Burden of Empire Grows Clear Under Gorbachev
The Soviet Union spends about 37 billion dollars yearly to sustain its empire through subsidies and aid to Eastern Europe and allied states. Debt rises, oil and gas profits fall, and Western lending fuels this policy while perestroika ideas push demand for cost effective management.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Kremlin
Moscow
Europe
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Poland
Romania
Cuba
Vietnam
Ethiopia
Nicaragua
Angola
South Yemen
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Libya
Warsaw Pact
Eastern Europe
Cam Ranh Bay
CIA
Fidel Castro
Managua
Daniel Ortega
Mr. Ortega
Gorbachev
Wagener's Early Hypermart Claim Revisited
From Garland Texas comes notice of a claimed world’s first Hypermart a 222000 square foot complex combining supermarket discount store and fast food outlet. Residents of eastern Aiken County recall Wagener after World War II where Tyler Brothers offered a self service department store and a Piggly Wiggly under one roof.
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Garland
Texas
USA
Aiken County
Wagener
Hypermart
Tyler Brothers
South Carolina
Gephardt Targets Iowa as Polls Show Tight Three-Way Race
In Ames Iowa with caucuses near Gephardt leads a three way Iowa poll at 19 percent while Duak is 18 and Simon 17 as opponents attack his Reagan era tax votes and trade plans. Debate rounds in Des Moines and Durham test Gephardt defending his stance on protectionism and farm aid while rivals push supply management and ERA votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Richard Gephardt
Michael Dukakis
Paul Simon
Gary Hart
Jesse Jackson
Bruce Babbitt
al Gore
Simon
Women’s Agenda
Des Moines
Gephardt
America
Soviet Union
Hart
Dukakis
Durham
N.H
New Hampshire
Gore
Jackson
Babbitt
U S Should Not Let Israel Dictate Palestine Policy
A column argues the United States must rethink its stance on Israel and the Palestinians after Gaza and West Bank unrest. It asserts American subsidies shape Israeli actions, warns against Palestinian statehood, and urges a new policy balancing regional interests and US values.
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Gaza
Temple Mount
America
U.S
United States
Israel
Occupied Territories
Peking
PLO
Tel Aviv
West Bank
Free Palestine
Yassir Arafat
Judea
Samaria
Egypt
Arab League
Sadat
Sparta
Arafat
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq
Jerusalem
Morocco
Mesopotamia
Marrakesh
Manila
Justice At Last For World War II Merchant Seamen
More than 40 years after World War II the merchant seamen are to be counted as veterans and receive the same rights as other wartime civilian groups. Judge Oberdorfer's order against appeals by the Defense Department stands, though limited in effect due to time. The article notes 250,000 served, 70,000–80,000 alive, and a minimal benefits outcome with symbolic commemorations.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
Louis F. Oberdorfer
Pearl Harbor
Coast Guard
Roosevelt
United States
War Shipping Administration
Adm
William King
Navy
Chester Nimitz
Oberdorfer
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Rabin
Boston
London
Haifa
Mediterranean Sea
American Expeditionary Force
Regular Navy
American Legion
Merchant Marine
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