Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reinforcing its pledge to support higher education, the House of Representatives is expected to approve legislation tomorrow that would boost funding for student financial aid programs, Congressional aides said yesterday...
...bill, as reported out of the House Appropriations Committee last week, would increase funding for the Education Department by $1.1 billion, to $20.6 billion. Financial aid programs would receive more than $323 million in new money, said a Congressional staff member...
...Swaggart organization has been involved in several convoluted legal disputes. Among the charges leveled against Swaggart over the years, the most serious was a 1983 accusation that contributions to a children's aid fund went for other purposes. The operation was undoubtedly sloppy, since money raised went into the general fund, and only after 1984 did the outflow of children's aid match the $21.8 million in donations...
...Soviets have, in fact, seemed somewhat cautious about the military support they now provide Nicaragua. But so far Moscow has been unwilling to abandon the Sandinistas or other Third World clients, claiming that U.S. aid to anti-Marxist forces prevents peaceful settlement of local conflicts. As Oliver North argued in his testimony last week, Cuban troops, serving as the Soviet "mercenary army," are stationed in Nicaragua, Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia and South Yemen. Testing the Soviets' true intentions will be tricky; the manipulation of Third World proxies is not an issue that lends itself to formal negotiations. Assistant Secretary Ridgway...
Solarz will hold committee hearings this week to force the Administration to take formal action against Islamabad. A six-year, $4 billion aid package for Pakistan is up for a vote in Congress this fall...