Mines and naval mine scare near Fujairah and Khafji
The Fujairah anchorage near the Persian Gulf reopened after a search found no mines. Four nations swept the area after six mines were detected and another Saudi vessel hit a mine with minor injuries. Iran denied involvement, offering to help, while Iran and U S allied ships moved to mine sweep in international waters. The Kuwait bound convoy delay stemmed from mine sightings near Khafji.
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Bahrain
Amcials
Persian Gulf
Coast Guard
Gulf
Fujairah
Iran
Iraq
Texaco Caribbean
Trafic
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Saeed Samssoun
United States
Saudi Coast Guard
Khafii
Kuwait
Al-Ahmadi
Khafji
Kroc gives Democrats 1 million dollars in donation
Joan Kroc widow of the McDonald’s founder announced a 1 million dollar gift to the Democratic Party, the largest single contribution in party history. She cited concern over policy direction under the Reagan era and favors Democratic leadership toward peace and justice while directing funds to state elections and contributing 1000 dollars to each presidential contender with an active campaign committee.
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Washington
Joan Kroc
McDonald's
Kroc
America
US cites radioactive leakage as Soviet treaty breach
The State Department said fallout from a Aug. 2 underground Soviet test on Novaya Zemlya crossed into Swedish airspace, violating the 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty but posing no health or environmental risk. Redman noted earlier leakage in March but again found no health hazard.
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Washington
State Department
Charles Redman
Novaya Zemlya
Redman
Sweden
U.S
United States
Department
Fragmentary Gazette Notice Fragment Misreads
A damaged OCR text from a local Gazette mentions postal elements and depatches. Names and specific details are unreadable, leaving only scattered fragments related to mailing and delivery references without a clear event or outcome.
Salvagers plan TV opening of Titanic strongbox
ARIS reports researchers say a Titanic strongbox was found 244 miles deep at the site 350 miles southwest of Newfoundland. Spokesman Daniel Paget said the safe is locked and will be opened on live TV October 28 during Return to the Titanic, Live.
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ARIS
Newfoundland
Daniel Paget
Paris
Electricite de France
Puget
Monte Carlo
Monaco
Blue collar workers face higher fatal heart disease risk
CHICAGO AP Blue collar workers have a 43 percent higher risk of dying from heart disease than white collar workers, a Harvard study of 568 Florida men who died of coronary disease found after ruling out common risk factors. Researchers caution the difference is small compared with smoking and cholesterol, and note off the job activity can lower risk.
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Chicago
Charles Hennekens
Harvard Medical School
Hennekens
Journal of the American Medical Association
Florida
Moscow shot down Afghan plane with Stinger missile
Tass quoted Afghanistan’s Bakhtar agency saying a U S made Stinger heat seeking missile downed a transport plane over Afghanistan on Thursday killing 12 aboard. Tass did not explain how authorities concluded the weapon was used.
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Moscow
Musim Guerns
Afghanistan
U.S
Tass
Bakhtar Information Agency
Botha calls halt to talks between whites and guerrillas
South Africa's president denounces recent white liberal–ANC talks as unpatriotic and dangerous. He says government will curb collaboration with enemies, consider passport withdrawals, funding restrictions, and a probe into anti-apartheid groups while renewing talks with the ANC on a future political system, though he doubts the armed struggle will end.
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Senate
Corazon Aquino
Botha
Johmeowexg
South Africa
Pieter W. Botha
African National Congress
ANC
Dakar
Senegal
Cape Town
Dakar Safari
South African Communist Party
AIDS testing urged for partners and high risk groups
Federal health officials urged routine AIDS testing for sex partners of carriers, individuals with other sexually transmitted diseases, and injection drug users among others. The Public Health Service stressed the right to refuse tests as the guidelines were released after public debate. In California, a truck driver and a family from Disneyland were fired upon in separate random highway shootings, with authorities noting a possible peak in the incidents in Orange County.
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USS. Public Health Service
Los Angeles
Disneyland
California
Orange County
California Highway Patrol
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