John Walker pressured daughter to join spy plot, daughter says
Laura Walker Snyder recalls her father John A Walker Jr brainwashing son to spy for the Soviets and says she nearly joined but feared him. She described his money motive and manipulation and that the family turned him in to the FBI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walker
Daughter
Virginia Beach
John A. Walker Jr
Walker
Laura Walker Snyder
Christian Broadcasting Network
Snyder
Navy
Michael L. Walker
Canton
N.Y
Barbara Walker
FBI
Mrs. Snyder
Mrs. Walker
Virginia
Michael Walker
Norfolk
Prizes for Maryland state park area photo contest
Maryland Forest Park and Wildlife Service invites amateur photographers to submit 8x10 inch prints taken in state parks forests or wildlife areas since August 1 1984. Entries from Frederick County must be postmarked by August 15. Local prizes include 30 for first place 20 for second and 10 for third per photographer with four entries max. Statewide winners receive framed enlargements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Forest, Park and Wildlife Service
Maryland Forest
Park and Wildlife
Frederick County
Greenbrier State Park
Tawes
Aonopolis
Water projects spark veto threat for spending bill
President Reagan warned he will veto a 13.4 billion supplemental spending bill if water projects lack local cost sharing. White House says aim is higher local funding for harbor deepening and dam work. Both House and Senate versions include Contra aid, but water issues drive the stance. U.N. note: Sao Tome e Principe joined the UN in 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reagan
White House
Senate
Nicaragua
David Stockman
Robert J. Dole
R-Kan
GOP
Edwin Dale
Office of Management and Budget
Dole
Dale
Dele
Army Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Senate Appropriations Committee
Corps
Hostage crisis drags on as US freights more captives
The United States confirms the release of three hostages from TWA Flight 847 in Beirut, while a White House aide warns it could be some time before the remaining captives are freed. President Reagan and officials discuss potential consequences as military forces bolster presence in the eastern Mediterranean. The slain Navy diver family mourns as the hijacking saga continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
TWA
White House
Robert Sims
Nabib Berri
Berri
Sims
Reagan
Robert McFarlane
U.S
Demnis Roussos
Pamela Smith
Arthur N. Targontsidis
Greece
Beirut
Amal
Beirut International
Mediterranean
Pentagon
Delta Force
Lef
Fort Bragg
N.C
Middle East
Navy
Beiruit
Andrews Air Force Base
Robert Dean Siethem
Waldorf
Kenneth
Richard
Patricia Stethem
Israel
Bobby
Margaret Bowles
Bob Peel ,Jr
Hutchinson
Kan
Nicholas
Helen Targontsidis
Brockton
Mars
Arthur
David Linde
Linde
Anid Toa Priniple
Targentsidis
Algeria
State Department
Return of hijack victims brings mixed relief and fear
Passengers cheered as some hostages were freed from the Middle East ordeal while more than 40 remained unaccounted in Beirut. Families mourned, prayed, and displayed yellow ribbons, hoping for rapid reunions and pressuring authorities to secure all releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Lebanon
Ruth Whitmeyer
Bloomsburg
Claude
Severn, Md
Sharon Barnes
Bar Harbor
Maine
Logan International Airport
Boston
Neecenmara
TWA
Wlrcht
Athens
Greece
Rome
Dorothy Tressler
Braintree
Mass
Penny Bamford
Lexington
New York
Hanover
Richard Bamford
Shell
San Diego
Jose Delgado
Sylvia
Lindbergh Field
Delgado
Linda Delgado
Escondido
Beirut
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MHS
Middletown
Jackson
N.J
Laura Hessong
Jack Newkirk
Carrie Bennett
Sam Yuj
Texas
Kansas City
Reunion Arena
United Missouri Bank
Fred Koger I
Dallas
Kilgore
Koger
Frederick
U.N
Sao Tome E Principe
United Nations
Reginald Bartholomew
Wall Street Journal
the News
Larry Speakes
Iran
Jack Pointer
Richmond
John L. Testlake
America
Testlake
St. Margaret Mary Roman Catholic Church
Algonquin
Ill
Simon Grossmayer
George Lazansky
Grant Hiliott
Kenneth Anderson
Tools
Geneva
Thas Mata Siatarele Ofohn
John Palmer Sr
Little Rock
Ark
Royal
Royal Insurance
Coblentz & Smith, Inc
J. Vernon Coblentz
Robert J. Smith
Church St
Matt Co
Wats
Grnior
Toft
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