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U.S. Army helicopter attacks Iranian ship
WASHINGTON — A U.S. militaiy
helicopter flying from the frigate Jar
rett attacked an Iranian ship in the
Persian Gulf on Monday after discover
ing it planting underwater mines, admin
istration sources said.
The sources, who demanded ano
nymity, said the American helicopter
struck the ship and set it on fire. The
confrontation occurred in the central
Persian Gulf, east-northeast of Bahrain,
the sources said.
The sources refused to specify the
type of helicopter, but it appeared the
aircraft was a specially equipped Army
helicopter assigned to the Special
Operations Forces.
Pentagon sources had previously
disclosed the dispatch of a Special
Operations Forces.
Pentagon sources had previously
disclosed the dispatch of a Special
Operations aviation unit to the Persian
Gulf to augment the firepower on U.S.
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Navy warships.
The administration sources described
the ship as an Iranian "amphibious
vessel,” much larger than the small
ones that ply the gulfs waters.
The confrontation occurred after
nightfall in the gulf, the sources said.
The officials said they did not know
what type of weaponry the helicopter
had used against the Iranian vessel,
but said the ship had definitely been
set on fire.
The sources said it was unclear at
this point how serious the fire was, but
added there were no reports as yet
about any rescue attempts.
Another source, without elaborat
ing, said the Iranian ship was disco
vered laying mines when the American
copter moved in.
"Under our rules of engagement,
that is sufficient justification to prose
cute” an attack, this source said.
The sources said the confrontation
occurred well away from the area around
Farsi Island in the northern Persian
Gulf where a British tanker was attacked
earlier Monday by Iranian gunboats.
The sources said there were no
American warships in the vicinity of
the Farsi when the British tanker Gen
tle Breeze came under attack. The
sources said they didn’t know if the
British had requested any U.S. Navy
assistance for that vessel.
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Attacking
pit bull
destroyed
OMAHA — A pit bull terrier
that was destroyed Monday at
the owner’s request after attack
ing four horses and a young boy
earlier this year, Nebraska
Humane Society records show.
Humane society records show
it bit 8-year-old Steven Jensen of
Omaha on the hand April 6 while
the boy was walking through a
yard. No action was taken after
the biting. The dog was released
from the pound after its owners
had it licensed and had it vacci
nated for rabies.
The pit bull inflicted tears
and puncture wounds in the
Sunday afternoon attack on the
horses at Omaha’s Dodge Park,
the horse’s owners said.
Two horses were "bit up pretty
good” in the attack, said Robert
Rues of rural Omaha. A third
horse was not as badly hurt, and
the fourth had superficial cuts.
Superpower suits shine;
teams build fashion relations
MOSCOW' — A weeklong exchange
of ideas and a closed-door session in
the southern Republic of Georgia has
produced a new superpower agreement
— a joint venture to produce a clothing
collection called "Design for Peace.”
Ten prototype outfits fashioned by a
U.S.-Soviet design team were unveiled
in Moscow over the weekend, though
project directors say the splashy pro
ductions bear little resemblance to the
mainstream sportswear to be designed
and marketed next year.
A team of 10 young American fashion
experts and 10 members of the Soviet
Society of Designers will jointly pro
duce about 600 pieces of clothing for
fall 1988, said Michael Owen, a partner
in the Dallas marketing firm of Owen
Breslin and Associates.
Owen said the designers then will
select the best 40 items for production
and sales worldwide.
Among the prototypes is a red, white
and blue jogging suit depicting the U.S.
and Soviet land masses stretching
across the Pacific Ocean, and a man's
overcoat blending U.S. stars and stripes
with red and gold hammers and sickles.
As part of a m£yor effort to boost
their economy, the Soviets are promot
ing joint ventures that pool foreign
ingenuity with indigenous labor and
materials and require little of the
country’s limited hard currency.
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Administration: states better
for resolving AIDS questions
WASHINGTON — The federal government
should not bar discrimination against AIDS
patients or impose confidentiality requirements
even though some state approaches may not
work, the Reagan administration said Monday.
“I’m not ruling out a federal role in this,”
Health and Human Services Secretary Otis R.
Bowen told the House Energy and Commerce
subcommittee on health.
But he said states should lead the way in
resolving the difficult confidentiality and dis
crimination questions arising from the AIDS cri
sis — at least until they prove they’re not up to
the task.
Subcommittee chairman Henry Waxman, D
Calif., has introduced a bill authorizing $400
million for more AIDS testing and counseling.
The measure also requires confidentiality of test
results and bars discrimination against those
who have AIDS or are infected with the virus.
"While the president has spoken against
ignorance and malice, the White House has been
silent about legislation or real protections,”
Leaders urge
rejection of Bork
WASHINGTON — Civil rights leaders on
Monday urged the Senate to reject the nomina
tion of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court, with
Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young attacking him as
‘‘a protector of privilege and power rather than
opportunity and freedom."
Had Bork’s views prevailed in the United
States, Young testified, "Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. would not be a venerated national hero. He
would instead be serving a jail sentence in
Alabama."
“I might have been branded a terrorist and
jailed for my participation in the civil rights
movement instead of becoming the first black
elected to Congress from Atlanta in more than
100 years," he said.
The mayor, who was ambassador to the United
Nations in the Carter administration, said he
agrees with Boric's characterization of himself as
being neither liberal nor conservative.
"He is neither. He is an extremist whose zeal
ous dogmatic view of the world allows him to
travel many rationalized paths to his negative
ends," Young said.
Waxman said in an opening statement.
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater,
asked about the administration’s stand on the
Waxman bill, said, “We oppose discrimination.
. .but we do believe the states probably have
pre-emptive responsibility in tnis area"
Waxman and others, including many medical
and public health groups, say federal assurances
of confidentiality and protection against dis
crimination are needed to expand the testing
program and attract the people at highest risk of
contracting AIDS.
Bowen acknowledged that states may make
mistakes and could slow down expansion of the
testing program, but "I just think they ought to
have the first shot. And then if their response is
inadequate, we will have a lot more information
about what works and what doesn’t."
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FAA to conduct
safety reviews
WASHINGTON — Federal Aviation
Administration chief Allan McArtor, citing
public concern about air safety, announced
Monday that his agency would conduct a
special review of the U.S. aircraft manu
facturing industiy.
The FAA will at the same time examine
its own procedures for overseeing the
companies that make large and small
planes and their components, McArtor
said.
The administrator said the inspections,
which are to begin next month, were
sparked by a desire to make sure that
manufacturers are keeping their proce
dures up to dale for maintaining quality.
“We’re not doing this because we have
some alarm . . McArtor told a news
conference. “This is to affirm that we are
on top of this process.’’
FAA inspectors will examine the qual
ity control procedures of 40 of the 1,300
companies that produce aircraft and air
plane parts, McArtor said.
The U.S. aircraft industiy had $105 bit
lion in sales last year, Including $20 bil
lion worth of exports, and employed 1.2
million people, according to the Aero
space Industries Association.
