The World - News from April 22, 1987
- Share via
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir F. Petrovsky said he has given Persian Gulf leaders detailed proposals from Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev for talks to end the Iran-Iraq War and safeguard shipping in the region. “We propose multiparty talks to take a common position on ways to guarantee security and navigation in the gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Indian Ocean,” he said. At a news conference at the close of his three-day visit to the United Arab Emirates, Petrovsky said, “We also propose talks on reducing the number of naval forces and defining their activities in the region.”
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
The latest effort is coming from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. They just announced a $3 million program in conjunction with some nonprofits groups to test and clean the soil at homes still standing in the areas impacted by the Eaton Fire.
California once bet big on offshore wind to help power its clean-energy future, but the Trump administration is now paying developers billions to walk away from their projects. As California’s remaining offshore-wind leases hang in the balance, the state is fighting back in court.
The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
