Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...charges against Talmadge is that he collected money from the Senate for expenses that he either did not incur or that were not reimbursable. Other accusations are that he did not pay federal taxes on gifts to his former wife Betty; that he did not report gifts by constituents, as is required by law; that he filed false reports of campaign contributions and expenditures with the Senate; and that he improperly converted campaign contributions to his personal use. The Justice Department is awaiting the outcome of the hearings before deciding whether to take any action against Talmadge, who may also...
...Vali Gharani, who was army chief of staff briefly under the revolutionary government, had been shot down outside his home by three unknown attackers. But Motahari's killing was especially ominous, since he was a member of the Revolutionary Council, a group of clergymen and other figures who report to the revolution's spiritual leader, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, and the provisional government of Prime Minister Bazargan. The names of the members of the Revolutionary Council have never been revealed for fear of endangering their lives...
...declared the rebels to be "gangs of saboteurs and terrorists sent from the outside" and trained by the U.S., China and Egypt. For a firsthand look at how the regime and the rebellion are faring, TIME Correspondent David DeVoss spent five days touring the mountainous Texas-size land. His report...
...nearly two years, federal investigators have been probing overpricing in the oil industry, and last week they made their biggest charges yet. Even as the General Accounting Office was leaking a report criticizing the Department of Energy for foot dragging in its petro-probes of smaller middlemen, DOE was accusing seven of the largest oil companies of overcharging refineries by $1.7 billion since 1973. The alleged method: selling petroleum at far higher prices than permitted under domestic crude-oil controls...
...barely known outside his native Minnesota. He has collected a string of 101 companies in ten groups without ever having sold a share of stock to the public, along the way amassing a fortune estimated at $100 million. Because his companies are private, they are not required to report sales or profits figures. But he has allowed TIME Correspondent Patricia Delaney a closer look at the far-flung activities of the Carlson Companies...