European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday. May 18,1988 . Mutton pleads guilty in Money laundering Case Providence . Up Stock broker Hutton i co. Pleaded guilty monday and was fined 11.01 million in Federal court on charge involving a is 5 million Money laundering scheme. The financial company entered the Pica in a Brief 15-Minu c hearing before . District judge Ronald Lagueux. The plea agreement was reached Over months of negotiations with the . Attorney s office. The company was charged with concealing the identities of people conducting More than $1.5 million in transactions from 1982-84 at the Providence office. . Hunon and two former brokers named As a indicted co conspirators Are accused in part of fail ing to file currency transaction reports required by fed eral Law to gather information on Large Cash transfers. The company agreed to waive indictment and plead guilty. The Fine is the second largest Ever levied in a Money laundering Case. One of the two brokers named in the Case has died. The other Brian j. Harcau 46, of Jamestown was charged last tuesday with laundering 1183,000 As part of the broader Case. Federal authorities have said some of the Money laundered in the Branch came from organized crime figures. . Attorney Lincoln Almond has said that Ken Neth f. Guarino a distributor of adult films was one who benefited from the scheme but he has declined to name others. Federal officials said Stephen Fusco dead accepted Cash from clients in amounts greater than 110,000 and then directed employees to Lake the Cash to Banks and get cashier s checks in amounts less than is 0,000. Dukakis outscored Bush in poll York a gov. Michael Dukakis leads George Bush by 10 Points in Hisiro presidential contest in part on the strength of voters who say the demo cratic party is belter Able to handle key issues a poll said monday. The 1,382 adults interviewed in the lbs York times pall listed drugs unemployment and he Federal deficit As the country s most important prob lems and said democrats were better Able to handle them. Partly As a result lbs reported 49 percent said they would vote for Dukakis the democratic front runner to 39 percent for Bush who has clinched the Republican nomination. Ten percent were undecided. Another poll by Louis Harris gave Dukakis a seven Point Lead. Such polls arc not predictive of a contest As far off As the november general election but they can provide a general sense of voter sympathies. The lbs times poll said 35 percent of the respondents had an unfavourable View of Bush to 33 percent favourable. Dukakis rating was better 38 percent favourable 14 percent unfavourable. However Dukakis was not As Well known 21 per cent said Tey had not heard enough about him and another 26 portent were undecided about their Opin Ion of him. For Bush All hut 10 percent had heard enough and 21 percent were undecided. Dukakis outscored Bush in several categories. Thirty eight percent thought of Bush As too attached to special interests to Only 17 percent who thought that of Dukakis. Fifty rive percent said they would be uneasy with Bush s approach to a difficult International crisis 42 percent said that of Dukakis. Fifty five percent said Bush was Lough enough to make hard choices but 65 percent said that of Dukakis. And 49 percent said Bush was hiding something that the Public ought to know about the Iran Contra affair. Respondents to the poll said the republicans would be better at dealing with the soviets and at keeping America Strong but those were not Clcil by a sizable number As key issues. Actor Duggan 64, Dies of cancer los Angeles a Veteran actor Andrew Duggan. Whose distinctive face voice and bearing brought characters to life on screen stage and to since the close of world War ii has died of cancer at age 64. Duggan died sunday at Hii Westwood Home. He got into show business after army service in India China and Burma during world War ii. When he was assigned to the special serv ices co led by actor Melvyn Douglas. Douglas encouraged the aspiring actor. And that Contact after the War Ted to a role opposite Lucille Ball in dream girl Al the old Biltmore bowl in los Angeles. Duggan said in a 196 interview. Broadway stage work followed and included roles in Rose Tattoo and paint your Wagon where he met his future wife who was a dancer in the musical. He did live to shows in York City during the 1950s. His first starring television role was Cal Calhoun in the 1959 detective series Bourbon Street a also starred As Dwight Eisenhower in the1979 miniseries Bac stairs at the White House and As col. De incr in Rich Man