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  1. <text>
  2. <title>
  3. (Jan. 15, 1990) Resigned:Rep. Robert Garcia
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  5. <history>
  6. TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990    
  7. Jan. 15, 1990  Antarctica                            
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Time Magazine</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. MILESTONES, Page 51
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  14. <body>
  15. <p>     RESIGNED. Robert Garcia, 57, seven-term U.S. Representative
  16. from the Bronx, New York; two weeks before sentencing on
  17. conspiracy and extortion convictions; in Washington. Garcia and
  18. his wife Jane each face a maximum of 45 years in prison and
  19. fines of $750,000 for extorting $178,500 from Wedtech, a now
  20. defunct Bronx military contractor, in exchange for help in
  21. securing Government contracts.
  22. </p>
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  24. </body>
  25. </article>
  26. </text>
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