Iran says Iraqi oil ports ablaze in renewed gulf war fighting
Iran said its artillery bombarded two Iraqi oil ports set them ablaze amid fierce Iran Iraq fighting. Iraq claimed to have sunk two Iranian ships near Kharg Island. Tehran Radio reported fires at Far and Chahar Cheragh oil installations. Some violence also occurred in northwest Iran and the Turkish region of Naghadeh.
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Iran
Iraq
Kharg Island
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Tehran Radio
Mujahedeen Khalq
Naghadeh
Far
Chahar Cheragh
Minal
Mendali
Baghdad
Tehran
United Arab Emirates
U.N. Security Council
Emirates
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan
Sayed Ali Khamenei
Israel
Oslo
Norway
Parviz Khazai
Khomeini
Khazai
UPI
Soviets Tried to Steal Multispectral Scanner
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said the Soviets attempted to steal a multispectral scanner vital to air and satellite reconnaissance. The device was intercepted before leaving the United States during an early year incident thwarted by Treasury Department agents.
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Washington
Caspar Weinberger
United States
Weinberger
American League For Experts and Assistance
Pentagon
Treasury Department
U S firms barred on Siberia to Moscow coal pipeline talks
State Department said sanctions block use of U S equipment for a proposed Siberia to Moscow liquified coal pipeline after reports Occidental Petroleum and Bechtel discussed involvement. Armand Hammer cited Soviet interest in the plan as outlined by the firms. Police questioned former Rep Fred Richmond about a house guest who died in his Sutton Place apartment after leaving a love message on his chest. Bergeron’s nude body was found in a bathroom. he reportedly overdosed with blue ink message reading I will always love U XOXOX. Richmond, a 58 year old ex congressman, had pled guilty to tax evasion and drugs and had resigned.
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State Department
Soviet Union
Moscow
Occidental Petroleum
Bechtel Corp
Siberia-to
Armand Hammer
Nikolai Patelichev
New York
UPI
Fred Richmond
Richmond
Gregory Bergeron
Bergeron
Sutton Place
Sin Angel
Brooklyn
Congress
Kohl and Soviet leader meet to push détente in Bonn talks
West Germany’s Chancellor Helmut Kohl told Soviet premier Mikhail Solomontsev that Bonn seeks a solid honest reliable partnership with Moscow and genuine détente. He also warned he may deploy U S missiles next year if the Soviets reject a reduction of medium-range missiles aimed at Western Europe. A second group of 25 Vietnamese American children left Vietnam en route to foster homes in the United States.
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West Germany
Helmut Kohl
Moscow
Kohl
Mikhail Solomontsev
Russian
U.S
Western
Europe
Lothar Ruehl
Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Vietnam
United States
Deportation ordered for archbishop Valerian Trifa
Detroit AP Valerian Trifa the Romanian Orthodox archbishop accused of Nazi sympathy and incitement of riots in World War II will be deported. He sought refuge in Switzerland and is the first person deported for concealing war crimes from immigration officials. He admitted lying to immigration authorities when entering the United States 32 years ago.
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Detroit
Valerian Trifa
Justice Department
Trifa
Switzerland
United States
Neal Sher
Office of Special Investigations
U.S. Justice Department
Leaflet Urges Solidarity March in Warsaw
Union leaders urge calm as a Solidarity leaflet circulates in Warsaw urging supporters to march on Parliament. Underground labor leaders call on followers to abstain from demonstrations protesting the union being outlawed this weekend.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Independent Labor Federation
Sweden reports second foreign sub near Musko Bay
Swedes dropped depth charges near a second foreign submarine seen outside the Hors Bay blockade. The sighting occurred near Musko, Sweden's main naval base, with four more charges reported after late Thursday. Navy officials refused comment, while Steffenson noted possible movement suggesting the intruder may have escaped or a second sub detected.
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Sweden
Musko
Dagens Nyheter
Naval
Adm
Bror Steffenson
Navy
Hors Bay
Steffenson
Sven Carlsson
Cay Holmberg
Associated Press
Two men surrender in deadly alien smuggling case
In McAllen Texas two men Robert James Manners and Edward Gene Hunter surrendered on federal charges of transporting illegal aliens and conspiracy after a tractor trailer smuggling attempt killed four Salvadorans and left twelve survivors. A third suspect remained at large.
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Mcallen
Texas
Bond
Robert James Manners
Edward Gene Hunter
U.S
Susan Williams
U.S. Border Patrol
Pharr-Edinburg
Jim Kerr
Border Patrol
Kerr
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