European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse O the stars and stripes sunday november 22,19b7page 28 of j the stars and stripes sunday november 22,1987iranian Salvage vessel hit by iraqi jets Man am a Bahrain a iraqi warplanes rocketed their third Salvage lug in the current Blitz of Oil targets in iranian coastal Walers Peman Gulf shipping executives said Friday. They said iranian sources reported one crewman killed and five wounded when the tug saliva was struck by a missile presumably meant for a was one of three Large naval targets usually meaning tankers Iraq reported radio said iraqi planes hit another such tame Friday morning raising to 21 the number iraids on ships Iraq has claimed since nov. 9. Five have been confirmed by other sources three on lugs Ana two or the chattered Tenfer. attacks tankers and Oil installations trying tout off he exports that finance Iran in the 7-year-old War with Iraq. The annual Cost to each Side is Esti mated at up to s11 mine sweepers detonated four mines thurs Day that were found off Qatar and . Mine sweepers reported finding two mines. Other British warship escorted a combined Force of belgian and dutch mine sweepers into the waterway through the Strait of Hor Muz in the Indian Ocean. Navy planes searched for an ea-6b prowler that vanished thursday with its four news briefs Kennedy confirmation hearings to Start dec. 14 Sena con Filomin 14. The which Art judicial. Del Walion dem publican Lina. Anno conference agreement. The con nation until Aijan. 19. 1ington a the chairman of the judiciary committee announced thai Nion hearings for . Supreme Cour Anthony m. Kennedy will i fit dec. De Story Page vision angered Liberal or siting More Lime to Slud Jint. San opposi-,., .-., Smittee re i. Strom Thurmo Noj South Caro i the Lime Tab Al a new said the Whithouse was in s will not1 the senales my on the Nomi turns from recess arson called in London Likely Voy fire ice investigating a said Friday arson till did not know what red through Kings London a Way fire that killed. Was unlikely but to sparked the Blaze " Cross station. At k it is becoming a red More unlikely that this incident is in la in i superin Lende Tony it who is leading a police said invest store focusing on the wooden slats on Escalano Here the fire believed to Tuk started it he said they seemed no cd Oslo to discovering he have got a Glimmer a to the True cause add assistant chief stable Wil Liam pal Shult Shevard nonce plan Days of me wigs Wasington a secret Ampf stale George Aultz will meet with soviet foreign min Isle Eduard Shevardnadze Mon Andrues Dajon Geneva where an Arm Cornaj sea to cont Mues to elude negotiators. St the announcement was made in was won by Thal Lale department and in Agency Tass. Brief state department they also will discuss regional con Flat Andl full Range of issues on the .-sovilate a a . Oft Ciai. Who demanded Ano Yiu ii Laid Shultz will go to Brussels. Belgium on we no Day to report to nato foreign my in Lac arms control Field the official said Olti and Shevardnadze will focus As much on hates for an agreement next year to reduce strategic nuclear weapon As on the elusive treaty to ban medium Range missiles. Man Crew during a routine night off the aircraft Carrier ii would be the fifth aircraft lost since july when the Navy began escorting kuwaiti tankers sailing under the american Flag. The others were two Allan jets from the Carrier Ranger and two he Coplen inside the Gulf with a total of seven Crew members carry equipment to Jam enemy radar communications and weapon 64,000-ton Midway based at Yokosuka Japan arrived to replace the Ranger in the arabian sea. Us aircraft will cover Navy convoys sailing to and from the Gulf through the Strait of horni i where Iran has coastal batteries of chinese made silkworm missiles. Sec inning iranian officials As say ing an iraqi exocet missile destroyed the 330-Loirsbt Viva off the Central coast thursday killing one Filipi no Crew member and wounding five. It was owned by the Singapore company Symco an was the sister vessel of the Salvage lug Salvilla. Sunk nov. 13. Four filipino crewmen of the Salvilla were killed and three wounded. The iranian tug Yousef was damaged nov. 12, Bueno casualties were reported. Salvage tugs assist damaged Oil tankers. The missile that hit them Are presumably intended for the larger targets. Iraqi pilots fire the surface hugging exocet from up to 40 Miles away. Tankers owned or chartered by Iran shuttle in tween i. _ i i_1_,l new n1
