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...region more often noted for its absence. For the Reagan Administration, it was also a chance to test diplomatic waters that have been roiled with resentment of assertive but erratic U.S. policies. Yet as the U.S. Air Force 707 carried Secretary of State George Shultz on a nine-day, five-country tour of Latin America and the Caribbean last week, the important thing was that, for once, something other than a geopolitical crisis was on the horizon. The theme behind most of the stopovers on Shultz's itinerary was democratic transition. Taken together, the visits - to El Salvador, Venezuela...
...James Beggs promoted that project last week at a meeting with President Reagan and his Cabinet, with no immediate results. Nothing, however, dampened NASA's cheer. At week's end it was so pleased with Spacelab that it decided to extend the shuttle's record-breaking nine-day mission by 24 hours. -By Frederic Golden. Reported by Jerry Hannifin and Geoffrey Leavenworth/Houston
Together the two powerful Oklahoma Democrats were found guilty of 20 counts of conspiracy and mail fraud, but by the time the nine-day trial in Muskogee County had ended, no one in the Sooner State could have been in any doubt about the motive: the crime had been committed...
Halfway through a routine nine-day crossing of the Atlantic, below a scalding sun on a lazy late afternoon, a deck hand aboard the Venezuelan cargo ship Maracaibo suddenly spotted a ship drifting aimlessly in the hazy distance. Captain Humberto León Dorante steamed toward the mysterious vessel and tried to establish radio contact with it. When he received no response, he slowly circled the ship three times to look for signs of life or danger. Then he dispatched an armed three-man expedition to board it. Shortly thereafter, León radioed Venezuelan navigation headquarters with his findings...
...looked like a real nice morning for a trip, so Russell Grafton, 79, and his wife Ruby, 74, climbed into their 1982 Ford Bronco and drove off. Thus began a nine-day jaunt that frazzled the Graftons' relatives, baffled police and may have involved some 4,000 U.S. miles...