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...coordinated raids in both Calabria and Rome on charges relating to the kidnaping of Eugene Paul Getty II, 17, grandson of the American oil billionaire. After almost six months of captivity, young Getty-minus his right ear-was released last month when his grandfather paid $2,890,000 in ransom. The kidnapers, following an old custom of Calabrian bandits, had cut off his ear. They then sent it to a Rome newspaper to convince his grandfather that they meant business...
Most members of Argentina's besieged business community have known one or more of the 170 people-many of them foreign executives-who were kidnaped last year. All gratefully noted that only one foreigner had been killed; the rest were released after ransom had been paid. Now the situation has changed. The dwindling community of foreign businessmen in Argentina is frightened by a change in terrorist tactics that could not only lead to a number of deaths but also further damage Argentina's wobbly economy...
...crimes" of multinational corporations. The implication was that if found guilty, Samuelson would be executed. The guerrillas added that Exxon, Esso's U.S. parent company, owed $10 million in "back taxes," payable to E.R.P. Last week Esso was still negotiating with the guerrillas on payment of the ransom, believed to be the largest ever demanded in Argentina...
Forensic specialists confirmed that the ear was Paul's. The grim evidence apparently also convinced the elder Getty, who until then had adamantly refused to give any ransom. In the end, he reportedly sent his personal emissary, a former CIA man, to negotiate the ransom and release. The payoff was estimated to be $2.8 million, considerably less than the $17 million originally demanded. Young Getty was saying little publicly about his experience last week. As his mother, former Actress Gail Harris, said shortly before his release, "He will need time to learn to believe in love and affection once...
...ransom note was dropped in the Lampoon mailbox yesterday, Lampoon sources said. "Yes Lampies, your goose has been tooked and you were sitting ducks while I was a robin. Aren't you blushing crimson at this sad discovery--you turkeys," the letter said. The note did not name a ransom price but hinted that a proposal might be forthcoming...