Senate OKs non military Contra aid plan
The Republican controlled Senate approved 38 million dollars in non lethal aid to the Nicaragua Contras over 18 months. The plan repeals the prohibition on military action but bars guns and lethal weapons. allies cite democracy, while opponents warn of deeper U.S. involvement. The House is expected to vote next week.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Nicaragua
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
CIA
Nunn
Reagan
Congress
State Department
Central America
House
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Jobless rate held steady in May amid mixed gains
The May unemployment rate remained at 7.3 percent for a fourth straight month as manufacturing shed 28,000 jobs while the economy added 345,000 positions led by services. Youth unemployment rose, with 20-24 year olds at 12.5 percent and teens at 18.9 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Janet L. Norwood
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Norwood
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Judge Rules Against Smileless Flight Attendant
A federal judge upheld American Airlines policy requiring a friendly facial expression and ruled the company could fire Robert W. Cox for not smiling enough. Cox, who worked 1974 to 1975, sued for sex discrimination seeking reinstatement and back wages.
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Belew
Cox
Exhumation in Brazil Fails to Confirm Mengele Identity
Police uncovered a man’s skull bones and cloth remnants in Embu near Sao Paulo as they probe if the remains are those of Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor known as the Angel of Death. Authorities cite strong indications, but international experts cast doubt, with Nazi hunter Wiesenthal calling it unlikely.
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Emba
Brazil
Josef Mengele
Angel of Death
Jose Antonio de Mello
Sao Paolo
Embu
New York
Simon Wiesenthal
Josef Mengel
Paris
Serge Klarfeld
Mengele
Menachem Russek
Israel Police War Crimes Unit
Fear kept couple quiet EMBA Brazil
An elderly Austrian couple Wolfram and Liselette Bossert say they never told police about their friendship with Nazi doctor Josef Mengele because they were afraid. Sao Paulo police found documents, photos, and a diary in their home they believe belong to Mengele, who reportedly lived there in the 1970s and died in 1979.
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Emba
Brazil
Josef Mengele
Mengele
Auschwitz
Wolfram
Liselette Bossert
Romeu Tuma
Sao Paulo
Bosserts
Bossert
Tuma
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