Army Aims 800 Call Spy Line To Report Suspicious Behavior
Washington reports the Army sets up 800 CALL SPY for soldiers and civilian employees to report odd conduct. The line is active but starts full operation on April 30 per Lt Col Richard Holk, following the Walker spy ring case and Weinberger security tightening orders.
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Army
Richard Holk
Intelligence and Security Command
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
Walker Family
Soviet Union
Remains of Four Servicemen Identified for Vietnam Return
The Pentagon said an Army lab positively identified four U S servicemen killed in Vietnam and recovered last year. Remains will fly Thursday from Hickam to Travis AFB. Three aviators were named: Air Force Col. Thomas F. Case, Navy Lt Cmdr Richard C. Perry, and Navy Lt Henry S. McWhorter. One identity withheld at family home.
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U.S
Pentagon
Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Thomas F. Case
Thomson
North Vietnam
Navy
Cmdr
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Carlin
Amtrak redesigns car interiors after Baltimore crash
Amtrak is redesigning seating overhead racks and microwave oven restraints in food cars to reduce injuries. W. Graham Claytor Jr. testified before a House subcommittee that the program began before the January 4 collision near Baltimore that killed 16 and injured 175. NTSB chair Jim Burnett said the board will review the changes and decide on further improvements.
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Amtrak
W. Graham Claytor Jr
House Science Committee
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Baltimore
Thurmonds Plane Loses Engine Power on Way to Fundraiser
A small plane carrying Rep. Jack Kemp Sen Strom Thurmond Rep Arthur Ravenel Jr and Henry McMaster landed at Raleigh Durham Airport after one engine failed The group was en route to a Columbia fundraiser and rented a second plane to continue the trip Capitalized names and political figures from the delegation are noted with timing around 530 pm and the subsequent flight to Columbia.
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R-N.y
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Arthur Ravenel Jr
Rs.c
Columbia
Henry McMaster
Ernest Hollings
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Kemp
Bernie Merritt
John David Hoppe
Bill Stallworth
Raleigh
Stallworth
FBI Agents Deny Discussion in Donahue FOI Suit
FBI agents Richard Sloan and Richard Baxter denied testifying they discussed killing a private investigator and planning to rob cash carriers at a luxury hotel on an Indian reservation in New Mexico. The assertions were made by Sloan’s former roommate Harvey Brierly during a U.S. District Court hearing in the Donahue FOI lawsuit.
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FBI
Richard Sloan
Richard Baxter
U.S. District Court
New Mexico
Sloan
Harvey Brierly
John H. Donahue
Wright-Patterson to Host Air Force Anniversary Festival
Sen. John Glenn announces a two day Festival of Flight at Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton Ohio to mark the Air Force 40th anniversary with an aircraft flyover parade and fireworks The celebration will be held in September and honors the service formed in 1947.
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Washington
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
John Glenn
D-Ohio
Glenn
Military
Iowa Shelter Must Pay for Dog Returned to Lab Death
The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Cedar Rapids Animal Shelter must pay $500 to replace the woman's dog but not $5,000 in punitive damages. The shelter sent the dog to University of Iowa researchers after a day in custody, not willfully or recklessly violating a city three day hold.
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Des Moines
Senators push for quick vote on Gates CIA nomination
Democratic chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee opposes delaying Gates as CIA director and will seek a committee vote soon. Senator Boren and Vice Chair Cohen say a prolonged interim leadership harms national security, while Specter criticizes Gates’ role in Iran Contra testimony and calls for fuller inquiries.
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Senate Intelligence Committee
Robert M. Gates
CIA
Oklahoma
David L. Boren
William S. Cohen
Rmaine
Gates
Boren
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Intelligence Committee
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William J. Ca
Casey
Robert Gates
Car Bomb Kills Two Near Official's Home in Beirut
In Beiruts west district Basra a car bomb killed two people near a militia commander's home as Syrian troops seized militia offices to end lawless gunmen. Brig Gen Ghazi Kennan announced deployment and clashes with Hezbollah followed the killings.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Ghazi Kennan
NBC News
New York
Kennan
Hezbollah
Party of God
West Beirut
Basra
Supreme Court Asked to Redefine Race Under 1866 Act
The case argues the Civil Rights Act of 1866 protects Jews and Arabs today by using a 19th century concept of race. Iraqi-born Majid Al Khazraji claims tenure denial at St Francis College in Pennsylvania due to his Arab ethnicity. A separate dispute involves a Jewish congregation in Silver Spring seeking protection against vandalism under the same law.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Caroline Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Majid Ghaidan al- Khazraji
U.S
St. Francis College
Loretto
Silver Spring
Medical War Cabinet Proposed to Fight AIDS Nationwide
A bipartisan group of senators urges Congress to create a medical war cabinet to coordinate AIDS efforts. Sen. Pete Wilson would introduce legislation for a national advisory panel with $3 million annual grants to the Institute of Medicine for five years. As of Jan 26 AIDS diagnosed in 29,582 Americans with 16,847 deaths since 1979.
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Washington
Congress
Pete Wilson
R-Calif
Alfonso M. D’amato
Rn.y
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
D-N.y
Dave Durenberger
Rminn
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Institute of Medicine
National Academy of Science
Wilson
Centers For Disease Control
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