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Show NEWS BRIEFS: __ Pitts enters quilty plea; Nicholson expected to do the same on Monday crets to Russia and the former Soviet Union, and a former CIA station chiefis expected to plead guilty to spying for Russia on Monday. In what his attorney said was an effort to avoid spending the rest ofhis life in prison, Pitts, a 43-year-old former FBI counterspy. pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit espio- charged with conspiracy and ex toruion. Bond was set at $200,000 and U.S. District Judge Andrew Wistrich scheduled an extradition hearing for March 14. Sabas was in custody Friday night An indictment handed up in New York accused Sabas of as sisting in the plot by driving Au tumn Jackson and Jose Medina SANTA ANA. nage and a second count of al Calif. - GENE BLEVINS The AssociatedPres: SHOOTOUTIN LOS ANGELES: A bank robberfires an automatic rifle at police after a botched bank robbery in the North Hollywood sectionof Los Angeles on Friday. Two of the robbers werekilled andat least 11 others wereinjured in the shootout. Two bank robbers die in fierce L.A. gunbattle The Associated Press their supporters on Friday officially notified the judge who awarded O.J. Simpson custody of his children that they were targeting her for recall “She will be used as an example.” Tammy Bruce, president of the Women’s Progress Alliance. said of Judge Nancy Wieben Stock. “We will not tolerate judges who tolerate domestic violence.” Recall supporters went to the judge's chambers to deliver a nouce of intent to begin collecting penuuon signatures Bruce said LOS ANGELES- Dressed like commandos, a group of lice Wieben Lo closed doors, Stock behind without reporters present Oncethe notice is certified by the county registrar, the group has roughly 10 months to gather the 140,000 signatures needed to get a recall question onthe ballot A group of Wieben Stock’s colleagues and attorneys from around the state defended her. with one likening the recall movement to McCarthyism of the 1950s GEORGIA: Cache of 16 bombs found in suspect's home ROOPVILLE. Ga 4 cache of 16 bombs was found in the home of a theft suspect who was wounded in a gun battle with the sheriff's deputies Friday There was no indication that Aubrey Mark Turner had any connection with the recent bombings at an abortion clinic and a gay and lesbian bar in Atianta or with the bombing at Centennial Olympic Park last July, officials said “There is no reason for us to pelieve that it’s linked to the At- lanta bombings,” said FBI spokesman Jay Spadafore. Sheriff Tony Reeves said Turner had stolen some propane tanks from a local grocery store about 5 a.m. Deputies used the store owner's description and found the truck at a nearby home in Roopville, a town of less than 300 about 48 miles southwest of Atlanta Quakerattles northwest Iran; at least 100 reported killed TEHRAN Iran An earthquake hit northwest Iran on Friday, killing at least 100 people and injuring more than 250, Iranian television reported A magnitude-5.5 earthquake hit the northwestern towns of Ardebil and Meshkinshahr at 4:30 p.m., causing considerable damage in many of the surrounding masked robbers bungled a bank heist Friday and came out firing, unleashing their arsenal on police, bystanders. cars and least five bystanders and six police officers were wounded by gunfire. Two other officers were injured in a car wreck. Bank customers and employees locked themselves in a vault for protection, people in a marKet across the street were Details of gun fight foliowing Bank of America robbery Friday > Dead: 2 > Number of officers involved: 200-plus. > Numberof shotsfired: war,” said Bob McKibben, an “multiple hundreds,” according appliance store manager who watched the battle. “They had black masks over their faces and full black gear. with belts and ammo around their waists.” A manhunt was immediately started for one or more suspects who were believed to have gotten away. Nearby schools and freeways were closed, and residents were told to stay in their homes. At one point in the afternoon, the LAPD’s armoredbattering ram smashed down the wall of a North Hollywood home, looking for suspects. They didn’t find any. Police Cmdr. Tim McBride said the men were known to the FBI for robbing at least two other banks, and motivated by money, not politics. “This is not a militia group, these are brutal killers who were robbing and taking these people’s money,” McBnidesaid. “These are very organized, brutai bank robbery suspects. They are killers.” The shootout erupted at the Bank of America in North Hol- lywood when officers responded to an alarm shortly after the bank opened. As manyasfive robbers were believed to be involved. police said. After the robbery went awry, the bandits fled the bank and one of them brazenly stroiled back and forth in an adjacent parking lot, reeling off round after round from an AK-47-style center The incident in nearby businesses took cover wherever they could. “These guys were ready for to police spokesman. > Amountof ammunition | available to suspects: | | thousands of rounds > Numberof schools where police deployed: 10. > Numberof freeways temporarily closed: two > Numberof people evacuated: hundreds > Numberof people who locked themselves in bank vault: 14. to Los Angeles Times - The Democratic National Committee announced Friday that it will return an additional $1.5 proper donations, doubling to money given back so far. Morethan half of the refunded contiibutions were solicited by John Huang, the former Democratic fund-raiser from Glendale, Calif., who specialized in the Asian-American community and is nowat the center of the growing campaign finance controversy. Without providing details. begin sand, Ay September had Ik “I d suid the document contained methodology that remains cur rent today and identifies sources cret todas udge qui plea. | pirac Pit Pitts agreed to forfeit any profits he might make from the sale of his lite story OL Pitts could be sentenced on the two counts to a maximum sentence of two life terms in The piracy count covered Nis spying actions Gating back tO fei any assets accumulated as a result of his espionage and made anticipat 1 ‘ by he USSR sons 1 be : lo be ag ) PeroF prison without parole and fined up to $500,000 the Russian Fed Healso could be madeto for- 198 He to pay for the cost of his incar- » pleaded guilty to a ceration 2 DAY Sd Los Angeles Times Doyle, popular character actor easily recognized nationwide after his long-running role as John Bosley on “Charlie’s An- gels,” has died. He was 67. Doyle. who lived in Los Angeles, died Wednesday night of a heart attack, his agent, Ginger Lawrence, said Friday. 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Adept at either comedy or drama, Doyle found steady work in television and motion pictures throughout his long off career. > Size of manhunt search | | Feb. 28 anniversaries > 1993: Gunbattie erupted at the Branch Davidian compound | near Waco, Texas, starting | 51-day standoff Wood Shake Roofs A second robber limped to a heavily fortified getaway car and slowly drove about two blocks before commandeering a truck, the gunman The release of a three-month audit of Democratic finances, which found 77 more donors who had given unacceptable donations, is certain to focus increased scrutiny on the Demo- crats’ fund-raising practices during last year’s presidential election. 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The truck driver fled, and after transferring some weapons into the Certified G ¢ emologist Appraisers ¢ FREE Estimates > 1994: The federal Brady assault rifle until he was shot to death bypolice. John’s Jewelry e Recovers ¢ Treatmentof handgun control law took effect. Olficer Prosecutor Randy Bellow j ! lech Intell of information that remain se- st hale docu 1989 and entitled ldentilving vence lies Ol m4 | rh H the ounterimteiiigenes nique ‘ ! ‘Charlie’s Angels’ star has died area: Eight square blocks. > Numberof mail deliveries disrupted: 3.893. Democratic National Committee to give back $1.5 million more nearly $3 million the campaign Hundreds of tremors hit Iran every year, including powerful quakes which cause extensive damage and casualties Earlier this month, earthquakes and aftershocks in northeast Iran killed at least 72 people and injured more than 200 The Associated Pres +} irapped, and police and others thorities as saying Emergency rescue teams and ed areas. Valiey Plaza ae two robbers were dead and at million in questionable or im- government organizations were Police shootout | beanies, parent casting it all live. When the shooting stopped, districts, the report quoted au- rushedin to help victims. A magnitude-6 earthquake can cause severe damage in populat- Bank of America even the TV choppers broad- WASHINGTON set ! there will be a guilty plea i» (CIA officer Harold) Nicholsor on Monday morning She said Nicholson will plead guilty to espionage. His lawyer declined comment on that Nicholson is charged with selling secrets to Moscow since eul cent » new CIA ‘ more than $180,000. LOS ANGELES - David Victims of domestic violence and the group agreed to give the no- res here, U.S. “We of Nicholsor Russia said ment was classified secret. dated C admitted . selling 40 mit announced. Prosecutors to comment in What his attorney said At a news conference after Pitts’ hearing in federal court ev 17 so they believed to be agents of the Ru sian government S we “1 delivered Nicholson's attomess also Pitts Helen Fal Pitts told the court. a booklet which was marked ‘Secret’ in a sealed envelope to prearranged drop port where | would be picked up by people | plead guilty. declined tempting to commit espionage Attorney not disclose any details of Nicholson's agreement to ALEXANDRIA, Va. — FBI Boris Sabas, 42, also known as Boris Shmulevich, was arrested by the FBI in Los Angeles and Judge in O.J. custody case may face recall by voters October 1996 when he was dealing with FBI undercover agents he thought were Russian spies supervisor Earl Pitts pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring and attempting to sell classified se- from Bill Cosby by threatening to publicize 4 woman's claim that she is the comedian’s illegitimate daughter CALIFORNIA: count of attempted espionage in a three-count indictment But Fahey would plotting to extort $40 million could fly to New York and making arrangements fer them to fly back Prosecutors say Jackson, in a fax sent to Cosby on Jan 16 coincidentally, the same day his son was killed in Los Angeles demanded $40 million for agreeing to keep quiet about her paternity claim. 1994 for more than $180,000 in Tne Associated Press NEW YORK Afourth person was charged Friday with to the airport on Jan. 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