Sasser criticizes Pentagon plan for permanent Honduras facilities
Senator James R. Sasser of Tennessee says the Pentagon seeks to permanently upgrade Palmerola Base in Honduras with 4.5 million for 1988 as part of a three year program. He warns permanent facilities could escalate tensions with Nicaragua and militarize Central America.
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Washington
James R. Sasser
D-Tenn
Pentagon
Honduras
Senate Appropriations
Nicaragua
Central America
U.S
Honduran Air Force Base
Palmerola
Tegucigalpa
Sasser
Air Force tests AMRAAM missile successes continue
The AMRAAM air to air missile completed its 24th win in 28 tests, with a Navy F A 18 jet firing on March 31 at the Pacific Missile Test Center in California. The test evaluated interception of evasive maneuvering targets as part of ongoing development since 1981.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
Pacific Missile Test Center
California
Reagan Begins West Coast Swing After Canada Talks
President Reagan will not return to Washington until April 20 and schedules stops at Purdue University in Indiana and a Los Angeles policy address, followed by a weekend radio address and a luncheon with the Ronald Reagan Library Foundation before a 10 day stay at his Santa Barbara ranch. Treasury seizes on money laundering crackdown with final Bank Secrecy Act rules requiring stricter records for currency dealers and treating same day cash transfers as one transaction for the ten thousand dollar reporting threshold.
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Ottawa
Reagan
Brian Mulroney
Washington
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Ind
Los Angeles
Nancy
Santa Barbara
Calif
Treasury Department
Justice Department
Congress
Senator proposes regional budgeting for foreign aid
Sen. Nancy Kassebaum calls to end earmarks and fund aid by region focusing on health agriculture education and infrastructure. She cautions Israel would resist any cuts though immediate success is unlikely as lawmakers react to changes in a shrinking program.
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Washington
Congress
Nancy Kassebaum
Kansas Republican
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Israel
Kassebaum
General Motors Tops The 1986 Fortune 500 List
General Motors tops Fortune magazine's 1986 Fortune 500 with sales of 102.8 billion followed by Exxon at 69.9 billion. The list shows wide shifts from 1985 as 43 companies left the ranking due to corporate restructuring. The top 10 includes Ford, IBM, Mobil, GE, AT&T, Texaco, DuPont and Chevron.
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General Motors
New York
General Motors Corp
Exxon Corp
Fortune Magazine
U.S
America
Exxon
Ford Motor Co
International Business Machines Corp
Mobil Corp
General Electric Co
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Texaco Inc
E.I du Pont de Nemours & Co
Chevron Corp
Restoring Embassy Security Could Cost Millions
In Moscow Rep. Dan Mica and Rep. Olympia Snowe warned that restoring U S security at the U S Embassy after a sex and spy scandal will cost tens of millions. They toured the current 1953 building and planned to inspect a new embassy site amid security concerns and espionage arrests of three Marines guarding the embassy.
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Moscow
U.S
Dan Mica
D-Fla
Olympia Snowe
Maine
Mica
Snowe
Congress
KGB Secret Service
Meese Denies Pressuring Probe Into Contra Arms
Attorney General Edwin Meese III said he spoke with U.S. Attorney Leon Kellner about the Contra gun running investigation but denied being urged by John Poindexter or anyone at the White House to halt it. He recalled one conversation in 1986 and offered no memory of NSC or White House involvement.
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Washington
Edwin Meese III
U.S
Meese
Leon Kellner
Miami
John Poindexter
Congress
Nicaragua
Kellner
National Security Council
White House
Justice Department
Iran
Search For Bodies Continues After Fatal Bridge Collapse
Workers with floodlights monitor the crumpled interstate bridge over Schoharie Creek as receding floodwaters reveal bodies from the 80 foot fall. A tractor trailer and at least three cars plunged into the creek when about 400 feet of the New York State Thruway bridge collapsed Sunday, killing multiple people.
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Amsterdam
N.Y
Schoharie Creek
New York State Thruway Bridge
Aiken Standard Classifieds and Service Contacts
Contact details for subscriptions ads news tips and customer service at the Aiken Standard located at 124 Rutland Drive in Aiken South Carolina. Office hours run weekdays 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m with Sunday hours 8 to 10 30 a m. Mailing address P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 and subscription payments to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
S.C
PBM
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
George One
Emergency numbers provided as a service by the Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard lists emergency contact numbers and postal details. It notes the newspaper is published on weekday afternoons and Sundays by Aiken Communications Inc. with address and mailing changes information.
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