Protesters Confront Ship

May 7, 1988

12 AM

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN —

Anti-nuclear protesters in dinghies confronted a Soviet navy ship off Denmark on Friday and stuck a radiation warning sign on its hull, Danish radio reported. A dinghy overturned with two Greenpeace protest group members aboard, but no one was injured.

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