U.S. military prepares escort for gulf oil tankers
Washington reports U.S. forces ready to escort Gulf oil convoys with air and naval units. Navy A 6 planes from the Constellation practice south of Iran while ships patrol near Hormuz and Kuwait supports Iraq. Iran may deploy Silkworm missiles and mobilize armed boats as tensions rise.
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Persian Gulf
Iran
Middle East
Gulf
Constellation
Arabian Sea
Strait of
Hormuz
U.S
Kuhestak
Pentagon
State Department
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Bandar Abbas
China
Iraq
Kuwait
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Charles E. Redman
United States
Conyngham
S.W. Groves
U.S. Navy
Strait of Hormuz
Reid
Kharg Island
Fitzwater
Reagan
Iraqi warplanes strike Cypriot tanker amid tanker war
Iraqi jets fired two heat seeking Exocet missiles at the 87 200 ton Nikos Kazantzakis ferrying Iranian oil between Larak and Kharg Island. The ship sustained severe damage, a fire erupted, and it was being towed to Dubai for repairs with no casualties reported.
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Manama
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Marine Salvage
Iran
Larak
Kharg Island
Dubai
Trade and Transport Co
Athens
Stark
Baghdad Radio
Soviets Conduct Ninth Underground Nonnmilitary Nuclear Test
Tass reports the Soviet Union carried out its ninth underground nuclear test since ending the moratorium. The 4 am Moscow time blast in Yakut region yielded up to 20 kilotons and was described as for the people's economy. This follows tests in Semipalatinsk and Perm and ties to the moratorium's end in 1985.
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Soviet Union
Tass
Yakut Autonomous
Yakut
Siberia
Semipalatinsk
Perm
Ural Mountains
U.S
Hiroshima
Japan
United States
Reagan
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Chrysler hit with record OSHA penalty for lead and arsenic
OSHA fines Chrysler Corp 1,576,100 for 811 alleged violations at the Newark Delaware assembly plant including 131 workers exposed to lead and arsenic. Chrysler will not contest the fine calling most violations minor discrepancies. Earlier, a St. Louis grand jury indicted Chrysler and two executives on conspiracy and fraud over odometer tampering and resales of cars as new.
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Chrysler
Newark, del
OSHA
St. Louis
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