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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1998
Page
2
In Mostar Bosnia Herzegovina 10 000 mourners attended a mass funeral for 186 war victims exhumed from mass graves. Local and national Muslim leaders urged remembrance of the 1993 94 Croat Muslim war to prevent repetition of the past. Mayor Safet Orucevic called for the past not to hamper the present or future.
A 90-year-old woman in England recalled a 35 mm newsreel of Titanic aftermath hidden by her husband in a garden shed. The clip shows survivors arriving ashore, crowds outside Cunard in New York, and rescue ships. Christie’s plans a later sale.
A rural priest Mario Ortiz Carreno was shot in Oaxaca and left in a car trunk near a cemetery. Police found him shot in the head, his body wrapped in a blue blanket. Circa 42, he led the parish at San Juan Ozolotepec. Archbishop emeritus Bartolome Carrasco suggested timber disputes may have motivated the killing.
In Yogyakarta amid violent clashes at the Islamic Teaching Institute, police used clubs and water cannons as students and residents protested rising prices. A 41-year-old businessman died amid Friday’s melee, with police relations strained as Suharto left for Cairo to attend a developing nations summit and warned of a forceful crackdown.
A 14-year-old girl in Tucson told officers her Romani parents sold her twice to other families. One sale fetched about $11,000. State laws limit actions by families. charges were dropped. The girl was later placed with her mother in Fresno, California, as officials weighed jurisdiction and legality.
Alice Faye, famed star of 1930s and 1940s Fox musicals, died Saturday at Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage at age 83 after recent surgery for tumors. Daughters Alice Regan and Phyllis Harris were at her bedside. publicist confirms details.
Auburn Hills Mich. Chrysler workers will see little change beyond a new name on their pay. Chairman Robert J Eaton said plants will be busier with more cars and trucks, and sales should rise in Europe and South America, possibly boosting U S plant expansions and jobs.
A national roundup reports Texas storms caused roof damage and toppled trees across several counties. 70 mph winds and baseball size hail disrupted life, with farms noting destroyed outbuildings and power outages. No serious injuries were recorded.
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