Titanic Robot Sees Submerged Wreck Despite Snagging Line
An underwater robot named Jason Jr. peered into portholes of the Titanic off Newfoundland as it tangled on its control line. The expedition leader Robert Ballard called the imaging breathtaking and noted the mast light remains and faded Titanic letters while recalling the 1912 disaster that claimed 1,513 lives.
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Oods Hole
Mass
Jason Jr
Robert Ballard
Ballard
Jason
England
United States
Soviet U S Talks Hint at Test Ban Negotiations
Eduard Shevardnadze announced in London that the United States would resume discussions on banning nuclear tests in Geneva, while Washington said talks would cover limits rather than a full ban. Officials described the move as encouraging for a potential Reagan Gorbachev summit while ruling out an immediate comprehensive ban.
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Eduard Shevardnadze
United States
U.S
Washington
Geneva
Shevardnadze
Moscow
White House
Edward Djerejian
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Djerejian
Soviet Union
Southeast storms ease heat but drought worsens peril
Temperatures rose into the 90s across the Southeast after storms provided brief relief from a deadly heat wave. The drought has killed 13 people, with water restrictions looming in Opelika and Auburn Alabama, where fines and jail could follow if crisis measures expand.
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Auburn
Ala
Lake Saugahatchee
Macon
Valdosta
Montgomery and
Ozark
Atlanta
National Weather Service
Alabama
Georgia
Charles Coleman
Memphis
Tenn
Yakima
Wash
Carolinas
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Wilmington
Jackson urges against serving as South Africa envoy
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson warned the Reagan administration’s plan to appoint Robert Brown as ambassador to South Africa risks a death by own action mission without a fresh strategy to end apartheid. He pressed for the envoy to meet ANC leaders and urged a tougher U.S. line, while a South African court upheld the state of emergency but voided some decrees.
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Washington
Jesse Jackson
U.S
South Africa
Jackson
State Department
African National Congress
Reagan
Congress
Robert Brown
North Carolina
United States
Brown
U S may expand raids to Peru and Colombia
U S backed assaults on cocaine sites in Peru and Colombia are considered to follow Bolivia's eight week anti drug drive. DEA agents would assist local forces crossing borders in the Amazon Basin as part of a broader multi country operation funded mainly by the State Department.
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Peru
Colombia
Bolivia
U.S
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Amazon Basin
U.S. State Department
United States
White House
Edward Djerejian
Caspar Weinberger
George Bush
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