Reagan argues Soviets stretched to fund defense rise
President Reagan, aided by Bowens view, suggests the Soviet economy is so burdened that Moscow cannot significantly expand defense spending after SALT II limits. CIA dissent and expert critics warn the question is unsettled, with figures like Simes and Holloway offering cautious takes on Gorbachev's constraints and political factors shaping arms decisions.
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Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
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Russia
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Stanford University
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U S and Soviet Women Quiz Each Other on Common Problems
Two hundred women in Lenin grad and 200 Boston area counterparts debated common issues such as divorce and working mothers in a televised satellite summit. They discussed nuclear power and politics amid transatlantic exchanges moderated by Phil Donahue and Vladimir Pozner, with millions watching in Soviet and American audiences.
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Missing mob figure Spilotro feared to be vanished leader
Chicago mob chief Anthony Spilotro and brother Michael are missing two days before Anthony’s scheduled Las Vegas retirement from federal racketeering charges. FBI says Spilotro ran Las Vegas organized crime for Chicago bosses. they were last seen leaving Michael Spilotro’s Oak Park home.
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Violence at Juneteenth festival spurs extra Denver patrols
Denver police kept extra officers on duty after a second night of violence at the Juneteenth celebration. An officer was shot in the arm and crowds of hundreds hurled rocks and bottles, tear gas and police dogs dispersing youths as arrests were reported and injuries mounted.
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Marcos backers riot as Shultz talks aid in Manila
Anti riot forces fired pistols tear gas and water cannons at 5000 Marcos loyalists outside Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. Sixteen demonstrators were arrested and several wounded, four by gunshots, as U S officials planned to speed up about 200 million for immediate Philippine economic needs.
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Ane
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U.S
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Washington
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Helms Calls Noriega the Western Hemisphere's Top Drug Trafficker
Senator Jesse Helms condemns Gen Manuel Antonio Noriega as head of the biggest drug trafficking operation in the Western Hemisphere. The North Carolina Republican and Senate Foreign Relations Committee member spoke on Meet the Press about evidence the Western Hemisphere affairs subcommittee may have on Noriega's illegal activities.
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Washington
Jesse Helms
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Panama
Western Hemisphere
Helms
R-N.c
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Noriega
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Meet the Press
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Heavy rain triggers deadly landslide in southern Colombia
A landslide after days of rain swept a highway near La Piragua, 22 miles north of the Ecuador border, killing 20 travelers. Civil defense officials reported the Saturday afternoon tragedy.
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Colombia
la Piragua
Ecuador
Government probes possible excesses in Peru prison riots
Lima Peru. The Garcia government said the military may have used excessive force to retake prisons where guerrillas rioted last week. The death toll at Lurigancho rose toward 124 with suspected mass executions by soldiers after surrender.
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Peru
Alan Garcia
Lurigancho
Shining Path
Luis Alberto Sanchez
Garcia
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