May 6, 1985 | Vol. 125 No. 18

Helmut Kohl: My Objective Was Reconciliation

In a revealing interview, Helmut Kohl defends the visit to Bitburg

A Dismal Round of Arms Talks

Baltimore: A Tank in the Parking Lot (American Notes)

A Tank in the Parking Lot

Defense: Tightening Some Loose Bolts (American Notes)

Tightening Some Loose Bolts

Labor: A Teamster Takes the Fifth (American Notes)

A Teamster Takes the Fifth

Star Wars: Pork Barrel in the Sky (American Notes)

"Pork Barrel in the Sky"

The Navy: Bypassing a Heart Surgeon (American Notes)

Bypassing a Heart Surgeon

An Author's Forbidden Passage

"I Told Them, As Any Red-Blooded Canadian Would, to . . . "

Cutting Off The Contra Aid

Contra AID The House hands Reagan a setback on Nicaragua policy

House Divided: An election splits Congress

An election splits Congress

Royal Fetes and Photo Ops

In Europe, an accent on amity

Scratches in the Teflon

On the eve of his trip to Europe, Reagan catches flak at home

Take Two: The Von Bulow trial resumes

The Von Bulow trial resumes

The Presidency: A Season of Bad Manners

A Season of Bad Manners

Argentina Time of Trial

A situation "under control"

Brazil a Nation Mourns

Eulogizing Neves' dream

East Germany Elbe Meeting

A shining moment is relived

Middle East Heading Home

Israel leaves the Bekaa

Soviet Union Shifts in the Kremlin

Gorbachev rejuvenates the Politburo and stresses the need for change

Australia: Premier Joh, Union Basher (World Notes)

Premier Joh, Union Basher

Disasters: Hell in a Hospital (World Notes)

Hell in a Hospital

Peru: Garcia Plucks a Victory (World Notes)

Garcia Plucks a Victory

Sudan: Reaching Out and Touching (World Notes)

Reaching Out and Touching

West Germany: Brouhaha in Bavaria (World Notes)

Brouhaha in Bavaria

Science: Cretaceous Fairy Tales

Science: Did Comets Kill the Dinosaurs?

A bold new theory about mass extinctions

Science: Incident At Tunguska

Medicine: Another Setback in Louisville (Medicine)

After ten days with a Jarvik-7 heart, Jack Burcham dies

In Florida: End of an Era (American Scene)

Press: Local Angle: A Texas paper wins a Pulitzer

A Texas paper wins a Pulitzer

Press: Pulling Wires

U.P.I. Files for Its Life