Defector recalls KGB honey trap and embassy seductions
Alexandra Costa, a 1978 defector, describes KGB honey trap practices at Intourist and the risk of seduction used to recruit Western diplomats. The piece notes similar cases involving Marines, ambassadors, and military attaches, with accounts of coercion, blackmail, and defections shaping espionage history.
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KGB
Ms. Costa
England
Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Leningrad
Maurice Dejean
John Barron
Dejean
Yuri V. Krotkov
Louis Gibaud
Gibaud
James R. Holbrook
Thomas A. Spencer
Rovno
Ukraine
Poland
Red Army
Solidarity Movement
Holbrook
Tass
George Bush
Stanislav Levchenko
Levchenko
SCLC Announces Poverty Crusade Across 1988 Campaigns
The SCLC will place poverty as a national issue through hearings nationwide during the 1988 election cycle. Rev. Joseph Lowery argues poverty affects all races, defends affirmative action, and calls for renewed urgency. Coretta King backs pushing poverty to candidates, while Lowery cites AIDS disparities and urges awareness as part of a broader human rights agenda.
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Kansas City
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Joseph E. Lowery
SCLC
Lowery
Gregory
Atlanta
Martin Luther King
Reagan
Klu Klux Klan
South Africa
Center For Social Change
Fellowship of Reconstruction
Coretta Scott King
King
Finalists Named for Kansas Education Commissioner Post
The State Board of Education named six finalists to replace Harold Blackburn. They are Richard Funk Topeka Dan Neuenswander Lawrence Jerry Steele Pittsburg Max Heim Junction City Wilmer Cody Chevy Chase MD and Lee Drogemueller Tucson AZ. A subcommittee selected the finalists from more than 20 applicants and interviews will be held April 24 25 with a final decision May 11. Blackburn resigns effective June 30.
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Topeka
Kan
State Board of Education
Harold Blackburn
Sheila Frahm
Dan Neuenswander
Lawrence
Ottawa
Jerry Steele
Pittsburg
Max Heim
Junction City
Wilmer Cody
Chevy Chase
Lee Drogemueller
Tucson, Ariz
Blackburn
Conferees Split Over Education Aid In State Budget
The House Senate conference panel in Topeka worked slowly over 14 appropriations bills as major items, especially general aid for 304 school districts, caused disputes. The Senate proposed 457.5 million in general aid matching Gov Hayden, versus 449.8 million in the House plan, plus 44 million for transportation reimbursements and 91.4 million for special education costs.
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Topeka
Kan
House- Senate
Senate
State Department of Education
House
Gus Bogina
R-Lenexa
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Bill Bunten
R-Topeka
House Appropriations Committee
Mike Hayden
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Kansas Association of School Boards
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Kansas
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Dave Nichols
Recovversentey Relatior
Kansas Public Education
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