Afghanistan Four-Year War Tests Soviet Grip On Oil Route
Four years into the Afghan war the Soviet invasion shows little progress against 100000 guerrillas. Attrition costs include casualties and billions in rubles while the West aids Afghan fighters. The author argues increasing support could pressure Moscow toward settlement to protect Western oil lifelines.
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Afghanistan
Moscow
Europe
Soviet Union
Persian Gulf
Strait of
Hormuz
Western
Japan
Iran
Syria
South Yemen
Ethiopia
Horn of Africa
Pakistan
Third World
Kremlin
West
Twinkie defense sparks debate on harshness of sentences
In a critique of San Francisco and Detroit verdicts, the piece argues the White and Chin cases show judges delivering lenient punishments amid moral outrage. It links parole delays, civil rights tangles, and progressive legal thought to broader questions of justice and vengeance.
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Dan White
San Francisco
Detroit
White
George Moscone
Harvey Milk
Moscone
Milk
Chin
Vincent Chin
Ronald Ebens
Michael Nitz
California
Justice Department
Mascone
Clint Eastwood
Dirty Harry
Star Chamber
Mondale Eyes Running Mate Not Glenn In Ticket Plans
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak note Mondale favors a compatible running mate, with Lloyd Bentsen as front runner to secure Texas support. Kissinger commission shifts against Nicaragua's Sandinistas amid fears Assad health issues could destabilize Lebanon policy. Dan Rather's Feldstein praise sparks White House friction over Reagan fiscal policy.
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Washington
Kissinger
Central America
Nicaragua
Nazi Germany
Henry A. Kissinger
Germany
Managua
Robert S. Strauss
Afl-Cio
Lane Kirkland
Henry Cisneros
San Antonio
ASSAD
Damascus
Hafez Assad
George Shultz
Prince Saud
Lebanon
Syria
Glenn
Mondale
San Francisco
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Bentsen
Dan Rather
White House
Martin Feldstein
Reagan
Rather
Feldstein
CBS
New York Times
Marty
Chicago Clean Sweep Probe Targets Crooked Judges and Lawyers
Paul Harvey reports that the FBI backed by Justice Department investigators under the Greylord operation plans indictments for about five Chicago criminal court judges and up to ten lawyers within a week. The wiretapped probe exposed bribery schemes, lavish corruption, and the risk to the city’s judiciary as prosecutions loom and constitutional challenges arise.
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Chicago
Criminal Courts
Department of Justice
Greylord
FBI
Florida
Caribbean
Criminal Court
James Bailey
Chemical industry shaped U S safety policy says memo
A revealed set of State Department and EPA documents shows the Chemical Manufacturers Association helped draft U S policy on chemical safety for Western markets. Officials including Don King corroborate that industry language influenced the final Paris OECD position, with potential industry veto power over text. The piece also notes FBI findings on the peace movement and corrects a Boise Cascade income figure.
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State Department
Environmental Protection Agency
Jock Hatfield
House Science and Technology Subcommittee
James Scheuer
D-N.y
Scheuer
Chemical Manufacturers Association
U.S
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development
OECD
Jack Blanchard
Office of Environmental Affairs
Harry Marshall
Paris
Blanchara
Chemical Association
EPA
Blanchard
Richard Funkhouser
CMA
Don King
FBI
Jeremiah Denton
R-Ala
Kremlin
U.S. Communist Party
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George F. Will
Copley
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
Berry's
Paul Harvey
Jack Anderson
Chemical Industry
Boise Cascade
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