Word: southwester
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Southwest Africa Peoples Organization (SWAPO)--the freedom-fighting organization most Western observers believe commands the support of the majority of Namibians--has rightly refused to participate in elections held in the atmosphere of intimidation and repression South African guns would guarantee. A government established with the "help" of the South Africans would undoubtedly emerge with a weak confederation structure and representation along tribal lines. Such a government merely would insure continued political and economic dominance by the whites in the territory, who currently enjoy one of the world's highest standards of living. With these realities in mind, SWAPO...
Approximately 140 people died yesterday in one of the worst aviation disasters in United States history. A Pacific Southwest Airlines 727 carrying 133 people collided with a Cessana 150 flown by a student pilot on the approach to San Diego airport. At least three people died after the planes landed because their wreckage set several buildings on fire...
From his bunker, West Point Graduate Somoza, whose favorite pastime is watching war movies, called for more mercenaries. Newspaper ads suddenly appeared in the U.S. Southwest: "ExMarine combat veterans needed to fight Communist takeover in Central America." An Albuquerque recruiter, Guy Gabaldon, quickly signed up his quota of 100 men and asked Managua for permission to enroll more. Somoza also ordered up his own National Guard reserves. Reportedly, he did so with reluctance because of suspicions that they might not otherwise remain loyal and turn over arms to the rebels. In any case, Somoza needed the extra help. His regular...
Twenty-three years ago Iran, along with Pakistan and Turkey, became America's Southwest Asian ally in the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO). Today these nations on the southern flank of the Soviet Union are more than ever distressed about the growing political instability in their midst?and the potential that this creates for Kremlin mischief. Last week, after touring the volatile CENTO countries, TIME Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott wrote this assessment from Tehran...
Washington entered the game in 1955 with the creation of the Baghdad pact, a virtual invention of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who envisioned the alliance as a Southwest Asian counterpart of NATO. The original members, in addition to Turkey, Iran and Pakistan, were Iraq and Britain; the U.S. was an associate member. Iraq was dropped after a radical leftist government came to power in 1958, and the alliance moved its headquarters from Baghdad to Ankara. The diplomats and generals who renamed the organization CENTO presumably never bothered to check the dictionary, which defines "cento" as "a patchwork...