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...troops struck promptly at dawn. Supported by spotter helicopters and armored cars, up to 1,500 soldiers dressed in combat gear cordoned off La Victoria, a slum on the southern outskirts of Santiago that houses some 50,000 poor and unemployed. They searched and in some cases ransacked the ramshackle dwellings in a hunt for weapons and "subversive" literature. "Remain calm," the troops blared through loudspeakers. "Anyone who leaves his home will be taken as an agitator...
...squads of guerrillas staged a surprise early-morning raid against several army outposts near the hilltop town of Tenancingo, 17 miles northeast of San Salvador. After two hours of fighting, frightened townspeople, many of whom were hiding under their beds, heard approaching army helicopters. They were soon followed by spotter planes and three U.S.-supplied A-37B Dragonfly jets...
Nkomo publicly called on the kidnapers to free the tourists. Mugabe, meanwhile, sent 1,500 members of the army, aided by helicopters and spotter planes, on a massive bush country search for the hostages: two Americans, two Britons and two Australians...
Under its aggressive and hard-charging chairman, William P. ("Wild Bill") Jennings, the bank had cultivated an image as a canny deal spotter in the risky business of financing energy drilling and exploration projects. The lending was made possible by a common practice called overlining. Under federal regulations, a bank cannot make loans to any one borrower that amount to more than 10% of its capital. One way around that restriction is for a small bank to parcel out shares in proposed large loan deals to more important banks. During the oil-drilling boom that peaked last December, Penn Square...
...Guatemalan President. A flamboyant commander who likes to hop aboard a blue-and-white helicopter to visit the front lines, "Benny," as he is called, has brought to the antiguerrilla fight some modern tactics: the use of large numbers of mobile troops guided to their targets by spotter aircraft and helicopters, and the rapid deployment of elite commando units by air when the fighting begins. Lucas has also tried to instill a new resolve in the Guatemalan troops, demanding clear proof that they have actively engaged the enemy in firefights...