Peking Moscow rapprochement shows limited gains
The Soviet Union and China signed accords on trade and scientific cooperation after a high level visit by Ivan Arkhipov to Peking. Key sticking points remain including Moscow's border buildup Vietnam’s Cambodia occupation and Afghanistan. Beijing aligns closer to U.S. capitalism in the near term.
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China
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Peking
Ivan Arkhipov
Yao Yilin
Arkhipov
Moscow
Vietnam
Cambodia
Afghanistan
U.S
Government Pay Hikes And Proposals Stir Debate
The article notes Reagan’s executive order granting federal civilian workers 3.5 percent and military 4 percent raises effective Jan 1 198. It contrasts with possible future 5 percent cuts and cites proposed raises for Congress and Cabinet members, including the vice president at 91000 and senators at 60662, amid deficit reduction goals.
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Internal Revenue Service
Reagan
George Bush
House
Baytown Sun Ad Director Circulation Manager Update
Advertising director and circulation manager positions at The Baytown Sun are the focus of internal notes. The excerpt references staff roles and internal communications to streamline distribution and ad sales oversight. No further concrete actions or dates are specified.
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Associated Press
Bayteem Sun
Mengistu blamed for famine amid sparse intelligence notes
Washington column by Jack Anderson outlines Mengistu Haile Mariam as a ruthless Ethiopian dictator whose famine-crippled nation faces Eritrean rebellion costs. Citing CIA and Pentagon top secret files, the piece notes uncertain data on nerve gas use, Soviet involvement, and the regime’s funding of its army.
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Ethiopia
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Mengitsu
United States
Mengistu
U.S
Dale van Atta
Scott Barrett
CIA
Pentagon
Addis Ababa
Josef Stalin
Eritrea
Tigre
Soviet Bloc
Turukrum
U.N
South Africa becomes 'safe' issue for liberal spokesmen
In New York and Washington a liberal line weaponizes South Africa protests as a moral crusade. They argue for change through pressure on Pretoria, while noting international caution and divisions within black and Jewish voting blocs. The piece critiques the push for sanctions as counterproductive and cites Bishop Desmond Tutu and U S. positions.
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South Africa
New York
Walter Mondale
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Central America
Vietnam
Desmond Tutu
Washington
Jesse Jackson
PLO
Louis Farrakhan
United States
U.S
Helen Suzman
Pondoland
Indian Ocean
Tutu
Angel of the Lord Encamps Around Those Who Fear Him
A biblical verse from Psalms 34 7 emphasizing divine protection. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him and delivers them from danger.
Intensive care unit opened 1965 Baytown Sun files
January 9 1965 report notes San Jacinto Methodist Hospital opens a new intensive care unit. Crosby school leaders attended the School Administrative Advisory Conference on Education while local civic events and appointments are listed for Goose Creek and Morrell Park.
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Wooster Baptist Church
J.S. Johnson
Fletcner Erwin
James Brannen
Grace Methodist Church
Grace
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Allison Koonce
Crosby Schools
Jerry Prochazka
Crosby High
Charles O'Connell
Catholic Daughters of America
el Campo
Today in History Highlights January Ninth Events
January 9 1793 marks Blanchard balloon flight from Philadelphia to Woodbury New Jersey. Connecticut ratified the Constitution in 1788 and Mississippi seceded in 1861. MacArthur invasion of Luzon noted in 1945. Panamanian riots in 1964. Surveyor Seven lunar soft landing in 1968. Howard Hughes controversy in 1972. Lederer bribery conviction linked to Abscam in 1981.
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Associated Press
United States
Jean Pierre Blanchard
Philadelphia
Woodbury
N.J
Connecticut
U.S
Mississippi
Panama Canal Zone
Lunar
Howard Hughes
Bahamas
Hollywood
Clifford Irving
Raymond F. Lederer
D-Pa
Fbis
Abscam
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