Administration exaggerates defense needs in Washington talks
In private talks with House Speaker Thomas O'Neill and Vice President Bush, Defense Secretary Weinberger faced opposition to a large military buildup. O'Neill read a costed laundry list of weapons and warned that budgets will be cut, while critics say the administration inflated threats to push for cuts and nuclear disarmament changes, with El Salvador as a key signaling point.
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Washington
Caspar Weinberger
House
Thomas O'Neill
O’neill
Weinberger
O'Neill
Ed Oo
Cement
George Bush
Bush
Weinberger-O'Neill
el Salvador
Soviet Union
Florida
United States
Thomas Enders
Isthmus
Central America
Mexico
Congress
Reagan
Vietnam
U.S. must avoid broader war in El Salvador
The author argues against sending more arms or advisers to El Salvador, warning that such steps would escalate conflict, empower communists, and risk U.S. troops. They note foreign backing for guerrillas, warn of a slippery slope to Cuba and Nicaragua, and urge alternatives to gunboat diplomacy and wider military involvement in the hemisphere.
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el Salvador
Cuba
Mexico
California
Panama
Panama Canal
Florida
U.S
Central American
Washington
New York
Los Angeles
Vietnam
Afghanistan
Ho Chi Minh
United States
Nicaragua
Soviet Union
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Central
Fidel Castro
Carter
Reagan
Hemisphere
Wildlife donor program promotion raises questions in Albany
The Department of Environmental Conservation paid Wolk ens Advertising $91 000 to promote the Gift for Wildlife program amid salary questions for two communications chiefs. Gov Cuomo asked for a productivity review. A tax return sample shows donations averaging 4 45 and potential first year funds near 2.6 million. Commissioner Henry Williams defended the contract though a Tuesday news conference featured a biting bald eagle.
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Albany
Department of Environmental Conservation
Mario Cuomo
Sidney Schwartz
New York State
Hugh Carey
Cuomo
Environmental Conservation Department
Wolkens
Robert McManus
McManus
Weilkens
Karen Townsend
State Tax Department
Gram
William Snyder
Snyder
Carey
Henry Williams
Williams
Department
Associated Press
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DeWitt
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