Meyer says partisan splits hurt U S defense policy
Gen Edward C Meyer, retiring Army chief of staff, warns that congressional bipartisanship breakdown since Vietnam disrupts military programs and wastes funds. He notes leaders on Capitol Hill show weaker defense policy leadership and says chairmen and leaders cannot assure presidents of action on defense legislation. There is no broad national security policy.
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Soviet immigrant Walter Polovchak graduates Chicago elementary school
Walter Polovchak, the Soviet born teen who fled his parents in 1980 to avoid returning to the USSR, graduates from William P. Gray Elementary School in Chicago. He smiles after receiving his diploma alongside 64 classmates as tutor Wendy Strauss notes his language progress. His sister Natalie also refused to return and lives with their uncle Gusiev Polovchak in Chicago.
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William P. Gray
Wendy Strauss
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Gusiev Polovchak
Caldicott resigns as PSR president after five years
Dr. Helen Caldicott of Cambridge says stepping down as president of Physicians for Social Responsibility was agonizing but necessary to free herself to comment on arms control politics. She founded the group and led it for five years, noting others wish to take stronger leadership.
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Helen Caldicott
Physicians
Parole Board Again Denies Sirhan Sirhan Release
A California three member parole panel denied parole to Sirhan Bishara Sirhan for the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The board cited ongoing emotional instability and ruled he would threaten public safety if released. Sirhan remains ineligible for at least two more years.
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Robert F. Kennedy
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State Board of Prison Terms
Soledad State Prison
Sirhan
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