Reagan era Iran covert talks cited in diary revelations
The column recounts a year of reporting on secret Reagan administration negotiations with Iran. It notes objections to covert deals tied to hostages and mentions alleged negotiators, including a former CIA official and a Pentagon figure tied to Edwin Wilson. References Rafsanjani involvement and a broader critique of arms for hostages. The piece reflects on political fallout and Senate opposition to Reagan.
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Washington
Reagan
Iran
Weid
United
Ayatollah Khiofate T Porfore
Hosta
William Buckley
Wey
Global
Sabe
Israeli ‘Council
Israel
Ali Akbar Rafsanjani
Ton
Rafsanjani
Andé
Democrats argue for nonpartisan foreign policy stance in next session
After Democrats regain control, leaders planned selective challenges to the Reagan administration over Central American policy and arms talks with the Soviet Union. They argued national security should be nonpartisan and noted criticisms of the Iceland summit and Gor bachev arms control offers.
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Senate
Adr
Reagan
Soviet Union
Iceland
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Dave Van Alla Depicted in United Feary Row Story
A brief feature portrays Dave Van Alla in a United Feary row angle. The piece highlights Van Alla as a central figure and outlines the context of the row within today’s reporting.
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Dave van Alla
Wrong kind of grass in national forests fuels drug crackdown
The national forests, once seen as peaceful woodlands, now host about one fifth of the U.S. marijuana crop. The drug trade on federal land has prompted safety fears, with some growers defending plantations with firearms. Congress authorized the 1986 National Forest Drug Control Act, enabling the Forest Service to hire 500 special agents with $20 million to combat operations.
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U.S
Mexico
Colombia
Department of Agriculture
Congress
The
Forest Service
Rosa Parks Bus Sit Sparked Montgomery Boycott
The Associated Press notes that on December 1 1955 Rosa Parks refused a white passenger’s seat on a Montgomery Alabama bus, was arrested, and prompted a yearlong boycott. The law segregating seating was later struck down by the Supreme Court. The piece also recalls Father Edward Flanagan founding Boys Town in Nebraska 1917, the 1965 Cuban refugee airlift, and a 1964 Yugoslav DC-9 crash near Ajaccio Corsica.
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Associated Press
Rosa Parks
Montgomery
Ala
Parks
Supreme Court
Edward Flanagan
Boys Town
Omaha
Neb
Mistrust Deepens Over SDI After Reykjavik Summit
Washington looks at U S Soviet arms talks with heightened suspicion as Reagan presses SDI as a research program while Moscow fears a shift from MAD. Officials debate whether Reykjavik showed genuine arms reductions or a trap, highlighting divergent visions of defense and offense.
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Washington
Reykjavik
U.S
Ronald Reagan
SDI
United States
Soviet Union
Iceland
George Shultz
White House
Defense Department
Mikhail Gorbachev
Crosby man dies in gasoline truck wreck in Crosby
Edgar Wales Sedam a 57 year old Crosby resident and Magnolia Co distributor was killed when his gasoline truck skidded and overturned in the Crosby business district. The incident is reported in the Baytown Sun files from 1931.
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Crosby
Baytown Sun
Edgar Wales Sedam
Magnolia Co
C.E. Hanratty
Gulf Addition
Coretta Carroll
Cedar Bayou School
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Corsica
Bob Wagman
Sun
Louise Baldwin
M.S. Alexander
Goose Creek
Pelly
L.M. Warner
Wooster
C.R. Waters
Highlands
Wehring'’s Grocery and Market Inc
Secretary of State
August Wehring
Gerinae Wearing
Joe
Mary Ann Bond
Dorothy Marshall
Saribenne Thomas
George Dabney
Gene Hill
Bob Farrar
Rayburn Cherry
0. Cherry
Sherman Shaffer
Ure
Humble
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Chet Berchett
Navy
Seaborn Cravey
Robert G. Feinberg
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