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...special prosecutor has found "no basis" for indicting Meese for alleged financial irregularities. Instead he refused Meese's request to throw out the charges of "moral turpitude" made against him, stressing that there still could be evidence of criminal conduct--just not enough right now to make an indictment...
Shultz's message did not deter Israel from asking for $4.9 billion in U.S. military and economic aid over the next 21 months. Included in this request is an extra $800 million in financial assistance for fiscal 1985, in addition to the $2.6 billion already appropriated by Congress for the year. Some State Department officials call the additional request "unbelievable." Shultz had urged Israel to trim its $23 billion budget for fiscal 1985 by at least a billion dollars beyond the $1.5 billion in cuts already planned. He also suggested an end to the system of tying wage and benefit...
...fact the Defense Department had already set out to pre-emptively plug leaks. At the Pentagon's request, three news organizations-NBC, the Associated Press and Aviation Week & Space Technology, a widely respected industry magazine-held off stories about the military shuttle mission. NBC reported that it had grudgingly acceded to a personal plea from Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger...
...showed that the information in the disputed paragraph was not in the appendix or related materials. Time Inc., however, would continue to defend the substance of the story-that is, that Sharon discussed revenge with the Gemayels-as true. The Israeli Cabinet is expected to consider Sofaer's request next week...
...council, at the request of Harvard Tenants Union Coordinator Michael H. Turk, scheduled a public hearing on the issue for January...