Fighting erupts in Tabriz as Turks seize Khomeini loyalists
In Tabriz, Azari Turk dissidents attacked and wounded a Revolutionary Guardsman while kidnapping ten supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini. Officials report fires at banks and newspapers as clashes spread, with hostage negotiations ongoing and Iran demanding U.S. spy trials if sanctions loom.
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Soviets Install New Afghan Leader Amid Kabul Fighting
Diehard Amin supporters clash with Afghan and Soviet forces in Kabul as Babrak Karmal is installed as president after a Soviet led coup. Reports say heavy air and ground battles. Amin’s followers vow continued resistance and purges loom.
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Jail fire kills 10 inmates at Lancaster County Jail
Ten inmates died as a Thursday night fire swept through the second floor of the 156 year old Lancaster County Jail. Only three prisoners survived while two inmates and a firefighter were hospitalized. Investigators had not determined a cause, though smoke inhalation was suspected. Autopsies were planned at the University of South Carolina.
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Sea storms stall search for Lee Wang Zin crew near Ketchikan
Navy divers faced 45 knot winds and 15 foot seas as they searched the overturned ore freighter Lee Wang Zin leaking diesel off Alaska. A second body was found while winds 40 to 50 knots and 10 to 15 foot seas persisted. Authorities warned survival chances were slim and oil spreading over 100 square miles threatened the marine environment as Coast Guard and Canadian cutters watched for survivors or more wreckage.
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Sinking vessel and rescue near Cape Cod on first voyage
Nine crew rescued as the John F. Leavitt, a 97 foot wooden cargo ship, flounders 150 miles southeast of Cape Cod on its maiden voyage. Poison gas from a blown gas well forces evacuation of over 30 families north of Briscoe, Oklahoma.
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