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Only once did the facility go on full alert -- on Nov. 9, 1965, when a power failure darkened much of the Northeast. Bourassa says he feared at the time that it was the result of a surgical nuclear strike. His order: "Report to base at once." The site's fleet of buses was dispatched to round up the 200- plus employees who lived in the area. Up until then, officials had feared that the staff would not report in because their family members would not be sheltered. But that day, more than 80% of the staff answered the call. Bourassa...
...thousands of promotions. Now two top admirals have been hooked -- for other incidents. Vice Admiral Jerry Tuttle, 57, named to head the Navy's air arm, was denied promotion for sexist jokes in a newsletter he writes. Rear Admiral Joseph Prueher, 49, named to take command of the Third Fleet, was gigged for a 1989 episode at Annapolis, where he was the No. 2 man, when male midshipmen handcuffed a female classmate to a urinal...
...biggest, Russia and Ukraine, have been bitterly at odds over such issues as ownership of the 300-ship Black Sea Fleet and issuing rival currencies. Meeting at the resort town of Sochi last week, Yeltsin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk took off their coats, put on their smiles and worked out an 18-point agreement. They pledged coordination of policies on currency and trade and reached a tentative compromise on dividing the fleet but sharing the bases. It was, said Kravchuk, "a fundamental turn in relations...
...Senate Armed Services Committee has pushed the issue ahead by delaying the promotions of more than 4,000 officers, including the commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, insisting that the Pentagon clarify whether any were involved in the affair...
...stumbling block is U.S. insistence that the Russians scrap their entire post-START arsenal of 154 land-based SS-18 missiles, each of which carries 10 warheads. Yeltsin demands as a quid pro quo that the U.S. dismantle its fleet of multiple-warhead Trident submarine-based missiles. After a final meeting with U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev reported "good progress" but added that "the rest will depend on our Presidents...