Engineer alleges Saudi torture rack abuse in prison
Bruce Munden, a 34 year old American petroleum engineer, says he was tortured on the rack during an eight month Saudi prison stay over a disputed business debt. He alleges repeated impalement and beatings, with bloody prints left by other U.S. prisoners. American and Saudi officials confirmed his detention but did not discuss torture.
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Dallas
Dallas Morning News
Bruce Munden
Saudi Arabia
State Department
Munden
Alpine hospital wing to close amid funding dispute
Brewster County faces a funding squeeze as Big Bend Memorial Hospital seeks 150000 more and halves beds. Judge Tom Connor doubts county can provide the funds while administrators view a wing closure as an interim step. A multicounty hospital district is proposed for 1985 to craft a long term fix.
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Brewster County
Tom Connor
Big Bend Memorial Hospital
Big Bend Memorial
Tom Santry
Santry
Connor
CRUCIAL weighs out of court settlement in Midland case
CRUCIAL the Committee for Redress Unity Concern and Integrity at All Levels considers settling with Ector County Independent School District to avoid a March 9 federal rehearing in Midland. Norma Cantu of MALDEF said talks with district attorneys occurred recently and aimed to improve an unequal local plan.
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Ector County Independent School District
Crucial
Southside Group
Norma Cantu
Cantu
Economy to flourish through Election Day
Washington AP President Reagan can expect good economic news through November in his bid for reelection as economists project over 4 percent growth this year after inflation. Unemployment should dip below 8 percent by Election Day with inflation staying low, rates rising slightly, and deficits risking a future recession.
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Washington
Reagan
National Association of Business Economists
Association
Nicholas Filippello
NABE
Marines arrive and deploy in Beirut during 1962 crisis
A sequence of Marine deployments in Beirut from August 1962 to February 1964 is outlined. Marines arrive at the airport under a multination force after clashes and a refugee massacre, suffer no casualties on September 79, then suffer first deaths in October 1963, with 241 US personnel killed in the 1963 truck bombing. The force is redeployed and troops begin withdrawal by February 1964, with evacuation described as possibly two weeks.
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Beirut
PLO Querrillas
Lebanon
Washington
Amin Gemayel
Pullout Marines leave with little accomplished
Marines depart Lebanon after 18 months of shifting goals and rising casualties. Redeploying offshore, they leave without achieving political stability, having failed to alter the civil war and ending a controversial peacekeeping mission.
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Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Marine Amphibious
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