Soviet cosmonaut to return home after heart concerns
Moscow AP reports cosmonaut Alexander I. Laveikin, after nearly six months in orbit aboard Mir, will return to earth next week due to abnormal electrocardiogram readings. The Soyuz TM-3 docked with Mir, bringing two Soviet cosmonauts and Syria's Mohammed Faris. Doctors monitor whether the heart changes are serious.
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Earth
Alexander I. Laveikin
Mir Space Station
Laveikin
Yuri V. Romanenko
Kazakhstan
Syria
Mir
Kvant Scientific Laboratory
Romanenko
Mohammed Faris
Viktor D. Blagov
Blagey
Carbide agrees to record 408500 fine settlement
Union Carbide Corp. will pay 408500 to settle 556 OSHA alleged health and safety violations at Institute and South Charleston WV plants. OSHA had sought 1377300 in fines for 221 violations including 127 willful acts and 90000 for 435 willful acts at South Charleston. Settlement includes non admission clause while willful findings remain. Phosgene gas sniffing was cited as a hazardous practice once used to detect leaks.
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Washington (Ap
Union Carbide Corp
West Virginia
Labor Department
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
South Charleston
W.va
OSHA
Institute
Terry Mikelson
Mikelson
William E. Brock
Ferry disaster blamed on owners and crew failures
An official investigation blamed ferry owners Townsend Thoresen Ltd and crew for the Herald of Free Enterprise sinking that killed at least 188 when bow doors were left open. Capt Lewry and 1st Officer Sabel faced suspensions. the report cites organizational sloppiness from directors to junior staff.
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London
Herald of Free Enterprise
Zeebrugge
Dover
England
David Lewry
Leslie Sabel
Mark Stanley
Townsend Thoresen Ltd
Marine Department
Archer wins 800000 libel award in UK case
A London High Court jury awarded Jeffrey Archer 800000 pounds in libel damages after finding The Star had falsely claimed he had sex with Monica Coghlan and offered 3200 pounds to cover the affair. The paper must also cover 1120000 pounds in legal costs. Archer resigned as deputy chairman of Thatcher's Conservative Party following earlier stories. The Star plans an appeal.
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London
Jeffrey Archer
Archer
Star
Monica Coghlan
Kane and
Abel
Margaret Thatcher
Conservative
The
Lloyd Turner
Ex-player gives up motel barricade in Chicago
Former college basketball player Kevin Ross, described as a man in pain by his teacher, held 40 police at bay for three hours in a Chicago motel room claiming a gun. He threw items from an eighth-floor balcony. no weapon was found. Released to a priest, a judge allowed California work with children and set next court date August 21.
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Chicago
Kevin Ross
Ross
California
Marva Collins
Bolan
Sky pirate in Air Afrique hijack tied to Hezbollah
Relatives say the DC-10 hijacker Hussein Ali Mahmoud Karimi linked to Hezbollah, with earlier Beirut and Israeli prison history. They name Hariri as another alias, note ties to Ahmed Kassir and Hamadi brothers, and recall the 1983 Tyre bombing and 1985 TWA hijack. Hariri reportedly freed by Red Cross last May.
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Lebanon
Air Afrique
Geneva
Hezbollah
Hussein Ali Mahmoud Karimi
Israel
Beirut
Hussein Ali Mohammed Hariri
Hariri
Ahmed Kassir
Hamadi Brothers
Trans World Airlines
U.S
Kassir
International Red Cross
Sessions nominated to FBI director by Reagan
President Reagan nominated federal Judge William Sessions of Texas to head the FBI, pending Senate confirmation. The 57-year-old Republican judge, known for a tough law and order approach, would be the bureau’s fifth director, following William Webster’s CIA appointment.
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Reagan
William 8. Sessions
Texas
FBI
William H. Webster
CIA
Senate
Sessions
Bureau
White House
Webster
Edwin Meese II
Meese
Justice Department
Jack DeVore
Lloyd Bentsen
D. Texas
Bentsen
Judge Sessions
Phil Gramm
San Antonio
Reagan Administration
U.S. District Court
Western District of
Gerald Ford
Tanker Bridgeton Hit Mine in Gulf Reaches Kuwait
A Kuwaiti flag tanker Bridgeton under US escort struck a mine off Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf, taking on water but reaching Kuwait under its own power with no injuries to 26 crew. US officials weighed retaliation while Iran blamed unseen hands for the blast.
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Persian Gulf
U.S. Navy
Tehran
Hussein Musavi
America
Iran
Islamic Republic
Nicosia
Musavi
United States
Tehran University
Uss.a
Persian Gulf of Iran
Reagan
Washington
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Leslye Arsht
Frank Carlucci
U.S
Mina al-Ahmadi
al-Rekkah
Farsi Island
Revolutionary Guards
Cmdr
Daniel J. Murphy
dJr
Kidd
Bridgeton
Israel and the Vision of the Messiah’s Return
A prophetic devotional cites biblical land imagery and future judgments tied to Israel. It laments fallen faith, urges repentance, and proclaims the Lord’s return with language referencing scriptures and apocalyptic timelines. The piece invokes Jesus, Matthew 10:6 7, and calls for patience and praise.
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