Hostages Suffering, KGB Says in Beirut Report
London report says the KGB told the CEA that some foreign hostages in Lebanon, isolated and chained, are deteriorating physically after being injected by an Iranian doctor to aid interrogation. Gordon Thomas cites CIA and Israeli sources about high level talks in Washington and claims Dr. Ibrahim al Nahir controls the captives with drugs. Anglican envoy Terry Waite is among those named. Waite’s whereabouts in Beirut remain as reported.
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Senate plan may trim hours end Saturday postal service
The plan would shift nearly $2 billion in costs from the federal budget to the Postal Service and could force the agency to cut spending, potentially ending Saturday mail delivery, reducing post office hours, and halting hundreds of construction projects,.Postmaster General Preston R. Tisch scheduled a news conference to discuss the impact.
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Sandinistas plan for invasion by US, defector alleges
A Nicaraguan defector Maj. Roger Miranda Bengoechea says Sandinistas plan to take up to half a million hostages and pressure the United States into withdrawal, while Defense Minister Humberto Ortega outlines a seven year buildup and a squadron of MiG jets.
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Kennedy faces tough questioning on Supreme Court nominee
Senate Judiciary Committee opens hearings on Anthony M Kennedy, the Sacramento appeals judge chosen as the third candidate to fill Powell's vacancy. Supporters compare him to Powell while critics prepare to oppose. Protests surface from NOW and the Center for Constitutional Rights.
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Economists warn pessimism may bring on recession in 88
Washington economists warn consumer confidence drop after the October stock market fall could push the country into recession by year end. The National Association of Business Economists reports rising pessimism since late November with half the panel predicting a downturn before 1988 ends, up from one third in August.
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Shultz shifts SDI funding strategy amid ABM treaty debate
Secretary of State George Shultz said the Reagan administration will seek SDI funds on a case by case basis rather than pursue a broad ABM treaty interpretation. He spoke in Copenhagen and Oslo during talks with Norwegian leaders, noting Congress has banned tests through 1983 and urging a practical budgeting approach.
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