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Show Page 2—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Friday July 31 World Roundup The latest in national and international news from United Press International “a Utah's Lowest Prices~ WD Where,{ % Two Others Also Charged Boxing Promoter Faces Indictment LOS ANGELES (UPI) — A federal grand Marshall was a loan officer until November MAPS, Totell you the truth think it’s an honor jury indicted promoter Ross Fields and two former Wells Fargo Bank employees for embezzling more than $21 million that they to be accused of stealing $21 million from a allegedly used to try to make Fields the domi. nant force in boxing ments were the result of a six-month FBIin- white man’s bank Fields said Thursday. U.S: Attorney Andrea Ordin said the indict- Fields. known as Harold J. Smith when he was paying outlandish purses as a fight promoter, was indicted Thursday for embez- zling more than $21 million from Wells Fargo. Also indicted were twoformer bank employees, L. Ben Lewis, a director of Fields’ Muhammad Ali Professional Sports (MAPS). and SammieMarshall who worked for the bank before becoming president of vestigation into what began as an attempt to cover a bounced check and grew into what may be the biggest bank embezzlement in history The indictment says the three men embezzled the money by writing bad checks and covering them by manipulating the bank’s internal auditing system. Lewis is a former as: sistant branch operations officer and about three hours, was staged to paper bagsto disguise their iden- publicize injustices they claimed takeover Thursday whichlasted are being carried out by the regime of Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy No one was injured and no hostages were taken. ThousandsProtest Black’s Death chief who sat calmly nearby in through oneofthe city's busiest downtownstreets to protest the death of Ernest R. Lacy. They ended with a rallyin front of the police administration building. Lacy, 22 died July 10 in police custody for questioning about a rape. Police learned later Lacy did not commit the assault Gunman Faces Slay Charge DETROIT (UPI) — Revenge for a robbery mayhavetriggered a bloody shooting spree in a busy intersection thatkilled an 8-yearold girl and wounded another person,police say. Sgt. Daniel Carr said Thursday a murder warrant wasissued faces jail terms that would put him awayfor life The indictmentidentifies more than $5 mil: lion in checks that Fields paid to such fighters as Earnie Shavers, Scott Ledoux NEW YORK(UPI) — Prosecutors may order the exhumation of the body of Dennis McNell. brother of two Wall Street businessmen whoseaccusations triggered the resignation of former CIA Deputy Director Max Hugel, to determineif he was beaten to death. “Tam looking into the death of Dennis McNell.”" QueensDistrict Attorney John Santucci said Thurs- day. Hesaid the attorney general of Maine, where MeNell is buried, has agreed to cooperate with New ATLANTA (UPI) — Lawyers for WayneB. Williams have considered pinning a photograph of an electric chair to the wall of his prison cell as a brutal and constant reminderof the fate he may faceif he is convicted of murdering twoof 28 young blacks slain in Atlanta it was reported today. Williams’ lawyersfear their clientis ‘‘living in a fantasy world’’ and does not comprehend the serious natureof the chargesfiled against him, the Atlanta Constitution reported. ‘Probe Panel Named night. Another man hurt in the attack, Joseph Smith, 24. Detroit, wastreated for a hand wound KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) — Thecity council unanimously voted to create a panel of three engineers. an architect and a lawyer to conduct an independent investigation into the collapse of two skywalks at the Hyatt Regency Hotel that killed 1. regions where the eclipse was total — where the moon lined up exactly between the Earth and the sun,so that only the suns corona, or halo, wasvisible — were slow in reaching Moscow. About 400 scientists were reported to be studying the eclipse in Bratsk, a city in eastern Siberia. north of Mongolia and well down the track of the eclipse. At least two Americans, from the High Altitude Observatory in Holmes in an unsuccessful attempt to get him to sign a promotional contract with MAPS. Velour,reg. peer. 129.99, only ..79% SILK FLOWERS Over 4000 to choose from, #9. .-++++++ . Boul- der. Colo.. were among them. A report by the panel formed Thursdayis expected to take several months. and will go directly to the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, which recomended the names of the panel members Wednesday. Later the report will be made public. Mayor Richard Berkley had first proposeda citizen's committee the day after the July 17 tragedy in which the two skywalks collapsed on top of a crowd attending a tea dance. 49 TWO SLICE TOASTER LICHTBU res T BULibs IGHT — frost, ag. 1.09 ...... BLANKETS King or Queen, reg. 18.00,only . York medical examiners if an exhumation is ordered. “The Medical Examiner's Office realizesthereis the possibility the death was due to a ruptured spleen which in turn could have been due to some sort of criminal act, specifically an assault,” Santucci said The official cause of McNell's death June 1 at City Hospital Center in Queens was listed as natural causes. Williams Gripped in Fantasy? “He acts asif he could turn this whole thing off with the push of a button and then go home,”’ the for Michael Sims,37, of Highland Park in the shooting death of Pamela Sue Graves Wednesday ‘Moscow Views Solar Eclipse MOSCOW (UPI) — Clouds masked most of the view.of a solar eclipse todayasit traced a 5,000-mile path across the Soviet Union, but Muscovitesgot a brief glimpse of the celestial phenomenon. Heavy morning clouds hanging low over the capital parted for a minute just as the eclipse Teached its peak at 6:35 a.m (10:35 p.m. EST Thursday). The moon’s shadow covered 73 percentof the sun’sdise.in Moscow Viewing reports from the The indictment also charged Fields transported the fundsall over the country to pay un lly high fight pu and bought a jet airplane anda yacht. If convicted Fields. 38. Other fighters allegedly paid with embez- zled funds include welterweight champion Thomas Hearns, former welterweight champion Jose ‘‘Pipino'’ Cuevas, Randy Cobb Aaron Pryor and James Watt. Assistant U.S Attorney Dean Allisson said none of the fighters who received the money aware the funds might have been embezzled The indictmentsaid Fields offered $900.000 to WBC heavyweight champion Larry Of Wall Street Businessman NEW: YORK (UPI) — Dissident Libyan students, wearing the passenger side of an unmarked squad car. Demonstrators marched peacefully Thursday night dants have disappeared Gerry Cooneyand light heavyweight cham pion Matthew Saad Muhammad i watt, 2 per pk Libyan Students Seize Mission MILWAUKEE(UPI) — Thousands of: angry demonstrators, protesting the death of a black manini police custody screamed insults and taunts at a police Fields is currently in Los Angeles County Jail pending extradition to North Carolina on bad check charges. The three other defen- Prosecutor Looks at Death World Briefs tities, took over their country’s United Nations mission and held it until sledgehammer-wielding police broke down door. The 40 demonstrators said the 1978, when he went to work for MAPS. newspaper quoted “‘an observer close to the case as saying. In an attempt to convince Williams — who is awaiting trial on murder charges in the deaths of Nathaniel Cater, 28 and Jimmy Ray Payne. 21, of whatis at stake, defense attorneys reportedlydis- cussed having Williams autograph a picture of Georgia's electric chair which they would pin to the wall of his Fulton County Jail cell “I have reminded him that he could die," said Williams’chief defense attorney Mary Welcome. ‘*But he sincerely doesn’t see that that they can convict him on what they have. Why, the police were his heroes.”” cheBatieierala Published Sundaythrough Friday by Scripps League Newspapers, Inc. North 200 West, Provo, Utoh 8460) | BE, JENSEN, Publisher NV. 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