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...death by the state. But Willie Bosket Jr. is not your everyday homicidal maniac. A self- described "monster," he is intelligent, well read and sophisticated. At least three books are being planned to memorialize his life story. He has at his disposal a "spokeswoman" to handle inquires from the media and Hollywood. He is only 26 years old, and in the view of many people he is the best possible argument for instituting capital punishment in New York State, which currently lacks the death penalty...
...attempt to pass a House resolution granting his subcommittee the authority to get the records on its own. The IRS insists that it has complied as fully as the law allows by turning over 12,000 pages of documents and making available 75 agency employees as witnesses. Says IRS spokeswoman Ellen Murphy: "It's unfortunate that the cooperation we have given is ignored because the law prohibits us from talking about a couple of obviously interesting cases...
...issue goes well beyond New Zealand. Washington fears for its other security alliances if nuclear ships are denied port privileges. State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said withdrawing was New Zealand's "prerogative." But, she added, the fault was Wellington's refusal to welcome the U.S. Navy, not Washington's refusal to consult...
...Exxon spokeswoman Sarah Johnson said 10,000 credit cards out of 7 million have been cut up and returned to the company since the spill. But the company said it had received no reports from dealers of losses in the volume of gasoline sold...
...antidrug offensive is a tough eviction policy that Kemp called for last week. It would speed the expulsion of any person convicted, or even suspected, of dealing or using drugs. Moreover, anyone who shared the apartment with the drug offender could also be ousted. Mary Brunette, Kemp's spokeswoman, pooh-poohs the civil liberties questions raised by that policy. Says she: "The rights of law-abiding families in public housing are at least as important as the rights of criminals...