U.S. flags raised on Kuwaiti tankers in Gulf escort
American flags were hoisted on the reflagged Kuwaiti tankers Bridgeton and Gas Prince as they waited in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz. US Navy escorts expected to begin soon with a 48 hour voyage each. France plans two Exocet armed ships to protect shipping.
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Paris
France
Persian Gulf
U.S
Anthony Quainton
ABC
Quainton
Bridgeton
Al-Rekkah
U.S. Navy
Khor Fakkan
United Arab Emirates
Gulf
Jean-Bernard Raimond
Ambroise Guellac
Shenango China Receives 130355 Training Funds
Shenango China earned a 130355 grant from the state Department of Education to train nearly 75 employees. The Customized Job Training funds will cover instructors as the plant accelerates skill development in decorating, craft and maintenance. Plant manager Ken Moore said the program aims to boost viability and long term community employment amid retiree attrition.
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Shenango China
State Department of Education
Ken Moore
Moore
Grant Street Pottery
United Nations urges end to Iran Iraq war in unanimous vote
The 15 member UN Security Council unanimously calls for a ceasefire and withdrawal of forces by Iran and Iraq. Secretary of State Shultz supports the measure, urging a negotiated settlement and immediate steps toward peace. Iraq accepts for study, Iran has not commented.
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UPI
U.N. Security Council
George Shultz
U.S
Soviet Union
Security Council
Shultz
White House
Iran
Iraq
Ismat Kittani
U.N
United States
North aide says he shredded documents during lunch break
Lt Col Robert Earl testified that Lt Col Oliver North shredded sensitive Iran Contra documents last Nov during a DOJ lunch break. The claim, presented to Iran-Contra committees, follows broader testimony on the handling of the April 1986 memo and North's later firing.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Justice Department
Oliver North
Robert Earl
North
National Security Council
National Security
John Poindexter
Barl
William Bradford Reynolds
John Richardson
Reynolds
Richardson
Reagan
Iran
Poindexter
Earl
Edwin Meese
Sticky heat drives record demand for Penn Power
Sticky weather and high industrial activity pushed Pennsylvania Power Co to a new all time peak of 599000 kilowatts at 10 p.m. surpassing the June 1984 high of 597000. Penn Power serves 129000 customers and expects higher peaks this summer. no outages reported.
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Pennsylvania Power Co
Penn Power
David Dobish
Personal income up in 44 states in first quarter 1987
Commerce data show total income rose 1.7 percent across all states and DC in Q1 1987 led by Iowa at 9.7 percent due to corn subsidies and ex farm gains. Delaware topped non farm growth at 2.9 percent, Nevada Vermont tie at 2.5, with several states aided by auto production and construction payrolls.
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UPI
Iowa
Commerce Department
Delaware
Alaska
Department
District of Columbia
Nebraska
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nevada
Vermont
Tennessee
Maine
John Deere
Deaths July 21 1987 Mrs Swietlicki Smale Hays
Death notices list Mrs. Joseph Swietlicki aged 71 of 33 Charles Street Thomas L Smale aged 53 of Ellwood City and Mrs Gertrude I Hays aged 91 from Haven Convalescent Home with no causes given.
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Joseph Swietlicki
Charles St. Thomas
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