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itetihted Te emi oe a soodbye,tRichmond: ss. [Bet tig tat ano ss tm hee te we me! LUKE THIS ond from the U.S. House of Repre- Th i i ne atatives is "good riddaneee? < at this has been tolerated so. | ITEM BSESTER -&% . ong is partly the fault of the House. s ‘Richmond, of Brooklyn, first SStself. Th i i AN. 4 . ue oa anna it Ie Reape meee seas, MAMET AG, VTA “5 c-... hen he acknowledged soliciting nduct until recently, probably in | ww aa x from an und lice offi- Seyhe hope that he wou i Ab Probate fan na Seu cPistee’ "seine | AAESCAIM, —Verdicts* faced in a “first-offender’s” : Upheld:: § 3 The committee hates to investi- nee mantener 08 ; gate the sleazy activities of a fellow : _Since then he has been investigat- % member, even though that’s wha i 1 by federal agencies on a variety © (it’s supposed to do. : -@| rg other charges ranging from in- 2% kee 4 a pme-tax evasion to sheltering an M a we. Wal By soHpaped felon to having his congres- x Richmond finally took the com- f ae acer rece neni - d GENE Mal aides buy illegal drugs for mittee off the hook. He pleaded egy ipps-How:n. Suilty to income-tax evasion, violate {| UPI) — A federal acy one of the richest men ing federal salary laws and posses. | NEW Sout has uf P se Is court has upheld the: At culgps are inv; Congress, pleaded guilty to three & Sion of marijuana. seam. i 7 convictions of four former ort. FBI head'ses in U.S. District Court and A federal prosecutor commented scam { ho ° Congressman, saying they were all. Ww t irsigned from the House. chat "basically, this is a tragic occa- : A aught in the act_on_video- . tring of eeyen '-- * , sion.” Nonsense. Richmond not only ; j oud gag fim '. di P ** \, displayed contempt for the law but | “two-year FBI probe, = sj 3 Reimanbian of Richmond's Sect tt 8 MU for Congress. The court ought to | _ The 30 ruling yesterday by the* : bopemeff = mOnd's character has Mythrow the book at him. 7 and US. Cireuit Court of Appeals rediERNiQGANG ow —g ee “MRA tee coy eee ; : was the first by a federal appea’ or Swen gidmonds and jewels, ac- 4. 1y robberies but also criminal tax ~ court involving any © victed asa orging topigformed sources. evasion and receipt of stolen prop- “| members of Congress om ast Si pps-Qavard News Service ‘erty, sources said. . result of the ate as Jearned What top FBI officials . Spokesmen for the FBI and the. ‘ The court upheld the convictions. e-knowl 0p the FBI supervisor's U.S. attorney refused to comment a ged intement in the bank on the investigation. . oo | New York, Frank Thompson of ew ab ing Por almost a year and The FRI official, a $40,000-a-year | ,-. Jersey, and Michael Myers am Sal “pat ied to have the unidenti- supervisor, has been allowed tore: . BY both -. ed super fired. / - ~" Faain at his ost at FBI headquar: — \ 2° Pennsylvania. — a rtment officials fers_In Washington” but has been. in Washington_but_has_been_/ / } court, however, ordered*2 4 sikey th ceDepariment officials assigned no duties for the past Sev; ( ne on a conflict of interest coust 5. 1 for "poss, esiminal charges. + €famonths, rd 3 against Murphy and lowered fines “This thiagecut through the FBI “They've got him dangling by. : against him from $20,000 to $10,000. | eae Os oun Dat lice "A ke; witness in the case i “The four congressmen ‘were ip Justic partment official. ey . caught on videotape in the very" ud. “Everyone in the hierarchy of (Continued on Page A-8, Co} oe ommittin Pe istal crimes," Le Be ° trate Judge fon Newman for the , , ae ta -“The_conduct of the (Abscamm) 3 aa ry odor investigation, though subject . 4 ce . ; + pga some Criticism, affords no basis f 4 ion with the arson case. sof Pine Blore yer Batt Mullis “rejecting the convictions,” he sajd. tion with the arson case. of Pine Bluff, said in a telephone i oavan usted is tr, al dealt \s a legislative aide and former _ interview. bikers f th P efendants of administrative assistant to He said he had been instructed by only with trials of the ar, clellan in the mid-1960s, Probst prosecutors not to say anything red author major anti-crime leg- more about the probe tion then pending in the Senate. also was a campaign aide to GET GOIN G with Gilbert Love!, bscam investigation asa! nef Sen. J. William Fulbright, D-” His new Go Guide is available in | In other Abscam trials involving +» and Sen. Dale Bumpers, D- The Press public service depart- | members of Congr SS for- ya former governor moo _, ment, fourth floor, for only $3. 7 b SY ( Be ES Jour fencett eof South | ! * eaten et rn Carolina and Richard Kelly of Flore ec a oe . ida also were found guilty of polit : ye ; : j ‘eal corruption. co aang y H oe can nee AR ce cnt pr ope nen ee ew shut. As \ py fy =. are: EY A ea aera e:4' meee