Pentagon deals with horror stories in weapons buying
Washington AP reports top Pentagon officials warn scandals over overpriced items and flawed weapons hurt public support for higher defense budgets. Caspar Weinberger Verne Orr and Barry Goldwater blame the weak link in buying while reforms expand audits and competition amid GOP battles.
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Caspar Weinberger
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Verne Orr
Senate Armed Services Committee
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Michael Burch
MX missile funding splits House as Reagan win approved
Washington AP reports the House debated the MX missile and Rep. Vic Fazio warned the fight has torn the body apart. The final action granted the president $1.5 billion for 21 additional MX missiles, each carrying 10 warheads for Soviet targets thousands of miles away.
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House
Vic Fazio
D-Calif
Senate
Reagan
Treason charges against Honduran Supreme Court judges
Government prosecutors filed treason charges Saturday against five new Supreme Court judges appointed by Congress in its dispute with President Roberto Suazo Cordova. Police arrested one judge and jailed him. four others fled into hiding as the nine justices face possible indictments or dismissals.
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Honduras
Supreme Court
Congress
Roberto Suazo Cordova
Valladares Soto
Central
Marco Antonio Lanza
Sartzetakis becomes Greece's new head of state in low-key swearing in
Greece's Supreme Court judge Christos Sartzetakis was sworn in as president in a 10 minute Parliament ceremony boycotted by conservatives who argued the election was invalid. He won 180 votes, becoming head of state with Socialists backing his candidacy. Pro and anti factions gathered as candles burned amid prayers.
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Athens
Greece
Christos Sartzetakis
Supreme Court
Seraphim
Sartzetakis
Constantine Caramanlis
Andreas Papandreou
Socialist Party
Communist Party
Iran fires missiles at Baghdad after Iraqi raids
Iran launches two surface to surface missiles at Baghdad as IRNA reports the strike at 1 59 a m local time amid ongoing exchanges. Iraqi leaders claim attacks on Iranian cities and a border town school, while Baghdad cites no casualties and diplomats note suspected Scud B missiles obtained from Libya.
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Iraq
Iran
Jassan
Tehran
Islamic Republic
IRNA
London
Ali Khomeini
Sar-e Pol Zahab
Gilan-e Garb
Meeting of US and Soviet commanders over Nicholson death
US and Soviet Union agree on a meeting between their military commanders in Germany after Soviet sentry killed American Maj Arthur D Nicholson during a reconnaissance mission. Dobrynin met with Shultz at the State Department and said talks would aim to close the incident and prevent repetition. Nicholson was buried with full military honors at Arlington after the talks.
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United States
Soviet Union
Germany
Arthur D. Nicholson
Anatoly Dobrynin
State Department
George Shultz
Mark Palmer
Shultz
Palmer
Nicholson
East Germany
Dobrynin
Geneva
Anita Stockman
Arlington National Cemetery
Nicholson laid to rest at Arlington after East Germany shooting
Army Maj. Arthur D. Nicholson Jr. was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. A somber service followed a burial on a hillside near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. His wife Karen and eight-year-old daughter Jennifer attended with his parents. The flag-draped coffin rode from Fort Myer Memorial Chapel on a caisson drawn by six white horses to the gravesite.
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Arthur D. Nicholson Jr
Arlington National Cemetery
East Germany
Nicholson
Karen
Jennifer
Arthur D. Nicholson Sr
Fort Myer Memorial Chapel
Southern Illinoisan buys and delivery details notice
Public notice style item listing publication details, rates, contact and mailing information for The Southern Illinoisan. Includes frequency, pricing for various delivery methods and mailing addresses for subscription changes and offices in Carbondale Illinois.
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Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Carbondale
Lee Enterpr
Toote A
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