Ron & Dick: A Collaborative TL

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Reagan says that the PFLP is being dealt with, but first we have to deal with the issue at home, which is why I am proposing the American Safety act, which will put cameras into mosques-Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC), proposing the ASA, June 25th, 1977
 
July 2nd, 1977: The Congress approves, 398-37 in the House and 66-34 in the Senate, $120,000,000 in additional military aid for Israel
 
July 11th, 1977: Israeli troops attack a P.L.O. camp outside Beirut. Arafat, in an interview, condemns that assault as "unprovoked" and that "all they're doing, anyway, is helping Habash."
 
July 11th, 1977: An Israeli man tries to kill President Reagan during his trip. The plan fails. It is soon found that the man was Benjamin Goni. Goni wanted to impress Zaharira Harifai, an actress from the Israeli movie The Policeman
 
July 16th, 1977: A man at Orly Airport outside Paris kills seven people, including four Americans, before he is gunned down by security officers. He is later identified as Hans Trier, a West German national with ties to the Japanese Red Army
 
July 16th, 1977: Immediately after returning home, Senators Cranston (D-CA) and Mondale (D-MN) suggest the Helping Hand Act, which would implement Medicaid. Reagan has yet to veto or pass the decision, but either way, this is a PR mistake. The Democratic Congress's approval ratings fall 3 points
 
July 21st, 1977: The HHA is voted on 64-36 in the Senate, and 287-148 in the House. It is sent to the president's desk

July 22nd, 1977: President Reagan vetoes the HHA
 
July 17th, 1977: Fusako Shigenobu, the Commander of the J.R.A., denies responsibility for the Paris attack
 
July 17th, 1977: Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukada visits West Germany, and offers condolences to Chancellor Willy Brandt
 
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July 18th, 1977: A letter from the J.R.A. to Der Spiegel reveals that they have broken off ties with the P.F.L.P.
 
July 30th, 1977: Democratic Senator Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) is arrested in an FBI bribery sting operation for official corruption. The arrest and lack of a vote to expel Williams for two months, starting further inquiries and questions into the ethical practices of the Congressional Majority, is a further embarrassment to Democratic Leaders.
 
July 29th, 1977: Jean-Marie le Pen is found to have an affair

July 30th, 1977: Le Pen resigns as leader of the National Front. He is succeeded by Roger Holeindre
 
September 3rd, 1977: Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is killed at the height of the State of Emergency. The assailant, a Communist who had been arrested, commits suicide.
 
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