The arrests were in response to complaints filed by Municipal Court Administrator John Minor, who alleged the two men violated city codes by ordering that the warrant division be incorporated into the Police Department. Minor was terminated on Sept. 13, after which he sued the city for retaliation. On Oct. 23, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon is destroyed by a car bomb, killing 241 servicemen. Earlier, on April 18, terrorists blew up the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people, including 17 Americans. A federal holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King was approved in a bill signed in November by President Reagan.
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