Nicaraguan rebel leader hails new aid as turning point
UNO director Alfonso Robelo calls the $100 million U S aid package to resistance forces a turning point for a more balanced war against the Sandinistas. He envisions later insurrections and defections while the Sandinistas await possible Soviet support and the U S review.
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U.S
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United Nicaraguan Opposition
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Soviet Union
Robelo
New York
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Senate
Bob Dole
House
Reagan
Dole
R-Kan
Leonardo Samarriba
Congress approves funds for farm subsidies and ISU programs
Congress passed emergency funding providing 5.3 million for farm subsidies and over 17.5 million for Iowa State University. ISU gains 11.1 million for the Soil Tilth Laboratory and 6.5 million for the Telecommunications Microelectronics Research Center.
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Washington
Iowa State University
Commodity Credit Corp
Reagan
ISU
Soil Tilth Laboratory
Telecommunications Microelectronics Research Center
USDA
Tilth Lab
House panel votes to cut funding for Civil Rights Commission
The House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to end the U S Civil Rights Commission by December 31. Democrats, criticizing the administration's civil rights policy, backed the move in a 27 to 16 vote. No guards were injured, officials said.
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Iowa
Neal Smith
House
Tom Harkin
Charles Grassley
Senate
Defense Department
Pentagon
Harkin
Senate Appropriations Committee
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Prison riot at West Virginia Penitentiary wounds four inmates
Guards fired on about a dozen knife wielding inmates in the North Hall at West Virginia Penitentiary on Thursday. Four prisoners were wounded as Corrections Commissioner A. V. Dodrill described the disturbance beginning around 2 20 p.m.
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W.va
West Virginia
A.V. Dodrill
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Bonnie Tames Gulf Coast Killers Two in Texas
Hurricane Bonnie struck the Gulf Coast before dawn killing two in Texas amid 85 mph winds and heavy rain that spawned tornadoes and knocked out power to thousands. Port Arthur bore the brunt as the storm weakened after landfall near the Texas Louisiana line.
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Texas
Bonnie
Gulf Coast
Texas-Louisiana
CIA FBI blamed for mishandling unstable former agent
A classified report to President Reagan criticizes the CIA and FBI for mishandling former CIA agent Edward Lee Howard who provided Moscow with U.S. espionage secrets after drug use and mental instability. It cites failures in hiring and screening, delays in notifying the FBI, and poor pursuit, with calls for broad changes in personnel procedures.
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Reagan
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FBI
Edward Lee Howard
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Howard
New Mexico
Caribbean
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Final vote on Manion nomination stalls after narrow approval
The Senate approved Daniel Manion 48 to 46 for a Seventh Circuit seat but left the nomination in limbo. A motion to reconsider was postponed until after the July 4 recess as opposition argued Manion is unqualified and too conservative.
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Manion
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Reagan
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
White House
George Bush
Indiana
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R-Ind
Nancy Kassebaum
A-Kansas
Quayle
Kassebaum
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Bush
Manson
Byrd
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
U S Soviet arms talks end in stalemate ahead of September round
The fifth round of U S Soviet discussions ends with sharp disagreements over progress and a stalemate, while a September session is scheduled. Soviet negotiator Viktor Karpov blames the United States for lack of positive results as Max Kampelman cites some movement. In Manila, President Corazon Aquino names Jose Diokno and Ramon Mitra as peace negotiators with the communist insurgents, rejecting rebels' demands for a government role.
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Jose Diokno
Ramon Mitra
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