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...either of the superpowers. A skeptical Vance endorsed it tepidly as an "important suggestion." To no one's surprise, Moscow rejected it outright. "The illogicality of such a proposal is obvious," scoffed the Soviet government newspaper Izvestia, charging that the idea had been "borrowed from across the Atlantic Ocean...
...Sept. 22, 1979, a U.S. intelligence satellite, passing over a remote expanse of ocean between South Africa and Antarctica, detected an intense double burst of light in the atmosphere lasting less than a second. After a month of preliminary study, the U.S. announced that it had "an indication" that a "low-yield nuclear explosion" had taken place. The big question: Who had set off whatever went...
...meteorologists, it was an unusual phenomenon: a "tropical connection." Storm after storm formed over the northern Pacific Ocean, picked up moisture from the tropics and rushed toward the West Coast on 150-m.p.h. jet streams. To Southern Californians, it was nothing less than a nightmare. Six times in nine days, storms struck, dumping nearly 13 in. of rain, killing at least 24 people and causing damage estimated at $425 million...
...Angeles, 9-ft. waves caused a section of the Pacific Coast Highway to collapse, isolating the wealthy beachfront town of Malibu. Because of a power failure, the Tapia Treatment Plant shut down, causing 15,000 gal. per min. of raw sewage to flow down Malibu Creek to the ocean and forcing officials to close beaches along 25 miles of shore, as far south as Marina Del Rey. In Redondo Beach, harbor officials scuttled the Lady Alexandra, a 225-ft. ship converted into a restaurant and disco. Storm-whipped waves had turned the ship on its side, and officials feared...
...small but calculated display of muscle flexing, Washington let it be known last week that an 1,800-man Marine amphibious unit would soon be dispatched to the Arabian Sea for military exercises, probably in conjunction with the 21 U.S. Navy ships patrolling the Indian Ocean. At the same time, the Carter Administration disclosed that the U.S., in exchange for an undetermined amount of aid, had obtained tentative rights to use air and naval facilities in three countries along the Asian-African "crescent of crisis": Oman, Kenya and Somalia...