Navy Criticized For Combat Plane Spending
Secret memorandum from Defense Secretary Harold Brown criticizes Navy and Air Force procurement. It says Air Force buys more aircraft with less funding, while Navy struggles to meet long term requirements. The document aims to curb spending and tighten control over defense budgets for the next five years.
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Nominee for FBI backs prosecutors in his cases
William H. Webster, Carter's pick to head the FBI, has leaned toward prosecutors in his four years on the U.S. Circuit Court in St. Louis while upholding some limits on police overreach. An AP review of 60 opinions shows he favored investigative tactics and evidence leeway, yet he also upheld a right to sue the FBI for harassment in one case.
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Southwestern Bell
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Smith presses for free hand in Rhodesia talks
Prime Minister Ian Smith urged Britain to back off and let him pursue a one man one vote settlement with internally based black leaders. In Salisbury he warned against British efforts to derail negotiations as British Foreign Secretary David Owen prepared to meet Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe in Malta on January 30. American envoy Andrew Young may join.
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Mugabe
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Suharto crackdown widens as students face arrests and bans
Indonesian forces swept through Jakarta and other Java campuses detaining more than 100 students after dispersing a 2000 strong protest at a Christian university. Troops blocked campuses including University of Indonesia while banning two more newspapers Indonesia Times and Sinar Pagi in a broader press clampdown.
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Hot cakes lead to boy's arrest
A 15-year-old boy drove a bakery truck through New York for about four hours dispensing cakes bread donuts and other items at discount prices before police stopped him. The stolen vehicle had previously been used in a joyride with a Greyhound bus and the youth, who was at a juvenile home last year, faces grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property charges.
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