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...insurgents swarmed into La Trinidad, a small town near Esteli. For three hours they shelled a military barracks and battled government troops; at least 33 contras and eight militiamen were killed. Before withdrawing, the rebels set fire to government grain silos and food-storage sheds. In Esteli the government radio station broadcast messages calling for reservists to report for possible duty...
Within 24 hours of setting out, the travelers were seized by contras. They spent 29 hours in custody before being released unharmed. Every stage of the Witnesses' saga received carefully managed press coverage. Even their capture was recorded, over an open radio link, by a television crew standing by in the Witness for Peace headquarters in Managua...
...fees paid to big names are a powerful inspiration. Bob Hope commands the highest price: $40,000 a speech. Radio Personality Paul Harvey pulls down $25,000. Jeane Kirkpatrick doubled her fee to $20,000 after she became a Republican. Seer Jeane Dixon can conjure up $7,000 but donates all fees to charity. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger goes for $18,000; his former boss, Richard Nixon, could command $25,000 but speaks for free. "The fees," says Speaker Agent Carleton Sedgeley, "simply follow the laws of supply and demand...
...sorry we are not able to bring you our usual program." Instead of using its regular signature tune, the British Broadcasting Corporation began some radio transmissions early last Wednesday morning with an apology. For many viewers and listeners, it was about the only news they got that day. For the first time in 63 years, news programming on the BBC was silenced. The cause: a 24-hour strike. Workers at most of Britain's independent TV and radio stations walked out in support...
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