Bernardi links Alexander cronies to City Hall in probe files
Syracuse records show under ex mayor Lee Alexander the city invested nearly ten million dollars in a Syracuse bank run by Kenyon Bajus. After Bajus left, city investments followed to a new bank. A second institution also received city funding after lending to an Alexander associate who directed funds to the political committee.
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Lee Alexander
Syracuse
Kenyon Bajus
Bajus
Alexander
Roy Bernardi
Bernardi
Shultz to take the stand in Iran Contra hearings
A June 1986 memo warned George P. Shultz that possible arms sales to Iran would damage U S foreign policy as Iran Contra hearings enter a final phase. The memo by Robert M. Oakley, now in the congressional archives, informs Shultz of the issue and shapes questions he faces at the witness table.
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George P. Shultz
Iran
Shultz
Robert M. Oakley
State Department
House
Senate
Washington Post
The
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Shuitz
Elliott Abrams
Abrams
Presidential Tower Commission
Page
AIG
Gorbachev backs global zero zero arms plan for missiles
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev proposes the global elimination of medium and short-range missiles. He says the USSR would remove its missiles in Asia if the United States agrees to ditch 100 mid-range warheads in Alaska. Washington reacts positively awaiting a major arms treaty and summit in coming months.
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Alaska
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Evguene Yagozkin
Gorbachev
Merdeka
Ency
Bacher
Moscon
Europe
Reagan Administration
Jefferson quote on people's power as safe depository
A concise quotation from Thomas Jefferson asserts that the people themselves are the only safe depository of ultimate power. If the public is not enlightened to exercise control wisely, the solution is to inform and educate their judgment rather than disempower them.
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Thomas Jefferson
Oil tanker convoy mid voyage through Gulf to Kuwait
Two reflagged Kuwaiti tankers escorted by U.S. warships passed Bahrain at mid morning en route to Kuwait through the Persian Gulf. The 500 mile trip, originally with three U.S. ships, was joined by a fourth cruiser Reeves. Iran warned of clash as the convoy nears Iran and Farsiyah Island near Bahrain.
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Bahrain
U.S
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
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al-Ahmadi
Strait of Hormuz
Reeves
Iran
Washington
United States
Tehran
Ali Akbar Velayati
U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Farsiyah
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
GE sells consumer electronics unit to French firm Thomson S.A.
Workers at General Electric Cas Building 7 learned in a brief meeting that GE has sold its consumer electronics business to Thomson S.A. The announcement stunned about 45 employees gathered on the shop floor after their shift and left many questioning their futures. One worker called it devastating and unexpected.
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Thomson S.A
Carmella Gaston
Ronald Flanagan
Division sold to French firm
General Electric plans to sell its electronics consumer goods division to Thomson S.A. of France, affecting 31,000 GE workers worldwide and about 340 Syracuse employees. GE says job impacts remain uncertain. union officials fear relocation and layoffs as regulatory reviews proceed.
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General Electric Co
Syracuse
General Electric
Thomson S.A
Art Smith
International Union of Electrical Workers Local 320
Connie Grasso
Thomson
France
United States
RCA
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