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...southwest gate of the White House last week after a state visit with President Reagan, his limousine was forced to make an abrupt turn to weave its way slowly past a narrow, 3-ft-high stretch of concrete block. The V-shaped barricades took the place of three sand-filled dump trucks that had blocked the gate after threats had been received from Shi'ite groups. These are only the latest in a series of security measures aimed at better protecting the President and fortifying the White House against possible terrorist attacks...
When the First Family is out of town, as it was last week, the lights on the White House lawn are usually dark. But at dusk last Thursday the grounds came brilliantly alight. Caught in the glare were seven sand-filled Government trucks that set up barricades at the mansion's gates. At the State Department, similar drastic security measures were in effect. The precautions were sparked by a bomb threat received by the FBI. It coincided with a review of security prompted by the October truck bombing in Beirut and the terrorist blast that left a gaping hole...
Presidential reputations are always fluid. Dwight Eisenhower, for example, was regarded during the '60s as a somewhat vague golfer with a tendency to blunder into sand traps when attempting a complicated English sentence. Now he is enjoying a rehabilitation. His watch was essentially peaceful and prudent, his revisionists...
...government is building a full-size jet airport so that visitors will be able to reach the island directly from North America and Europe. Enjoy the magnificent view where the Atlantic joins the Caribbean. On one side you will see a sparkling slate-black beach of volcanic sand and on the other, of brilliantly white coral sand...
BEIRUT, Lebanon--U.S. Marines were ordered into sand-bagged bunkers yesterday and told to "shoot to kill" anyone approaching their camp after three trucks that officials feared might be filled with explosives drove nearby...