Cuba expands Cuban role in Angola amid rising troop count
U.S. intelligence reports about 7,500 Cuban soldiers in Angola, up from roughly 6,000, backing the Soviet supported MPLA. Reports indicate a Cuban tank brigade may have arrived, with three more Cuban officials identified in Angola. Casillas linked to Fidel Castro noted amid ongoing airlift and weapon movements to the MPLA frontline.
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Luis Alfonso Ochoa
Cuban Communist Party
Jorge Risquel
Julio Casas
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
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Casas
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Russia
Portugal's Tug of War Spills Into Angola Debate
ASU political science professor Marvin Alisky argues Angola shows the complexity of U.S. policy and Portugal's war burden. He notes the Angolan factions receive aid from China and the Soviet Union, while Portugal faces high budgets, inflation, and a fragile economy amid a shifting political landscape.
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United States
U.S. Congress
Marvin Alisky
Arizona State University
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Alisky
Union For the Liberation of
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Mobutu
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China
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Luanda
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Europe
Iranian Marxists sentenced to death by firing squad
An Iranian army tribunal sentenced 10 Marxist guerrillas to death by firing squad for the killings of three American colonels and an Iranian U.S. consulate employee, plus the 1973 slaying of Lt. Col. Lewis Hopkins. An 11th defendant received 15 years in solitary. The defendants admitted involvement in the May 21 killings near the U.S. advisory group and admitted plotting against the Shah's regime.
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Iran
U.S
U.S. Air Force
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Bryan
Ohio
Jack J. Turner
Christopher, Ill
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Declarer Finds Key Card To Beat His Own Game
In Stockholm journalist Jan Wohlin reports a bridge hand where the declarer locates a vital high card and uses the right tool at the right moment. West leads spade 10, the heart shift follows, and despite clever play the defense ruffs three trumps. the declarer then discards to a heart and West can access trumps at will. The point is that the overall plan matters more than a single card.
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New eXPeriments may end debate over ozone layer
NASA NOAA and the aerospace industry join in a renewed probe into whether the ozone layer is thinning and what causes it. NOAA scientists credit solar proton events and nitric oxide production during solar flares as potential contributors alongside aerosols and previous pollution theories, with NASA funding shuttle observing experiments for the 1980s.
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Paul J. Crutzen
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George C. Reid
Aeronomy Laboratory
Boulder
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