Defection of West German spymaster shocks Kohl government
West German counterespionage chief Hans Joachim Tiedge defected to East Germany after 19 years in the service. His access to sensitive operations and agent identities raises questions about security laxity and defection risks amid Cold War espionage tensions. The episode prompts NATO intelligence concern and comparisons to historical leaks.
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Hans Joachim Tiedge
East Germany
Helmut Kohl
Tiedge
NATO
Europe
Tredge
Reinhard Gehlen
West Germany
Kim Philby
Guy Burgess
Klaus Fuchs
Rosenbergs
Soviet Bloc
Col
Oleg Penkovsky
KGB
Tokyo
Stanislav A. Levchenko
London
Oleg A. Gordievski
Gordievski
Britain
West
Free World
Vietnam
Editor Commentary on Sexual Abuse Series and Treatment Views
A letter from a family and child therapist commends the series for public awareness and urges focus on early help for exploited children. The writer questions some statistics and argues that many first offenders, especially those within families, can be controlled with legal consequences and therapy.
Today in History Highlights September 13
On September 13 1759 British forces under James Wolfe defeated the French at Quebec ending the Plains of Abraham battle and securing English dominance in Canada. Other dates mark the U S Constitution's first national election authorization in 1788 and Attica Prison riot ending in 1971 with 33 deaths. Birthdays include Claudette Colbert and Mel Torme among others.
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Plains of Abraham
Quebec City
James Wolfe
Canada
United States
John Barry
Walter Reed
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
U.S. Senate
Congress
Attica Prison
New York State
Claudette Colbert
Mel Torme
Fred Silverman
Jacqueline Bisset
Fall luncheon fundraiser gathers ENMMC supporters at NMMI
About 25 years ago on September 14 Gov. John Burroughs addressed regents faculty and cadets at the New Mexico Military Institute. Mrs A C Cates Jr and Mrs Al Lake Jr attended the fall luncheon fundraiser sponsored by the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burroughs
New Mexico Military Institute
A.C. Cates Jr
al Lake Jr
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Inn of the Sixth Happiness Opens at Walker AFB Theater
The small society Auxiliary presents a two week run of Inn of the Sixth Happiness at the Walker Air Force Base Community Theater. Director Ron Birdell leads the production. Melanie Adams headlines the Travelers Club by showing color slides from her trip to Hong Kong Japan and Singapore.
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Walker Air Force Base
Ron Birdell
Melanie Adams
Travelers Club
Hong Kong
Japan
Singapore
Government debt and new Commission on the Status of Women
The passage criticizes U S borrowing as excessive noting a trillion dollar annual need and a debt ceiling near two trillion while praising new appointees to the Commission on the Status of Women for their work.
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Commission On the Status of Women
Critics flag budget growth and lobbyist influence in Santa Fe
Fred McCaffrey critiques lawmakers and bureaucrats in the 1986 legislative cycle. He notes former officials fired by Gov. Toney Anaya and current leaders seeking larger commissions. The column questions fund requests for bureaucracy itself and recalls a disorganized Legislative Public School Reform Committee meeting in Carlsbad. It also pokes at lobbyist ties to campaign debts and ends with a ringside remark about Bruce King missing the Fiesta Parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toney Anaya
Commission
Legislative Public School Reform Committee
Carlsbad
Marvin Walls
Bobby Aragon
Walls
Santa Fe
Les Houston
Secretary of State
State Senate
Bruce King
South Africa Signals Major Steps Toward End of Apartheid
A government panel urged repeal of pass laws that kept rural blacks in homelands and away from cities replacing with a common identity document for all races. President Botha also moved to restore citizenship to 8 million blacks freeing many to claim national status but without voting rights. The reforms mark a pivotal but limited shift toward dismantling apartheid amid continued racial separation.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
P.W. Botha
Helen Suzman
Botha
Sheena Duncan
Black Sash
Inventor sues DOE over nuclear waste vitrification dispute
Seattle physicist Penberthy claims his glass-waste vitrification furnace could save taxpayers up to a billion dollars annually. He and the Energy Department clashed after the DOE halted work, dismantled and later recovered parts, while independent panels questioned his scope and fit for the project.
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Washington
Larry Penberthy
Energy Department
Penberthy
Seattle
Department
Peaberthy
DOE
Penberthy Electromelt International
West Valley
N.Y
Justice Department
Seretly
Anel
Thenergy Department
James Turi
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