Week in Review : MAJOR EVENTS, IMAGES AND PEOPLE IN ORANGE COUNTY NEWS : MISCELLANY / NEWSMAKERS AND MILESTONES
Times staff writers Bill Billiter and Roxana Kopetman compiled the Week in Review stories
Rep. Robert E. Badham (R-Newport Beach) returned from a four-day trip to Central America with rave reviews for the opposition forces trying to overthrow the government of Nicaragua.
The contras , said Badham, are “doing an amazing job.”
Echoing the words of President Reagan and other contra supporters, Badham said the Soviet Union and Cuba are attempting to export their Communist doctrine to Central America.
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