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...course, however, Khomeini indulged the Soviets only as long as they were of use to him. Last autumn, despairing of his two-year campaign to obtain major sophisticated weapons systems from Moscow and to halt Soviet arms shipments to the Iraqis, Khomeini began tightening the screws on the Tudeh Party, at first through restrictions in their publications, later through sporadic arrests. Finally, about six months ago, some 25 Communist leaders were casually arrested...
...Response," was written by a five-member committee headed by Bernardin. The first and second drafts had given grudging acceptance to the concept of nuclear deterrence, if the U.S. worked for mutual disarmament with the Soviets. In its most controversial passage, the second draft also called for a "halt" in the deployment and development of U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons; that stance was rejected by conservative bishops and criticized by the Administration because it amounted to an endorsement of a nuclear freeze that would maintain Soviet superiority. The draft of the third version under consideration called for both sides...
...tone of the Chicago meeting was set during debate on the first of 478 proposed amendments. The bishops overwhelmingly revived the call for a halt in the spread of nuclear arms. In effect they were endorsing the nuclear-freeze resolution. But they added a waffling footnote stating they had no wish "to be identified with a specific political initiative...
...government, however, is willing to give up those revenues to halt what it has come to call "immoral games ol chance." Under the proposed law, anyone caught owning or using a slot machine could be fined up to $4,100 and sentenced to six months in jail. Barring a major wave of protests, France's machines a sous seem headed for the back room once again...
...many investors, delivery never came and probably never will. IGBE filed for bankruptcy last week after being charged with "civil theft" and ordered by a Florida judge to halt operations. Thousands of customers from around the U.S. had complained about not receiving their metals, leading to investigations by the Florida attorney general's office, the Fort Lauderdale police, the FBI and the Postal Service. IGBE's attorney, Thomas Tew, estimates that 25,000 customers are owed more than $10 million. He admits chances of their being paid are "remote...