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Jordan's move came during a week of heightened diplomatic activity in the Middle East. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy, who had hastened to Beirut to investigate the Sept. 20 truck bombing of the U.S. embassy, turned his trip into an impromptu regional tour. After spending a day in the Lebanese capital, Murphy visited Damascus, Jerusalem, Cairo and Amman on what he called a "mission of exploration." Murphy was primarily seeking a way to speed a withdrawal of the 22,000 Israeli troops in southern Lebanon. Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir said last week that he would like...
That was the main business of Murphy's diplomatic tour. U.S. officials readily admitted that Murphy had no specific plan when he began his hopscotch around the Arab capitals. But Murphy was a good choice to send on a side trip to Damascus: as U.S. Ambassador to Syria from 1974 to 1978, he developed a personal friendship with Assad. The two men talked for more than two hours before Murphy flew to Jerusalem, where he conferred with Peres for an hour. After seeing Mubarak in Cairo and lunching with Hussein in Amman, Murphy returned to Damascus on Friday...
...some 1,000 miles out of his way. People Express's Houston-Newark-Columbus fare runs from $85 to $109, compared with $265 for a one-way, undiscounted coach ticket from Houston to Cincinnati on Delta. It does not matter to Loewenheim that he has to finish his trip with a two-hour bus ride (cost: $18) from Columbus to Cincinnati. Says he: "It takes a little longer, and you have to put up with some extra hassles. But the saving makes the time and effort definitely worthwhile...
...Lions' trip to Franklin Field in Philadelphia will be broadcast over the Eastern Educational Network beginning at 1 p.m. this Saturday...
...application that included an essay, a face shot and a bathing suit photo craned her a trip to New York for the competition's final round And although she could not attend-she was playing in a tennis tournament that weekend-the magazine selected Evans as the runner-up anyway...