Dole Plan Pushes Aid to Eastern Europe Over Israel
Speech cites moving 5 percent of U.S. aid from five top recipients Israel Egypt Pakistan Greece and Turkey to Eastern Europe. Opposing view argues U.S. should cut economic aid to East Europe redirect funds home and rely on private investment. Mentions $1.8 billion military aid to Israel and $1.2 billion economic aid, plus a proposed $12 billion European bank capital.
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Bob Dole
Dole
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Greece
Turkey
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Bob
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U.S
East Europe
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Pentagon
Frank Gaffney
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West Bank
Mikhail Gorbachev
Lithuania
Puerto Rico
Yitzhak Shamir
Dividing Line on Foreign Aid and Israel Policy
The author argues U S aid policy favors Israel and multilateral lenders, urging America to prioritize domestic needs. It criticizes foreign aid levels and debt, cites figures on global share of GNP and total debt, and accuses AIPAC and allied PACs of pressuring politicians. It contrasts U S and European roles and recalls past incidents to question current strategy.
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Congress
AIPAC
American-Israel Political Action Committee
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Cole
LBJ
Liberty
Sinai Peninsula
Moynihan Plans a Payroll Tax Cut Bombshell
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan proposes rolling back the 1983 payroll tax increases to 13.1 percent in 1991 to expose the budget deficit. He argues the higher tax masks non Social Security deficits while shifting the burden to workers. He warns slashing the tax would worsen the deficit and harm retirement prospects.
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Bush
Congress
Moynihan
Washington
Geneva talks review boat people with repatriation concerns
Amnesty International presents a 54 page report during Geneva talks accusing Britain of forcing Vietnamese refugees back from Hong Kong. The study says screening is biased and denies asylum to those facing political risk in Vietnam. Delegates urged condemnation of forced repatriation and protection of refugees.
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Hong Kong
Amnesty International
Lobby For Human Rights
Shep Lowman
U.S
Refugees International
Rural Pearl plans move to Apache Junction in Arizona
Regular readers recall a Nov call to two quadriplegic veterans. Howard Wolford, hospitalized 45 years, seeks a tape recorder to interview fellow veterans and share history with schoolchildren. The column then shifts to rural life humor, proposing a freelance journalism stint in Apache Junction with diary progress notes and a golf lesson tease.
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Howard Wolford
Berlin Wall
Howard
VA Medical Center
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Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Reagan Ranch
California
Maine
Fred
Arizona
Pearl
Apache Junction
Autumn on Parade guest prospect lures Chief Blackhawk kin
Ten years ago efforts sought the great great great granddaughter of Chief Blackhawk as a special guest for Autumn on Parade Festival with Byron Hutchins reporting a letter to Jessica Patterson of Shawnee Oklahoma.
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Blackhawk
Oregon Chamber of Commerce
Festival Cochairman
Byron Hutchins
Jessica Patterson
Shawnee
Oklo
United Support
Amboy Hospital
Special Hospital Publicity Committee
City Hall
Dixon
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