U S Armaments Help Shah s Dream
Iran s ambitious military buildup backed by oil revenue has put it at the forefront of the global arms race. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi orders tanks fighters and attack helicopters while U S arms deals raise costs and draw scrutiny from the General Accounting Office and Washington advisers.
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Tehran
Iran
Persian Gulf
Third World
Bandar Abbas
Middle East
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
General Accounting Office
Washington
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Ans
U.S. General Accounting Office
Iran Eyes Defense Boom Amid Oil Wealth and Regional Tensions
Premier Hoveyda unveils a 36 billion dollar Iranian budget for the new year, allocating 10 billion to defense as oil exports fund a vast US equipment program. Iran, using American planes and British tanks, expands its navy and air force to counter Iraq and influence in Afghanistan and Pakistan, while courting both superpowers for influence in the Indian Ocean.
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Amir Abbas Hoveyda
Iran
Shah
Soviet Union
India
Pakistan
Iraq
Abadan
Kharg Island
Persian Gulf
Royal Navy
Isfahan
Afghanistan
Chabahar
Indian Ocean
Subcontinent
U.S
Middle East
Strait of
Hormuz
U.S. Navy
Spruance
United Nations
Collector Builds Vast War Mask Display in South Sacramento
James Sheldon, a navy medical corpsman, stacks six dozen gas masks from World War I to Vietnam in his South Sacramento home. He scours flea markets for pieces from Germany, Japan, Italy, Russia, Vietnam and the U.S. He notes over 50 U.S. models and many more from other countries.
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Sacramento
Calif
James Sheldon
California State University At
Chico
Sheldon
Navy
Germany
Japan
Italy
Vietnam
Russia
U.S
Syracuse student bagpipes course aims to form campus band
Douglas Cutter teaches three Highland bagpiping courses at Syracuse University claiming the program is the only credit bearing Highland bagpipe class in the United States. He has 16 years of piping experience and has competed in 13 Highland gatherings with seven first places, five seconds, and one third. The aim is to train a campus pipe band that could perform publicly in about two years.
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Persia
Iran
United States
Syracuse
N.Y
Douglas Cutter
Syracuse University
U.S
Cutter
MacDonald
Canada
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Setta
King Koil
Lumberland
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Roosevellt Hote
Bankamericard
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