Inmates Earn Syracuse Degrees At Auburn Prison
Rene Otero of Manhattan and 9 other Auburn inmates will receive bachelor’s degrees in liberal arts from Syracuse University. The program, praised as a tool for rehabilitation, enrolls about 60 inmates and includes courses from humanities to management.
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Auburn Correction Facility
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Auburn Correctional Facility
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State University At Buffalo
Jacques Edwards
Edwards
NAACP
Robert Murphy
Syracuse
Tammy Faye Bakker accuses PTL leaders of abuse and eviction fight
Tammy Faye Bakker accuses PTL of rummaging through her home, sending dogs to the pound, and burying her records as she vows to resist eviction from a $1.3 million home. She says the couple started a new ministry and claims millions in misused funds. PTL denies the allegations.
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Jerry Falwell
Jim
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Mark DeMoss
Democrats OK $1 trillion budget faces Reagan choice
Congressional leaders announce a $1 trillion fiscal 1988 budget pact, offering $296 billion for the Pentagon if Reagan approves a tax hike, else $289 billion for defense. Domestic spending cuts total $11 billion with $7 billion from prepayments, aiming to cut the deficit to about $108 billion. Final votes expected next week.
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White House Office of Management and Budget
CIA Warns of Probable Iranian Attack in Persian Gulf
The CIA told Congress there is a high probability Iran may sponsor an attack on U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf if Kuwait tanker protection lapses. Anonymous congressional sources said tankers under any flag could be hit or Iranian-backed terrorists could strike Navy vessels in a way that would be hard to trace to Iran in the closed-door House meetings.
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U.S
Persian Gulf
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Arms sales rise discussed by Aspen and Senate panel
Rep. Les Aspin chairing the House panel noted Pentagon plans target less likely threats. He said aerial or missile attacks are dramatic yet unlikely, and Tehran would avoid leaving fingerprints on any strike against Americans.
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Les Aspin
D-Wis
House
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Aspin
American Journalist Charles Glass Kidnapped in Lebanon
Seirat suburb near Beirut reports say American journalist Charles Glass has disappeared while returning to Beirut from Sidon. Sources note the possible abduction by gunmen in Ouzai, a Shiite area. eight Americans and 16 others missing in Lebanon over two years, with no group claiming responsibility.
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Lebanon
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Moslem West
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Beirut
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Syria
ABC
Middle East
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Synans
Anglican Church
Terry Waite
TWA
Adel Osseiran
Osseiran
Ali
Afaf Saidi
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Ali Osseiran
Secord tied to CIA renegade and Iran Contra links
A retired CIA official will testify to Congress about a financial link between Maj. Gen. Richard V. Secord and Edwin P. Wilseon, the renegade agent convicted of smuggling arms to Libya. Investigators say Pentagon officials, possibly including Caspar Weinberger, discussed secret Iran arms sales in 1985 before Reagan’s January finding. Jet committee weighs how to handle Lt. Col. Oliver North’s refusal to testify in private.
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Libya
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Defense
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Iran
Reagan
Jet Committee
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North
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
Warren Rudman
N.H
House
Senate
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