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When the sale became known, a furious Judge Sand threatened to freeze $55 million worth of the company's assets in the U.S. Rich then promised to deliver the contested documents. But only three days later, U.S. Customs officers, apparently acting on a tip from a mole inside the Marc Rich subsidiary, stopped a Swissair jet just as it was taxiing to take off from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport for Zurich. Aboard the plane were two steamer trunks full of Rich's documents...
Authorities have said that Paradiso is a prime suspect in the Webster investigation. In addition to the January tip, police considered him because Ianuzzi's body was discovered in a salt marsh near Saugus, Mass., where fishermen later found Webster's pocket book and wallet...
According to State Police Sgt. Jim Sartori, Paradiso has been "a prime suspect" in the Webster case since January. He added that investigators had considered him before the January tip because Ianuzzi's body was found about 200 yards from the spot where fishermen later found Webster's pocketbook and wallet in a marsh near Saugus, Mass...
...turn the tables for a moment. A Soviet jetliner just happens to stray over the northern tip of Alaska near some U.S. military installations. It is impossible to tell whether the plane is on a reconnaissance mission or simply off course. An American jet fighter pursues the Russian civilian plane for two hours and then shoots it down. The Soviets would immediately condemn the act as imperialist. Cold War brutality. Our allies would openly condemn the act, as would the rest of the world. The Russians would most probably take the opportunity to encourage Third World nations to avoid such...
...politicians would be willing to lead a drive to slash spending or raise taxes. Predictably, the House voted last week to authorize an additional $1.6 billion for ten education and health programs in an effort to reverse some spending cuts made early in the Reagan Administration. House Speaker Tip O'Neill declared that any tax-hike initiative would have to come from the President or the Republican Party...