poor he played Gen. De Brill in the 1965-67 series twelve clock cars dug an s movies included three Brave Merrill s maraud 5," seven Days in May in like Flint and doctor he is survived by his wife Elizabeth a son two daughters and a brother and sister. Stateside fish Heads Are dumped to protest mud unloading Oakland Calif. A a Ion of tub Heads was dumped Here by fishermen to protest the unloading of Oakland Estuary mud in the Ocean off the san Mateo county coast. They re dumping on us to we figured in would t hurl to dump on them said Don pm Burton owner of Pemberton s fish co. Near half Moon Bay. The fish Heads were dumped at a part of Oak land Marine terminal on monday the Day a san matco county judge halted a dredging project the fishermen Lay Wilt destroy Rich lining grounds. Workers spent several hours cleaning up a 4 foot High Pyramid of fish Heads. Congressman undergoing kidney Stone treatment Washington a rep. Ted Weiss d ., has been hospitalized in York City for treatment of b kidney Stone a spokesman said Here monday. Weiss 60, was in Columbia presbyterian hos Pital in Manhattan according to Michael Tim Many the congressman administrative assist ant. They re going to try to dissolve it Tommeny said of the kidney Stone when is he going to be out when it s dissolved Timmeny said he had spoken by Telephone to Weiss several times since he entered the Hospital late Friday and he says everything is Weiss who has a history of heart problems underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 1986 after he collapsed at a Capitol Hill banquet. He also underwent single bypass heart surgery in 1982. Consumer groups want nominees for worst ads Washington a a coalition of con Sumer interest groups is calling on the Public to nominate the year s worst advertising. Each year the groups Issue what they Call the Hubbard trophies an Effort to draw attention to advertising they consider misleading or irresponsible. The fourth annual Hubbard trophy ceremonies will be held next month and the organizers arc calling on the Public to Send in nominations the deadline is june 10. Ads from newspapers or magazines and tapes or detailed descriptions of broadcast ads can be sent to Hubbard awards 1501 16th st., n.w., Washington d.c., 20036. The trophies Are named for Harlan Page Hub Bard a i jilt Century advertising Pioneer who designed campaigns for Snake oils and Patent medicines. Coordinating the event is the Center for Sci ence in the Public interest. Andrew Duggan 4 million can get refunds on Kodak instant camera Rochester , up More than 4 million people stuck with useless Kodak instant cameras for two years Are entitled to Cash and coupons in the Pho Logray giant s settlement of a suit that could reach $250 million. Eastman Kodak co. Announced Mon Day that it will pay Between $30 and �70 in Cash and rebate coupons to each Cus Tomer who shows proof of ownership of the instant camera depending on the Model and How Many people take part in the settlement. Kodak was forced to Stop production and Sale of the cameras and their film in january 1986 after its chief Domestic rival Polaroid corp., won a Patent Viola Tion suit. In october 1986. The supreme court upheld the ruling. The cameras were made useless with out film and in return Kodak offered customers one of three options a $50 disc camera a 150 credit on la Purchase of its products or one share of Kodak Slock. Camera owners rejected the offer and sued for Cash compensation. The settlement announced monday has been tentatively approved by the Cir Cuit court in Cook county 111., that is handling the suit. Kodak estimated that the settlement program will Cost the firm $100 million in Cash and $42 million in rebate Cou Pons which can be used for Kodak Cam eras film batteries or slide projectors. But Burton Weinstin u Chicago Law yer for the camera owners said the pay ments could reach $250 million and called the settlement one of the largest in history in a mass consumer suit. Kodak estimates in sold 16 million in Stant cameras since they were marketed in 1976. On monday Kodak began mail ing letters outlining the settlement to about 4.3 million customers who responded to the company s attempts to track Down camera owners. If 4 million people Are in the class for the least expensive camera in would be $13 in Cash and $35 in coupons Kodak spokesman Ron Roberts said of the settlement plan. For the most expensive camera in would be $40 in Cash and $30 in Robert said owners do not need to mail in the cameras but just the name plate from the cameras by aug. 1. He said customers can keep the cameras and use them As
