Titan 34D rocket explosion at Vandenberg probes sabotage
The Air Force investigates the Titan 34D blast at Vandenberg, weighing sabotage and systems failure as causes. The $65 million booster and its secret payload failed midflight, creating a toxic cloud over Santa Barbara County and injuring 74 people while halting Titan launches.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
U.S
Santa Barbara
Jack L. Watkins
Watkins
1St
Strategic Aerospace Division
Titan
Missile Test Center
Air Force
Rick Sanford
Paul Stares
Brookings Institution
Nations accept draft on Soviet troop pullout for Geneva talks
Afghanistan and Pakistan have accepted a new draft proposal linking Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan with pledges of non interference. U N Undersecretary General Diego Cordovez announced the advance after presenting the draft to Afghan Foreign Minister Dost and Pakistan's Yaqub Khan in New Delhi during a non aligned nations conference.
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New Delhi
India
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Geneva
U.N
Diego Cordovez
Cordovez
Shah Mohammad Dost
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
Four Die As Train Strikes Moving Motor Home Near Junction City
A motor home carrying at least nine passengers caught fire after being hit by a 109 car Southern Pacific freight train on a rural road five miles south of Junction City Oregon. Four people died two women and two young children were among the victims. Two others survived with critical injuries and were hospitalized at Sacred Heart General in Eugene.
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Junction City
Ore
Mark Merrill
Oregon State Police
Southern Pacific
Sacred Heart General Hospital
Eugene
Mystery of Capone vault to open on Monday Chicago
The Capone vault opening will be televised in Chicago and nationwide via WGN and 181 stations. Viewers await bones or documents amid rumors of booze or cash, while some speculate the chamber may hold only air and memories.
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Mystery of Capone
Chicago
al Capone
South Side
Scarface
Capone
John Joslyn
Westgate
WGN
Lexington Hotel
Syria accuses Israel over bus explosions in Syria
Syria says Israeli agents based in Lebanon orchestrated eight bus bombings that killed and wounded civilians across Tartus Homs and other towns. The claim cites a Damascus radio statement and notes investigations are ongoing with promises of punishment. A separate claim from a group calling itself October 17th Movement seeks responsibility.
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Lebanon
Syria
Damascus
Christian Voice of Lebanon Radio
Amin Gemayel
Phalangist Party
Mediterranean
Tartus
Homs
October 17Th Movement
Gorbachev offers new East West troop reduction proposal
The United States urged the Soviet Union to provide details of Mikhail Gorbachev’s broad disarmament offer covering troop and weapon reductions from the Atlantic to the Urals. Washington said it would study the statement and seek clarifications in appropriate forums, noting it may cut across MBFR talks in Vienna.
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Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Europe
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Gorbachev
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Ural Mountains
Vienna
State Department
Department
Stockholm
Urals
Atlantic
U.S
MBFR
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