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...father, a Glasgow theater electrician and distillery worker, came to the U.S. in 1923, when Doug was seven, and eventually took a job at Chrysler's now defunct De Soto plant in Detroit. Fraser, who became a citizen with his parents in the late 1920s, followed his father into the factory and became active in the fledgling United Auto Workers union during the organizing drives that preceded World War II. He rose through the ranks to serve as U.A.W. president for six years, beginning in 1977, and earned a reputation as one of the nation's most respected labor leaders...
When Miami police captured Rafael Soto, 35, running down a darkened street soaking wet one night last week, they did not buy his story that he had fallen overboard while fishing. A little after 1 a.m., a Coast Guard helicopter had spotted a speedboat running without lights toward Miami. As the craft was pursued across Biscayne Bay, three men jumped overboard in an attempt to escape. Soto is believed to be one of them. The cargo on board: 1,909 lbs. of nearly pure cocaine. With a street value of $575 million, it was the largest coke seizure...
...corruption. The high court is appointed by the legislature, and the dismissals were linked to political maneuvering in anticipation of national elections next November. After five new Justices were sworn in by a defiant Assembly, Suazo Cordova reportedly issued arrest orders for all of them; authorities detained Ramon Valladares Soto, who had been appointed Chief Justice, and charged him with treason. At week's end a Western observer described the situation in Tegucigalpa as "very fragile...
...Arnoldo Soto, Secretary General of the Central American University Students Union, answering a question from the audience, labelled the United States as the most dangerous military power in Central America and said that the United States government "runs the risk of turning Central America into another Vietnam...
...housecleaning is aimed at restoring public confidence, besides giving Monge a free hand in dealing with the country's troubled economy and its more than $4 billion in foreign debt. A major target of the Cabinet shuffle, for instance, was Minister of the Presidency Fernando Berrocal Soto, whose reported role in winning government loans for a brother-in-law drew angry mutterings from other hard-pressed businessmen. Shortly before the resignations, Costa Rica asked for a two-week extension on an Aug. 15 deadline to comply with belt-tightening reforms requested by the International Monetary Fund. Monge is especially...