Wealth of Marcos and Caribbean dictators tests U S policy
Disclosures of Ferdinand Marcos wealth highlight how the United States has balanced anti- communism with moral concerns in dealings with strategically important, often corrupt leaders. The piece notes Mobutu, Duvalier, Somoza, Trujillo and others, their vast fortunes, and mixed outcomes for U S policy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
United States
Marcos
Caribbean
Haiti
Jean-Claude Duvalier
GUIWE
le Attacd
Gos
GMA
Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seko
U.S
Central Africa
Mobutu
Kleptocracy
Duvalier
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Anastasio Somioza
Walter LaFeber
Somoza
National Guard
Malacanang Palace
Valentino
Trujillo
Angelita
Marcus, Duvalier
Batista
Perez Jimenez
Libya Defies U S as Med Fleet Carries On Off Coast
Iran Malta and Lebanon sent support messages to Col. Khadafy amid clashes with the United States over the Gulf of Sidra. The 6th Fleet continued maneuvers off Libya while Washington said the operation would end today.
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Associated Press
Tripoli
Libya
Col
Muammar Khadafy
Iran
Malta
Lebanon
United States
Meete
Washington
Gulf of Sidra
Khadafy
U.S
Pentagon
Al-Fajer Al-Jadid
Mifsud Bonnici
al Khamenei
C. Letwiyas
Nayehtgle Khadafy
British Broadcasting Corp
London
State Department
Charles Redman
6Th Fleet
Department
Fred Lash
Mediterranean
Khadaty
Soviet Union
U.S. Navy
Adm
Frank B. Kelso
Saratoga
Gulf
Kelso
U.N. Security Council
U.s.-Labyan
Yuri Dubinin
U.N
Vernon A. Walters
Tula
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Mega Tuesday Could Shift New Hampshire Primary Power
Concerns grow that multiple Southern states may move their primaries to Mega Tuesday in March 1984 or 1988, potentially delivering up to a third of convention delegates in one sweep. NH leaders warn compression could alter momentum, making New Hampshire more influential as early contests loom. Analysts note dark-horse candidates might gain if more delegates are decided earlier, reshaping the nomination race and media coverage nationwide.
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Associated Press
Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Texas
Virginia
Iowa
South
George Bruno
Colorado
Gary
Hart
Robert Craig
University of New Hampshire
Walter Mondale
Jimmy Carter
White House
Northeast
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Carter
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Kennedy
Mondale
Craig
McGovern
Muskie
George McGovern
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Dark Horse
Duscan
John Treeger
Texas Senate
Duncan
Teasons
Elsie Vartanian
Vartanian
Brune
Anderson to step down at Union Carbide in 1985
Warren M. Anderson will retire as chairman in November and CEO April 23? naming Robert D. Kennedy as successor. Kennedy, with Carbide since 1955, becomes chairman after Anderson, while Clayton Stephenson shifts to vice chairman. The Bhopal disaster and $350 million tentative settlement frame Carbide’s postcrisis restructuring and leadership changes.
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Danbury
Conn
Warren M. Anderson
Union Carbide Corp
India
Anderson
Union Carbide
Robert D. Kennedy
Carbide
Pradgeant
Kennedy
Alec Flamm
Clayton Stephenson
Bhopal
Associated Press
Wey
GAF Corp
Israeli Jets Attack Palestinian Camp Near Sidon
Israeli planes attacked refugee camps near Sidon Lebanon killing 10 and wounding 22 police said. Rockets from Ein el Hilweh Mieh Mieh and Showbieh camps followed by anti air missiles. five Israelis were lightly hurt by glass. A Fatah faction leader and three guerrillas were among the dead.
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Associated Press
Sidon
Lebanon
Ein el-Hilweh
Mieh-Mieh
Showbieh
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