Chemical Warfare Cost Pegged At $20 Million
The Defense Department spent nearly $20 million in the first six months of this year on chemical and biological warfare programs. The Army used $10.1 million for defensive equipment, $4.8 million for research and development, and $4.7 million for biological warfare research. The Pentagon report to Congress notes chemical agent release studies and weapon capability evaluations, with no herbicide spending.
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Defense Department
Army
Pentagon
Congress
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Navy
Turkish Planes Violate Cyprus Air Space Amid Tension
Two Turkish warplanes flew low over Nicosia and Larnaca on Saturday, breaching Cyprus air space for the first time since the August cease-fire. UN and local officials report both sides are bolstering positions. Clerides protests to the UN force. Prisoner exchanges via Red Cross await decisions.
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Cyprus
United Nations
Larnaca
Glafcos Clerides
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Clerides
Limassol
Greece
Lebanon
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Rauf Denktash
Archbishop Yarworth Blanch Named York Archbishop
London AP reports Bishop Stuart Yarworth Blanch of Liverpool is approved as the next archbishop of York to succeed Donald Coggan who will become archbishop of Canterbury and primate of all England in November.
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Stuart Yarworth Blanch
Liverpool
York
Donald Coggan
Canterbury
All England
Buddhists Press End to Fighting in South Vietnam
Buddhists at pagodas in Saigon and Hue launch New National Reconciliation Force to establish the Council of Reconciliation and Concord per the 1973 Paris accord, aimed at national elections. Thieu regime says council not set up as fighting continues. Catholic refugees plan demonstrations in Hue and Bien Hoa as police reinforcements move in.
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Hue
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
New National Reconciliation Force
National Council of Reconciliation and Concord
Paris
Thieun
Bien Hoa
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