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City Manager Robert Healy and three other top city officials decided after a November 25 City Hall hearing to continue to employ Pat's Tow Service because the charges against Pat's owners do not indicate a violation of the company's contract with the city, according to Richard C. Rossi, deputy city manager...
...Industries and a close friend of then Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. He brought them together with Manucher Ghorbanifar, an Iranian arms dealer who was close to Iran's Prime Minister. According to the New York Times, the four met in London, where Ghorbanifar proposed that the Israelis ship TOW antitank missiles and Hawk antiaircraft missiles to Iran as a sign of good faith. They also discussed the idea of trading weapons for hostages...
...fact, led to an additional accusation against the Administration. On Thursday, Representative Jim Wright, who will become Speaker when the newly elected Congress meets, went to the White House to hear from National Security Adviser John Poindexter. Afterward the Texas Democrat told reporters that Iran had purchased 2,008 TOW antitank missiles and 235 "battery assemblies" for Hawk antiaircraft missiles from the U.S.; he later put the price at $12 million. The number of TOWs would be double the figure cited by a reporter at Reagan's news conference and not corrected by the President. The disclosure also undercut Reagan...
Healy said he has asked the tow company's owners to prove at today's hearing that there was "no involvement of the tow company in this activity." He said that their contract explicitly states that the City Manager may terminate the agreement upon discovering criminal conduct of their towing operations or any "reasonably related" activity...
Although Pat's Tow Service was not associated with the court charges, prosecutors have alleged that two other businesses run by Tauro and owned by his family were used in the alleged conspiracy...