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...congressional vote. Reagan is expected to give at least two speeches this week publicizing his new Nicaragua package, which proposes peace talks between the Sandinistas and their opposition, plus $14 million in aid to the contras--money that can be used for military purposes only if there is no progress after 60 days of negotiations. The President will hold a series of private Oval Office meetings to lobby individual Congressmen. "We will try to show that espousing nation building really works," said National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane. "We have to persuade people that our policy can succeed and that...
...tours. My partner and I are forever running over to Hong Kong to look for more hotel space. First we beg, then we scream, then we rant and rave, and we still don't get as much as we'd like." A cruise to Brazil to observe the progress of Halley's comet is already sold out at prices of about $3,450, depending on accommodations, even though the cruise does not begin until March of next year. To Terry Lazar, vice president of New York's Vacation Travel Concepts, the action is more than a matter of favorable exchange...
...current U.S.-Honduran war games, dubbed Big Pine III, extend a series that began in 1983 and has become nearly continuous. In between the big maneuvers, U.S. and Honduran soldiers nearly always have some small-scale training exercise in progress. Never before, however, have so many U.S. soldiers participated in the games or used such heavy equipment so close to Nicaragua (some of the tanks maneuvered within three miles of the border). Next week's amphibious landing, named Universal Trek '85, together with Big Pine III, represents the most intricate military exercise the U.S. has conducted in this hemisphere...
...Coalition for a Free South Africa, the group behind the barricade, can rest assured that Sovern will not encourage future campus disruptions by submitting to their blackmail. The activists encamped outside Hamilton Hall are obstructing more than just the activity of the college; they're blocking progress toward their own objective...
...neighbors. The President's key point: while the talks are going on, Congress must release the $14 million earmarked for the contras but tied up by the legislators. The Administration would use the money only for "food, clothing and medicine and other support for survival." If there was no progress in the Nicaraguan talks after 60 days, the Administration would be free to spend the money for military support of the contras...