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...York City police have attributed a recent rash of brutal crimes to young addicts virtually deranged by the new drug. According to Inspector William Molinari of the N.Y.P.D.'s narcotics division, there have been seven crack-related homicides in the city this month. In one instance, police say, Victor Aponte, a 16-year-old addict, confessed to stabbing his mother to death after she caught him smoking crack...
Despite his wariness of the Soviets, Kampelman maintains a solid working relationship with his counterpart, Victor Karpov. In the long, tortuous process of arms negotiations, he is careful to remain receptive to the Kremlin's more serious overtures without giving ground on the American side. "What they respect is power," says Kampelman. "The extent to which their adversary has power of its own adds an element of dignity to the argument of the adversary." Reagan has given his negotiator a relatively free hand in the talks. Assisted by a team of representatives from the departments of State and Defense...
...sedition, armed revolt and assassination, many hoped that the anticipated supreme court trial would clean up the image of a nation tarnished by a flagrant cocaine trade, official corruption and worse. Last week, after three brief sessions, the trial ground to a halt. As the civilian government of President Victor Paz Estenssoro stood by, the twelve-member supreme court proved unable to come up with a quorum of judges to reconvene the case. Said a well-placed diplomatic observer: "People are afraid. There's no question about that...
Last Sunday, when 4.8 million Austrian voters finally went to the polls, neither candidate was able to claim a majority. Waldheim won 49.6% of the votes; Steyrer had 43.7%. Two minor candidates got a total of 6.7%. In the absence of a clear-cut victor, the two front runners will now return to the campaign trail to contest a runoff election, which will be held on June...
...knowing where or when the yen's rise will stop, Japanese companies are trying to cut costs. Some firms are planning to shift production abroad to avoid further exchange-related losses. Victor Co. of Japan will begin producing videocassette tapes in Tuscaloosa, Ala., this fall, and plans to double production of audio equipment at its Singapore plant. Says Darrel Whitten, associate director of research at Bache Securities (Japan) Ltd.: "The strong yen will accelerate this tendency to rely on overseas production, just as the strong dollar helped push American manufacturing and assembly overseas...