U N spy charge in Reagan era security report
A Senate intelligence panel accuses the KGB of infiltrating the UN by placing officers in high posts including an assistant to the secretary general. The report links the move to U.N. mediation as a spying platform and notes declassified intelligence data backing the claim.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
U.N
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Soviet Union
United Nations
KGB
Viktor Lesiovsky
U Thant
KGB China
Javier Perez de Cueller
Olen
Vladimir Kolesnikov
U.S
Iowa Bans All Terrain Vehicles From Streets
Iowa officials approved a rule change banning all terrain vehicles from streets and roads. The ban preserves off road and agricultural use while canceling restricted registrations and motorcycle classifications. The commission cited safety concerns and manufacturers opposition.
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Iowa
Boonies
Department of Transportation
Gordon Sweitzer
DES Moines
Sweitzer
Iowa Transportation Commission
Ex-US General Led Private Plane Run Supplying Nicaraguan Rebels
A U S built cargo plane shot down over southern Nicaragua was operated by a private group led by Maj. Gen. John K. Singlaub. Officials said the flight, from El Salvador into Nicaragua, delivered ammunition to insurgents. Singlaub denied any US government ties. Three killed, including a 45-year-old American, Eugene Hasenfus, with Hasenfus reportedly surviving initial reports.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Nicaragua
Reagan Administration
John K. Singlaub
el Salvador
Pacific
Managua
State Department
CIA
Department of Defense
U.S
Singlaub
United States Council For World Freedom
Phoenix
Ariz
Survivor Eugene Hasenfus linked to CIA connections
The survivor's wife and a friend claimed Hasenfus worked for the CIA despite official denials. Spokesman said Sally Hasenfus told the State Department he was with CIA, which the agency denied. A retired pilot also said Hasenfus once spoke of working for Air America in Indochina.
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Washington
Eugene Hasenfus
Nicaragua
CIA
David Holliday
Senate Intelligence Committee
Hasenfus
Sally
State Department
I.W. Stephenson
Vietnam
Air America
William
Eugene
Indochina
Mystery Man Identity Sought by Tama Officials
Authorities seek the public’s help identifying an unidentified man found with no memory or identification. He was admitted to Skiff Memorial Hospital in Newton after authorities exhausted other methods. Contact Tama County Sheriff's Department with information at (515) 484-3760.
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John Speer Gaz
J.C. Penney
Fort Riley
Kan
Racine
Wis
Lewiston, Mont
Richardson
National Directory of Missing Persons
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Newton
Tama County
Shultz warns of staged Soviet pullout before Iceland summit
Secretary of State George Shultz cites signs of a publicized Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan to coincide with the Reagan Gorbachev talks in Iceland. He warns the move could pressure the U S for a total pullout while only a tiny portion of 115000 troops would depart. Reagan urges Congress to lift nuclear limits ahead of the summit.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
George Shultz
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Iceland
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Shultz
U.S
Congress
Gorbachev
White House
Jim Wright
Texas
Today's Word Wizard puzzle and entry blank
The note mentions a Word Wizard contest puzzle on page 12A. A playful line asks about a vampire meeting a comedian and starting in a jocular vein, hinting at a pun or joke in the page feature.
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New York City
Valery I. Savchenko
GRU
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Francois Giuliani
15A
Joyce Downey
Downey
Central America
United States
Sandinista Army
Roberto Calderon
Salvador
Miles
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Pacific Ocean
Costa Rica
Stephenson
Kathy Pherson
Tama
John Paul I
Annecy
France
Alps
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