Sudan Burdened by Ethiopian Exodus and U.S. Aid Debate
Vice President Bush visits Sudan amid a refugee surge from Ethiopia's Tigre province, where 600 000 Ethiopians seek aid. With Sudan near bankruptcy and U S aid cut, advocates push cross border relief using U S trucks to deliver emergency grain to Tigre, while the State Department weighs operational oversight.
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Tigre
Addis Ababa
Washington
Numeiri
United States
State Department
Reagan
Ethiopia
Muammar Khadafy
Libya
Egypt
M. Peter McPherson
U.S. Agency For International Development
Tigrean Relief Society
Congress urged to fund MX missile program renewal
The editorial argues the United States must approve $1.5 billion to build 21 more MX ICBMs, noting no new land based ICBMs have been added since 1967 and 1975 for deployment by 1987. It warns cancellation would cede Soviet dominance in heavy missiles and harm Geneva talks.
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Senate
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Weinberger and the cookie jar honesty critique
Column accuses Caspar Weinberger of lax billing controls at the Pentagon while targeting General Dynamics for 30 day suspensions. Authors contrast four years of antiwaste rhetoric with defense contractor excess and warn inflation of the budget battle as MX missile funding looms.
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Congress
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General Dynamics Corp
Michael Burch
General Dynamics
David S. Lewis
Cap Weinberger
Capitol Hill
Would You Rather Be In Pittsburgh
Columnist Leo weighs Rand McNally’s claim Pittsburgh is the nation’s most livable city. Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Peter Lee predicts a yuppie influx while Atlanta slides from No. 1 to No. 11. locals debate weather unemployment and city quirks versus rivers and ease of life.
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