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...signals emanating from Washington last week over the issue of U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf were decidedly mixed. Press reports described a U.S. contingency plan to launch a pre-emptive strike against the Chinese- built Silkworm missiles that Iran is installing along the Strait of Hormuz. Drawing up a wide range of such plans is routine procedure. Testifying to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral William Crowe, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said nothing directly about the Silkworms. But speaking of the Reagan Administration's plan to have U.S. warships escort Kuwaiti tankers through the gulf...
...Gipper may yet have a rabbit or two to pull from his helmet, like a treaty with the Soviet Union to reduce intermediate-range nuclear missiles. There will be vetoes, and Reagan may still have to order the fleet here and there in the Persian Gulf, acts of institutional power. But the crusade is almost winded, the caravan dispersing. The great surges of political energy, the wide-screen visions that moved America, are headed for the memoirs. "Let's face it," mused one dedicated partisan about the last year of the Reagan Revolution, "not many people are going...
...carried the flag-draped coffins from the belly of a cargo plane and into a concrete hangar. After a brief memorial service marked by quiet sobs, the coffins were shipped to grave sites in small towns such as Greeleyville, S.C., and Fitchburg, Mass., all far, far away from the Persian Gulf...
...Venice summit will be devoted to economic issues. The leaders will blanket as many pressing issues as possible. First among them will be Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev's challenging proposal to remove short- and intermediate-range nuclear weapons from Europe. Other conversations will probably focus on the defense of Persian Gulf oil traffic following the attack on the U.S. frigate Stark, the international war against drugs, the fight against the AIDS virus, and terrorism...
...President decides on a policy of "routine" tests, while health workers fear that hysteria over the epidemic ignores its most likely victims. -- Reagan declares that the U. S. will keep the Persian Gulf open, but the details remain foggy. -- The Iran- contra hearings produce charges of profiteering among the patriots. -- Hugh Sidey discovers that he was "cut off" by Richard Nixon...