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...April, Iraq rolled into an offensive of its own, the first major attack since it invaded Iran in 1980. In a 36-hour blitz, the Seventh Army Corps, supported by President Saddam Hussein's elite Presidential Guard, retook the Fao peninsula, a finger of land at Iraq's southern tip that Iran had occupied after weeks of bloody fighting in February 1986. An estimated 20,000 Iranian troops were routed; 3,000 were killed, wounded or captured. A day after the Fao disaster, Iranian naval forces clashed in the gulf with U.S. ships that had just demolished Iran's offshore...
...week, though, Consumer Reports magazine said it will give the Samurai a rating of "not acceptable" in its July issue, the first such verdict it has rendered in a decade. The magazine's publisher, Consumers Union, conducted emergency-handling tests in which the two latest Samurai models tended to tip over at speeds of about 40 m.p.h. when the driver made sharp turns...
...Lamb Funeral Home in Pasadena was one of the most reputable mortuaries in Southern California. Then last January a fire inspector uncovered evidence that Proprietors Laurieanne Sconce, 52, her husband Jerry, 54, and their son David, 32, had found unsavory ways to exploit their growing cremation business. Following a tip, the official visited a ceramics plant owned by the Sconces and discovered burning bodies in kilns. Police believe the Sconces illegally disposed of as many as 16,000 bodies in 1985 and 1986. Last week the Sconces pleaded innocent to 67 criminal offenses, including performing illegal multiple cremations and selling...
...unprecedented charges against a Speaker underscore Republicans' resentment of his conduct since he replaced Tip O'Neill 18 months ago. Wright has none of the camaraderie that O'Neill used to keep harmony in the House. The Republicans accuse Wright of ramming bills onto the House floor, bypassing committees and avoiding amendments...
...Midshipmen are in tip-top shape. They beat the men's lacrosse team, 10-9, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Middies go on to get crushed by Syracuse, 23-9 in the Carrier Dome...