US and Soviet Conventional Forces Compared
The Soviet Union fields about four million armed men, roughly double the U.S. level, with major edges in tanks and artillery and a larger navy. The United States seeks qualitative gains through advanced technology while expecting NATO allies to help offset numeric Soviet superiority. Analysts see growing Soviet conventional strength versus a leveling U.S. force as both sides hedge on nuclear flexibility and regional reach through air and sea power.
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Fred 8. Hoffman
Washington
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United States
Pentagon
U.S
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Europe
U.S. Navy
Creighton Abrams
Army
Abrams
John R. Deane Jr
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China
Russia
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Poland
Czechoslovakia
West Germany
France
James R. Schlesinger
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moorer
Air Force
Navy
Schlesinger
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Congress
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Whole City On Watch For Vanished Heidi
Seattle residents rally around missing 4 year old Heidi Peterson as police confirm abduction. Volunteers from all walks of life poster the city with her image, leaflets reach 50 000, and searches expand to nearby towns as detectives tirelessly pursue leads.
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Seattle
Heidi
Roy Peterson
Bill Baughman
Peterson
Portage Bay
Cascade Mountains
Balding Peterson
Sullivan Files Candidacy for 12th Term in Congress
U S Rep Leonor K Sullivan D St Louis mailed a 50 dollar check and filing petition Thursday making official her bid for a 12th term. She had planned retirement but after urging from Democratic leaders and constituents she will run again in November. She cited more than 100 letters urging her to stay in office amid national government criticism.
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Washington
U.S
Leonor K. Sullivan
D-St. Louis
Man Held For Killing And Girl's Kidnap
In Ironton Missouri a 23 year old Sullivan man David Ray Sumpter was arrested after a shooting that killed James Roberts and a car crash during an attempted kidnap of an 18 year old Arcadia girl. Sumpter admitted shooting Roberts and then abducting the teen before she escaped.
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Ironton
Sullivan
James Roberts
David Ray Sumpter
Jewett
Missouri
Iron County
Sumpter
Roberts
Karen Browers
Arcadia
Browers
HDC May Have Free Tax Clinic
Human Development Corp will host a free income tax clinic Tuesday if 15 clients sign up by noon Monday. University of Missouri accounting students will assist from 6 p m at the HDC office to ensure each person receives full deductions they are entitled to.
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Human Development Corp
HDC
John Dibble
University of Missouri
Dibble
KC Teachers To Vote On Strike
Kansas City AP report says the Kansas City Federation of Teachers authorized a strike vote after 500 members at Local 691 meeting voted unanimously. If approved, pickets would be set at city public schools Monday as 44 contract issues including salaries remain unresolved since February 5 negotiations with the School Board continue.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Federation of Teachers
Norm Hudson
Hudson
Federation
Kansas City School Board
Streaking chaos hits Des Moines man and others
Richard Farrell, 18, says he was beaten for refusing to streak and then attacked again when others believed he was streaking. He ended up naked except for shoes, a T shirt, and a floppy hat, with injuries from mouth cuts to a chipped tooth. The incident spans campuses and beyond, with reports of streaking in Honolulu, South Korea, and Cupertino California where a councilman proposes licenses.
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Associated Press
Richard Farrell
Farrell
Des Moines
Iowa
Tun
Marshall Irwin
Honolulu
Kitv
Hawaii
South Korea
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Army
Cupertino
Calif
Grand Ole Opry Moves to Grand New Theater
The Grand Ole Opry exits the Ryman Auditorium after 1942, ending the last show in the old brick venue as Roy Acuff Minnie Pearl and 61 members prepare to relocate. The new $15 million Opry house promises 33 percent more seating and full recording and dressing room facilities while preserving the show’s casual authenticity.
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Nashville
Tenn
Grand Ole Opry
Ryman
Roy Acuff
Minnie Pearl
Howdees
the Opry
Opry
The
Acuff
Opry House
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