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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1985
Page
3
The House approved a two year 25.2 billion foreign aid bill by voice vote with amendments aimed at stiffening U.S. stance on leftist regimes. The measure authorizes 12.6 billion for 1986 and 1987, aligning with the Senate and prompting a conference to resolve differences.
The Senate voted 80 to 12 to impose limited sanctions on apartheid South Africa, ending a four day filibuster. The measure would ban export of certain computer equipment, restrict bank loans, and end US nuclear assistance, with House differences to be reconciled. A White House position on signing remains unclear.
The Reagan administration backs away from closing Beirut International Airport and instead pursues negotiated upgrades with Lebanon. White House spokesman Larry Speakes cites steps such as banning militias and weapons, plus an effective security force, as conditions for improved access.
Philadelphia Mayor W Wilson Goode says The Love Foundation failed to deliver on a pledge for more black acts at the July 4 concert drawing a million people. Only Mr T and the Neville Brothers performed. James Brown and the Gap Band reportedly planned to appear but dropped out.
Two bombs exploded in Kuwait City cafes on a Friday eve, killing nine and wounding 56 as families gathered. Investigations point to terrorists, with time bombs used. authorities closed Kuwait International Airport as a precaution and urged public safety. Witnesses described chaotic scenes and injured children amid panicked crowds.
FBI charged Sharon Scranage a CIA clerk and Michael Soussoudis a Ghanaian ally with conspiracy to commit espionage alleging they supplied names of CIA agents and Ghanaian dissidents. Investigations say the affair began in Accra in 1983 and intensified at CIA headquarters in the United States.
Milan Svec, the deputy chief of the Czechoslovak embassy in Washington and minister counselor, defected to the United States. He has undergone extensive FBI debriefings. the U.S. granted political asylum to Svec and his family on May 14.
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