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...Gulf, exerts enormous pressure on U.N. officials and workers with private relief agencies to keep the atrocities unpublicized. Nor have the Thais taken much action to stop the assaults at sea. One promising venture was an antipiracy unit, supported by a $2 million U.S. grant, that included two spotter planes and funds to repair an aging coast guard cutter. After some success against the pirates, Bangkok asked the U.S. for another $1.3 million in June. The Reagan Administration countered with an offer of $600,000. Thai officials said the funds were insufficient and the program died. This week Bangkok will...
...Irish Republic to fatten depleted coffers. Partly as a result of the bank raids, the Republic has built up its own surveillance of the border region. In early September Prime Minister Charles Haughey's government announced that Dublin will spend $240 million to deploy more helicopters and spotter aircraft, equip special detective teams with Israeli UZI submachine guns, use unmarked police cars and-shades of The Informer-pay more money for inside tipoffs...
...have a lot of leads and a lot of theories-perhaps too many theories." One of them stems from Coleman's report that a motorcyclist had preceded her car on the 15-minute drive to the motel, timing the green lights perfectly. (Could the motorcyclist have been a spotter for the gunman?) Said Young: "We're a long way from the end." But he added: "Remember, it took us a long time to find Patty Hearst...
...English and French, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIT. The latest and biggest package tour to arrive at Kabul Airport looks set for a long visit. The Soviet army has pitched a tent city there. Its equipment includes hundreds of helicopters, scores of giant Antonov and Ilyushin transport aircraft, spotter planes, radar trucks, tanks, artillery, antiaircraft batteries, radio rigs, armored personnel carriers, lines of trucks, gasoline tankers, innumerable smaller vehicles. Huge transports, some in Aeroflot's blue and white paint, others in military silver, come and go. The view from the departure lounge and the airport tearoom is like...
...NOTEBOOK: WHRB spotter, John Dubaz, failed in his third attempt at the Bermuda Shoot, and ex-varsity cager, Dave Coatsworth, missed on his second try. Is the fix on, or what?... Crowd pleaser Dave Durham is no longer rolling a season-long donut, after hitting for two points last night...