent documents. The plea bargain allowed Hofmann, 32, to avoid the death penalty, but he was given a sentence of five years to life in prison, and Judge Kenneth A. Rigtrup recommended that Hofmann remain incarcerated "for the rest of your natural life...
...voice belonged to Randy Taylor, Harvard's 6-ft., 2-in., 215-lb. senior defenseman. The plea was both a pleasant warning to the hockey players cum fumbling dancers and a description of the kind of influence Taylor has had on his team...
Colleagues denied that Roberts had any health problems, and he repeated the give-now-or-else plea on his show last week. It was reinforced by his evangelist son Richard, 38, in a mass mailing that contained an entreaty for cash. Wrote Richard: "Let's not let this be my dad's last BIRTHDAY...
When King kept indirect contacts with Levison despite this advice, Robert Kennedy "reluctantly" acceded to Hoover's plea to bug King's hotel rooms. That failed to prove that King was under the influence of Communists but provided a lode of scandalous data about King's philandering. The FBI wasted no time in circulating gamy samples of the recordings to Government officials, friendly journalists and even King's wife in an attempt to persuade King to withdraw from an active role in the movement...
...October Solidarity Founder Lech Walesa and nine other prominent Polish opposition figures and moderate intellectuals issued an appeal to the U.S., urging President Reagan to "play a significant role" in putting the Polish economy back on track by lifting the remaining U.S. sanctions. Washington may be receptive to the plea. "Things are warming up step by step," says an Administration official. "But we have always urged caution. The Poles have often announced sweeping changes and then have failed to deliver...