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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1983

Page

13

Plane shot down after signaling comply with intercept rules

US intelligence officials say the Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 carrying 269 people signaled readiness to follow Soviet interception commands before being shot down over the Kamchatka and Sakhalin region. Intercept conversations are fragmentary and timing unclear.

New York Times Washington Sea of Japan New York Seoul International Civil Aviation Organization Soviet Union

Soviet Plane Downing Sparks International Tension

The United States accuses the Soviet Union of shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 over Sakhalin after a disputed border incident. Washington cites Chiang and allies in demanding explanations while Japan and South Korea seek answers from Moscow.

Moscow Tass Central Intelligence Agency Soviet Union Shultz Sea of Japan United States U.S.S.R State Department U.S Administration Sakhalin Larry McDonald D-Ga China Reagan Congress John Hughes Agriculture Department United Nations Security Council Charles M. Lichenstein South Korea Kyung-won Kim Seoul McDonald Jesse A. Helms R-N.c Korean Air Lines Hong Kong Japan KAL Japan Broadcasting Corp NHK Wakkanai New York Anchorage Japanese Air Self-Defense Agency U.N. Security Council Asahi Shimbun State Shultz Asahi Self-Defense Agency

Weather Outlook With Highs in 80s and No Rain

Extended forecast promises little rainfall from Monday to Wednesday with highs in the 80s and overnight lows from 58 to 68. Temperature extremes show a low of 32 at Burney California and a high of 114 at Gila Bend Arizona. Pollen counts indicate hay fever symptoms for ragweed allergy sufferers under a three zone index.

Burney Calif Gila Bend Ariz University of Iowa College of Medicine C.R Acapulco Mexico City Barbados St. Thomas Bermuda San Juan Havana Trinidad Kingston Vera Cruz Coralville Lake Cedar River Waterloo LaCrosse Lansing Dam McGregor Guttenberg Keithsburg Keokuk Anchorage WLA Atlanta Miami Bismarck Boston Nashville Chicago Denver N.orleans New Moon Duluth New York Honolulu Phoenix Houston Seattle Cincinnati Des Moines Detroit Kansas City Milwaukee Mpls St Paul Omaha St Louis Sioux Falls PtCidy Aberdeen Mdnt Lisbon London Mdnton Ankara Madrid Athens Malta Auckland Manila Beljing Moscow Beirut Nairobi Berlin Nassau al Bonn New Delhi Brussels Nice Cairo Osto Caracas Paris Casablanca Rio Cophagen A.m Rome Dublin Seoul Geneva Stockholm Helsinki Sydney H Minh City Tokyo Hong Kong Tunis Jerusalem Vienna Lima Cay Warsaw

Heat Wave Stretches Across Great Plains and South

For a third day record heat gripped the Great Plains with highs from 108 in Pierre South Dakota to 90 in Marquette Michigan. Thunderstorms drenched the South including Naples Florida and Fort Myers while forecasts show continued storms from the eastern Gulf to the middle Atlantic.

Great Plains Duluth Minn Galveston Texas Pierre Jamestown N.D Valentine Neb Aberdeen Pueblo Cole Scottsbluff Albuquerque Denver Colo Marquette Mich Florida Naples Fort Myers Sarasota Plateau Rockies Gulf Coast Middle Atlantic Coast Mississippi Valley

Moscow Voices Skepticism On Plane Shootdown

In Moscow West several residents doubt Western reports of a Soviet plane shooting down a passenger jet. They cite Pravda and Soviet accounts, question motives, and consider pilot error or misjudgment. Western journalists chase facts while diplomats discuss possible proof and responses.

West Kutuzovsky Prospekt Pravda British Broadcasting Corp Sea of Japan U.S Tass United States

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Kamchatka Peninsula Sakhalin Island Siberia National Security Agency George Keegan Jr Air Force Intelligence Sea of Okhotsk Far East National Weather Service Noaa Comn Weather Report Woolen Mills Amana Westdale Mall Amana Energy Command Colony Plumbing & Heating Walford Iowa Heating Service Co., Inc 29Th St. NW Cedar Rapids Grand Ave Marion 6Th Ave. N Hiawatha
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