Oswald life in the Soviet Union eyed by KGB peers
New Yorker excerpt from Norman Mailer details Soviet surveillance of Lee Harvey Oswald during his 2½ years in the USSR. KGB tracked him as a possible U.S. agent, noting he couldn't shoot straight and bungled basic tasks. Marina Oswald offers personal reflections as the book project unfolds.
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No CIA Funds to Guatemala, Christopher Says
Secretary of State Warren Christopher assured CBS that no CIA money is currently flowing to Guatemala and any intelligence officials tied to past misconduct will be disciplined. Senate Intel Chair Arlen Specter criticized the situation, planning hearings on 1990s CIA funding of Guatemalan military leaders and calling for comprehensive housekeeping.
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Beijing to Save 100 Cultural Sites Amid Modern Rebirth
Beijing launches a five year plan to protect more than 100 cultural sites from demolition as chrome towers rise along major streets. The effort includes work on the Old Summer Palace, ruined since 1860, with over 60 ancient buildings and museums to be opened, including two new museums in southwest Beijing this year.
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Notable figures in brief national and local updates
A montage of brief items ties President Clinton supporting the Razorbacks in Atlanta, Jessica Lange returning to Minnesota, Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh joked about on a Georgia paper's April Fools page, Anne Perry addressing her past in Los Angeles, and Olympia Dukakis selling her Montclair home after a fatal post office shooting nearby.
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