Fourth’s Accidents (Continued From Page 1A)
Holiday incidents across the country included massive Fourth of July crowds at Lake McConaughy and San Diego beaches, along with record Sea World and Del Mar Fair attendance. Festivities featured a 66 ft 6 in cherry pit spit and a windham boom box parade. Fireworks mishaps caused injuries and fatalities, including a Chicago firefighter, a Topsail Beach pier collapse, and a Montana Band crash near Lakeside killing all ten aboard.
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Nebraska
Lake Shores
Lake McConaughy
Roger Knowlton
San Diego
Sea World
del Mar Fair
Eau Claire
Mich
Rick
Krause
Sanders, Ariz
Windham
Conn
WILI
Wendy Underwood
Severna Park
Kenosha
Chicago
Topsail Beach
N.C
New York City
East River
Springdale
New Orleans
Metairie
Lakeside
Mont
Montana Band
Army Officers Fault PIANC travel by corps aircraft for dependents
A June 1984 trip to Helsinki with six dependents aboard an agency aircraft drew auditors’ fire for improper use of taxpayer funds. The 1986 report says problems remained essentially unchanged from 1984 85. The Army defends wives travel as necessary for official functions and public relations.
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Corps
Helsinki
International Association of Navigational Congresses
PIANC
House
Synar
Elvin Heiberg III
Army
U.S
Heiberg
Washington
St. Paul
Minn
Society of American Military Engineers
Chief of Engineers
Brazil's Death Squads Return to Activity in Rio de Janeiro
In outskirts of Rio de Janeiro two young men were found shot multiple times and left on a dirt road as Brazil again sees death squads operate openly. Authorities say vigilante groups kill suspected criminals in Baixada Fluminense, often with local merchants hiring them.
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Nova Iguacu
Brazil
Vitor Hugo Brito Veiga
Rio de Janeiro
Veiga
Greater
Rio
Wellington Moreira Franco
Marcos Heusi
Baixada Fluminense
Hensi
Former Japan Prime Minister Tanaka's Political Empire Crumbles
Tokyo AP reports former PM Kakuei Tanaka, facing ongoing legal battles over a major bribery case, has seen his vast political empire shrink. His influence within the Liberal Democratic Party wanes as Takeshita rises to lead. Tanaka's legacy of money power politics remains a fixture, though a 1985 stroke left him largely paralyzed and unable to reclaim power.
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Tokyo
Kakuei Tanaka
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Tanaka
Liberal Democratic Party
Japan
Higher Taxes Could Cost States Billions
Washington proposals to raise federal excise taxes on gasoline cigarettes and liquor aim to reduce the deficit but state officials warn they would cost state treasuries billions and unfairly hit the poor. Illinois Revenue Director Robert Mandeville notes it is more about perception than overtaxation as federal moves may curb state tax gains.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Illinois Revenue
Robert Mandeville
Tamil Tigers claim attack at Neliaddy Central College
Tamil rebels said a clash near Neliaddy Central College in Vadamarachchi left one dead and several wounded among Sri Lankan troops, amid broader Tamil demand for independence. The clash followed a prior offensive seizure of the region near Jaffna Peninsula, with Indian mediation and aid actions cited by both sides.
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Neliaddy Central College
Neliaddy
Vadamarachchi
Jaffna
Tigers
Sri Lanka
Mullaittivu
Penin
Sula
Tamil Freedom Struggle
The
India
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Blooming Prairie
Brussels
Portland
Ore
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Azuleika Sampaio Rodrigues
Federation of Neighborhood Associations
Baixada
Milton le Cocq
Moreira Franco
Takeshita
Lockheed Corp
Bradberry
Aiken
Porky Bradberry
Bentley's Dress Shop
Mitchell Shopping Center
Aiken Mitchell Sh
Kalmia Plaza
US 1
Richland Ave
True Value Home Center
Makita
Eddy Eddis
Sun
York St
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