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...measure is longer on sticks than carrots. If adopted by the Senate, it would immediately provide $30 million for nonlethal supplies and begin payment of $70 million in military aid in September. The money, to be used for badly needed training, transport and communications equipment, would be released in installments if the President certifies--and a congressional panel concurs --that peace negotiations were stalemated. In addition, unspecified "heavy weapons" included in the package cannot be delivered until February of next year. Though the Pentagon has not provided details, these weapons may include shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles...
...party. Other tabs: $19,971 for long-distance calls, $18,952 for clothing (including 3,500 for men's socks, belts, underwear) and $10,555 for toothpaste, soap, beauty aids. Hoping to spare U.S. taxpayers such outlays, the subcommittee urged that the U.S. Government--which spent $450,813 to transport Marcos and the others to "safe haven"--demand reimbursement for the personal bills...
...make calls at the public phone booths and send telegrams. Suddenly the morning routine was shattered by an explosion that echoed throughout the downtown area of the capital. Two floors of the three-story structure collapsed. As rescue workers sifted through the wreckage for survivors, police commandeered cars to transport the wounded to hospitals. Twelve people died and more than 100 were injured in the bombing...
...silent ceremony on the Cape's runway where their shuttle mission, if successful, would have landed. The quiet was broken only by two disparate sounds: the somber cadence of tramping boots as an Air Force honor guard gently placed the seven flag-draped coffins aboard a Lockheed C-141 transport plane, and the cheery song of a nearby flock of mockingbirds...
Next on the hit list was the military section of the Tripoli International Airport, base of Libya's fleet of nine Il-76s, which have been used in terrorist operations for supply and transport. A third target was the Benghazi army barracks, which Gaddafi uses as an alternative command post. Then came barracks at the naval port of Sidi Bilal, near Tripoli, a commando training facility. Finally, security officials recommended a strike at the Benina airfield, where Libya's MiG-23 interceptors are based, as a precaution against counterattack...