Soldier in Beit Hanina death shoots self amid fear of slaying
In Jerusalem area a reserve soldier under investigation in a Palestinian man’s death shot himself with a submachine gun, reportedly fearing retribution for the killing. In West Bank a village leader in Kafr Lagif was shot 14 times by an assailant who suspected cooperation with Israeli forces. Abdel Rahim Awad, 62, was killed, the army confirming the slaying. Awad becomes the 96th Palestinian killed by someone from his community over suspicions of collaborating with Israel. In Gaza the army sealed three rooms in houses of those accused of attacking Arab collaborators, an army spokesman said.
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West Bank
Abdel Rahim Awad
Kafr Lagif
Awad
Gaza Strip
Castro warns guerrilla attacks may delay Angola troop withdrawal
Fidel Castro warned UN authorities that guerrilla attacks by anti-communist rebels could delay Cuba’s planned withdrawal from Angola by July 1, 1991. A Prensa Latina dispatch cites a letter to UN Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar noting an ambush near Cubal that killed six Cuban soldiers.
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Measu
Fidel Castro
Angola
Cuba
Toinl
Latina
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Castro
Prensa Latina
Mexico City
U.N
Namibia
Castro Prensa Latina
UNITA
Bus Bombing Kills 15 in Chintpurni Himachal Pradesh
A bomb hidden in a bus luggage rack exploded as it neared a market in Chintpurni Himachal Pradesh on Friday, killing at least 15 and wounding 30. Police said victims included two women and two children. no group claimed responsibility though Sikh militants in Punjab were suspected.
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Chandigarh
India
Chintpurni
Himachal Pradesh
Punjab
No Mechanical Problem In Smiths Plane
Federal investigators say mechanical failure did not cause the Cessna 177 crash that killed U S Rep Larkin Smith and his pilot. NTSB official Jeff Kennedy spoke as Gulf Coast residents mourned the deaths in separate funerals. Smith, 45, a freshman congressman from Mississippi fifth district, and Vierling, 58, died Sunday night when their single engine plane crashed into the DeSoto National Forest en route to the Gulf Coast with Vierling apparently off course before clipping a 70 foot pine tree.
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Miss
U.S
Larkin Smith
National Transportation Safety Board
Jeff Kennedy
Gulf Coast
Smith
Chuck Viering
Mississippi
Vierling
DeSoto National Forest
Aiken Standard Postal Notice Summary
Fragmentary OCR indicates a Sunday publication schedule for Akon Standards with postal service notes. Mentions mailing address at Box 124 Putas Dine and second class postage details. Instructions request changes to the Standard at Box 82B80e in Aiken South Carolina.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken, S.C
Akon
Satrsay
Anan Conmuncatons
Bok
Aiken
Posnasier
Stondar
Box Abe
Seven Wounded As Syrians Bombard Passenger Ship
Beirut witnesses a fresh flare up as Syrian gunners strike the only passenger vessel serving the Christian enclave. Seven wounded on the pier force the ship to flee toward Cyprus. Police report 779 dead and 2,109 wounded in five months.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Cyrus
Cyprus
Madfoun River
U.N
Amshee
Toon
Refugees Strain West German East Relations
West Germany pressed East Germany over the refugee crisis as Chancellor Kohl's staff met East Berlin officials. The two sides remained at an impasse over assurances for asylum and emigration, with West Germany sheltering over 300 East Germans in embassies and missions and issuing more than 800 passports from Hungary.
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East Germany
Sellers
Kohl
Erich Honecker
Honecker’s
West Germany
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
East Berlin
Giessen
DDR
Government To Toughen Generic Drug Screening
The government plans harsher generic drug oversight by hiring new FDA inspectors and staff funded by new manufacturer fees. It seeks legislation to empower removal of drugs if fraud in approval is found, amid probes that led to guilty pleas.
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Washington
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration
Father Terrorizes Children Before Killing His Wife
In Stockton California a man just released from jail after a child abuse conviction held his wife Bao Cha and eight children hostage for over six hours. He played Russian roulette with a .38 revolver, killing his wife and dying two hours later at a hospital. A ninth child alerted police. The 35 year old Dang Cha Xiong, a Laotian refugee, had feuded with Bao’s parents and recently left jail Thursday morning.
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Stockton
Calif
Dang Cha Xiong
Bao Cha
Dang
Andy Jackson
Lucian Neely
Neely
Sgt
Dennis Sanford
South Africa Police Fire On Factory Protests
Police whipped and opened fire on hundreds of locked-out workers at Mama's Pies in Johannesburg, injuring at least 17. A defiance campaign leader was arrested, and a weekend rally was banned. Trevor Tutu received 18 months for a false bomb threat at Johannesburg International Airport.
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Trevor Tutu
Desmond Tutu
Union
Reg Crewe
Pretoria
Eveready
Port Elizabeth
Mohammed Wali Moosa
United Democratic Front
Fice
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