Word: northwest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...something for everyone. Care for a piece of out-of-the-way America? An abandoned Air Force radar installation station on an acre at Cottonwood, Idaho, could be just the ticket. Prefer something in the East? The 105 acres adjacent to the Saint Albans Air Force Station in northwest Vermont might be worth a look. Feeling urban? The Frankford Arsenal, an 87.7-acre complex of 167 buildings, sheds and loading docks in Philadelphia, has all kinds of possibilities. The sale will offer property in every state but Alaska. Real estate dealers with a bankroll and real estate dreamers without...
...headquarters of Britain's electronic intelligence empire is a sprawling compound at Cheltenham, 95 miles northwest of London and nestled among the scenic hills of Gloucestershire. Known in the trade as GCHQ (for Government Communications Headquarters), the facility receives and analyzes data from a worldwide system of spy bases, ships, planes and satellites. It operates round the clock and employs some 10,000 staffers round the globe. Cheltenham is a vital part of the West's constant effort to break the Soviet Union's military and diplomatic codes. Now there is a distinct possibility that GCHQ...
DIED. Vic Morrow, 51, tough-guy actor who starred in the 1960s TV series Combat; in a movie-set accident; northwest of Los Angeles. Morrow was filming a battle scene on the ground when a camera-carrying helicopter crashed, decapitating...
...region, and to engage an Iraqi army of about the same size. "Operation Ramadan" had begun. The first Iranian goal appeared to be the capture of Basra and much of southern Iraq, from which the invaders could either press on to Baghdad, the Iraqi capital 280 miles to the northwest, or pin down Iraqi divisions while a second invasion force was launched directly at Baghdad, which is only about 75 miles from the border...
...seats filled. Early in the week, M. Philip Guthrie, the company's chief financial officer, told Putnam that Braniff did not have enough cash available to pay bills for food, jet fuel and salaries. Airline officials held last-minute talks with other carriers, reportedly including United and Northwest, exploring the possibility of mergers, and solicited new cash from investors...