Three Kuwaiti Tankers With U S Escorts Enter Persian Gulf
Three Kuwaiti tankers re-registered and flying American flags passed the Strait of Hormuz under radio silence escorted by U S warships moving toward the Persian Gulf. The flotilla and four warships warned other ships to keep distance as they advanced up the gulf off the United Arab Emirates.
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Manama
Bahrain
Strait of Hormuz
Persian Gulf
Gulf
Arab Emirates
Passers by Help Save Lives After Ladder Touches Power Line
A Syracuse roofer died in a Clay accident when an aluminum ladder touched a 32 200 volt line at Brookwood Village Apartments. A passing motorist and a 16 year old girl aided two others. one victim was revived by Moyers Corners volunteers and flown to University Hospital. Daniel Vault 32 jailed after the 2 36 p m incident. Richard Keeler 32 injured critically burn to feet. A 10 year old bike rider witnessed the event.
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Syracuse
Passig
Clay
Daniel Vault
Mat Son Ave
Brookwood Village
Grampian Road
Moyers Corners
Steven Sherlock
W. Colvin St
University Hospital
Onondaga County
Keeler
Wright Backs Central American Peace Plan
House Speaker Jim Wright calls the five nation leaders' peace proposal substantial but warns the hardest work begins. He hopes the administration responds positively to the Guatemala City accord as White House aides await details. The plan stems from Oscar Arias's Feb twenty proposal to end Nicaragua's war and El Salvador's insurgency.
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Washington
Jim Wright
Central America
Guatemala City
White House
Roman Popaduk
Oscar Arias
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Soviet crowd greets Lynne Cox after Bering Strait swim
California swimmer Lynne Cox completed the 2.7 mile crossing from U S to Soviet territory in frigid 44 degree water. She was greeted by Soviet journalists and officials on Big Diomede with a tea party and gifts after finishing in two hours and five minutes. Cox, 30, from Los Alamitos, noted strong support and described the swim as among her best despite body temperature dropping to 14 degrees.
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Little Diomede
Alaska
California
Bering Strait
U.S
Lynne Cox
Steve Cowper
Diomede
Big Diomede Island
Cox
Los Alamitos
Calif
English Channel
Senators praise Reagan pledge to notify Congress on covert actions
Senate Intelligence Committee leaders David Boren and William Cohen praised President Reagan for agreeing to inform congressional intelligence oversight committees within two working days of any covert action start. They called the pledge a good first step, with Boren as chair and Cohen as vice chair.
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Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
Reagan
Congress
David Boren
D-Okla
William Cohen
Maine
Budget law fails again in Congress
Congress fails to revive the Gramm Rudman balanced budget law. Lawmakers pass a short term debt ceiling extension to avert a federal bankruptcy, keeping the government funded through late September as they begin a month long recess. President Reagan is expected to sign. debates over deficit targets and automatic cuts stall.
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Washington
House
Senate
Reagan
Treasury Department
Lenndr Bentsen
Texas
Senate Finance Committee
Supreme Court
Dangerous goldfish fees spark housing debate in Connecticut
Senator Christopher Dodd questions a Connecticut public housing project charging residents 200 for pet deposits on turtles birds and goldfish. Dodd asks HUD to review regulations to see if such charges could be allowed unintentionally and seeks a plausible explanation for the damage claim.
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Washington
Connecticut
Christopher J. Dodd
Dcom
Fnday
Housing and Urban Development
Samuel R. Pierce Jr
Dodd
Thruway bridge collapse deemed preventable by SIC
The State Investigation Commission found improper maintenance and inspection overlooked by Thruway authorities would have averted the Schoharie Creek span collapse in April that killed ten. It faulted not reviewing footings in 1986 and ignoring a 1978 recommendation for riprap around piers. The incident disrupted the state’s main east west route.
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Albany
Schoharie Creek
State Investigation Commission
SIC
David Trager
Inspec
Tors
Thruway
Assembly
Senate
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