Iran Air jet shot down in Hormuz clash sparks regional tensions
Eyewitnesses and officials recount the Iran Air Airbus A300 shot down by U S Navy forces during a Gulf skirmish near the Strait of Hormuz. Debris reports indicate 290 killed, including 66 children, as Iran mourns. President Reagan calls it defensive action and orders a full investigation.
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Dubai
U.S. Navy
Hormuz
Iran Air Office
Indian Subcontinent
Iran
Reagan
Vincennes
Strait of
Gulf
Camp David
Musavi
United States
Washington
IRNA
Iraq
Cial
Pentagon
Elmer Montgomery
U.S
Adm
William Crowe
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Persian Gulf
Harkin warns of tragedy after airliner shootdown
Senator Tom Harkin voiced fear over the Persian Gulf airliner shootdown killing 290 passengers. He urged U.S. briefing and a UN peacekeeping effort while expressing condolences to victims’ families.
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Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
Tom Harkin
Middle East
Harkin
D-Iowa
News Sunday
Persian Gulf
U.N
United States
U S says KAL 007 was not warned before being shot down
Crowe described the Sept 1 1983 incident in which the Soviet air force downed KAL 007 near Soviet airspace after departing Anchorage on a Seoul bound trip. All 269 aboard died. Tass later admitted the action. Reagan called it a terrible tragedy and condemned Soviet violence. Crowe stressed no warning was given to KAL 007.
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Crowe
Anchorage
Alaska
Seoul
South Korea
New York
Tass
Washington
Vincennes
City flags program costs and public reaction described
For three years the program cost backers about 1000 per holiday, with Forestry and Traffic Engineering departments supplying trucks and two veterans. Teahan notes positive reactions and frequent requests for political flag displays, but flags are flown only on three patriotic holidays unless veterans' events justify an exception.
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Teahen
Teahan
Strippers End 72 Hour Window Marathon Record Bid
Delane Balliol and Newcomb Munt concluded a 72 hour stretch in a store window in Los Angeles and stripped to their underwear 432 times. They began Wednesday aiming for Guinness fame and to be listed as the first consecutive strip record holders if unbeaten. Munt, 28, voiced they are pioneers.
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Los Angeles
Delane Balliol
Newcomb Munt
Munt
Navy officers review downing of Iranian jetliner
Washington reports that the Iran airliner was shot down amid conflicting signals and incomplete electronic data. Navy officers cite possible failures in precautionary measures and note that warnings may not have been heard by Bandar Abbas control, while the Vincennes operated under intense Gulf pressure and debated firing timing.
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Vincennes
Crowe
Gulf
Hormuz
Washington
Navy
Strait of
Bandar Abbas
Iran
Joseph Metcalf III
Persian Gulf
U.S
Adm
William Crowe
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Stark
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