Heavy fighting toll on Abadan and Khorramshahr in Iran-Iraq war
Iraq reports heavy fighting around Abadan and Khorramshahr with Baghdad claiming advances while Iran says defenders forced Iraqi troops back. Reports cite 256 Iranian fatalities on the front and widespread damage to oil facilities, with independent verification lacking.
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Basra
Abadan
Khorramshahr
Persian Gulf
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Suleimanieh
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Abadan-Khorramshahr
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Arab Oil and Gas Bulletin
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Hands Signatures Create Mural in St Louis by On the Wall
Historic Hyde Park group and artists Bob Fishbone and Sarah Linquist of On the Wall Productions signed a mural in St Louis by dipping residents and workers hands in paint and applying them to the wall. The final pattern will resemble a row of hands along the wall.
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Bob Fishbone
Sarah Linquist
St. Louis
Nuclear talks open between United States and Soviet Union in Geneva
American and Soviet arms control negotiators Spurgeon Keeny and Viktor Karpov met for one hour and 20 minutes in a safe Geneva room to discuss curbing long range strategic weapons in Europe. The first bilateral talks since Afghanistan's invasion 10 months earlier mark a secrecy minded opening.
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Spurgeon Keeny
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Viktor Karpov
Soviet Union
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Karpov
Keeny
FBI assigns top aide to probe six slayings and assault
FBI Director William Webster dispatched Deputy Director Charles Monroe to assist state and local authorities in the racially charged killings of six Black individuals and an assault on a seventh in Buffalo. New sketches by an FBI artist were released of a white suspect linked to earlier shootings and an attempted assault on Collin Cole. Officials seek to connect the cases with two taxi-driver killings.
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UPI
William Webster
Webster
Charles Monroe
Carter
Benjamin Civiletti
Monroe
Washington
Erie County
Edward Cosgrove
Collin Cole
Cole
Adamson Convicted in 1976 Bolles Car Bomb Murder
John Harvey Adamson was found guilty of first degree murder in the Don Bolles car bomb case. An eight-woman four-man jury deliberated 12 hours, convicting him of luring Bolles to a Phoenix hotel and arranging the $10,000 murder-for-hire slay on June 2, 1976. His attorney indicated he will have much to say to avoid the death penalty.
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Tucson
Ariz
UPI
John Harvey Adamson
Don Bolles
Adamson
Bolles
Phoenix
Walesa Rejects Strike Threat Over Union Recognition
Poland’s Lech Walesa stated there would be no work stoppage over a Warsaw court’s three week delay in recognizing Solidarity. He urged bishops and government to proceed, warning non registration would threaten the Gdansk agreement and could trigger further action.
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UPI
Lech Walesa
Communist Party
Walesa
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