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...violence and volatility of Central America, described with bloodless urgency in the Kissinger report, were brought home in a more poignant way last week in the isthmus. A U.S. Army observation helicopter was forced down under mysterious circumstances in Honduran territory. The pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Jeffery C. Schwab, 27, of Joliet, Ill., was killed by Sandinistas firing from 100 yds. away across the Nicaraguan border. He was the first U.S. serviceman to die in combat in Honduras since the U.S. began greatly expanding its military presence in that country a year ago (three have died in accidents), and only...
...enough," rued NBC News Chief Reuven Frank in canceling this late-night paragon after 17 months. Insomniacs will miss Overnight's tough reporting, its sprightly sense of the absurd and especially its Queen of Tart, Co-Anchor Linda Ellerbee. The first nightly news show good enough to warrant reruns...
...past two years. One possible explanation for the overcrowded cells, criminologists say, is a time warp in the criminal careers of the baby-boom generation: only in the past few years have the criminal records of offenders born in the decade after World War II grown long enough to warrant prison terms...
Extra seating would be impossible because of the field size necessary. Anderson said, adding that he didn't think demand would warrant the construction of new starts...
Restoring freedom and democracy, explained President Reagan, were paramount objectives of American intervention. Consequently, Grenada Governor-General Paul Scoon's proclamation last Thursday to enact sweeping restrictions on personal and press freedoms surprised the Administration. Citing a 1968 "state of emergency" law, Scoon banned public meetings, allowed searches without warrant, and established measures to censor the press. Moreover, American troops have rounded up over a thousand Grenadian civilians suspected of sympathizing with slain Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. These detained Grenadians, questioned on their anti-Western beliefs and political activities, are kept in isolation cells under heavy guard. Relying on local...