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World IN BRIEF : FAR EAST : 4 From Capsized Oil Vessel Rescued

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From Times staff and wire reports

Thai fishermen rescued four crew members from an oil and gas drilling ship that capsized in a typhoon Saturday in the Gulf of Thailand. Officials of Unocal Thailand, a subsidiary of Los Angeles-based Unocal, the ship’s owner, said in Bangkok that three Thais and one Indonesian from the overturned Seacrest were picked up. The bodies of two others were found inside the ship. The other 91 crew members, including seven Americans, are still missing.

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