Sakhalin Island Key Soviet Military Outpost
Sakhalin is described as a strategic Soviet outpost spanning 30 000 square miles with dense forests and rugged coasts. The island, once contested by Japan and czarist Russia, is now a major oil coal and timber supplier while serving to guard the Sea of Okhotsk and position Soviet forces near Hokkaido.
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Angeles Times
Sakhalin
Japan
Russia
Portsmouth
Soviet Union
Kurile
John J. Stephan
Moscow
Kuriles
Sea of Okhotsk
Hokkaido
Victims list shows cross section of America in jetliner crash
The New York to Seoul Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash killed at least 269 people including Rebecca Scruton 28 a widow from Meriden Conn and Rep Larry McDonald D Ga Friends recount Scruton's faith family and plans with her children while others named include Jessie Slaton 75 former Michigan judge William Milliken appointee and Korean American business owner Bill Hong. The article profiles several passengers from varied backgrounds all traveling to Asia on the ill fated flight.
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Washington Post
Washington
Rebecca Scruton
Korea
Scruton
Korean Air Lines
Seoul
Rhode Island
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Asia
Larry McDonald
D-Ga
Todd
Alicia
Deborah Somody
Dale
Calvary Baptist Church
Meriden
Conn
Somody
Randy
Calvary
A.A. Milne
Jessie Slaton
Orient
Catherine Blackwell
Michigan Civil Rights Commission
Michigan
Blackwell
William G. Milliken
Slaton
State Crime Victims’ Compensation Board
Bill Hong
Greenville
S.C
Hong
William Huggins
America
Anderson
Huggins
Lillian Fitzpatrick
General Electric
Providence
Japan
Lucille Dawson
Fitzpatrick
Linda Murray
Dawson
Murray
Kevin McNiff
Beverly
Mass
Taiwan
Far East
McNiff
Michael McNiff
Neil J. Grenfell
Eastman Kodak Co
McDonald Known Anticommunist Congressman Dies in Airliner Shootdown
Rep. Larry McDonald of Georgia, a staunch anticommunist and former head of John Birch Society and Western Goals, was aboard the South Korean airliner reportedly shot down by a Soviet jet. Colleagues note irony given his harsh stance against the USSR. He served as a House member since 1975 and was a physician by training.
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Lee Chul-Kyu
Seoul
Washington
Larry McDonald
Marietta
House of Representatives
Soviet Union
Rep. McDonald
Rep
G.V. Montgomery
D-Miss
McDonald
House Armed Services Committee
House
Georgia
Kathryn
Iowa wrestlers worry over Kiev World Games trip
In Iowa City a U S wrestling squad debates travel to Kiev for the World Games after a South Korean jet was shot down. Tryouts at Carver Hawkeye Arena determine who makes the plane while wrestlers voice second thoughts about going.
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Iowa City
U.S
Soviet Union
Kiev
University of Iowa Carver-Hawkeye
Mike DeAnna
DeAnna
Dan Grable
University of Iowa
J Robinson
Greg Strobel
USA Wrestling
Stillwater
Okla
The Gazette Publication Details and Rates
The Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company, published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with weekly and yearly prices. AP holds exclusive republication rights locally.
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THE
Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Associated Press
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