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...Secretary had barely finished his testimony when the inevitable Democratic fireworks began. House Speaker Jim Wright of Texas, who recently co-sponsored with Reagan a now moribund Central American peace plan, promptly denounced the aid request as "inappropriate." Such aid, he charged, would frustrate the peace agreement signed in Guatemala City last month by five Central American Presidents, including Ortega, that calls for a regionwide cease-fire to take effect on Nov. 7. Any congressional move toward military aid right now, said Wright, "assumes the failure of the peace process, and I don't think it will fail." Wright hinted...
...dissident recalls a late-night knock at the door. A mild-looking young official stood outside with a request: "We want you to come and do three months of military service." "If I do," said the dissenter, "I will lose my job." "No problem," said the recruiter. "We will take care of you." The uninvited visitor ultimately agreed to go away, indicating that some free choice still exists in Cuba. But that the summons can come at all shows just how fragile that freedom remains...
...last week, Kelly's investigation had turned into a national story, and Homestead briefly became a media circus. While idlers in the doorway of the Ragtime Saloon gawked at network television crews outside police headquarters, the chief pressed on with his campaign. On Wednesday his men rushed to request fingerprints from a "suspicious" black man reported downtown; they found that he was merely an innocent man from Pittsburgh who was standing around waiting for his brother. Otherwise, Kelly's teams kept up ! their door-to-door canvass, collecting prints and handing out alarm horns to women in the blue-collar...
...trip is classified as a "working visit," but Honecker will be accorded most of the trappings normally reserved for grander state visits, including lunch with President Richard von Weizsacker, meetings with leaders of the Bundestag and five hours of talks with Kohl. Bonn quickly acceded to one Honecker request: coffee and cake at the Essen home of Berthold Beitz, chairman of the Krupp steel empire, with whom he has developed a business and hunting friendship over the past seven years. That session will be followed by a reception for Honecker at the Villa Hugel, former home of the Krupp family...
...they had squelched a Marcos plan to buy an estimated $25 million in weapons for a coup attempt. Marcos said of last week's affair, "We are not involved," though he added that he hoped Aquino was toppled and he would gladly accept an invitation to return. No such request came from the rebels...